The art of collecting beer coasters ('beer mats' outside the Unites States) even has its own name: Tegestology. Originally thick paper pulp cards that one could use to cover an open brew to ward off insects, beer coasters became a popular advertising vehicle starting in the late 1800s.
I’ve been a beer stein collector for about 25 years. About 10 years ago I sold my business, a specialty dat… [more]
George Barone, an executive at Bank of America, is an avid collector of American beer coasters and the webmas… [more]
The guys at the Connecticut Chapter of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America have created a full-on tribute to t… [more]
Assembled by Gunther Rademacher with the help of several other contributors, this collection of over half a million… [more]
This site features photos of beer advertising openers from the early 1900s, organized alphabetically by state. But … [more]
This pre-1965 collection is organized alphabetically by brand and contains scans of seemingly thousands of beautif… [more]
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [more]
Though partially restricted to members-only, this site has a huge amount of free, publicly available and incredibly… [more]
A quick tour of pre-Prohibition bock beer label designs with nice, high resolution scans. Do the whole slide show o… [more]
This site features a fascinating variety of over 1000 beer bottle labels from around the world. Though focused main… [more]
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