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Information from BCCA's 50Th Golden Anniversary issue from January 24th 1985 on Page 11.

1934 - Krueger Brewing Co. - First shipped January 24th 1935 (American)

1935
May
23rd – Premier-Pabst Corp (American)

June
11th – Northampton Brewing Co. (National)
27th – Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. (American)


July
25th – Ballantine Brewing Co. (American)


August
8th – Red Top Brewing Co. (National)
12th – Globe Brewing Co. (American)
13th – G. Heileman Brewing Co. (Continental)
27th – Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. (Continental)
28th – Wehle Brewing Co. (American)

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6th - Genesee Brewing Co. (American)
11th – Burger Brewing Co. (Continental)
13th – Fort Pitt Brewing Co. (American)
27th – Christian Feigenspan B.Co. (American)
27th – Peter Fox Brewing Co. (National)
27th – Forest City Brewing Co. (American)
27th – Gunther Brewing Co. (American)

October
17th – Mankato Brewing Co. (Continental)
29th – Blatz Brewing Co. (Continental)
29th – Fitger Brewing Co. (Continental)
31st – Louis F. Neuweiler and Sons (American)


November
2nd – Dunquesne Brewing Co. (Continental)
7th – Stroudsburg Brewing Co. (National)
8th – Fritz Brewing Co. (Continental)
12th – Grace Bros. Brewing Co. (American)
13th – Manhattan Brewing Co. (American)
23rd – King's Brewery, Inc. (National)
26th – Berghoff Brewing Co. (Continental)
29th – Adolph Coors Brewing Co. (American)


December
7th – Rainier Brewing Co. (Continental) (Note - CarlS believes this should be Seattle Brewing and Malting Company)
9th – Gluek's Brewing Co. (Continental)
10th – San Francisco Brewing Co. (American)
11th – General Brewing Co. (American)
11th - Aztec Brewing Co. (American)
12th – California Brewing Assn. (American)
12th – Theo. Hamm's Brewing Co. (American)
18th – Beverwyck Brewing Co. (Continental)


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I think you are missing Star Brewery - Hop Gold. I believe some of those can date to at least Dec 35.... I have in my collection Jan 6, 1936 on the lid, so I know they are a little eairler than that.
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What is the date code on the Hop Gold? The date on the lid is a "brewed by" date, and the beer would have been aged prior to canning...so the can was most likely filled in March or April of 1936.

That said, there are known issues with the list. One, California Brewing Assn. is listed as signing with American Co., but the product would have been the first Acme can...a Pacific Can Co. can. Two, Aztec Brewing Co. is also listed as signing with American Can Co. The earliest can I'm aware of by Aztec is the LP ABC cone, which to my knowledge doesn't appear in print ads until September of 1936, when the first ads for non-FBIR cones appeared. I don't know the origin of the list, but it has been published in two different beer can books and also was included in the BCCA's 50th Anniversary (of the beer can) newsletter.

It also appears that the cans were not issued in the order of the brewery signings...most of the cones were out in time to be shown in the January, 1936 Fortune magazine article 'Beer Into Cans', but many of the flats (especially those by American Can Co.) were not. Of the breweries listed as signing with American Can Co. from October 1935 on, only Hamm's and Manhattan are known to have produced cans bearing 'Patent Pending'.

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Marc- there is no date code on my Hop Gold. Kevin's book says the first couple HGs are from late 1935. I would assume that since the top lid was the last thing put on the can when it was filled with beer, that the date on the lid is when it was filled. Now on the early Lucky cans with the date on the bottom, I would agree that the can was filled at a later date.

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Ed - There are a few things in Kevin's book that I question, especially some of the dates. But, either way, the Hop Gold says "BEER BREWED BEFORE DATE DATE SHOWN ON TOP OF CAN". I agree that the date stamp was added after the can was filled, but the reason some brewers dated their beer was to assure the customer that the beer was properly aged. I'll have to do some digging around - I know I've read a couple articles about this, but I don't recall where they were published.

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Cap-Sealed wrote:I would assume that since the top lid was the last thing put on the can when it was filled with beer, that the date on the lid is when it was filled. :smt023
There are pictures in the Jan '36 Fortune Magazine of Pabst Export cans running thru the filling lines upside down and having the bottom lids applied after filling.


Dates could easily be applied running the cans thru an ink stamp machine on the line for the tops or bottoms for brewery codes, dates, etc.
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Cap-Sealed wrote: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:44 am I think you are missing Star Brewery - Hop Gold. I believe some of those can date to at least Dec 35.... I have in my collection Jan 6, 1936 on the lid, so I know they are a little eairler than that.
Lid dating is tricky . I have seen a Rainier cone with 1 16 35 on the lid. Some cans are sample cans to brewers before beer is put in. Tom
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