History of Brewing

Beer cans were first sold in January 1935, by Krueger Brewing of Newark.  Their test market was Richmond, Virginia.  Since then many billions of cans have been made, filled, and tossed out all over the world.  And a few lucky hundreds of thousands have made their way into collections around the world  (and yes, "hundreds of thousands is just a wild guess!)  My History section is divided into several sections.

History of Beer & Prohibition  |  Individual Brands & Brewers  | Types of Cans

History of Beer and Prohibition

The 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act

History of Prohibition in Virginia

The IRTP Statement 

Porcelain Beer Bottle Stoppers

Timeline

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Individual Brands & Brewers

Pages with a date listed were a featured "Can of the Month."  Sub pages are indented.

Acme Beer: February 2005

Apache Beer: July 2005

Arrow Beer: December 2004

Atlantic Beer: May 2004

Ballantine Series (1937-1941)

Ballantine "Handy Way": January 2004

Billy Beer

Bomber Pin-Up Beer "Strawberry Bitch": June 2005

Brown Derby: November 2006

Buffalo Beer: May 2006

Bullfrog: December 2005

Christian Heurich Brewing

Christian Heurich's Radio Campaign

Old Georgetown: June 2003

Clipper Pale: September 2003

Coors "waterfall" can: November 2005

Croft Ale: July 2004

Deep Cove: January 2006

Dixie beer from Roanoke: June 2006

Drewry's Set Cans

Drewry's Horoscope Can: May 2003

Eastside Beer: March 2005

For Good Living  (1937 movie with Los Angeles Brewing)

English Lad Ale: July 2003

Esslinger Little Man Ale quart: August 2003

Esslinger's Quizzie Cans

Falls City Beer: May 2005

Fehr's: October 2004

Frank Jones Brewery

SS Frank Jones (passenger steamer)

Goebel Bantam: January 2007

Gotham Cone: August 2004

Gretz car series: July 2006

Gunther's Ale: February 2004

Gunther's Beer Radio Show: "Quiz of Two Cities"

Gunther "racetrack" can: October 2006

Harvard Export: October 2003

Jax: November 2003

Krueger Ale: April 2006:

Lion Ale: June 2004:

Lucky Lager: January 2005

Mitchell's Beer: April 2004

Naty Boh 'Transition' Can: March 2007

New England Ale: September 2006

Old Frothingslosh

Primo Beer: March 2004:

Rainier Jubilee Set

Rainier 'Reindeer' can: December 2003

Red Fox: February 2006

Red Top Malt Can: September 2005

Richbrau: September 2004

Samson Ale: December 2006

Schlitz Malt Liquor: April 2007

Sebewaing Beer: August 2006

Sterling Beer: March 2006

Storz Beer: November 2004

Trommer's Beer: April 2005

Valley Forge Bock: August 2005

Wiessner's Beer: February 2007

Wunderbrau Beer: October 2005

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Types of Cans

Store Brands

1970's Cans

Opening Instruction Cans (OI's)

Zip Tops: The First Pulls Tabs, 1962-1964

 

 

Brewery research on Rustycans.com has been aided by Carlson's Brewery Research.