Screwtop
Well-Known Member
I've been all across the Eastern U.S. at many antique shops, and have seen some fine bottles, especially down in Savannah Georgia. But with great bottles, comes great price tags, and I had to let them go each time. I've been after a blob top bottle for three years! Well yesterday changed it, four blobs in one day! I visited Huntington West Virginia, and was shocked at how many good bottles there were for prices I could afford. I even got to meet a local digger, who will call me as soon as he puts part of his 10,000 bottle collection up for sale at his shop.
Jacob Shmidt / Pottsville, PA
Squat blob beer from a Pennsylvania town I know well. Pottsville is a coal mining town famous for it's breweries, including Yuengling. Pottsville is also where my ancestors enlisted in their regiments during the Civil War. This one dates to the 1880s.
Willibald Kuebler / Bottler / Easton PA
Squat/pony blob beer, that I thought was pretty neat, and hey, for less than $10, that sure as heck is going on my shelf.
B.W.C. & Co.
Now this one is cool! This dates to the late 1850, very early 1860s, and that's hard to find now-a-days. From what I understand, this comes out of Newark NJ. Note the "true" blob top on it.
Jacob Jockers / 803.805 / Dickson Str. / Philada.
Beauty of a pony blob beer from Philly.
Now this is a gem, a Huntington W.Va SS Coke! This has been a bucket lister, and now I need the one from Ashland Ky, and Portsmouth Ohio. These are pretty rare, and hard to find. I only paid $45 for this one, because I bought it directly from the digger, who found it underneath what is currently Marshall University stadium. I found another one in a shop next door, with a $165 price tag on it.
$5, why not?
Jacob Shmidt / Pottsville, PA
Squat blob beer from a Pennsylvania town I know well. Pottsville is a coal mining town famous for it's breweries, including Yuengling. Pottsville is also where my ancestors enlisted in their regiments during the Civil War. This one dates to the 1880s.
Willibald Kuebler / Bottler / Easton PA
Squat/pony blob beer, that I thought was pretty neat, and hey, for less than $10, that sure as heck is going on my shelf.
B.W.C. & Co.
Now this one is cool! This dates to the late 1850, very early 1860s, and that's hard to find now-a-days. From what I understand, this comes out of Newark NJ. Note the "true" blob top on it.
Jacob Jockers / 803.805 / Dickson Str. / Philada.
Beauty of a pony blob beer from Philly.
Now this is a gem, a Huntington W.Va SS Coke! This has been a bucket lister, and now I need the one from Ashland Ky, and Portsmouth Ohio. These are pretty rare, and hard to find. I only paid $45 for this one, because I bought it directly from the digger, who found it underneath what is currently Marshall University stadium. I found another one in a shop next door, with a $165 price tag on it.
$5, why not?