Bock Beer Bottle With Incorrect Bottle Cap
Mark W. Rummel posted this photo on May 13, 2014 in the Facebook Group “You know you are from Sebewaing, MI when …”. He said:
“Here’s a Tuesday bonus, folks — for sale today on eBay is this Sebewaing Brewing Company Bock Beer bottle. I don’t ever remember seeing this style before, but I do remember a more colorful version (which is on file here in our old pictures.)
Bock Beers began as German lager style beverages often brewed as the first beer of spring. There’s even a big Bockfest in Cincinatti each year. Does anyone know more about this bottle style?”
Here are the comments from the post:
Scott M. Thede I am noticing the blue pheasant cap on the top of this bottle. I wonder if this is what they did before they used the Sebewaing blue label with “Bock Beer” printed in red as in the photo I just added? Does anyone know? Did someone add the blue cap on top to make it look more complete? I believe there were three colors of bock caps so the blue pheasant cap does not seem likely.
William Harder That bottle is a fake it would have a duck cap or bock it’s the first bock beer label notice they didn’t show the bottom
William Harder Also that labels are before the 1950s
William Harder I seen a green ram to
Bob Fournier Would say it’s wrong cap
Scott M. Thede Thank you William and Bob for the responses.
Thank you to Mark W. Rummel for this post and all of those who took the time to comment in Facebook.
at times the brewery would use old inventory labels when current labels were out of stock or to use up old stock when times were hard and money short…as for the cap it could be an over run when the change over took place and the caps weren’t rotated….this happened and still happens in many a brewery large or small … making for a collectors item and some times just to piss off the boss …been there and saw that !!! ..any way ..the bock bottle which is full, has been given to the lager mill brewery museum and the full bottle will be relieved of it’s beer and the truth will be reviled. fake or not…….