83 beer

[foreigncanman]

There was a listin g of these some time ago . Here is a nother

[Wrestling Nut]

If for sale, I'm interested. Cool can and great find either way.

[Ziphippie]

Wow, cool can! Sure would look nice next to my 89. Bjorn

[Longopener]

Found Jed Conroy's "by The Numbers" beer can website.

http://www.beerbythenumbers.com/

[Cap-Sealed]

Any idea who the brewer was????

[Summitcan]

what type of lids are on them ?
when were they made ?

[Cap-Sealed]

I think the 83 Beer is a flat top!

[Longopener]

According to jwconroy, Beer 81, 83, 87 and 89 in this photo are by Beldo & Willmarth, Evanston, Il.

Photo by Jed Conroy.

[Ziphippie]

lots of unanswered questions about these cans- Ziphippie Bjorn

[Wrestling Nut]

The one that started this thread is from Philadelphia. I had never seen that before. I thought they were all from Illinois.

[zoinkss]

I have had 1 other 83 beers in the past and traded it or sold it. Didn't get anything near what they were worth. Never knew how rare they were.
I did however find a 81 and 83 recently and Bjorn told me about this post. Doing some research today I think I have the Guess/answer.
Beldo and Wilmarth were marketing testers in Evanston. When doing research on them I found a research project done by Beldo & Associates for American Can on littering and where the cans are coming from... Cars, picnics or home use. Beldo & associates also worked for Hamms. Great Historical society library on Hamms. Shared with Barry.
The lids on my two cans are roughly 1968 OI CBead Am Can lids. The seams on the cans were diff. one is the am can tfs adhesive seam and the other is the soldered Gretzke seam by am can. One has plant 083 which is Omaha.
The bottoms both have stamps which means they were filled. Both open on the top.
As both the soldered Gretzke seams and the glued adhesive seams were running together, I would put these cans at about 1968. The study published 1970 or 71.
To do this study you would need a can that you could identify and not only that you would have to have different variations to tell them apart. Hence the different numbers. I bet they gave people the beer and then watched where they ended up. That would take time so the study was done in the mid to late 60s and concluded in 70 71.

This is just a guess from looking at the studies. I cannot say for sure Beldo and Associates and Beldo and Willmarth are the same company. But we have a staring point.