Guinness Stout Thermometer

Here is a E&B Special Beer Sign from the Ekhardt & Becker Brewing Company located in. Detroit, MI.  This sign is from the 1940s era and is in very good condition considering how old it is. It approximately 14″ by 10″ and is made of lithograph-printed tin wrapped over a cardboard backer.  The sign was made by the Bastian Brothers Company located in Rochester, NY.  The graphics on the sign depict on of the brewery’s flagship beers “E&B Special Beer” with the text that reads “Here’s Heath!” and “It’s Kraeusened”.  The German term “Kraeusened” is meaning for the addition of actively fermenting wort as an inoculant to induce fermentation in a different batch of wort or beer.

Here is a Red Top Beer Neon Sign from the Red Top Brewing Company located in Cincinnati, OH.  This Red Top Beer Neon Sign is from the 1930’s to 1940’s era and is in excellent condition considering how old it is. This sign is approximately 26" by 13.5" by 5.5" and was made by the ArtKraft Sign Company located in New York City, NY.  Signs like this one would have hung on the wall, in windows, or behind the bar back to advertising Red Top Beer to patrons in bars and taverns.

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