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Information on the Mystery Coasters |
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| Club Beer Submitted by Doug Henne A combination of comments from Oliver Verring, Kevin Bracken & Jerry Welsh have determined it is definitely not from the USA nor Ghana-Africa. Overall consensus is that it is from South America, maybe Argentina. |
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| Casey's Big Dawg Submitted by Don Kurtz. |
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| Erlanger -
Ralph Mills submitted this one along with this message. ' I acquired this coaster at the recent ECBA meet in Macungie. I would submit it as a mystery coaster since I was unable to find anyone who knew of its existence or when the American Legion Post 669 printed the reverse side. It's a shame someone punched a staple through it, but I'm happy it's part of my Pennsylvania collection.' |
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| 4 Mysteries - Warren submitted these also. Here is what
he knows about them so far "I purchased these 4 coasters in
an antique shop. They are from Germany, 4" thick stock, printed one side
only. Apparently they were in New York City at one time as one has a stamp
on back 159 West 10th St. Anybody know anything about them?"
Andy Padmore writes "Many
years ago I purchased a collection of mats which included a couple of similar
looking mats, mine were written in German and the translations were of a
similar type; (both printed on one side only) |
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| Bullseye Beer Brian Silickas found this coaster was
told it was from the Golden West Brewery in Oakland CA. They operated
from 1933-1941. Can anyone confirm this identity? Anyone have a label with
the brand of beer?
Brian also received this scan of can from the same brewery, do you think the coaster belongs with the brand? Opinions wanted. |
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| Yoder Brewhaus - Another mystery. | |||
| Royal Beer - Any thoughts? | |||
| Candy Beer John Feenan from the UK is looking for someone to help identify this coaster. |
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| Exit Beer Submitted by Wolfgang Graumann | |||
| Freedom Beer Submitted by Wolfgang Graumann | |||
| Indian Brewing - Possible answer from Wolfgang Graumann. Value Holdings Inc., along with Indian Brewing Corp., have signed a licensing agreement with Indian Manufacturing Ltd., the owners of the Indian Motorcycle trademark, to develop, manufacture and distribute beer. If everything goes according to plan, the beer will be on retail shelves early this year. A 20 year renewable license on the rights was granted, with plans to distribute throughout Canada and the United States. A full line of Indian Motorcycle clothing to be marketed in conjunction with the beer is also in the works.
Indian Brewing Corp. will receive royalty payments on a per-case basis,
with sales in excess of 3 million dollars expected in 1996. Value Holdings
has also signed a letter of intent to purchase Conners Brewery, who will
be handling production of the Indian brew, in addition to their normal load
as agents for Samuel Adams beer. Value Holdings Inc. announced that it has approved the recipe, logo and packaging of its new Big Chief Legendary Lager and will commence production of the Canadian micro-brewed beer. Big Chief Legendary Lager is the first product from Indian Brewing Co., a subsidiary of Value Holdings, and will be brewed by its newly acquired Don Valley Brewing. The beer will be supported with a full line of related clothing and will be distributed throughout the United States and Canada by another Value Holdings subsidiary, Consolidated Beverage Corp. "Big Chief will be a big success," said Anthony Pallante, president of Value Holdings. "It is being brewed by one of the top microbreweries in Canada, has a very recognizable logo and will be widely distributed." Don Valley Brewing is also the brewer of the highly regarded Conners Beer and is the exclusive Ontario agent for the Boston Beer Co.'s Samuel Adams beers and ales. Source: http://www.realbeer.com/library/rbpmail/rbpmail-199607.php |
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| 3 Unknowns Submitted by Scott Reich Chris Levesque added this info on the Siebel's: 'The "Siebel On Tap" mystery coaster is from the Siebel Brewing Institute in Chicago, IL. We were there for a NABA convention in the early 90's. We toured Siebel (it was like a brewery tour but even more technical!). At the end of the tour they have a tap room and we were able to sample brews that were brewed there at that point in time. Of course the beer selection changes there all the time. This coaster was available to us at that time. We have always considered it part of our "micro" collection (along with many other collectors at that time) since the beer brewed there is done in small batches! It would be appropriate (in my opinion) to place it in the category of Festivals and Other Organizations" Wolfgang Graumann, Doug Henne & Craig Stichtenoth indicated that Homebush Bay is Australian and situated in a hotel in Sydney. |
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| Whale Beer Submitted by Chris Harvard & Dale Miller
'Coaster is actually white with a green sign. "Sign of the Whale" on top and "Whale Beer" on bottom with a mug of beer on either side of "WhaleBeer". A green & white striped whale in center. Probably a pub coaster, but maybe? ' Joe writes:"there is a pub in Falls Church, Virginia called "Sign of the Whale". George added: The Whale Beer coaster was made by the Reuter Beer Company that contracted bottled beer from the Jones Brewing Co for various restaurants or other businesses, usually in Virginia.A companion beer label exists for this Whale Beer that says ...brewed for Sign of the Whale.... The Reuter Beer Co. created a few other "coasters" most of which did not look like a coaster and probably no one would collect them as a coaster. At least the Whale Beer coaster did look like a coaster. Others that actually looked like a coaster included Red Hot & Blue Brew and Dancing Buffalo Beer |
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Piton Lager Piton Lager is brewed by Winwood & Leeward Brewery Ltd. of Saint Lucia.
Joseph C. Topping, III |
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| Citizens - Fellow collector Ivan Peeters from Belgium
added this one. Any idea who brews this or where they are located?
Kenya Breweries, Limited Kevin Bracken |
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| Star King's South These are from fellow collector Philippe Rivat Gianluca Lombardi writes: 'King's Beer is from Italy (I have in my collection), Birra Dormisch - Udine. Source: Cerutti's Catalogue and "Italien" Catalogue from BDM'
Kevin writes 'The Kings is from Italy and The South Pacific is, I think,
from Papua New Guinea or some other exotic place. The Star is not from
the USA' Kevin Bracken & Oliver Vering |
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| Munish - This coaster reads 'MUNISH Non alcoholic beer
for the Arabic market'. This coaster comes from a collector in France,
please email him if you can help.
Philippe Rivat
A Google search found this answer for Munish Non-Alcoholic - it is from Switzerland from the early '80's. Craig Stichtenoth |
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| Bash Bock &
Bill's Wicked
Bitter Both of these appear to be from the same brewery due to the style of the coasters. Bill's is 1/1, Bash Bock is 1/2 with the reverse being Tim's Irish Ale. Both refer to a web site 'www.oreilly.com' but the site has nothing to do with the brewery?? Across the right side of Bill's is 'Bottled in Redmond, Washington.
Joe provided this information:
George added: |
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| Anchor Beer - Any idea on this one?
"I have three similar copies (same picture of the double anchor) in my collection. They belong to the Malayan Breweries in Singapore. When I visited Singapore 1975 they had two plants: the "Anchor Brewery" and the "Tiger Brewery"."
Lothar Drachsel |
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Fire Valley Brewing Co Where is it located? - Japan Kevin Bracken |
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| Star - Where is it brewed:
Kevin Bracken - Sierra Leone, Africa
Kevin Bracken, |
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Rainbow Beer - Older Coaster, Yellow, red & blue. The coaster is from the Bennett Brewing Company of Newfoundland Canada. It dates from the 60`s or possibly earlier. Bennett was in operation from 1918 to 1977. Carling O`Keefe purchased the plant in 1962. It was closed in 1977 and operations were transferred to Molson in 1977 when Molson and Carling merged. Mike Hearn confirmed his information by finding a label that matched the coaster. Great job Mike!! |
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| Society of American Coaster Collectors "The Society info appears on the reverse of a number of different coasters, this one is a Piels Coaster. The Society of American Coaster Collectors operated for a few years in the the late 50s and early 60s. It was based in Ft. Lee, VA for a while. The president was an Army Major who traveled around a lot. There were around 50 members or so. They collected all kinds of coasters, including non-brewery ones. They had monthly newsletters.that had photocopies of coasters in each issue." Kevin Bracken |
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| Newtons Submitted by Steen Borup-Nielsen | |||
Old Gold Submitted by Kevin Bracken: The eBay seller said that his parents were from Reedsburg and his father remembered the coasters. They were in his mothers estate according to him.. He claims this coaster is from Reedsburg Brewery in Reedsburg WI. |
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