Last newsletter I talked about how I got started in the breweriana
collecting and with the newsletter I would like to tell you about my
favorite item. It is the center piece of my mancave. Most of you
are thinking it must be a Grain Belt, Hamms or a Minnesota Pre
Pro item. It is not any of the fore mention breweries but in fact it is
from Milwaukee. Now I got you thinking, what would I have from
Wisconsin instead of a Minnesota item. Well, to show your
breweriana collection you need a room that has the feel of a bar.
Every bar has one and I have one that was made in Milwaukee
and that item is my bar. When we were remodeling our basement
I wanted to build a bar. My brother-in-law mentioned to me about
his friend who had a bar he might sell. We went out to his friends
place to take a look. He took us out to a storage shed that had
holes in the roof. The bar was covered with plastic with snow piled
up on one end. I wasn't to impressed with it until he took off the
plastic cover and I knew I wanted it right then and there. It was a
bar that came right out of an Austin bar called Mike's Bar. Mike's
Bar went out of business in the 1960's and my brother-in-laws
friends mother bought the actual bar from it. The bar is 12' long
and is all in one piece. It is not a wet bar, but I do have a
refrigerator full of beer. So next time you are in Austin, be sure to
stop by and belly up to my bar and have a beer.
I just got back from a trade show at Potosi, WI. On the way down,
I made a side trip to Hank's Tavern in North Buena Vista, Iowa. I
read an article in one of national breweriana mags. about a 24"
wooden Potosi beer bottle a 1940s advertising piece from the
Potosi Brewery. Just as the article mention, it was sitting on top of
the cooler. I also got to meet Don, the owner, and one of his sons
who was the bartender. After a nice visit with the owners, I was on
my way down the road to the next town which has the oldest bar in
Iowa. In Balltown, Iowa, the Breitbach's Country Dining is the
oldest continuously running bar which was establish in 1852. After
a couple of more stops, I made it to Potosi and met up with a bar
full of collectors at the brewery. Saturday was the show and I did
not find anything to add to my collection, but it still was a good
time. Before I left the show I had a plate full of catfish which is
must when you attend this show. Talking about shows, please
keep April 27th open for our Springding show at the brewery.
I just heard this the other day that this year's version of winter is
called an "energizer winter." It just keeps going and going and
going.
Mur
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