About Me
- Name: on-the-rocks
- Location: Atlanta, GA area, United States
As a Geologist/Naturalist with a strong interest in Photography (and being an aspiring writer), I hope to use my travels in the continental U.S. and my experiences (and mistakes) as Educational Resources. I have a constant "yearning to learn" and a desire to better understand the things that I see and have seen in the past. I grew up on the Georgia Piedmont, received my B.S. in Geology and later worked on the Coastal Plain, and spent 14 years in El Paso, where I received my Master's Degree and learned much about the Chihuahuan Desert.
Beer Collectibles Links
- American Breweriana Association
- Atlantic Chapter, BCCA
- Brewery Collectibles Club of America
- 49er Chapter, BCCA
- Jim Plant's Collector Page
- Keystone Chapter, BCCA
- Red Fox Chapter, BCCA
- Rusty Bunch Chapter, BCCA
- Tennessee Brewing History
- Google News
- Abita Beer
- Anchor Brewing Co.
- Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
- Appellation Beer
- Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co.
- Atlanta Brewing Co.
- August Schell Brewing Co.
- Avery Brewing Co.
- Bayhawk Ales
- Beer Blog
- Beers of My Life
- Bitter End Brewpub (RIP)
- Bluegrass Brewing Co.
- Boscos Brewpubs
- Boston Beer Co.
- Boulder Beer Co.
- Breckinridge Brewing Co.
- Brewery Ommegang
- Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.
- City Brewery
- Eric's Beer Page
- 5 Seasons Brewing Co.
- Flying Dog Ales
- Fred's Beer Page
- Full Sail Brewing Co.
- F.X. Matt/Saranac Brewing
- Good People Brewing Co.
- Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.
- Hair of the Dog Brewing Co.
- Highland Brewing Co.
- Hilton Head Brewing Co.
- Huber Brewing Co.
- Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.
- Max Lager's
- Moon River Brewing Co.
- National Bohemian Blog
- North Coast Brewing Co.
- Old Dominion Brewing Co.
- Olde Auburn Ale House
- Olde Hickory Brewing Co.
- Oskar Blues Brewing Co.
- Park Tavern Brewery and Eatery
- Point Beer
- Rogue Ales
- Santa Fe Brewing Co.
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Shiner Beer
- Stoney's Beer
- STL Hops: A St. Louis Beer Website>/a>
- Straub Brewing Co.
- Sweetwater Brewing Co.
- The Lion Brewing Co.
- Thomas Creek Brewing Co.
- Tipsy Texan
- Turtle Mt. Brewing Co.
- Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
- Yuengling Brewing Co.
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- November 2005
- December 2005
- February 2006
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- July 2006
- August 2006
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- October 2006
- November 2006
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
- July 2007
- September 2007
- February 2008
- March 2008
- July 2008
- August 2008
- January 2009
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- October 2009
- December 2009
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- January 2011
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- March 2011
- April 2011
Beer Links
Archives
I blog primarily over at "geosciblog" (http://geosciblog.blogspot.com), I am doing this one for fun. It is inspired by 30+ years of beer can collecting and having tried more than 3,000 different American beers during that time. “. . . And beer was drunk with reverence, as it ought to be.” — G. K. Chesterton
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A Surprisingly Drinkable Beer...
from Schlitz (actually contract-brewed by Miller). Schlitz High Gravity V.S.L. (Very Smooth Lager), 8.5% alcohol content.
While visiting a local liquor store, I was checking out some of the 24 oz. cans and I noticed a new brand. It is an attractive black, gold, and silver colored can, emblazoned with the Schlitz Malt Liquor bull motif.
When I opened the can (from the bottom), I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The beer was surprisingly smooth and drinkable and there was no "alcohol taste" that one might expect with a mass-marketed high-gravity lager.
My friend "mytmalt" said that at the Beer Advocate website, the sole reviewer of this brand gave similar reviews.
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While visiting a local liquor store, I was checking out some of the 24 oz. cans and I noticed a new brand. It is an attractive black, gold, and silver colored can, emblazoned with the Schlitz Malt Liquor bull motif.
When I opened the can (from the bottom), I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. The beer was surprisingly smooth and drinkable and there was no "alcohol taste" that one might expect with a mass-marketed high-gravity lager.
My friend "mytmalt" said that at the Beer Advocate website, the sole reviewer of this brand gave similar reviews.
Labels: Beer Can Collecting, Beer Reviews
Sunday, February 24, 2008
A Change in Alias...
may have been noticed by those that visit this blog without visiting my science/political blog.
I explained the reasons in this post a short time back.
Now that I have rejoined the BCCA (Brewery Collectibles Club of America) and rejoined the Rusty Bunch Chapter of the BCCA and newly joined the ABC (Aluminum Bottle Canossieurs), I plan to be blogging more often on the subject of this particular blog. And I may add a guest blogger, if he is interested.
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I explained the reasons in this post a short time back.
Now that I have rejoined the BCCA (Brewery Collectibles Club of America) and rejoined the Rusty Bunch Chapter of the BCCA and newly joined the ABC (Aluminum Bottle Canossieurs), I plan to be blogging more often on the subject of this particular blog. And I may add a guest blogger, if he is interested.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A Few of Our Favorite Things and Activities
While finishing up our local beer can collectors club newsletter, I ran across this photo from our regional show in Asheville, NC last November and it presents a good cross-section of the stuff that we collect. This show was set up inside of an "atrium motel" on the west side of Asheville. On the foreground of the table are items of "breweriana", i.e., advertising pieces with beer logos.
While beer cans are included in a broad sense, usually the term breweriana is refers to other items, e.g., signs, coasters, labels, crowns, glassware, and dozens of other places where beer logos have been found. To the upper left of the Ballantine Ale sign, you can see two quart cone top cans, the Dawson's can on the left is from New Bedford, MA, while the Cooper's Old Bohemian is from Philadelphia. These cans are probably late-1940s vintage. To the right you see some aluminum bottles.
In the background are some 12 oz. cans in cardboard "can totes", designed to hold two cases of 12 oz. cans, with dividers to prevent the cans from rubbing on one another. The cans range in age from the late-1930s to the 1970s.
While beer cans are included in a broad sense, usually the term breweriana is refers to other items, e.g., signs, coasters, labels, crowns, glassware, and dozens of other places where beer logos have been found. To the upper left of the Ballantine Ale sign, you can see two quart cone top cans, the Dawson's can on the left is from New Bedford, MA, while the Cooper's Old Bohemian is from Philadelphia. These cans are probably late-1940s vintage. To the right you see some aluminum bottles.
In the background are some 12 oz. cans in cardboard "can totes", designed to hold two cases of 12 oz. cans, with dividers to prevent the cans from rubbing on one another. The cans range in age from the late-1930s to the 1970s.
But aside from buying, selling, and trading our "toys", it is about maintaining friendships that some of us have had for 10, 15, or 20 years. And though it is not required, a few of us will enjoy an adult beverage while taking in the sights at a show.And for the November 2007 Asheville show, we were "blessed" with "royalty", as the BCCA (Brewery Collectibles Club of America) President, Joe Germino, chose to make the trip from New Jersey to Asheville.
After our Auburn, AL show last year, a few of us engaged in some "dumping", digging for old cans in an old bar dump that was destined to be covered over during the planned construction of a storage area (second photo). The gentleman in the foreground is now in El Paso, TX at Fort Bliss as part of his training as an Army medic. He may be assigned to duty in Iraq in April.
We visited another nearby bar dump this January after the Auburn show and found a few displayable 1950s cans, one example of which are these two Burger Ale cans from Cincinnati. Neither of which are exceedingly rare cans, but the can on the left is the best Burger Ale (condition-wise) that I have ever had on my shelves. The Burger Ale cans are usually less common and more expensive than the companion Burger Beer cans and the variety on the left is the scarcer of the two
The first time I visited the Hudepohl Brewery in Cincinnati, in 1981, an "old-timer" - who used to work for Burger Brewing Co. - complained that they sent all of the Burger Ale down to Georgia and Alabama and didn't sell it in the Cincinnati area.
Hopefully we can get back to this dump before snake and wasp season resumes, though we did uncover a large corn snake in the dump shown above. Through careful handling with a hoe handle, we managed to persuade it (without hurting it) to move elsewhere.
Labels: Collecting, Dumping
