The year is 1933, prohibition has just ended and breweries are dusting off the cobwebs of their brewery equipment and getting back to producing beer.  It’s at this time that the United States government issues a mandate to breweries that all beer served in taverns and hotels has to be marked with the appropriate brewers name and / or style of beer produced; hence the birth of early tap handles known at “ball tap knobs” are introduced.

Valley Forge Beer Tap
Valley Forge Beer Tap

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Adam Scheidt Brewing Company

Location: Norristown, PA

$175.00 Add to cart
Trommer’s Malt Beer Tap
Trommer’s Malt Beer Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: John Trommers Brewing Company

Location: Brooklyn, NY

$200.00 Add to cart
Pabst Ball Tap Knob
Pabst Ball Tap Knob
Condition: Excellent Era: 1930’s Brewery: Pabst Brewing Company Location: Milwaukee, WI
$300.00 Add to cart
Pabst Blue Ribbon Tap
Pabst Blue Ribbon Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Pabst Brewing Company Location: Milwaukee, WI
$325.00 Add to cart
Old Knickerbocker Tap Knob
Old Knickerbocker Tap Knob

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: Ruppert Knickerbocker Brewing Company

Location: New York, NY

$85.00 Add to cart
R&H Light Tap Knob
R&H Light Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Company

Location: Staten Island, NY

$200.00 Add to cart
Braumeister Beer Tap Knob
Braumeister Beer Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Braumeister Brewing Company

Location: Milwaukee, WI

$300.00 Add to cart
Ruppert Beer Tap Knob
Ruppert Beer Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company

Location: Brooklyn, NY

$150.00 Add to cart
Supreme Beer Tap Knob
Supreme Beer Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Beth Uhl Brewing Company

Location: Bethlehem, PA

$225.00 Add to cart
Camden Pilsner Tap Knob
Camden Pilsner Tap Knob

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Camden Brewing Company

Location: Camden, NJ

$185.00 Add to cart
Piel’s Tap Knob
Piel’s Tap Knob

Condition: Good

Era: 1960’s

Brewery: Piel Brothers Brewing Company

Location: Brooklyn, NY

$35.00 Add to cart
Kaier’s Tap Knob
Kaier’s Tap Knob

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Kaier Brewing Company

Location: Mahanoy City, PA

Note: There is a chip inn the porcelain face at about 12 o'clock.

$90.00 Add to cart
Ortlieb’s Ale Tap Knob
Ortlieb’s Ale Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

$175.00 Add to cart
Ortlieb’s Tap Knob
Ortlieb’s Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

$120.00 Add to cart
Piel’s Tap Knob
Piel’s Tap Knob

Condition: Fair

Era: 1960’s

Brewery: Piel Brothers Brewing Company

Location: Brooklyn, NY

$35.00 Add to cart
Stegmaier Tap Knob
Stegmaier Tap Knob

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: Stegmaier Brewing Company

Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA

$85.00 Add to cart
Krueger Tap Knob
Krueger Tap Knob

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: G. Krueger Brewing Company

Location: Newark, NJ

$75.00 Add to cart
Krueger Tap Knob
Krueger Tap Knob
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: G. Krueger Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ Note: There is a piece of all-thread stuck in the shank of the tap.
$35.00 Add to cart
Krueger Tap Knob
Krueger Tap Knob
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: G. Krueger Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$75.00 Add to cart
Krueger Finest Beer Tap
Krueger Finest Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: G. Krueger Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$75.00 Add to cart