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Dale VanWieren #519

Wanted:Rolling Rock

Latrobe Brewing Company

Monastery Beer

Loyalhanna Brewing Co.

Also collecting Western PA

brewery items: Tap knobs,

neons, signs, box lights.

Contact: Jim Mickinak

724-539-7941

or email at: 10easyst@comcast.net

BUYING! BUYING! BUYING! TOP DOLLAR PAID FOR YOUR BREWERIANA

OR BEER CAN COLLECTION

LOOKING TO BUY YOUR ENTIRE COLLECTION, NO COLLECTION, TOO LARGE OR TO SMALL

BUYING TAP KNOBS, TRAYS, COASTERS, LIGHTS, SIGNS, CANS, BOTTLE CAPS LITHOGRAPHS, TOC’S,

OPENERS, LABELS, ROG + MOREIF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SELLING

PLEASE CONTACT:MARK ZEPPENFELT ECBA #761

PHONE 610-391-0271 OR EMAIL UUUBUY1@PTD.NET

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GE - $40.00 / ISSU

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19454

Wanted:Information for upcomming Book supplement to the KEGWe are working on a history of

“MISS RHEINGOLD”1940 TO 1965

Contact: John Snyder # 605Jns951@gmail.com

Gordon Biersch

Brewery Techne

Eastern Coast Breweriana AssociationECBA

www.eastcoastbrew.com

established1970

Your Ad Here !

CASH FOR YOUR CANS!!Thinking about selling your collection?

Large or small I’ll buy it all.Highest prices paid for your vintage

beer and soda cans, trays, lithos, TOC’s, etc.Contact JEFF LEBO at

jefflebo@aol.com, call 717-938-4332 or 717-487-6096.

Please visit my website at www.cansmartbeercans.com.

Travels With The Beerhunter - McMenamin’s

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I left off last issue in Bend Oregon singingthe praises of McMenamins Old St. Francis School. I reallyneed to spend a little time discussing the McMenaminoperations in general, because they are ubiquitous in thePacific Northwest, and universally cool. Brian McMenaminwas a political science major and pre-law in college. Ratherthan go into law, he joined his brother Mike in operating apub and took an interest in brewing. He then put hiseducation to good use along with Kurt and Rob Widmer andseveral other Oregon pioneers lobbying the Oregonlegislature to legalize the sale of alcohol at the location itwas produced. With the legalization of brewpubs in 1985,Brian and his brother Mike were all in. Operating over 50breweries, pubs, and entertainment venues in Oregon andWashington, McMenamins is one of the largest restaurantchains in America.

But don’t be fooled by that word “chain”. Yes theyare corporately linked entities, but every one is unique andfanciful. One of the first brewpubs Leslie and I visited onan early trip to Oregon was McMenamins LighthouseBrewpub on the Oregon coast in Lincoln City. Opened in1986, it was a nice comfy little pub at the time, but that wasbefore the McMenamins found their groove. Looking atpictures of it as it is today with its funky seafaring décor, Iwould never recognize it. Brian McMenamin hasbeen nationally praised as a philanthropist andpreservationist. Nine of their locations are on the NationalRegister of Historic Places, including such diverse locales asa church (Mission Theatre & Pub), a grand movie theatre(Bagdad Theatre), a ballroom (The Crystal Ballroom), abrothel (Olympic Club Hotel) and a school (The KennedySchool). One of their best known locations is the Edgefield,the former Multinomah County Poor Farm, a destinationresort with 100 hotel rooms, a brewery, a winery, and adistillery. I bought a bottle of their Monkey PuzzleWhiskey, made with hops and honey, and it was delicious.

I think I’d like to take a trip and visit all of theMcMenamins, but there was only so much time. Weapparently were in a mood to be schooled on this trip, as inaddition to the Old St. Francis School, we visited theKennedy School in Portland, and the Anderson School inBothel Washington. Opened in 1915 as an elementaryschool, the Kennedy School encourages sleeping in class,with 57 guest rooms, some of which are equipped with theoriginal chalk boards. The cafeteria is a large dining space,the boiler room a bar, the auditorium houses a movie theatrewhere you can have your beer and burger delivered to yourseat, and detention a cigar bar. In a twist on the old jokesabout you only being a temporary container for the beerbetween the glass and the rest room, the brewhouse is in aformer lavatory.

What is YOURExpertise?

We at the KEG are always lookingfor articles about any beer relatedsubject, but in particular aboutcollecting specialties like the featurearticle that appeared in the Fall 2016issue discussing the fascinating worldof Schnitzelbanks, or a history of yourfavorite local brewery. Please considersharing YOUR collecting interest withother members in the KEG. Digitalphotos and a brief paragraph or two areall that is needed.

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McKenzie Brewhouse - Malvern

ECBA LIBRARY Catalogue now available !

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Miscreation - Hanover

Old Time PhotoOld Time Photo1930’s Ballantine window display.How many super rare/unknownitems in one photo?

The ECBA LIBRARY now contains over 550 titles in Books, video, audio and CDROM formats. A catalogue of

materials available for loan to members is nowavailable. Request the catalogue from;Librarian; Larry Handy – OhHugo1@aol.comor 267-221-8300, or check the website:www.eastcoastbrew.com

Unavoidably, we arrived at the Anderson School at thepeak of dinner hour on a Saturday night. The huge sprawling fiveacre high school campus must have had a thousand students in itsday, and I think they were all back for dinner that night.Nevertheless, with several dining venues to choose from, we weresoon seated and enjoying a beer (and a diet coke). We ate in theformer woodshop, which also houses the 10 bbl brew house.Outside in the garden area, a wedding was going on. The schoolfeatures hotel rooms, a movie theatre, and multiple bars, butsomehow we missed the tiki bar, where you can swim in a lagoonwhile enjoying a beer or drink.

Of course, Portland and Seattle are about as beer centric apair of cities as you will ever find, and there is lots to see anddrink besides McMenamins. We were disappointed in theBridgeport Brewing Co., which 30 years ago was a funky bar in asort of run down warehouse area, but now is a rather blandrestaurant in a gentrified warehouse area. Same good beer though.I especially liked the Back Pedal Brewing Co. The nano breweryis tucked away behind the garage where their pedal car brew toursdepart from. They had some good brews, nice folks, and a funvibe. Across the bridge in Vancouver WA I loved the HeathenBrewing Company for its art work. Reindeer Tears (out of seasonunfortunately) features a satanic Santa wringing reindeer so thattheir tears fill the beer bottles.

There were many other notable stops on the way homebut those are tales for another day, and Ohio looms before us. Ishould mention however the walking tour of breweries in BillingsMontana. Angry Hanks, Carters, Thirsty Street, Yellowstone,Montana, and Uberbrew (GABF small brewpub of the year) are allon a one mile circuit. That was the only time on our severalthousand mile drive that Leslie had to take the wheel to return tothe hotel!

See you all at the convention.

ECBA member, and Canadianbreweriana collector Larry Sherk hascompiled a beautifully executedtribute to Canadian brewing historythrough his collection of labels. At317 pages, the 8” x 9” book is chockfull of historic brands, and detailedlabel artwork. Each 2-page spreadfeatures a label with informationabout the brand and brewery. Iexpect these to be available at thisyears convention, or Larry may becontacted through the ECBA Roster. New addition to the ECBA Library

A killer neon

sign, and

look at those

display cans

!

Ale & Beer.

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