September 1, 2007: BCCA Canvention in Denver, Best Chapter Display
The BCCA Canvention was a blast. The Rusty Bunch award winning display
featured a Manhattan brand's canned to state where those cans have been
dug/found us Rusty Bunchers. Over 20 different brands (if you count Beer vs.
Ale - and frankly, in the case of Manhattan, they probably put the same brew
in both Ale and Beer packaging) in 20 different states! Thats what I call the
long arm of Manhattan!!
Cheerz,
Paul
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August 16, 2007: Visit to the site of the Manhattan brewery in Chicago
I was in Chicago visiting family and made my first visit to 39th and Emerald.
The neighborhood in the immediate vicinity appears to be on the up swing. I
did not see any Rosalie or Tiger cans laying around, so I took some pics and
liberated a brick and cobblestone from the vacant brewery lot. Not quite as
fun as dumping Lubecks or scoring an Old Manhattan Neon at a show, but really
fun none the less.
Click on the pic to the right for more info and additional pictures.
As always,
Paul
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June 15, 2007: Swap-a-rama breweriana collectors show in St. Louis
Had a blast a the show last Friday. I enjoyed catching up with old friends and
meeting some new ones. Thanks to everyone who gave my oldest son Matt great
deals on cans and bottles for his budding collection. Unfortunately I could
only attend on Friday, but that was plenty of time to add some nice stuff to
my collection.
Most interesting find was a cache of Manhattan files / documents I got from a
local collector. Well over 1000 documents (see pic at right - condition is not
great, but the documents contain some really interesting historical
information on brands, cans, and insights into day-to-day operations and
strategies of the brewery).
The collector acquired the paperwork from the estate of another collector who
was an ATF agent. The collector told me the agent got the paperwork from the
abandoned Manhattan brewery sometime before it was razed. It will be a fun
project to organize this info and post interesting nuggets on this website.
Cheers, Paul
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