Soft Tops: Which brands?

#31

Leon wrote:If your list is going in Alphabetical order you should have the Altes listed first in the A's. Did not see it on list but I have one. Possibly the only one known? I may have others but will have to look. LEON.

Really? AL before AC? Interesting.

#32

Great Topic! Thanks for listing! Soft tops and zips would make a great side collection!

#33

Old Heidleberg from Maier

#34

Four to add to 12oz list:

Fox Head Stout ML
Regal Select Bock
10oz Schlitz
West Virginia

Update to the 15-16oz list:
Astro - 16oz
Burgermeister - 15oz
Eastside - 16oz
Hamms - 16oz
Old Milwaukee - 16oz
Regal Select - 16oz
Schlitz - 16oz
Utica Club - 16oz

#35

Sorry John S. At the time I said Altes I did not notice anybody else naming a can starting with a A. OH, And I have a 14 oz Old Milwaukee Soft top, anybody mention that one yet? The Busch & Bud I mentioned were all Aluminum cans, do those count? LEON

P.S. just looked & did not see the 14 oz'er O.M. on list

#36

PBR and Black Label in 16 oz.

#37

ted, Do you have a example of these 2 in your collection? LEON.

#38

I had a Detroit Drewerys in Softop but was a airfilled display can. Not sure on it's legitimacy

LEON.

#39

Mark, if it's my pic you're talking about, let me know which ones you need ID'ed.

#40

powder blue Heilmans....Scott R has it pictured but not mentioned.

#41

After looking over your updated list, the 2nd can in on the bottom row of my pic is Fox Head Bock.

#42

The Cascade chapter had their garage sale on Saturday and I saw a Krausbrau and a Tropical Ale (both dumpers ) from our resident over-priced collector (this oldtime collector). This guy comes to just about every show and takes ALL his cans back home. To give you an expample, he had a #2 Rainer Zip tab priced at $30.00, a #3 blue Rainier 'not-so-light' tab w/ a split seam for $65 - both are more than any book.

Sorry for the rant, but all those cans were desireable to me, but not for the price.

Michael

#43

Leon

Yes, I have both of the the 16 oz. soft tops I mentioned. The Black Label is from Natick. The PBR's (I have one from two different canning companies) are too rusty to tell which city they are from.

Ted Wolfe

#44

My PBR is mint so I was not 100% sure real or relid but a dumper would confirm. Send me Pics of yours if you can? LEON.

#45

Heres what my Altes soft top looks like. LEON.

#46

Leon

I don't have a camera, but the PBR's are most definitely dumpers.

Ted

#47

I have a Bub's soft top. It's not pictured in USBC Vol I, but the matching tab is 47-6 in USBC Vol II.
Robert

#48

Haven't seen this one mentioned: Matt's Premium Lager from West End (USBC 94-38).

#49

Just thought of another softtop - Gibbons Beer from Wilkes-Barre. And I think I've seen two different vanity tops, one black and one red...

#50

Great thread here! Seeing all those b/o super softs is killin' me. I always thought those cans were cool, being as how they were a short run lid from the early 60's.

#51

Just to be a smartass,

Mexicali came in softops

"Tapa" means top and "blandita" means soft.

#52

I also have a Mug Ale USBC 100-32.
Robert

#53

Just back from vacation in the Adirondacks. No dumpers this year just a bunch of clean Tudors from a garage sale.

As for Soft Tops: I know Carling Black Label 12 & 16 ozs. are Natick, MA cans. Don't know if they were made at other breweries.
12 oz. UCs are Beer, Ale & Bock.
Finally, let's not overlook a Soft Top from the longest lived brewery in Lawrence, MA: Holihan's Beer with the 50th Anniversary New Aluminum Easy-Tap Top. Holihan Brothers was established in 1912, thus exactly dating the can as 1962. Don't know if there is a corresponding Ale Soft Top or a plain Soft Top.

#54

Here are two more soft tops to add to the list: Regal Ale USBC #121-31 and Rex USBC #122-33.
Robert

#55

Mark my bad, please mark the correction to the list Old Heidel Brau not Old Heidelberg thanx

Dan

#56

Thanks for the additions/corrections. I hope I caught them all.

MarkB

#57

ML< what is the USBC # for the Cold Spring - Golden Brew - Cold Spring Brewing Co. ?

thanks,

Mark

#58

Here's another soft top: Wisconsin Premium USBC #146-23.
Robert

#59

Just found one out in the garage that needs some repairs, it's bottom opened so I guess I should fix him up. Add Falstaff to your list.

#60

MarkB,
Looks like 50-6 in USBC. Once I get a camera, I'll post a picture of the two I have.
ML

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