Chester Brewery Lithograph

Here is a E&B Special Beer Sign from the Ekhardt & Becker Brewing Company located in. Detroit, MI.  This sign is from the 1940s era and is in very good condition considering how old it is. It approximately 14″ by 10″ and is made of lithograph-printed tin wrapped over a cardboard backer.  The sign was made by the Bastian Brothers Company located in Rochester, NY.  The graphics on the sign depict on of the brewery’s flagship beers “E&B Special Beer” with the text that reads “Here’s Heath!” and “It’s Kraeusened”.  The German term “Kraeusened” is meaning for the addition of actively fermenting wort as an inoculant to induce fermentation in a different batch of wort or beer.

Here is a Carlings Red Top Ale Sign from the Carling Brewing Company located in Tacoma, WA.  This Carlings Red Cap Ale Sign is from the 1940’s era and is in excellent condition considering how old it is. The sign is approximately 6″ wide and was made by the Bastian Brothers Company located in Rochester, NY.  This style of Bastian Bros Co. sign is made of embossed brass with a cardboard backer. This NOS (New-Old Stock) sign was originally found as part of a salesman kit from Bastian Brothers Company.