Blob Tops: Brooklyn

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Medium Blob Tops

Brooklyn

Badenhoop, John

Address: 1416 Gates ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.

Badenhoop, John

Address: 871 Flushing ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Beye, Henry

Address: 1488 Flatbush ave.

No info on this bottle.

Borrmann, Louis

Address: 691 4th ave.

No info on this bottle.

Bosch, Chas.

Address: 756 Marcy ave.

No info on this bottle.

Brussel, Albert

Address: 4105 - 3rd ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE AMBER VARIANT BELOW.

Brussel, Albert

Address: 4105 - 3rd ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE AQUA VARIANT ABOVE.

Claus-Lipsius Brewing Co., The

Address: 493 Bushwick ave. & Forrest st.

The company opened in 1865 and closed in 1906.

Congress Brewing Co. Ltd.

Address: 169 Meserole st.

The brewery opened in 1894 and closed in 1917.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT BELOW.

Congress Brewing Co. Ltd.

Address: 169 Meserole st.

This is the rarer block print variant made by the company.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE.

Consumers Park Brewing Co.

Address: 946-978 Franklin ave. / 124-150 Montgomery ave.

The Consumers Park Brewery was run by a union of sorts whose members consisted of many hotel and saloon owners who wanted control over their own product. The owner of the Central Railroad Hotel, Herman Raub, would become the company's first president. The company began producing beer in 1897, before the complex was completed, boasting that over 71,000 barrels were brewed. The brewery officially opened in January of 1901, which also contained a hotel and restaurant on the property known as Brick Hill. In 1902 a train station was built on the property known as the Consumers Park station. The complex also became credited as America's first electrically powered brewery.

The company had tragedies as well. In 1901 one of the workers ran over 2 children with his wagon. He had spilled a wheat product and after local children had helped him gather the spilled contents he signaled them to back away. Two 6 year old boys then ran over the wagon. One died, and the other had his arms amputated as a result of the accident. The worked turned himself into the police but the incident was later deemed a tragic accident. Only two weeks later the brewery suffered a devastating fire.

By the 1907 the shareholders of the company turned vicious, turning the business into a power struggle. The president, Herman Raub, sick of all of the antics retired back to the hotel business. He died at the age of 46 in 1915.

In 1913 the company merged with another brewery and became known as the New York & Brooklyn Brewery and then split into two companies in the same year. One kept the name of the New York & Brooklyn Brewery and the other became known as the Interboro Brewing Co. The businesses closed down sometime in the 1920s due to prohibition.

Dieter, Geo. M.

Address: 249 4th ave.

No info on this bottle.

Diogenes Bottling Co.

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Van Voorhis st. (modern day Decatur st.)

The company started near the end of the blob top age in 1898. The name Diogenes came from a Greek philosopher who carried around a lantern looking for an honest man. The company closed in 1920 at the start of prohibition.

The unusual thing about the location of the brewery was that it was technically located in Queens. It was just 1 block over the border between Queens and Brooklyn. Yet I will keep it on the Brooklyn page because it bears the Brooklyn location on the bottle. This is the second bottle that is on the border.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT BELOW.

Diogenes Bottling Co. / Meyer & Tohl

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Van Voorhis st. (modern day Decatur st.)

The company usually made bottles for other companies, hence the different embossing in the center from its other variant.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE.

Doelger, Peter / Heiberger, Wm.

Address: 43, 45, 47 Newal st.

Peter Doelger opened his brewery in Manhattan in 1859 at 101 ave A. between 6th and 7th sts. He then proceeded to open up many other branches throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan. He opened the Brookyln branch from where this bottle came from in 1887. The company closed in 1937.

SEE NEWER VARIANT BELOW.

Doelger, Peter / Heiberger, Wm.

Address: 43, 45, 47 Newal st.

See company info above.

SEE OLDER VARIANT ABOVE.

Duehne, D.

Address: 590 Central ave.

No info on this bottle.

Eastern Brewing Co., The

Address: Bushwick ave.

No info on this bottle.

Edebohls & Bohlen

Address: 358 & 360 Hart st.

No info on this bottle.

The Bier (Excelsior Lager Bier, embossed on the reverse side of the bottle) in the title is intentional and seen on all other bottles of that variant.

Associated with George Bohlen

Egan, Wm.

Address: 977 Manhattan ave.

No info on this bottle.

Ellmers & Buck

Address: 544 3rd ave.

No info on this bottle.

Eppig, Joseph

Address: 237 Irving ave.
37 Johnson ave.
244 Humboldt ave.
170 Johnson ave.
271 Devoe st.

Joseph Eppig is the son of Leonhard Eppig. He had many branches following the success of his father's brewery. However, the exact branch in which these bottles were used cant be identified.

Associated with: Leonhard Eppig

Eppig, Leonhard

Address: 579 Hart st.
<------ 24-44 George st.

Leonhard Eppig was an immigrant from Germany. He was born in 1839 and died in 1893.

He was first employed in his uncle's brewery, Nicholas Seitz. After beginning his own brewery with Hubert Fischer (who had later left the company), he had done much to help his community. He built houses and multiple churches all throughout the neighborhood. He was a democrat, and a member of the Glenmore Rod and Gun club of Brooklyn. He also had 8 children.

Associated with: N. Seitz's Son.
Joseph Eppig

Eurich's, Conrad, Brewery

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Fairfield st.

The company opened in 1887 and closed in 1907.

This version of the bottle was used from 1899 to 1903.

Associated with: Eurich Brewing Co.
Ph. Liebinger Brewing Co.
The Leibinger Brewing Co.

Eurich Brewing Co.

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Fairfield st.

The company opened in 1887 and closed in 1907.

This version of the bottle was used from 1903 to 1907.

Associated with: Conrad Eurich's Brewery
Ph. Liebinger Brewing Co.
The Leibinger Brewing Co.

Eurich & Heller

Address: UNKNOWN

So little is known about the history of this company. All I know from variations of these bottles is that Eurich (possibly) had his own brewery before renaming it to Eurich and Heller. Also, I have seen one version of these bottles that had Coney Island embossed instead of Brooklyn.

This is also the most common blob top from Brooklyn.

Possibly associated with Conrad Eurich's Brewery / Eurich Brewing Co.

Excelsior Bottling Dept. J. H. M. (Muller, John H.)

Address: 271 Pulaski st.

No info on this bottle.

Fallert, Joseph, Brewing Co. Ltd.

Address: 346 Lorimer st. & 52-66 Meserole st.

The company opened in 1878 and closed in 1920.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.

Fallert, Joseph, Brewing Co. Ltd.

Address: 346 Lorimer st. & 52-66 Meserole st.

The company opened in 1878 and closed in 1920.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Feldhus, Fred D.

Address: 609 Dekalb ave.

No info on this bottle.

Frank Brewery, The

Address: Cypress ave. between Greene st. & Willow st. (present day Hancock st. & Weirfield st.)

The Frank Brewery (not under that name until 1892) was founded in 1867 by John Marquardt. He had launched the career of Charles Zerwick. A fire destroyed the entire building in 1878 and during the two years that it took to rebuild, John Marquardt died in 1880. In 1884 his widow sold the brewery to Gustave Feigenspan for only $85,000, compared to the prices and values of other breweries which cost $3,000,000 and up. In 1892 Feigenspan sold the brewery to William Frank. Frank died in 1917 and the company switched hands over a dozen times until 1950 when the brewery had permanently closed down. The buildings were demolished in 1959.

The unusual thing about the location of the brewery was that it was technically located in Queens. It was just 1 block over the border between Queens and Brooklyn. Yet I will keep it on the Brooklyn page because it bears the Brooklyn location on the bottle.

Associated with Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS BELOW.

Frank Brewery, The

Address: Cypress ave. between Greene st. & Willow st. (present day Hancock st. & Weirfield st.)

This is a slightly alternate clear variant with the slug plate raised higher on the front of the bottle.

Associated with Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Frank Brewery, The

Address: Cypress ave. between Greene st. & Willow st. (present day Hancock st. & Weirfield st.)

This is the aqua slug plate variant of the bottle.

Associated with Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Frank Brewery, The

Address: Cypress ave. between Greene st. & Willow st. (present day Hancock st. & Weirfield st.)

This is the aqua non slug plate variant of the bottle.

Associated with Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANTS ABOVE.

Golden Horn Brewing Co.

Address: 3rd ave. between 96th & 97th st.

No info on this bottle.

The company is also known as Apfel's Golden Horn Brewing Co. on other variants of the bottle.

Golden Rod Bottling Co. A

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Possibly associated with Golden Rod Bottling Co. B.

Golden Rod Bottling Co. B

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Possibly associated with Golden Rod Bottling Co. A.

Graf, Louis

Address: 1062 Broadway & 2 Reid ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT BELOW.

Graf, Louis

Address: 1062 Broadway & 2 Reid ave.

No info on this bottle.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE.

Grauer, Geo.

Address: Willow & Cypress aves.

No info on this bottle except that the company was technically located in Queens. It was called the Ridgewood Park Brewery.

Heller, S.

Address: 153-155 Greenpoint ave.

No info on this bottle.

Hofmann, Magnus

Address: 146 Engert ave.

No info on this bottle.

Hollwedel, Wm. F.

Address: 104 & 106 Marion st.

William F. Hollwedel was a priest which is pretty strange.

Huber, Otto, Brewery

Address: 1 Bushwick Place

Otto Huber Sr. had worked in breweries since he immigrated to America. In 1866 he purchased the Hoerger Brewery and it became one of the most successful breweries in New York. He died in 1900 after being deathly ill for six weeks from heart disease. The company was succeeded by Otto Huber Sr.'s four sons who sold the brewery after prohibition was passed in the early 1920s. Otto Huber Jr. however, was also involved in the building and ownership of many funds, music halls, banks, and trust funds including the first national bank of Brooklyn. He was also an admirable caretaker of horses and owned many in his private stables.

Hufeisen, Fred

Address: 1965 & 1967 Fulton st.

No info on this bottle.

Huhn, Val.

Address: 7217 8th ave.

No info on this bottle.

Ibert Jr., Anthony

Address: Evergreen ave. & Linden st.

No info on this bottle.

India Wharf Brewing Co.

Address: 48-60 Hamilton ave.

This was Leonhard Michel's first owned brewery. It opened in 1889 and closed in 1934. There is not much listed about his legacy in this brewery as there was in his self named brewery.

SEE NEWER VARIANT BELOW.

Associated with the L. Michel Brewing Co.

India Wharf Brewing Co.

Address: 48-60 Hamilton ave.

This is the mass produced version of the bottle that was used by the company. The older variant is alot harder to find.

SEE OLDER VARIANT ABOVE.

Associated with the L. Michel Brewing Co.

Kahl, William

Address: 1084 & 1086 Decatur st.

There is no info on the company except that at one point they had offered 75 birch beer half barrels equipped with Golden Gate Valves in the January, 1912, edition of The American Bottler. At around the same time the company switched production from beer to inks and pastes.

Kallstrand, Oscar

Address: 149 - 4th ave.

No info on this bottle.

Kelly, J. Frank

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Although it has embossed New York & Brooklyn, I will leave it on this page.

Leavy & Britton Brewing Co.

Address: Jay st. & Front st.

The company was opened by John Johnson in the mid 1800s. The business was renamed to Leavy & Keanny in 1878. Under old management they made 250 barrels of beer per week, now under the new Leavy & Britton management they make that same amount daily.

Liebinger Brewing Co., The

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Fairfield st.

The company opened in 1887 and closed in 1907. The Ph. in the title stands for Phil which was Liebinger's first name.

This version of the bottle was used from 1887 to 1895.

Associated with: Conrad Eurich's Brewery
Eurich Brewing Co.
Ph. Leibinger Brewing Co.

Liebinger, Ph., Brewing Co.

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Fairfield st.

The company opened in 1887 and closed in 1907. The Ph. in the title stands for Phil which was Liebinger's first name.

This version of the bottle was used from 1895 to 1899.

Associated with: Conrad Eurich's Brewery
Eurich Brewing Co.
The Leibinger Brewing Co.

Liebmann's, S., Sons Brewing Co.

Address: 36 Forrest & Bremen Sts.

The S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing co is one of the most influential beer companies in New York history. It branched out of Obermeyer & Liebmann's Botg. Dept. in 1868 when Samuel Liebmann opened the S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. for his two sons in law. The company became so large that it was picking off smaller breweries one by one by purchasing them, and expanding the company across the country including the John Eichler Brewing Co., and their own father in law's company in 1924. in 1964 the Co. bought out The pepsi co, aka United Bottling Co. It was a bad move. S. Liebmann's Sons was bought out in 1974 in Brooklyn by a coffee company. All of the other branches scattered throughout the country were purchased in 1977, thus ending one of New York's famous brewing companies.

Associated with: Obermeyer & Liebmann's Botg. Dept.

SEE OBERMEYER & LIEBMANN'S BOTG. DEPT. FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE FOR MORE INFO.

Lutz, Chas., & Bro.

Address: 185 Harrison ave.

Charles G. Lutz was an active police officer for many years in Brooklyn. He entered the service in 1884 and was appointed as a sergeant in 1895. He was also a free-mason. There is no clear history on his involvement with the Chas. Lutz & Bro. organization.

Malcom Brewing Co.

Address: Franklin ave. & 394 Flushing ave.

Predecessor to the Franklin Brewing Co. No other info on this bottle.

SEE NEWER VARIANT BELOW.

Malcom Brewing Co.

Address: Franklin ave. & 394 Flushing ave.

Predecessor to the Franklin Brewing Co. No other info on this bottle.

SEE OLDER VARIANT ABOVE.

Mannel, Anton

Address: 174 N. 9th st.

No info on this bottle.

The Bier in the title is intentional and seen on all other variants.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.

Mannel, Anton

Address: Broadway & Quincy st. / 174 N. 9th st.

No info on this bottle.

The Bier in the title is intentional and seen on all other variants.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Marquardt, Adam

Address: 267 Withers st.

No info on this bottle.

This is the first version of the bottle, clear glass, the primary color.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.

Marquardt, Adam

Address: 267 Withers st.

No info on this bottle.

This is the second version of the bottle, purple glass, after being exposed to sunlight naturally for a large number of years before being found.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Meltzer Bros. Brewery

Address: 185 - 207 Suydam st.

The company was opened by John and Gottfried Meltzer in 1865 and operated at the 60 Meserole st. address until 1873. They then moved to 185 - 207 Suydam st. and opened a second branch at 170 Myrtle ave. The brothers died one after the other sometime after 1881 and operations were then run by their wives. They continued operation at those two branches until the company closed down in 1917.

Menz and Co.

Address: 356 Pearl st.

No info on this bottle.

Metzler, Martin

Address: 485 Atlantic ave.

No info on this bottle.

Meyer, F. W.

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Michel, L., Brewing Co.

Address: Bond st. & 4th st.

Leonhard Michel worked for 13 years in America's oldest brewery, The Yuengling Brewery. He later went on to found the India Wharf Brewing Co. and his own L. Michel Brewing Co. He worked in India Wharf for seventeen years before founding the L. Michael Brewing Co. in 1907. He was able to survive by appealing to the Brewing Council of N.Y. to keep his brewery even though prohibition had passed in 1920. It kept going by making near beer. After his death in 1926 the building was purchased by the Rubel Ice Co. and later sold beck to Leonhard's heir.

In April 1903 L. Michel and John F. Betz had gotten into a lawsuit for ownership of the famous Yuengling Brewery. John F. Betz won and L. Michel lost $45,000 in Lawyer fees which back then was alot of money.

The Ebling company briefly made beer under the old Leonhard Michel Brewery in Brooklyn between 1927 and 1940 under the White Horse Ale label. The reason that Leonhard's heir abandoned the brewery was that after all of his success he was being tracked down by the law. It turned out that he had been running one of the most important breweries in Brooklyn at the time without any brewing licences.

Associated with India Wharf Brewing Co.

Minck Bro & Co.

Address: 45 to 53 Beaver st.

They made lager beer, porter, ale, and sparkling cider.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT BELOW.

Associated with: Minck Bros & Co.

Minck Bro & Co.

Address: 45 to 53 Beaver st.

They made lager beer, porter, ale, and sparkling cider.

This is a cleaner variant of the bottle shown above with differently spaced letters as well.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE.

Associated with: Minck Bros & Co.

Minck Bros & Co.

Address: 45 to 53 Beaver st.

They made lager beer, porter, ale, and sparkling cider.

SEE LARGE AND SMALL VARIANTS FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE.

Associated with: Minck Bro & Co.

Muhler, Henry

Address: 772, Bedford ave.

No info on this bottle.

Muller, John

Address: 662 Prospect Place

No info on this bottle.

Nassau Brewing Co.

Address: 1042 Dean st.

The company was founded in 1849 as Liberger and Walter, then changing names in 1866 to the Bedford Brewery, owned by Christian Goetz. In 1884 it was purchased by William Brown and renamed yet again to the Budweiser Brewing Co. Anheuser-Busch then sued Brown over name copyrights and won since they had a trademark on the name since 1878. Brown was then forced to rename the company to the Nassau Brewing Co. which operated from 1898 to and closed in 1914.

The building stands today and has been converted into an apartment / studio building with a number of occupants residing within. New additions have been attached to the brewery building to give it stability.

North American Brewing Co.

Address: Hamburg & Greene ave.

The company opened in 1892, survived through the prohibition by making near beer, and purchased by the Schafer Corp. in 1946. The building was closed down in 1948.

Obermeyer & Liebmann

Address: 59 & 71 Bremen st. & Noll st.

On November 27th 1854, a German immigrant named Samuel Liebmann purchased a brewery in Williamsburg which would become the greatest brewery in New York over the course of the next 100 years. In 1868 he retired, and in 1872 he passed away, leaving the business to his three sons, Joseph, Henry, and Charles. It is unclear which of the sons branched off to create the S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co. The company was successful until 1905, when it was passed down to their grandsons. To this day, no one is sure where the name Obermeyer comes from in the companies history.

Associated with: S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co.

SEE ALTERNATE SUN VARIANTS BELOW.

Obermeyer & Liebmann

Address: 59 & 71 Bremen st. & Noll st.

These two variants have differently designed suns.

Associated with: S. Liebmann's Sons Brewing Co.

SEE ALTERNATE SUN VARIANTS ABOVE.

Olifiers, B. J.

Address: 85 Orient ave. / 556 Orient ave.

Olifiers was contracted by the City of New York to make 400,000 glasses at $80 per 1000 to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the discovery of America. It was agreed that Olifiers would buy back glasses after the the celebration at $10 per 1000. A few days after Olifiers started producing the glasses he received a memo that the number was supposed to be 40,000, not 400,000. By that time he had completed 200,000 glasses. He sued the office that contracted him for the damages and won over $13,000, $1,000 of which was interest from the time the suit was filed. The law suit took place in the New York Supreme Court in 1895 but was first filed in 1892.

Pershall, H. L. R.

Address: 328 Sumner ave.

No info on this bottle.

Rommeney, Theo.

Address: 427 Broadway

No info on this bottle.

Roshen & Omel

189 & 191 Schenck st.

No info on this bottle.

Schlingmann, W. / Suc. to Gross, Chas.

Address: 264 Driggs st.

No info on this bottle.

Seitz's, N., Son

Address: 256-268 Maujer st.

This company has a rich history in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn City Brewery was founded in 1846 in Manhattan by N. Seitz. He moved the Brewery to Brooklyn itself in 1852. In 1871 he retired and left the brewery to his son and son in law. In 1873 the company switched hands again and was given to N. Seitz's grandchildren. The brewery was the most state of the art in existence at the time in a four story building. It would produce less every year then the building was capable of making yet sold more than almost all of the other companies in the area.

Nicholas Seitz was the uncle of Leonhard Eppig.

Associated with: Leonhard Eppig.

SEE NEWER VARIANTS BELOW.

Seitz's, N., Son

Address: 256-268 Maujer st.

This is the non slug plate variant.

SEE OLDER AND NEWER VARIANTS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Seitz's, N., & Son

Address: 256-268 Maujer st.

This is the non slug plate variant in a different color than the one above.

SEE OLDER AND OTHER VARIANTS ABOVE.

Short, H.

Address: Jerome st. & Vienna ave.

No info on this bottle.

Sullivan, John

Address: Bath ave. & Bay 22nd st.

John Sullivan was born in 1862 in Ireland and came to America in 1887. He was an avid yachtsman and restaurant owner in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. He had membership in the Bay Ridge Yacht Club, the Brooklyn Elks Lodge, and the Democratic Club of Bay Ridge. He had one daughter, Joseph Sullivan (later Mrs Joseph J. Farrell) with his wife Catherine Sullivan. He died at the age of 65 in 1927.

Tivoli Bottling Co.

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Trommer's, John F., Evergreen Brewery

Address: Bushwick ave. & Conway st.

John F. Trommer was an immigrant from Germany who purchased the newly built Evergreen Brewery in 1896. In 1898 John died and was succeeded by his son George who was able to keep the business going successfully through prohibition. the company finally closed down in 1951 after opening a sister branch in New Jersey.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW.

Associated with: Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Trommer's, John F., Evergreen Brewery

Address: Bushwick ave. & Conway st.

This is the second version of the blob top.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

Associated with: Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Address: Bushwick ave. & Conway st.

This is the first version of the blob top.

SEE SECOND VARIANT BELOW

See John F. Trommer's Evergreen Brewery for more info.

Associated with: John F. Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Address: Bushwick ave. & Conway st.

This is the second version of the blob top.

SEE FIRST VARIANT ABOVE.

See John F. Trommer's Evergreen Brewery for more info.

Associated with: John F. Trommer's Evergreen Brewery

Ulrich, John D.

Address: 1035 Manhattan ave. & 155 Norman ave.

No info on this bottle.

Wachter, John

Address: 1874 Greene ave.

No info on this bottle.

Wassmer, Wm.

Address: 1902 Atlantic ave.

No info on this bottle.

Weiskopf, Wm.

Address: 85 Troutman st.

Weiskopf is listed at 271 Pulaski st in 1899.

Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery

Address: Corner of Myrtle ave. & Wyckoff ave.

In 1874 Charles Zerwick was hired by Jacob Marquardt to be the brewmaster of The Frank Brewery (not that name until 1892). Three years later Zerwick married the daughter of John Welz, the owner of the Welz brewery a few blocks away. Yet for the next few years Zerwick stayed loyal to the Frank Brewery until a fire destroyed the building in 1878. During the two years that it took to rebuild the brewery Zerwick accepted the offer of Welz to be the brewmaster in the Welz brewery. Zerwick made the company very popular by using new brewing techniques and the most up to date machinery. He was also very successful in marketing the company to most of Brooklyn. John Welz was so pleased with the things that Zerwick had done for the company that he changed the name to the Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery. It was called the High Ground Brewery because the brewery started on the second floor of the building that the company was in. The first was a large store owned by the company. This was unusual because most breweries didnt sell their product in the same place that it was made.

Associated with The Frank Brewery.

SEE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH VARIANTS BELOW.

Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery

Address: Corner of Myrtle ave. & Wyckoff ave.

This is the second variant from the same company with the W&Z seal on the neck. This W&Z is in block letters.

Associated with The Frank Brewery.

SEE FIRST AND THIRD / FOURTH VARIANTS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery

Address: Corner of Myrtle ave. & Wyckoff ave.

This is the second variant from the same company with the W&Z seal on the neck. This W&Z is in thin letters.

Associated with The Frank Brewery.

SEE FIRST / SECOND AND FOURTH VARIANTS ABOVE AND BELOW.

Welz & Zerwick High Ground Brewery

Address: Corner of Myrtle ave. & Wyckoff ave.

This is the third variant from the same company. It is a rare amber slug plate version that was made when the company first opened.

Associated with The Frank Brewery.

SEE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD VARIANTS ABOVE.

Wieker, Wm.

Address: 1470 Gates ave.

No info on this bottle.

Possibly associated with Wieker, Geisler, & Janner.

Wieker, Geisler, & Janner

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Possibly associated with Wm. Wieker.

Wilkens & Schmersal

Address: S. 1st st. & Driggs ave.

No info on this bottle.

Canarsie

Borstelmann, C.

Address: UNKNOWN

Charles Borstelmann was born in 1856 in Germany. He then immigrated to the United States and settled in Canarsie. He had a son in 1889 with the same name, Charles.

Knoth & Zahn

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Evergreen

Braack, Henry

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Smith st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE OLDER VARIANT BELOW.

Braack, Henry

Address: Wyckoff ave. & Smith st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE NEWER VARIANT ABOVE.

Weimann, W.

Address: Wyckoff ave., Smith & Evergreen sts.

No info on this bottle.

The brewery's exact location cant be determined from the address provided as the street names have changed, but its right on the border of queens.

Vanderveer Park

Meny, Adolph

Address: 1446 Flatbush ave.

No info on this bottle.

No Location

Excelsior Lager Beer

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

The only reason that the bottle is on the website is because there is a definite record that these were made only in Brooklyn by multiple companies. Some were embossed with an address and this one without.

Piel Bros.

Address: 315 Liberty ave.

The company was founded in 1883 by the three Piel brothers, Gottfried, William, and Michael, all born in Germany. In the 1950s Piel bought Trommers, and Rubsam & Hormann. The company finally closed after 90 years when it was bought out by F&M Schaefer, then sold to Stroh, then Anheuser-Busch and Miller, and later being sold to Pabst in 1973.

SEE AMBER VARIANT BELOW.

Piel Bros.

Address: Address: 315 Liberty ave.

SEE AQUA VARIANT ABOVE.

Large Blob Tops

Brooklyn

Armstrong & McKinley

Address: 73-75 Huron st.

No info on this bottle.

Cavaliere, Joe

Address: 54 Sackett st.

No info on this bottle.

Dieckman, Wm.

Address: 59, 61, & 63 Stockholm st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE SMALL VARIANT FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE.

Dingwell Bros.

Address: 1017-25 Greene ave.

There were three brothers in the company, all born on Prince Edward's Island:

Henry C. Dingwell
Francis S. Dingwell
George S. Dingwell

Gentile, Eugenio

Address: Commerce st.

No info on this bottle

Only one other variant of this bottle is known. This is the slug plate, the other is a pictured large blob top.

Hanold & Hartfelder / Hartfelder & Haab

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on these bottles.

These two bottles are exactly the same in every way except for the names. Both include Hartfelder. It took me a year to realize that these bottles were different in title. They were so similar that u didn't notice.

Minck Bros & Co.

Address: 45 to 53 Beaver st.

They made lager beer, porter, ale, and sparkling cider.

SEE MEDIUM AND SMALL VARIANTS FURTHER UP AND DOWN THE PAGE.

Associated with: Minck Bro & Co.

Mutual Bottling Co.

Address: 129-131 Boerum Place

No info on this bottle.

SEE SMALL VARIANT FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE.

Neff's, T. L., Sons

Address: 105 Maujer st.

The company's slogan was "Watch Your Thirst" and made 2000 soft drink daily, sending out 24,000 of these bottles every working day. They specialized in sarsaparilla (root beer) and ginger ale, and also sold a wide range of other soft drinks worldwide. The company was bought out by Kirsch.

T. L. Neff was the first president and founder of the Bottler's Association of New York.

Rempe, Joseph

Address: 217 & 219 21st st.

Joseph Rempe died in 1916.

Schneider, Fred, & Co.

Address: Jackson st. & Union ave.

There are no examples that exist of the Schneider Bros. at the same address. Fred Schneider could possibly be related to Geo. Schneider but there are no records that prove that for certain.

Schneider, Geo., & Co.

Address: 181-183 Stockholm st.

No info on this bottle.

Seely's, E., Sons

Address: 13 & 15 N. Oxford st.

No info on this bottle.

Associated with E. Seely's Sons Bottling Co.

Seely's, E., Sons Bottling Co.

413-421 20th st.

No info on this bottle.

Associated with E. Seely's Sons

St. Marks Bottling Co.

Address: 305 Saint Marks ave.

No info on this bottle.

Wagner & Fotheringham

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Wehmhoefer Bros. Co.

Address: 111 Conselyea st.

A second address was 329 Manhattan ave. A third is seen on the smaller variant.

The company had a special wagon made to deliver its products by the Pope Harford Co. The truck debuted on February 24th at the Brooklyn Auto Show in 1911.

SEE SMALL VARIANT FURTHER DOWN THE PAGE.

Wetzler, E. W.

Address: 189 & 191 Schenck st.

No info on this bottle.

Related to Wetzler & Hoyt.

Canarsie

Vreeland, J. H., & Son

Address: E. 92nd st. & ave. N

J.H. Vreeland & Son were not in the bottling business, but rather in the oyster fishing business which begs the question why a bottle from the company exists. They owned a 25 horsepower, 48 foot, 13 tonnage boat that ran on a gas engine which they offered for sale for the price of $5000 in 1906.

Greenpoint

Immen's, Henry, Sons

Address: 46 & 48 Commercial st.

No info on this bottle.

Small Blob Tops

Brooklyn

Ahrens, Henry

Address: 972 & 974 Willoughby ave.

No info on this bottle.

Albers & Brockman

Address: 101 N. 2nd st.

No info on this bottle.

Bahr, Daniel

Address: 679 Grand st.

No info on this bottle.

Battermann, H.

Address: Ewan st. cor. Broadway

No info on this bottle except that Henry Batterman was a dealer in dry goods and the president of the Broadway Bank of Brooklyn.

Bohlen, George

Address: 358 & 360 Hart st.

There is an ad in the 1917 issue of American Bottler in which George Bohlen is offering for sale 2,500 straw covers fro quart bottles.

Crowell, M.

Address: 72 & 74 Hall st.

No info on this bottle.

Derenthal & Schalk

Address: 217 & 219 21st st.

No info on this bottle except that the business made weiss Beer.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT BELOW.

Derenthal & Schalk

Address: 217 & 219 21st st.

No info on this bottle except that the business made weiss Beer.

SEE ALTERNATE VARIANT ABOVE.

Dieckman, W.

Address: 59-63 Stockholm st.

No info on this bottle.

SEE LARGE VARIANT FURTHER UP THE PAGE.

Downes, Henry

Address: 98 Wyckoff st.

Henry Downes died in 1905 at age 72. He came to the United States from Ireland as a small boy. He was a member of the New York Bottlers and Manufacturers Association and one of the first makers of Ginger ale in the U.S.

Dunn, John J.

Address: Keap & Hope sts.

No info on this bottle.

Flatbush Bottling Works

Address: 286 Clarkson st.

No info on this bottle.

Goodwin, Hugh, Aromatic Ginger Ale

Address: 1st: 325 Pearl st.
<------ 2nd: No. 47 Montgomery st.
3rd: 621 Bergen st.

Hugh Goodwin began his business in 1868 at 325 Pearl st. At one point he combined his business with the Russel Bros. but the business relationship didnt last. He closed the business in 1906.

Associated with: George Russel Aromatic Ginger Ale
Russel, Bro., & Goodwin Aromatic Ginger Ale

Knobel, J. F.

Address: 211 Nostrand ave.

No info on this bottle or the company except that Joseph Knobel died on November 27th 1910 of old age. He was 78, born in Germany, and died in his home in Brooklyn.

Levitt & Jaffee

Address: UNKNOWN

No info on this bottle.

Although it has embossed Brooklyn & New York, I will leave it on this page.

Maurer Bros.

Address: 226 Knickerbocker ave.

No info on this bottle.

Maurer Bros.

Address: 87 Varet st.

No info on this bottle.

Minck Bros & Co.

Address: 45 to 53 Beaver st.

They made lager beer, porter, ale, and sparkling cider.

SEE LARGE AND MEDIUM VARIANTS FURTHER UP THE PAGE.

Associated with: Minck Bro & Co.

Mutual Bottling Co.

Address: 127-129-131 Boerum Place

No info on this bottle.

SEE LARGE VARIANT FURTHER UP THE PAGE.

Plant, H. L.

Address: 101 Pearl st.

The company opened in 1884. Humphrey L. Plant died at the age of 56 in 1914. He was a member of the Long Island Bottlers' Union and a member of many clubs and lodges. The company closed the same year he died because his wife could not run the company and take care of 7 children at the same time; 3 sons and 4 daughters.

This is a dug rough variant.

SEE CLEANER VARIANT BELOW.

Plant, H. L.

Address: 101 Pearl st.

This is a professionally cleaned variant.

SEE DUG ROUGH VARIANT ABOVE.

Robinson, R.

Address: 402 Atlantic ave.

No info on this bottle.

Russel, Bro., & Goodwin Aromatic Ginger Ale

Address: 373 & 379 Bridge st.

This bottle came from the short lived merger of the Russel Brothers and Hugh Goodwin which took place in the late 1880s.

See the other bottle companies associated with this one to find out more info on this company's history.

Associated with: Hugh Goodwin Aromatic Ginger Ale
George Russel Aromatic Ginger Ale

Russel, George, Aromatic Ginger Ale

Address: 373 to 379 Bridge st.

George was in business with his brother at some point throughout the company's history under the name Russel Bros. They also merged the company with Hugh Goodwin for a while but it did not last.

Associated with: Hugh Goodwin Aromatic Ginger Ale
Russel, Bro., & Goodwin Aromatic Ginger Ale

U.S. Bottling Co.

Address: 98 Wyckoff st.

No info on this bottle.

Wagner, Christian

Address: 143-145 Java st.

There is an ad in the 1917 issue of American Bottler in which Christian Wagner is offering for sale 25 1/2 pint cork top soda bottles and a large three deck wagon for the modest price of $500.

Wehmhoefer Bros.

Address: 327-333 Ewen st.

A second address was 329 Manhattan ave. A third is seen on the larger variant.

The company had a special wagon made to deliver its products by the Pope Harford Co. The truck debuted on February 24th at the Brooklyn Auto Show in 1911.

SEE LARGE VARIANT FURTHER UP THE PAGE.

Wetzler & Hoyt

Address: 189 & 191 Schenck st.

No info on this bottle.

Related to E.W. Wetzler

Witte, Fred. W.

Address: 96 to 102 Luquer st.

Frederick W. Witte started the company in 1874 and closed in 1903. They only made weiss beer.

Long Island

Deuell Brothers

Address: 94 Powers st.

No info on this bottle.