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Category Archives: Spirits
Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps – Udolpho Wolfe
AROMATIC SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS I have to admit, many times when I write something about a brand or bottle is not because I know something, it is because I want to learn more and I am always curious, just like the … Continue reading
Posted in Bottling Works, Collectors & Collections, Color Runs, Gin, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Schnapps, Spirits
Tagged Aromatic, Benjamin Wolfe, David H. Burke, German, Gin, Holland, jenever, Netherlands, New York, Revolutionary War, Schiedam, Schnapps, Tom Doligale, Udolpho Wolfe, Udolpho Wolfe Co.
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Interesting Swain’s Bourbon Bitters
SCARCE – C. H. SWAINS – BOURBON BITTERS – RARE DEEP TOBACCO AMBER COLOR – SQUARE Up for bid (see top picture) is a real nice slightly tapered square here folks, these Swain’s Bourbon Bitters for some odd reason tapper … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, eBay, Liquor Merchant, Spirits
Tagged chicago, Dr. C. H. Swain, eBay, illinois, Swain's Bourbon Bitters
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A labeled Flora Temple bottle
James Becker pleasantly surprised quite a few of us with pictures of a labeled Flora Temple bottle over on the Bottle Collectors facebook page. Folks this is one of Elizabeth’s favorite bottles having the horse embossing. As James puts it, “One … Continue reading
What was here, Early Houston Advertisements – Part IIA
THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1860 I was able to locate another issue of The Weekly Telegraph in Houston. The day was Tuesday, 20 April 1860. This is nine years prior to the previous issue of The Houston Telegraph … Continue reading
Posted in Ales & Ciders, Apothecary, Bitters, Cordial, Demijohns, Druggist & Drugstore, Gin, Mineral Water, Sarsaparilla, Schnapps, Spirits, Tonics, Uncategorized, Whiskey, Wine & Champagne
Tagged . M. Bininger & Co., A. A. Peychaud, Ale Brewery, American Aromatic Bitter Cordial, Arabian Bitters, C. Ennis & Co, C.M. Jackson & Co, Clark & White, Demijohn, Dr. A. Siegismund, Dr. Hoofland's Celebrated German Bitters, Fernandez Alvarez & Co., H. J. Trube, Henry Sampson Co., J. Riordan, Mills Bitters, Philadelphia, Saratoga, Schnapps, Smith's Celebrated Sarsaparilla, W. H. Eliot & Co, W. Henry Eliot, Weekly Telegraph, Wolfe's Genuine Schiedam Schnapps
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Incredible and Rare Western Flask – “Fleckenstein & Mayer, (monogram), Portland, O.”
“Incredible and Rare Western Flask” Stopping my eyes suddenly on eBay was a listing reading “Incredible and Rare Western Flask”. Well that’s a teaser enough. Then I see pictures (all four posted here) that blow me away. Of course I … Continue reading
Case Gins to put in a Case
Commonly called “case gin” or “taper gin” bottles since they would pack more efficiently to a case (6 to 24 bottles) than round bottles. Bill Lindsey Bought this lot of large case gins yesterday. They weren’t cheap. Hope I did … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Gin, History, Spirits
Tagged Bill Lindsey, case, Gin, michael, Michael George, Woody Douglas
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Casper Whiskey Four-Cities Variant
“Made by Honest North Carolina People” Jim Hagenbuch and crew had two nice examples of cobalt blue Casper Whiskey bottles in their Glass Works Auction #97 that closed this past Monday night. What I liked was that one example was … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Casper, Casper's Whiskey, chicago, Jim Hagenbuch, New York, North Carolina, St. Louis, Winston-Salem
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Looking at Absinthe Art and the “Green Fairy”
“la fée verte” (the green fairy) While looking in to an an incoming e-mail yesterday and the eventual development of a post that partially touched New Orleans Absinthe makers, I became side tracked with reading about Absinthe and the “la … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Art & Architecture, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits
Tagged Absinthe, advertising, fee verte, france, green fairy, posters
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The New Orleans Absinthe Makers
It is commonly referred to in historical literature as “la fée verte” (the green fairy) Ferdinand: I enjoyed seeing the L. E. Jung card on your website, I’m researching L. E. Jung’s absinthe, as well as the other New Orleans … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged Absinthe, Albert Maignan, anise, bitters, Dr. Hostetter's, green, Green Muse, Herbsaint, Houston, J.C. Yochim, L.E. Jung, Legendre & Co., New Orleans, spirit, wormwood, Wulff, Yochim Brothers
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Sunny Castle Stomach Bitters – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
SUNNY CASTLE STOMACH BITTERS “Small Wine Glass Full 4 Times a Day” It is not often that you see a bottle with a great looking label or even rarer to see a great looking label on three sides of a bottle. … Continue reading
Posted in Auction News, Bitters, Liquor Merchant, Spirits
Tagged bitters, Dudenhoefer, Frank Wicker, Jacob, Joseph Dudenhoefer, L. Fuldner Company, label, Milwaekee, Stomach, Sunny Castle
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