Blatz Beer Bottle History
Below that is embossed straight brewing co.
Blatz beer bottle history. In 1875 blatz was the first milwaukee brewery to have a bottling department to package beer and ship nationally. The figure is made of cast aluminum and is 16 inches tall. T is a slot in the top of the mug to hold the advertising sign. A tough bottle to get.
No chips crack s or dings. Tall and is aqua in color. Blatz beer advertising we have for auction a vintage advertising figure. Just some light haze.
Find great deals on ebay for vintage blatz beer bottle and vintage schlitz beer bottle. Most are familiar with the animated blatz icons of the can bottle and keg but this is a straight beer ad. In 1891 the company sold part of its brewing interests to an english syndicate. The piece is a blatz beer bottle man carrying a mug of beer.
Embossed in fancy angle script wirting is val blatz. At it s height blatz produced over a million barrels of beer annually. From 1891 to 1959 the blatz brewery changed. It is probably from the early 1950 s.
It is embossed on front with hops and intials in middle of star. T are some scrapes to the paint on the face and. Blatz was originally called city brewery of milwaukee not the one of lacrosse wisconsin and was run by john braun. Blatz had forged a path and made a name for his brewery with only 500.
By all accounts blatz got an earlier start than many of his more famous contemporaries frederic miller bought the plank road brewery in 1855 joseph schlitz took over the krug family s tavern brewery in. Nice star of david or a jewish star 1 1 2 in. Blatz established and ran his own carpenter shop rail cars cooper shops machine shops and a coal yard. More than 80 breweries went out of business from the 30s to the 70s.
He sold his business in 1891 but continued to preside over it until his death 3 years later. Blatz beer sign 1950 s safe at home baseball statue vintage bottle can keg guys. He was the first to bottle his beer in milwaukee and also the first to sell his beer nationally. Blatz married braun s widow and took over operations of city brewery.
In 1851 when a bavarian immigrant named valentin blatz founded the milwaukee brewery that would eventually bear his name he was part of a community of brewers whose lagers and pilsners would soon make the city s name synonymous with beer. Wisconsin breweries were thriving and seemingly immune to the problems that were forcing. It incorporated as the valentin blatz brewing company in 1889. This beer bottle measures 9 1 2 in.
No damage at all embossing is damage free. On the base it is embossed with a four point compass with the initials w f s mil.