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Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
kuchnor
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Date: December 13, 2011 05:50PM
About the Drewry's plant on S. Damen. I grew up on 17th Street between Damen & Hoyne. The Drewry's plant was on the southeast corner of 17th & Damen. You could smell the beer when the wind blew from the east off Lake Michigan.
And on 18th & Damen, on the northeast corner, Bishop's Chili was located. Yum! But boy - was it ever spicy for a little girl!
And on 18th & Damen, on the northeast corner, Bishop's Chili was located. Yum! But boy - was it ever spicy for a little girl!
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
jak378
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Date: December 14, 2011 12:37PM
Wasn't their a brewery somewhere in, or close to the Little Village area. Somewhere around 2th between California and Pulaski?
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
daveg
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Date: December 14, 2011 02:49PM
The Pilsen Brewery was located on 26th just east of Kedzie.
[www.bierdeckelsammler.net]
They had a park/garden there as well.
Here's an image of the complex:
[www.playle.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2011 02:51PM by daveg.
[www.bierdeckelsammler.net]
They had a park/garden there as well.
Here's an image of the complex:
[www.playle.com]
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2011 02:51PM by daveg.
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
Rustymuscle
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Date: December 14, 2011 06:44PM
I remember Bishop's well, used to work at Hastings and Leavitt in high school. But I did not know of the Drewry's plant there!
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: December 22, 2011 03:51PM
This might fit under the 'Ghost Signs' thread as well, but:
There's an old tavern at 1410 N. Noble, visible from the Kennedy, that still had Edelweiss signs painted on the storefront windows. The storefront was removed this week.
There's an old tavern at 1410 N. Noble, visible from the Kennedy, that still had Edelweiss signs painted on the storefront windows. The storefront was removed this week.
Re: Old Beer Brands
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daveg
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Date: December 26, 2011 08:38AM
We saw the Edelweiss ghost sign while on a FC walk earlier this year. The building, at least the front section, did not look occupied.
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
Dunning1
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Date: January 05, 2012 12:50PM
The best beer ever made was Atlas Prager. My grandfather would not be without it. I remember when the old brewery on Blue Island was torn down, he would go to their new location (they merged with somebody on the south side) and he would load up his Packard with a dozen cases of beer. I think the brand finally disappeared about 1962, and which point he settled for Meister Brau.
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
West Town
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Date: January 12, 2012 12:29PM
Was Falstaff a Chicago Beer? I rememeber Harry Carey in the early 70's while he was still the Sox broadcaster hawking it before he became a "Bud" man.
Re: Old Beer Brands
Posted by:
WDH74
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Date: January 16, 2012 10:45PM
Funny I stumbled upon this thread. I recently spotted an old plastic illuminated Meister Brau sign, all the way out in Hampshire! It's facing the back alley of a bar.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2012 10:47PM by WDH74.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2012 10:47PM by WDH74.
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