![]() ![]() Related Article, based on booklet, by Modern Brewery Age, April 5, 1971: S is for Some Thoughts.On the Beer Can's First 35 Years: (Jan/2021) Top Off grade examples have been found in several locations around California and in at least one other state. On grade examples of the Golden State quart are scarce and have been located in the Reno, Nevada area and in Oregon State. The rarest quart from the brewery is the metallic Golden State Beer. area (Carson Pass.)īesides its Burgermeister brand sequence of 12oz cans, quart-sized cans with the 1930's Beer and Ale label were filled, and in the mid-1950's another quart label was sold that matched the beer brand at the time. The brewery also sold beer in a number of secondary or private label 12oz cans such as Wilshire Club Beer and Ale, Brau Haus, Pilsengold. Alpen Glow, etc. - see W is for Wilshire Club Ale. The can pictured was collected by Wally Gilbert in the 1980's. Per Ed Scoglietti (an active beer can collector with the website, ), a few examples of the 10oz size have been dug in Alaska, and another example was found among a large group of Burgermeister Beer cans in the Markleeville, Calif. Of the cans pictured, the 1930's Beer and Ale cans in on-grade condition are moderately scarce, but the other labels are common except for the 10oz can of which very few are known in on-grade condition. Over a 25 year interval, the Burgermeister label was updated from its classic style 1930's Beer and Ale designs in following years, by a sequence of cans with a younger-looking man shown. A Lucky Lager employee in the 1970's said the youngest man's image on the last two cans, was a modeled after Burgermeister brewery employee at the time who lived in the Richmond district. ![]() In 1956 the name was changed to Burgermeister Brewing, and a few years later in 1961, the brewery was sold to Schlitz. By the early 1950's, led by its popular Burgermeister Beer, it and General Brewing were the two largest breweries in San Francisco. S is for San Francisco Brewing: (Sept/2011) In late 1936 San Francisco Brewing was the 5th largest brewery in San Francisco, located at 470 10th St. ![]()
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