Art's Erie Beer Collecting Page
I have been collecting beer advertising from all of Erie, Pennsylvania's Breweries
for over 20 years now and decided to move some of my collection to the
internet so that I could show it off.
I am always looking for any Erie beer advertising to add to
my collection. Some Erie beer brands were Consumers' Beer, Vacuum Export, and Champagne Ale from the Consumers' Brewing Co. Waynebrew, Wayne Beer, and Champagne Ale from the Wayne Brewing Co. Imperial Beer, Old Dobbin Ale, Yacht Club Beer, Koehler's Beer from the Erie Brewing Co. German Type Beer from the Perry Brewing Co. Cascade from the Cascade Brewing Co. And many others! I also buy old beer cans, bottles, and signs from other breweries. If you have anything you are willing to sell or know someone
who does:
E-mail me at:
adistelrath@satx.rr.com
A brief history of brewing in Erie, PA
Erie, Pennsylvania had more than 88 known brewers who operated at least 25 different breweries. The first of these
was David McNair in 1815. The most recent is the "new" Erie Brewing Co.,
brewing Mad Anthoney Ale, Railbender, and Presque Isle Pilsener. Erie only had a handful of major breweries, these are listed here.
Downer & Howard which became E.J. Howard, which became Consumers' in 1899, which became Wayne Brewing Co. in 1907. Wayne closed in 1951.
Eagle Brewery, bought by Jackson Koehler in 1883, which became the Jackson Koehler Branch of The Erie Brewing Co. in 1899. Closed in March 1978.
Fred. Koehler & Co., which became a branch of the Erie Brewing Co.,also in 1899.
C.M. Conrads' National Brewery, which became a branch of the Erie Brewing Co., also in 1899.
West End Brewery, which became Cascade Brewing Co., which became the Cascade Branch of the Erie Brewing Co. in 1899 and closed in 1902.
Frank Vogt's Hopedale Brewery, which became Perry Brewing Co. in 1914. Closed in 1920 with Prohibition.
Only the Wayne Brewing Co. and the Jackson Koehler Branch of the Erie Brewing Co. opened after Prohibition.
Always under construction.
This page has many GREAT pictures, please wait for them all to load!
The 4 Erie Brewing Co. Branchs. Look at the sign with the employees of the Fred Koehler Branch!
Turn of the century corner signs, the green sign is metal. The white sign is glass.
1890's Eagle Brewery glass
My first Koehler Beer sign! A TOC open and closed
sign.
A great tray from around 1906.
These vac formed plastic signs from the late 1950s are hard to find!
A small pocket mirror from the early 1900s.
WAYNE BREWING CO. Flow blue pottery
Pour A Koehler Collar! A chalk shelf sign from the 1950s.
A 1960's Koehler Beer neon. Always looking for more of these for my collection!
A pre 1955 Koehler's Beer neon. YES, this one is very RARE!
After the "'s" was dropped in 1955.
An early 1960s neon with the "wave" shape.
An Erie Brewing Company tray from 1900.
A pre prohibition Erie tip tray!
Cascade and Fred Koehler Branches of EBC circa 1900
2 versions of the Consumers' glasses
Koehler's Bock Beer lithograph
What's BULA BEER? Glad you asked, click below for my Bula Beer of Ashtabula, OH history page!
To read about the history of Bula Beer and the Consumers' Brewing Co. of Ashtabula, Ohio and to see some awesome breweriana from the brewery:
CLICK HERE
MY OTHER PAGES! (under construction!)
My slot car page. (Temporarly down)
My Dad's 1956 Oldsmobile page
SOME OF MY FAVORITE LINKS:
American Breweriana Association
US Army MI Warrant Officer Home Page
Beer Can Collectors of America
American Brewery History Page
PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF MY WEB PAGE. THANKS FOR VISITING!
E-mail me at:
adistelrath@satx.rr.com