In search of any info on this crier!!

[jgas]

Dug this the other day in an 1882 privy. Ive searched and searched. Can’t seem to find anything on it. It’s blasted of course. Boefer & Kruse. Kansas City Mo. Blob beer I would say. Oh, and please tell me it would have been a $5.00 bottle if whole instead of $500. Ugh. Thanks for any help. Jgas

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[ArfieBoy]

Cool bottle! Shame it's bottom is gone! Thanks for showing it to us!

 

[GaRebel1861]

Dang! That is a shame.

 

[sandchip]

I know nothing about it, but it hurts to look at it. Just a feeling that it was a good one. And so dang close!

 

[jgas]

I’ve searched and searched. I got nothing. I’m just gonna feebay it to see if someone wants it for a specimen. Jgas.

 

[port ewen ace]

 

[Red-Coat]

Can’t help specifically with the bottle. Only with the manufacturer of its contents. Obviously it can’t be older than 1838, which is when Kansas City, Missouri was founded, and it seems to be from a late 1800s brewery making German (Bavarian) style weiss-beer, which traditionally is made with 50% wheat malt.

Presumably a small regional brewery operation, Christian L. Boefer and Charles C. Kruse of Kansas City, Missouri filed patent number 410,872 for a “Process of Making Weiss-Beer Extract” on 24th November 1888 (granted 10th September 1889); summarised as:

“Barley-malt and wheat are ground, mixed and soaked in water at about 40 °F. Then more water is added and the temperature raised to 70 °F. The liquid is removed by straining and the solution kept at a temperature of about 70 °F until the saccharine matter has been produced. The solution is then mixed with a decoction of hops. The water is driven off by boiling and the residue is the malted extract.”

The patent itself doesn't include any additional details such as an actual address.