what is the oldest a Hires Root Beer ACL can be?

[msleonas]

I found an ACL Hires Root Beer bottle today. I know they are common, but I think the date on the bottom is 1912, due to the "12" on it. ALso, we I do research most of the bottles have a different label. This one says Hires ROOT BEER then in the center is R-J and under that it says with real Root Juices.

Thanks

 

[msleonas]

Forget it, sorry. RIBottleguy already answered me.

Thanks

 

[OsiaBoyce]

As of today, the oldest Hires acl would be between 78-75 years old.

This owing to the fact the acl process did not become widly used until the years 1935-37.

 

[splante]

heres some things I borrowed from sodapopbob


Just to get things started, here is a photo of the 1935 "Brownie Club" bottle from Providence, Rhode Island. Which, again, is the earliest example of an ACL bottle in my book. But if someone has this actual bottle in their collection, please share a photo of it. Mainly I'm looking for bottles which are part of individual collections, as opposed to those like this one from a book. But if nothing else presents itself within the next day or so from private collections, its okay to post anything and everything, just so long as it is from 1935 or earlier. The main emphasis here is to see photos of those early-early ACL sodas no matter what the source.

Thanks again,

SPB

 

[splante]

and also this the RJ stands for Root Juices

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The earliest "confirmed" acl I am aware of is this "Jumbo" (A Super Cola) owned by Morbious_Fod ...

1934

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Jumbo Base

 

[madman]

ba hum bug he outdone me lol!

 

[morbious_fod]

I don't think that Hires started using acls until the 1940's, before that they seem to have used gold foil lined paper labels.

 

[msleonas]

Yes, thanks everyone. Taylor looked at the bottle and said it was 1940s-1950s. I was reading the bottom wrong.