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Budweiser 1876
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is it some kind of commemorative cap?
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Budweiser began in 1876, when the E. Anheuser Brewing Association of St. Louis introduced Budweiser Lager Beer. This isn't necessarily a commemorative cap, it's just one of their many cap styles they have. I've drank A LOT of beer over the past 20 years and I remember this particular cap from not more than a few years ago.
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Budweiser started out as Charles Conrad and Co with a cork cap. I know this as I have the 1876 bottle and believe me E. Anheuser had nothing to do with Bud until Later. Charles Conrad went bankrupt in the late 1800's. Charles had a loan from Adolphus Busch that was called when he couldn't make a payment and went bankrupt.
Adolphus Busch took over Charles Conrad & Company and Budweiser along with it. The early Bud Bottle from 1876 had a cork cap wired on top and the bottles were hand blown in St Louis. Poor Charles Conrad the inventor of Bud was taken by Adolphus Busch when he lost his business by default so Adolphus Busch gave him a job for life at his brewery. Charles had to watch as Bud became the most favored beer of all time. The bottle I found is so rare nobody has ever seen one. It used a paper label for the cover with green glass and is as big as a wine bottle. The only reason I found one in Arizona is because in the 1800's the bottles were worth more than the beer. They had no bottle blowers out here and they worth there weight in silver for holding other drinks. I have a copy of the original Trade Mark from the Patent office from 1876 to Charles Conrad. Budweiser would like to have everyone think they came up with the formula for bud, but, they did not.
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/CarlConradCo.pdf
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