At CANvention I upgraded my Cook's Goldblume cone top with the Robert E. Lee. But, when I looked at it closely, I noticed that the inscription ROBT E. LEE on the steamship is there twice, in black on top and blue on the bottom. Has anyone ever seen this before? I wonder if it is a variation or an er...

Thanks for the replies. I knew someone here would have the answers.

I have two Drewry's Horoscope cans that are identical except one has a National can US map logo and the other has a large S in the same location. Does anyone know what the S means?

Get well soon Greg and Shelley.

Neil,
Glad to hear you are out of the hospital. No rush on the cans. Your health is what's most important right now.
Robert

Kurt,
I looked at my can and the top and bottom lids are the same as the ones on this can. And, as Al said, all of the original cans I know of have VA tax stamps on the bottom.
Robert

Today they started tearing down the Holiday Inn/Ramada/Howard Johnson's in Fredericksburg. We had some great times at that hotel. Unfortunately the hotel outlived its time. Here is a picture.

Uncle Daev did me a favor too. I bought a painted bottle from Conehead and then went to the RB room to buy raffle tickets from Daev. About an hour later, I went in my room and couldn't find the bottle. I searched in every room that I had been in and didn't see the bottle. I then went in the RB room ...

I have both the 39 and 40 as zips. In fact, my 39 is still full. The 40 is bottom opened. My 41 has a "fan" tab and is bottom opened.

Absentee Ballots are available to vote for candidates for the BCCA Board of Directors for those BCCA members who cannot attend this year’s CANvention. There are five candidates running for four seats on the Board. Their terms will last from September 2014 through August 2016. The candidates are: Cha...

Neil,
It was great seeing you and trading with you at the show. People like you who come more than 900 miles are what makes the show great. Please keep coming and encourage others to come.
Robert

Mark was only 45 and was diagnosed with cancer last year. We missed Mark at Blue-Gray this year since he was a regular there. This is a sad day.

I'm leaving tomorrow morning. See you all on Friday in St. Louis.
Robert

Bantam,
Here you go, all from my collection.
Robert

I have a dumper. I think it is the one in the USBC book. Jim Wolf had a dumper but he upgraded his to an all original indoor can. So, that makes at least 3 I have seen in addition to this one.
Robert

Next Saturday, May 11, the BCCA Board will be visiting the Cascade Chapter D. B. Cooper show in Portland, OR. The meeting will start immediately after the show at the same location. We are looking forward to the show and to seeing multiple collections in Oregon and Washington. I also saw on Facebook...

Barry,
From the picture there appear to be some tell-tale scratches along the top rim. If they are really there it would make me think it is relidded. Are the scratches prominent with the can in hand?
Robert

Here are some pictures of a Potosi soft top from Mike Pape's collection. He told me about it at the Titletown show in Green Bay a couple of weeks ago. Scott, you can add it to the composite.
Robert

Jim,
They were left in the brewery when it closed. The holes were punched in the can so they could never be filled.
I have a top-opened one without the hole. As you said, you don't see them often without the hole.
Robert

I got the e-mail too. I assume they got my e-mail address from the BCCA website. I forwarded it to John H, Corry and Dan S. Obviously, Dan got it already.
Robert

Ray is driving and Jim is in the back seat. We are visiting breweries in Charleston tonight.

We are getting ready to leave the snow in Virginia and head south toward the show in Augusta. I'm sure I will see many of our southern members there. I will be attending the Luck of the Irish next week for the first time (sorry I have to miss the Spring Thaw this year).
Robert

Mike, It was great meeting you and Spencer at the show. I am really enjoying traveling across the country and meeting people that I have only known by their name on the Forum. By the way, there is no chance that I will break the record for number of shows attended as BCCA President. Beer Dave Gausep...

I also was not comfortable with the large number of locals at the show on Friday night. As Jim said, we need to find a way to take back our show. We will discuss the issues at the upcoming Capitol City Chapter meeting and will come up with some solutions. Please come to the meeting if you live in th...

Here are some of the cans I got at Blue-Gray.
Robert
All flat tops. The 905 came from Jeff Lebo.
Cans from Andy Galamba
Flat tops from Scott Levitt
Alpine from Alex Draper
Craft cans

Here's another soft top that isn't on the composite.
Robert

Bill, Here is the agenda for the Board Meeting. If anyone has any topics they would like to see added please e-mail me. Robert President’s Welcome and Meeting Instructions Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report Committee Reports - Chapters - Finance - Product Development - CANvention - Magazine - Ros...

Kurt,
You are right about the Meister Brau Lite. Since you pointed it out to us we are all looking. Maybe we'll find four.
Robert

There will be a BCCA Board Meeting at the Blue-Gray Show in Fredericksburg, VA on Saturday February 16 at 2 PM. Hopefully some of you will be able to attend to see how the BCCA works. Please ask any questions you have at the meeting. Prior to Blue-Gray I will be attending the Garden State Chapter sh...

Al,
We'll be on the way to NJ tomorrow morning. See you at the show.
Robert