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After the first effective bottle cap was patented in the 1890s, people began designing devices to get them open, including wall-mounted and figural openers, and the 'church key,' a triangle-tipped opener. Beer companies soon realized that bottle openers could be good advertising, and began putting their brands on them. Many early openers were made in interesting shapes, designed for example to resemble horses, automobiles, mermaids or women.
My mother brought home a bunch of openers back in 1977, and that got me started collecting. I thought it woul… [more]
I’ve been a beer stein collector for about 25 years. About 10 years ago I sold my business, a specialty dat… [more]
This site features photos of beer advertising openers from the early 1900s, organized alphabetically by state. But … [read review or visit site]
The guys at the Connecticut Chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America have created a full-on tribute to t… [read review or visit site]
Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [read review or visit site]
This pre-1965 collection is organized alphabetically by brand and contains scans of seemingly thousands of beautif… [read review or visit site]
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [read review or visit site]
Though partially restricted to members-only, this site has a huge amount of free, publicly available and incredibly… [read review or visit site]
A quick tour of pre-Prohibition bock beer label designs with nice, high resolution scans. Do the whole slide show o… [read review or visit site]
An interesting site dedicated to Trappist beers and the history of the development of beer brewed by Trappist Bened… [read review or visit site]
This site features a fascinating variety of over 1000 beer bottle labels from around the world. Though focused main… [read review or visit site]
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