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.

Hohenadel Tap
Hohenadel Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Hohenadel Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Note: The shank of this tap knob isn't threaded, it's square and made for a kooler-keg tap.  
$150.00 Add to cart
Hohenadel Tap
Hohenadel Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Hohenadel Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Note: The shank of this tap knob isn't threaded, it's square and made for a kooler-keg tap.  
$150.00 Add to cart
Hohenadel Tap
Hohenadel Tap

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Hohenadel Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Note: The shank of this tap knob isn't threaded, it's square and made for a kooler-keg tap.  
$125.00 Add to cart
Hohenadel Tap
Hohenadel Tap

Condition: Poor

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Hohenadel Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Note: The shank of this tap knob isn't threaded, it's square and made for a kooler-keg tap.  
$40.00 Add to cart
Old Imperial Beer Tap
Old Imperial Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Rahr-Green Bay Brewing Corp. Location: Green Bay, WI
$550.00 Add to cart
Old Reading Beer Tap
Old Reading Beer Tap

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Old Reading Brewing Company

Location: Reading, PA

$250.00 Add to cart
Del-Mar-Va Beer Tap
Del-Mar-Va Beer Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Del-Mar-Va Brewing Company

Location: Wilmington, DE

$700.00 Add to cart
Neuweiler’s Capuziner Tap
Neuweiler’s Capuziner Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1930’s Brewery: Neuweiler Brewing Company Location: Allentown, PA
$125.00 Add to cart
Duquesne Tap
Duquesne Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Duquesne Brewing Company Location: Pittsburgh, PA
$80.00 Add to cart
Ruppert Beer Tap
Ruppert Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Knickerbocker Brewing Company Location: Brooklyn, NY
$80.00 Add to cart
Gretz Tap
Gretz Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Gretz Brewing Company Location: Philadelphia, PA
$85.00 Add to cart
Duquesne Heavy-Dry Tap
Duquesne Heavy-Dry Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Duquesne Brewing Company Location: Pittsburgh, PA
$35.00 Add to cart
Stegmaier’s Beer Tap
Stegmaier’s Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Stegmaier Brewing Company Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
$200.00 Add to cart
Old Dutch Tap
Old Dutch Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Eagle Brewing Company Location: Catasauqua, PA
$160.00 Add to cart
Stegmaier Tap
Stegmaier Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Stegmaier Brewing Company Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
$150.00 Add to cart
Krueger Tap
Krueger Tap
Condition: Very Good Era: 1950’s Brewery: Krueger Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$60.00 Add to cart
Beverwyck Beer Tap
Beverwyck Beer Tap
Condition: Very Good Era: 1950’s Brewery: Beverwyck Brewing Company Location: Albany, NY Note: There is a small chip in the porcelain face at 8 o'clock.
$120.00 Add to cart
Gretz Tap
Gretz Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Gretz Brewing Company Location: Philadelphia, PA
$100.00 Add to cart
Hensler Premium Beer Tap
Hensler Premium Beer Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Joseph Hensler Brewing Company

Location: Newark, NJ

$100.00 Add to cart
Ortlieb’s Ale “Off-Set” Tap
Ortlieb’s Ale “Off-Set” Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1950’s

Brewery: Henry F. Ortlieb Brewing Company

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Note: On the back, the small graphic button is off-set to the left.  This is the first we've ever seen one displayed this way; could have been intentional or possible a factory flaw.
$250.00 Add to cart
Ballentine Ale Tap
Ballentine Ale Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Ballantine Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$175.00 Add to cart
Breidt’s Tap
Breidt’s Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: P. Breidt Brewing Company

Location: Elizabeth, NJ

$225.00 Add to cart
Gretz Tap
Gretz Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Gretz Brewing Company Location: Philadelphia, PA
$85.00 Add to cart
Rheingold Beer Tap
Rheingold Beer Tap
Condition: Good - Restored Era: 1940’s Brewery: United States Brewing Company Location: Chicago, IL
$65.00 Add to cart
Irish Cream Ale Tap
Irish Cream Ale Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Beverywyck Brewing Company Location: Albany, NY
$200.00 Add to cart
Ortliebs Kooler Tap
Ortliebs Kooler Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Henry Ortlieb Brewing Company Location: Philadelphia, PA
$200.00 Add to cart
Stegmaier’s Beer Tap
Stegmaier’s Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Stegmaier Brewing Company Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA Note: The face of this tap knob is flat and is different from the more common ones that we see.  We believe this could be a tougher variation
$300.00 Add to cart
Feigenspan PON Tap
Feigenspan PON Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1930’s Brewery: Feigenspan Brewing Company Location: Newark, NY
$300.00 Add to cart
R&H Premium Tap
R&H Premium Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Rubsam & Horrmann Brewing Company

Location: Staten Island, NY

Note: There is a small dent in the body at 6 o'clock from the front of the face.
$265.00 Add to cart
Feigenspan Ale Tap
Feigenspan Ale Tap

Condition: Excellent

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: Feigenspan Brewing Company

Location: Newark, NJ

$200.00 Add to cart
Hensler’s Popular Brew Tap
Hensler’s Popular Brew Tap

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1930’s

Brewery: Joseph Hensler Brewing Company

Location: Newark, NJ

$275.00 Add to cart
Hensler’s Popular Brew Tap
Hensler’s Popular Brew Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Joseph Hensler Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$325.00 Add to cart
Light Piel’s Beer Tap
Light Piel’s Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Piel Brothers Brewing Company Location: Brooklyn, NY
$200.00 Add to cart
Valley Forge Kooler Tap
Valley Forge Kooler Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1930’s Brewery: Adam Scheidt Brewing Company Location: Norristown, PA Note: There is a chip in the bakelite body towards the edge of the face.
$175.00 Add to cart
Krueger Beer “Missing Crown” Tap
Krueger Beer “Missing Crown” Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Krueger Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ Note: It appears the gold crown that's usually attached to the top of these knobs is missing.  We would consider this another variation of it.
$225.00 Add to cart
Ortlieb’s Tap
Ortlieb’s Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Henry Ortlieb Brewing Company Location: Philadelphia, PA
$175.00 Add to cart
Iron City Beer Tap
Iron City Beer Tap
Condition: Excellent Era: 1940’s Brewery: Pittsburgh Brewing Company Location: Pittsburgh, PA
$250.00 Add to cart
Kaier’s Brew Ball Tap Knob
Kaier’s Brew Ball Tap Knob
Condition: Very Good Era: 1930’s Brewery: Chas. Kaier Brewing Company Location: Mahanoy City, PA Note: There is a chip in the porcelain that has been touched-up.
$220.00 Add to cart
Ballantine Beer Tap Knob
Ballantine Beer Tap Knob
Condition: Excellent Era: 1950’s Brewery: Ballantine Brewing Company Location: Newark, NJ
$135.00 Add to cart
Baltimore American Beer Tap
Baltimore American Beer Tap

Condition: Very Good

Era: 1940’s

Brewery: National Brewing Company

Location: Baltimore, MD

Note: There is some light pitting on the back of the knob.
$325.00 Add to cart