Schmidt Bros Brewing Co Lager Beer ROG Sign, Cincinnati, OH. Ca. 1900

WHEN KEGS WERE KING IN THE BREWING DAYS

Featured is a gorgeous reverse on glass advertising sign from the Schmidt Brothers Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio.  This ROG style sign was made around 1900.   Lager beer was a commonly made and also a huge selling beer in many cities, especially where the German immigrants had settled.   Cincinnati was one of those cities, known as…

Lion Beer Reverse on Glass Sign, Lion Brewery, Cincinnati, OH. Circa 1900

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH LIONS AND BEER?

I have always wondered why many pre-prohibition era brewers used a lion in their image when trying to sell their beer?    One of my favorite beer collectibles which I have recently come across is this beautiful reverse on glass sign from The Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Company advertising their Lion Brand of beer, produced by the Lion…