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Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 7:47:45 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hello Sodabottle collector gang- new member here. Really like the friendly "conversations" I see here. As you can tell from my nickname, I collect ginger ale bottles and wonder if there is anyone else out there that is as crazy as I am- just collecting ginger ales. In case anyone is interested, ginger ale was invented in Belfast Ireland in 1852, believe it or not! Post #: 1

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 7:59:34 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline G'day Ginger Ale collector, welcome to the forum. So you don't collect ginger beers just ginger ale ? sounds fair to me . I'll have a look though my soda/aerated water bottles and post some photos, there are a few Codd's with ginger ale written on them from Australia, I don't have any spares but I'll keep an eye out for them if you like. (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 2

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 9:41:14 PM    bubbas dad Posts: 1782 Joined: 3/30/2005 From: South Carolina, USA Status: offline why don't you post pictures of some of your bottles. when you say ginger ale i picture something like canda dry but by the dates i get the impression of either stonewear or blob top bottles. _____________________________ john the older i get, the smarter my father gets! (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 3

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 9:45:42 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline G'day to you mate! Thanks for your reply. No ginger beer for me! Just ginger ale. Ginger beer came about earlier than ginger ale- became popular around 1800. You are right there are a number of Aussie Codd bottles embossed ginger ale. I think I have most of them, four or five anyway. What's interesting is that your Aussie Codds are the ONLY Codds I know of that are embossed ginger ale. Which makes them kind of odd Codds! Fine with me. There is an embossed ginger ale blobtop from your fine country that I think I have a picture of somewhere- a friend in NSW sent the picture to me, but found it pretty heavy on the price. Love to find that one! Another thing I'd love to find is an embossed ginger ale from Kiwi way. Thanks again Irish- (in reply to IRISH) Post #: 4

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 9:58:28 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi John- I will post some photos when I get a free moment- this is the end of my 18 hour day, but you are right, the dates do mean that I have blobs, stoneware, crowntops (paper label and painted label) in my collection. When I first started collecting ginger ales about 17 years ago, I had NO IDEA of the trouble I was in. The bottles come in all shapes, sizes, colors, embossing you can imagine, with about a dozen different kinds of closures. Ginger ale was the #1 softdrink flavor for about 70 years running. And from about 1865 to 1965 if a local bottler didn't make ginger ale, well, they weren't serious about being in the sodawater business. The result was ginger ale bottles from everywhere. Ireland, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the U.S., and I'm sure other parts of the world too. Anyway- look for some pictures soon! Maybe even a rare paper label Canada Dry! (in reply to bubbas dad) Post #: 5

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 10:54:29 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline Here is a photo of a few of mine, I'm sure I've got a couple more with ginger ale on the back but it may take a while to check the 500 or so bottles on display in the celler . These are two different John Fletcher Warrnambool codds and a Wilcox Bros codd, my Wilcox is the variation without the ginger ale on the back but is exactly the same on the front so I thought I'd include it as well. The one with ginger ale has it written twice in a "T" shape, once going across the bottle and once going down. There is also that I know of a Herron, Sale (Victoria Aust.) 13 ounce codd and two different sized Marchants Blob top internal thread bottles with ginger ale on them, I've seen more but can't think of the names just now . Attachment (1) (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 6

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 6/30/2005 11:43:57 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2420 Joined: 4/17/2005 Status: offline Nice bottles... Question: I know Canada Dry made a carnival glass bottle in the "marigold" (orange) color. Did they make any others? I have dug 3 lately, that have an iridescent coloration...normally I would think this was the result of being buried so long....but they are the only bottles I have dug that have this iridesence. (I know: I need ta post a pic)...LOL. Will later,,,,,,, Thanks for any input. (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 7

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 12:20:37 AM    Bixel   Posts: 731 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline I acctually know someone that has a Canada dry bottle with the paper lable still intact on it. if interested, drop me a line in my email: number_1insulator_collector@hotmail.com (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 8

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 1:26:25 AM    madman Posts: 10364 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey guys nice topic, heres a couple ginger ale bottles ive dug mike Attachment (1) < Message edited by madman -- 7/1/2005 1:27:43 AM > (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 9

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 2:03:56 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hello Whiskeyman, the Canada Dry bottle you mention is often mistaken for Ginger Ale. But if you look on the bottom it says Canada Dry Ginger Ale Company! It actually was an Orange Soda and came with an amazing black and orange paper label. I've got a photo around somewhere. The coloring is acutally not in the glass, but on it. If you hold the bottle up to the light and peek through the crown end, you'll see that the bottom is clear. They made a simliar iridescent bottle for Club soda except it was a clear bottle with a bluish tint I think, came with a blue label. Thanks. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 10

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 2:13:43 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi Mike- great Vernor's bottles. I have a number in my collection including some great paper labels. But I don't have the one on the right with the Vernor's logo on a slant. Any one have a spare? I'm sure a lot of folks know a lot about Vernor's, but one thing I found interesting is that until the early 1900's Vernor's didn't bottle their ginger ale- it was served only as a fountain drink. Considering that they started up just after the Civil War, well that's a long time to stay out of the bottling business! I am also looking for a Vernor's Ginger Ale extract bottle. Thanks! (in reply to madman) Post #: 11

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 2:17:44 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi Irish- thanks for the pics. I have the two on the left. I'll have to take a picture or two of the Rowlands I have that has a unicorn, goldminer, wheat farmer and a crown embossed on it! Also will list those Aussie Ginger Ales I do have- always interested to see what cellar dwellers you might bring up to the light of day! More later. (in reply to IRISH) Post #: 12

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 2:33:29 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi Insulators Rule- and you are right, they are amazing. Quick insulator story: Bought a box of miscellaneous insulators from a picker for $25. I sorted through it and found the usual blue ones, and the brown ceramic ones that look like you should be cooking baked beans in them- and THEN- a scruffy kind of greenish one. Well, after a bit of education I learned I had a CD740 from the Civil War era ( I think) in dark yellow-green. I bought a lot of ginger ales from the profit on that one! About the Canada Dry Paper Label bottle- I probably have most of them- including some "Golden Ginger Ale" labeled ones (Golden Ginger Ale is another story about different types of ginger ale.) But I'll send you an e-mail if you think it might be a rare one. If it is one with the map on a 12 oz bottle, those are not uncommon. It perfect shape they go for about $15-20 depending on where you are. However, there is a Canada Dry-related paper label bottle I would love to find. A druggist named J.J. McLaughlin started Canada Dry and originally bottled it under his name. There is an unembossed crowntop with a ginger ale label with his name- that would be a great find. Thanks. (in reply to Bixel) Post #: 13

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 4:31:13 PM    JohnRoy   Posts: 152 Joined: 3/9/2005 Status: offline These are the Ginger Ale Bottles that I found from an old General Store recently: 2 Buffalo Rock Ginger Ales, 2 Canada Dry Ginger Ales (paper labels from 40s), 1 Dr. Herring's Ginger Ale (1938), 2 Double Dry Ginger Ales (from Double Cola), and 2 Golden Age Beverages Ginger Ale (1949), and 1 Canada Dry from late 40s or early 50s (squat bottle). < Message edited by JohnRoy -- 7/1/2005 4:32:01 PM > (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 14

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 7:58:41 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi JohnRoy- Nice haul! Buffalo Rock - There are several Buffalo Rock variations - some ACL and some embossed, all have some sort of Buffalo, and most are fairly common Canada Dry Ginger Ales (paper labels from 40s)- those most likely with the maps- also fairly common. Dr. Herring's Ginger Ale (1938)- watch out for the Dr., some are marked Coca-cola bottling company and can be of interest to some folks, othewise a nice shaped ACL bottle with the high shoulders- but not hard to find Double Dry Ginger Ales (from Double Cola), great looking ACL bottle, a little harder to find than the others. Golden Age Beverages Ginger Ale (1949), Best ones of the lot, nice 3-color ACl from Houston- more difficult to find in my experience Canada Dry from late 40s or early 50s (squat bottle). - I'm not familar with the "squat" style without more description- is it an ACL, embossed, or paper label? Thanks for sharing your find! (in reply to JohnRoy) Post #: 15

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 8:52:40 PM    Sam_MaineBottles Posts: 419 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Mid-coast Maine Status: offline Hi Ginger Ale collector and welcome to the Forum! You got me curious about ginger ale bottles and I just checked out my collection of Maine soda bottles and found around 40 Maine ginger ales - a few embossed, a number of paper label ones and the rest ACLs. Do you have any from Maine? -Sam (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 16

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 9:19:54 PM    Ginger Ale collector   Posts: 122 Joined: 6/16/2005 Status: offline Hi Sam- Yes- I do have a lot of ginger ales from Maine. One of them is the oldest ginger ale I have (paper label on a squat dark apple green pony style) from Bucksfield, ME. I figure it is late 1860s. (yes, I know folks, pictures, pictures- maybe over the weekend!). Most I have from ME are paper label, embossed, or ACL, about 4 or 5 blobtop roundbottoms, and one Hutchinson style- I guess I have about 35 or so from Maine. I am partial to Maine, we vacation there every year in a little town called Sullivan, up above Ellsworth. Beautiful coastline- where the northwoods meets the sea. Ever been up that way from the mid-coast to the Big Chicken Book Barn? Found some neat bottles there over the years! (in reply to Sam_MaineBottles) Post #: 17

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/1/2005 9:45:30 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2420 Joined: 4/17/2005 Status: offline GAC...thanks for the info. The ones I have ,have the bluish tint....(actually sort of like a "rainbow color effect")...depending on how the light hits them. Happy Hunting ! < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 7/1/2005 9:46:17 PM > (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 18

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/2/2005 2:59:39 AM    madman Posts: 10364 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey gac i was happy to find that bottle, in a newer part of the dump, late 30s 40s?? cool bottle though mike (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 19

RE: Ginger Ale Bottles wanted - 7/2/2005 3:37:26 AM    acls   Posts: 801 Joined: 6/2/2005 Status: offline Here's an unusual Cock 'N Bull Ginger Ale, next to a more common Cock 'N Bull Ginger Beer. Attachment (1) (in reply to Ginger Ale collector) Post #: 20

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