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Category Archives: Spirits
Dr. Gilbert’s Rock and Rye Stomach Bitters
Dr. Gilbert’s Rock and Rye Stomach Bitters 20 August 2015 Finally coming out from under the work load associated with the FOHBC 2015 Chattanooga National and I am doing what I like best, that is passionately collecting and writing about … Continue reading
Posted in Bitters, Bottle Shows, Liqueurs, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Beatty, bitters, Chattanooga, Crowe, Gilbert, liqueur, Meyer, rock, Rye, Whiskey
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What is Boonekamp?
What is Boonekamp? 14 June 2015 As a bitters collector, I often wondered what Boonekamp meant? In the early years of collecting, I thought is was a brand but later realized that many brands of bitters used Boonekamp in their name. Boonekamp is … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liqueurs, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Trade Cards
Tagged bitters, Boonekamp, Gautier, Gourd, Ham, Holland, Jacquin, Leidschendam, liqueur, Lloyd, Luyties, Magen, Marcus, Stomach, style, Underberg, Underberg-Albrecht, Van de Wart
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Ward’s Eureka Tonic Bitters – Covington, Kentucky
Ward’s Eureka Tonic Bitters – Covington, Kentucky 09 April 2015 (R•053017) The other day, while looking around St. Louis for Auguste Amadee Mellier listings for his Mellier’s Imperial Tonic Bitters, I came across some advertising for a Ward’s Eureka Tonic Bitters … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics, Whiskey
Tagged bitters, Cincinnati, Covington, Eureka, Kentucky, Louisville, Mason, Tonic, Ward, William, Woodward
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Kaufman’s Celebrated Blue Jacket Bitters – Indianapolis
Kaufman’s Celebrated Blue Jacket Bitters – Indianapolis 28 December 2014 While working on the post for the Dr. B. H. Kauffman Stomach Bitters from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I checked the Joe Gourd collection inventory list to see if Joe was holding any … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Civil War, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits
Tagged advertising, bitters, blue, card, Celebrated, Charles, Civil, Germany, Gourd, indiana, Indianapolis, Jacket, Kaufman, liquors, Louisiana, Moses, trade, war, Wine
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With and without the words Monopole Bitters
With and without the words Monopole Bitters Herman Toser Co. – Milwaukee & William Frank & Sons – Pittsburgh 24 December 2014 [Christmas Eve] Frank Wicker with BottlePickers scored himself an early Christmas present when he picked up a en-embossed Monopole Bitters. … Continue reading
Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Display, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits
Tagged bitters, brand, embossed, Feldmann, Frank, Herman, Meyer, milwaukee, Monopole, Moody, Pittsburgh, Sullivan, Toser, unembossed, Wiliam, Wisconsin
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A pair of S. Rosenthal & Co. NYC bottles
A pair of S. Rosenthal & Co. NYC bottles 29 October 2014 (R•020715) Recently, I have corresponded with Chris Eib regarding various bottle related topics and during this exchange, Chris sent me the picture above of two S. Rosenthal & Co. … Continue reading
Alexander SaVille and his famous Delaware Bitters
Alexander SaVille and his famous Delaware Bitters 22 October 2014 I like the illustration of the SaVille Building in Wilmington, Delaware at the top of this post. Could there be a bitters story here? You bettcha! Look carefully at one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Spirits, Tonics
Tagged Alexander, bitters, Delaware, liquor, SaVille, Tonic, Wilmington, Wine
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Two California collections at Holabird’s Western Americana Collections
Two California collections at Holabird’s Western Americana Collections 07 September 2014 My name is Joe Elcano and I work with Fred Holabird. He has asked me to contact you to see if you could help us. Our September and December … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Auction News, Breweriana, Collectors & Collections, Ephemera, News, Spirits, Whiskey
Tagged Americana, Bourbon, Fred, Holabird, Western, Whiskey
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The E. Julin – ABO football sized torpedo
The E. Julin – ABO football sized torpedo 23 August 2014 (R•091814) Incoming e-mail from prominent west coast bottle collector, Dale Mlasko. We’ve seen many of Dale’s great western bitters pictures before. He had this oddity needing identification. I quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Soda Water, Spirits
Tagged ABO, agent, Baltimore, Chris, Dale, E. Julin, football, forwarding, Germany, John Bull, London, Mlasko, Rowell, San Francisco, Shroyer, Swedish, Torpedo, Turku, Western
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