Does anyone know anything about Lucky Beer Bottles?

[Silverleaf209]

Hey again everyone! I have returned once again, but my inquires aren't about fish this time. So long story short my dad and I were out at a piece of our property planting a tree, we were digging a hole to plant the tree in and we uncovered a few bottles, they were so covered in dirt we had no clue what they were, we didn't think it was a big deal or anything, we just figured someone had come out here and been careless or had just been littering. It was only when I washed off the bottle I realized it was a Lucky Beer Bottle, I did some googling and figured out that they no longer make this type of beer and that must mean this bottle is decently old. I am pretty sure this bottle originally had some sort of label that might be a better indicator of the date, but unfortunately it was nowhere to be seen when we uncovered the bottles. If anyone knows anything about this bottle or when it was made I am really curious! Thanks everyone!

 

[Fishfur]

Lucky beer was very popular in Canada - but the bottles might not be quite as old as you think. I don’t care for beer but lots of the guys I dated sure did - and I get a kick out of vintage bottles.

Lucky stopped using their stubby in 2003 when the company’s Turnwater brewery closed.

Still, they are a very nice bit of beer nostalgia.

Stubby bottles were a very Canadian thing - practically an icon, but the PTBs (powers that be) discontinued their use in favour of the American style bottles with longer necks in the mid 1980s. Sad times for some, but such is life.

 

[Silverleaf209]

That beer was very popular in Canada - but the bottles probably aren’t quite as old as you might think.

They stopped using them in 2003 when the company’s Turnwater brewery closed.

Still, a nice little piece of beer nostalgia. Stubby bottles were primarily a Canadian thing but we discontinued their use in favour of the American style bottles with longer necks in the mid 1980s.

That is really cool! I remember my dad saying something about them having riddles in the caps and stuff. Do you think it is a more recent bottle? I am also kind of confused, when I looked up the bottle google seemed to think it made without the label, I noticed it had some lines tracing the logo so this made sense, but every time I tried to look up a similar bottle I couldn’t find one without the label. I understand google could have lied to me, but I know so little I probably just didn’t realize lol.

 

[Fishfur]

That is really cool! I remember my dad saying something about them having riddles in the caps and stuff. Do you think it is a more recent bottle? I am also kind of confused, when I looked up the bottle google seemed to think it made without the label, I noticed it had some lines tracing the logo so this made sense, but every time I tried to look up a similar bottle I couldn’t find one without the label. I understand google could have lied to me, but I know so little I probably just didn’t realize lol.

They did have puzzles under the caps. And there’s probably no way to tell how old they are but the farthest back they could go would be the 1930s.

At what depth did you find them?

The bottles did come with labels - which clearly didn’t last. And there is a bit of a market for this bottle for some collectors - though you won’t get rich that way. There’s a listing on eBay asking ten bucks for one of them but I’ve no idea if that’s a good or a crazy price.

 

[Noroomforshoe]

Im sure you could get somthing for them on e-bay or an antique shop. I recently bought some old bottles at an antigue shop,
Wow, The ebay prices for those jars are not cheep, 20$

 

[Silverleaf209]

They did have puzzles under the caps. And there’s probably no way to tell how old they are but the farthest back they could go would be the 1930s.

At what depth did you find them?

The bottles did come with labels - which clearly didn’t last. And there is a bit of a market for this bottle for some collectors - though you won’t get rich that way. There’s a listing on eBay asking ten bucks for one of them but I’ve no idea if that’s a good or a crazy price.

Oh! The bottle might have been a foot or 2 deep. I was a bit surprised we didn’t find the label. We probably wouldn’t sell it, my dad seemed super excited when he saw it so I don’t think there is anyway he would part with it for 10 dollars. I saw some on eBay for 5 dollars a bottle, so 10 dollars might be considered reasonable.

Im sure you could get somthing for them on e-bay or an antique shop. I recently bought some old bottles at an antigue shop,
Wow, The ebay prices for those jars are not cheep, 20$

I never thought this thing might be worth that much! I figured it would be worth something since the business stopped manufacturing the bottles but I wasn’t 100% sure. Thats neat, if I may ask, what kind of bottles did you get?

 

[FishDin]

Stubby bottles were a very Canadian thing - practically an icon, but the PTBs (powers that be) discontinued their use in favour of the American style bottles with longer necks in the mid 1980s. Sad times for some, but such is life.

Brings back memories of Oland Export (sp?) and Schooner from college days as a student in New Brunswick. If I remember correctly, they coninued to use the stubbies in CA for awhile when they started exporting to the US in long neck bottles.

 

[Silverleaf209]

All I know about it from the front is that it was made by general brewing company, and that it was made in San Francisco I am pretty sure. I know there are some numbers on the bottom, do you think a date or something would be there?

 

[Fishfur]

All I know about it from the front is that it was made by general brewing company, and that it was made in San Francisco I am pretty sure. I know there are some numbers on the bottom, do you think a date or something would be there?

I think a date is unlikely simply because these bottles were made in moulds and changing a date in a mould would be insanely expensive - it would mean replacing every mould in an entire factory to change any detail.

Might find something like a model number or indication of what factory it was made in, if there was more than one factory making them.

 

[Silverleaf209]

I think a date is unlikely simply because these bottles were made in moulds and changing a date in a mould would be insanely expensive - it would mean replacing every mould in an entire factory to change any detail.

Might find something like a model number or indication of what factory it was made in, if there was more than one factory making them.

Oh, that makes sense. Are there websites that I could look the number up on?

 

[Fishfur]

Oh, that makes sense. Are there websites that I could look the number up on?

I don’t know. You’d have to search that & see.

 

[Silverleaf209]

I don’t know. You’d have to search that & see.

Alright. I did kind of look around and wasn’t able to really find anything, I don’t know if I am searching up the wrong things but not a whole lot popped up.

 

[Fishfur]

Alright. I did kind of look around and wasn’t able to really find anything, I don’t know if I am searching up the wrong things but not a whole lot popped up.

Try checking to see if there are any forums for vintage bottle collecting, beer related collecting or groups for that kind of thing on Facebook.

There are people out there who live for this kind of stuff - you just have to find some of them.

I know there used to be a lot of sites devoted to miniature liquor bottle collecting - though I quit collecting them years ago and I’ve no clue if any of those forums are still around. Might all be on FB now.

I figure there must be something out there for beer related collecting, vintage bottle collectors etc.

 

[Silverleaf209]

Try checking to see if there are any bottle collecting forums or pages on Facebook.

There are people out there who live for this kind of thing.

Will do! It is for sure worth checking out. This this is a huge mystery to me

 

[Fishfur]

I added a bit more to that last post - hopefully you’ll find something.

 

[ProudPapa]

I think a date is unlikely simply because these bottles were made in moulds and changing a date in a mould would be insanely expensive - it would mean replacing every mould in an entire factory to change any detail.

Might find something like a model number or indication of what factory it was made in, if there was more than one factory making them.

I have a Dr Pepper bottle I found 15-20 years ago with a date molded into it. It's been a long time since I looked at it, but if I remember correctly it's well over 100 years old. I'll try to remember to take a picture and post it when I get home this evening.

 

[ProudPapa]

I have a Dr Pepper bottle I found 15-20 years ago with a date molded into it. It's been a long time since I looked at it, but if I remember correctly it's well over 100 years old. I'll try to remember to take a picture and post it when I get home this evening.

I finally remembered. It says " Prop. of Dr Pepper Bottling Co. Trinidad, Co. 1901"

 

[cdr63corv]

I found a bunch of beer bottles from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Had fun looking them up, but sadly bottles weren't worth much 20 years ago. Beer cans can be worth a lot on the other hand, suppose because they rust away, have fun with your research.