Valley Brew Beer Sign

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 Beverwyck Beer Ale Sign from the Beverwyck Brewing Company located in Albany, NY.  This Beverwyck Beer Ale Sign is from between 1933 to the 1940’s era and is in excellent condition considering how old it is. It is approximately 26″ wide and made of enamel-painted glass.  The graphics depict the clover insignia that the brewery used in it’s marketing during the time with the text that reads “Beverwyck Beer Ale”.  I believe this sign was originally part of a large countertop lighted sign or outdoor sign.