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I recently remodeled my entire basement, turning it from a dank, musty, cavernous pit to a livable space. Since I don’t believe in making modest goals, I set out to create the ultimate bar and billiards experience right in my own home. My wife wasn’t exactly enthusiastic about the idea at first, but then she found out that I was planning to stock her favorite wine in addition to serving up my brews of choice.

I moved the pool table in without incident and set up the wet bar in a matter of days. Then my mind went blank at the thought of decorations. But then I thought about what I had seen adorning the walls of real bars – neon beer signs, sports memorabilia and beer tin signs. Inspired by the great minds that had come before me, I set about finding my vintage décor online.

George Killian’s Irish Red is a lager brewed by Coors, and is currently widely available in the US.

George Killian’s Irish Red is a beer with an Irish heritage, based on a recipe created at Lett’s Brewery in Enniscorthy, Ireland, in 1864. It was originally an Irish red ale called “Enniscorthy Ruby Ale,” and brewed from 1864 to 1956, when the brewery closed and it was discontinued. Coors acquired the rights to brew and market a product based on the original recipe in America from France’s Pelforth Beer Company who currently own it along with the name. Coors initially introduced and marketed Killian’s Irish Red in the U.S. in 1981; the product was initially an ale as it had been originally, with a fruity flavor profile as per the style, but for marketing purposes[citation needed] the product was eventually toned down somewhat, and it was reformulated as a lager. It is not sold in Ireland The beer is named for George Killian Lett, the great-grandson of George Henry Lett, who founded the brewery in Enniscorthy. Lett serves as a spokesperson for the beer, and is known as “Bill Lett” in Ireland.

Killian’s Red, as it is sold in France George Killian’s derives its color and taste from a special caramel malted barley that is roasted at a high temperature longer and more slowly than most malts. There are no coloring agents or artificial additives used in the brewing process. It is deep amber in color and produces a thick head on pouring that goes away quickly. It has a fruity yet hoppy aroma and taste. In Europe the original formula for George Killian’s Irish Red produces a brew which is maltier, with a less pronounced reddish color than its American counter part.

George Killian’s is currently available in bottles, cans and kegs. A 12-ounce serving of George Killian’s has 163 calories and 4.9 percent alcohol by volume.

The George Killian’s brand was once also attached to another product, Killian’s Irish Brown Ale. The bottle was identical, except it had a green label. This was before the newer label design. The beer was also darker in color. It was withdrawn not long after its introduction.

The new Killian’s Label is basically the same label, however, the label itself is black instead of the traditional red that it was prior to 2008. The markings have remained the same. There are reports  that the formula for Killian’s Red has been adjusted a number of times since its reformulation from ale to lager. Despite changes, it is a brand that continues to sell quite well and appears to be a solid performer in Coors’ portfolio of products.

This beer tin sign makes a great gift for anyone.

A few years back, I had the good fortune of receiving a beautiful oak bar from a friend of mine who was moving and no longer had room for it. I immediately designated an area of my basement to be the bar area and decided to decorate it properly. I stocked the bar with all the essential liquor and mixers, bought a mini fridge to store beer, and even bought coordinating bar stools so all my friends would have a place to sit. Still, something was missing – a little decor to liven up the area.

I decided that neon bar signs were too tacky for my rustic oak bar, so I went with retro bar tin signs on the walls. I found tin signs for a few of my favorite beers, like Anheuser Bush and Budweiser, as well as some retro Coca Cola and A&W Root beer tin signs to add some color and variety. The end result looks great, and all my friends look forward to coming over after work for a drink. The vintage tin signs add character and flair without overwhelming the space or looking tacky.

Michelob is a brand of beers produced by the Anheuser-Busch brewery. The first beer in the range is a 5% abv pale lager developed by Adolphus Busch in 1896 as a “draught beer for connoisseurs”.

The brand is named after Michelob, a Bohemian village near Saaz, in the region famous for its hops. After 1918, these places were renamed to Měcholupy (okres Louny) and Zatec.

Michelob was invented during a brewer’s strike in the 1930s from a recipe tossed together by the untrained workers left behind to run the brewery. It was so bad local taverns tossed their delivered barrels in the gutter until the streets ran with beer. When the strike was over, the brewery didn’t want to lose all that beer, no matter how bad, so they repackaged it and sold it as Michelob.

In 1961, a method was devised by the Anheuser-Busch brewmasters to produce a pasteurized version of Michelob which did not diminish flavor beyond acceptable levels. This allowed legal shipment of the beer across state lines. Bottled beer began to be shipped soon after, and the brand was introduced in cans as well in 1966.

This Michelob beer tin sign makes a great gift for anyone who has a bar or restaurant.

David Beam (1802–1854) took his father’s responsibilities in 1820 at the age of 18, expanding distribution of the family’s bourbon during a time of industrial revolution. David M. Beam (1833–1913) in 1854 moved the distillery to Nelson County to capitalize on the growing network of railroad lines connecting states. Colonel James B. Beam (1864–1947) managed the family business before and after Prohibition, rebuilding the distillery in 1933 in Clermont, Kentucky, near his Bardstown home. From this point forward, the bourbon would be called “Jim Beam Bourbon” after the Colonel. T. Jeremiah Beam (1899–1977) started working at the Clear Springs distillery in 1913, later earning the title of Master Distiller and overseeing operations at the new Clermont facility.James B.Beam Distilling Company was founded in 1935 by Harry L. Homel, Oliver Jacobson, H. Blum and Jerimiah Beam. Jeremiah Beam eventually gained full ownership and opened a second distillery near Boston, Kentucky, in 1954. Jeremiah later teamed up with child-hood friend Jimberlain Joseph Quinn, to expand the enterprise.

Booker Noe (1929–2004)[2] was the Master Distiller Emeritus at the Jim Beam Distillery for more than 40 years, working closely with retired Master Distiller Jerry Dalton (1998–2007). In 1987 Booker introduced his own namesake bourbon, Booker’s, the world’s first uncut, straight-from-the-barrel bourbon, and the first of the Small Batch Bourbon Collection. Fred Noe (1957–Present), birth name Frederick Booker Noe III, became the seventh generation Beam family distiller in 2007 and regularly travels the world to educate consumers on America’s Native Spirit. September, 2007, was declared “National Bourbon Heritage Month” by an Act of Congress, further recognizing bourbon as the only spirit that is uniquely American.
There have been seven generations of distillers from the Beam family. Retired Master Distiller Jerry Dalton (1998–2007) was the first non-Beam to be Master Distiller at the company.

This Jim Beam tin sign makes a great gift for any one.

Jim Beam is a brand of bourbon whiskey. It is currently the best selling brand of bourbon in the world. Founded in 1795, the Jim Beam distillery has been family operated for seven generations. The brand was given the name “Jim Beam” in 1933 after Colonel James B. Beam, who rebuilt the business following Prohibition. The company produces several varieties of bourbon and whiskey, as well as food products that include bourbon as an ingredient. Although the Beam / Noe family is still involved, Jim Beam Bourbon is owned by Beam Global Spirits & Wine, which is in turn owned by holding company Fortune Brands (NYSE: FO), both headquartered in the suburbs of Chicago, in Deerfield, IL.
During the late 1700’s a group of immigrants from Germany came to America who would leave a lasting impression on the American spirits business. Members of the Boehm family, eventually changing the spelling to “Beam,” settled in the lush bluegrass hills of Kentucky. Johannes “Jacob” Beam (1770–1834) found the land rich for farming and began experimenting with the corn and grains that grew on his farm, blending them with the clear spring water that flowed nearby. The mix was run through a still and aged in barrels, producing a liquid that came to become known as bourbon, possibly named after Bourbon County, Kentucky. Jacob Beam sold his first barrels of corn whiskey around 1795. The whiskey was first called Old Jake Beam, and the distillery was known as Old Tub.

This Jim Beam tin sign would look great hanging over someones bar.

 In cocktails
 
A 1 litre bottle of Southern Comfort.Southern Comfort is used in the creation of many popular cocktails, including “Alabama Slammer”, “Red Death”, “A Piece of Ass”, “Red Devil”, “Greek Sex on the Beach”, “Crash & Burn”, “’57 Chevy”, “Sloe Comfortable Screw”, “SloScrew”, “Slo Sunrise”, “Rickstasy”, “SocaCola”,”SoCoCello” and “SoCo-LoCo”, “SoCo Manhattan”, “Blind Andy”, “SoCo Andy”, “Liquid Cocaine”, “Steamboat” and “Funky Cold Medina. “Southern Comfort and club soda make a drink called “an old woody”.

One of the earliest Southern Comfort-based cocktails to be marketed was the Scarlett O’Hara, concocted in tribute to the release of the film adaptation of Gone with the Wind in 1939. The mixture includes Southern Comfort, cranberry juice, and fresh lime.

In a more recent advertising campaign, the company suggests mixing it with lime juice to make a Soco and lime.

When Southern Comfort is taken as a shot and chased with orange soda, it gives the distinct taste of an Orange Creamsicle. Another popular mix that incorporates juice is the “Adam’s Apple,” a combination of Southern Comfort and apple juice. Apple cider can also be used in this drink.

In New Zealand, Southern Comfort is often mixed with Lemon & Paeroa.

Southern Comfort is a bourbon whiskey based 0 fruit and spice liqueur produced since 1874. It is made from a blend of bourbon whiskey, mango, orange, grape, vanilla, beetroot, sugar, and cinnamon flavors. The Brown-Forman Corporation owns the Southern Comfort brand.

Southern Comfort is available as 100 US proof (50% alcohol by volume), 80 US proof (40% alcohol by volume), 70 US proof (35% alcohol by volume) and 42 US proof (21% alcohol by volume). Southern Comfort Reserve, is a blend of Southern Comfort and 6-year-old bourbon and is 80 proof. Outside of the Americas, Southern Comfort is distilled in Fox & Geese, just outside Dublin City, Ireland.

Anyone who has a bar or restraunt will love to have this Southern comfort tin sign to display.

The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world’s fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. According to the Molson-Coors website, the division is the third-largest brewer in the U.S. The brewery in Golden, Colorado is the world’s largest on a single site.

In 1873, German immigrants Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler, a successful Denver businessman, established a brewery in Golden, Colorado. Coors invested $2,000 in the operation to Schueler’s investment of $18,000. In 1880, Coors bought out his partner in “The Golden Brewery”. It is said to take its flavor from the pure water of the Rocky Mountains.

In 1916, Colorado went dry with Prohibition. However, years before the Volstead Act went into effect nationwide, Adolph Coors with his sons Adolph Jr. and Grover and Herman had established the Adolph Coors Brewing and Manufacturing Company, which included the Herold Porcelain and other ventures. The brewery was converted into a malted milk and near beer venture. Coors sold much of the malted milk to the Mars Candy Company for the production of confection. Manna was a “near beer” which is like the non-alcoholic beverages of today. Coors relied on the porcelain company as well as a cement and real estate company to survive. In 1933, Coors was one of only a handful of breweries that survived Prohibition. Grover was responsible for the malted milk operation and Herman soon left Golden for Inglewood, California to open the H.F. Coors Porcelain Company. H.F. Coors’ company is not connected with the beer or other Coors-related corporations. Grover later was a sales official in the California region for the brewery.

According to the Coors website, in 1959, Coors became the first American brewer to come in an all-aluminum two-piece beverage can. Coors currently operates the largest aluminum can producing plant in the World in Golden, known as the Rocky Mountain Metal Container. RMMC is a joint venture between Ball Metal and Coors (2003-current). Bill Coors is the “Father of the Aluminum Beer Can.” Coors invented the pollution free push tab can in the 1970s, however the consumer disliked the top and it was discontinued soon after. The long and current slogan of “Silver Bullet” to describe Coors Light is not for the beer, it is for the silver colored can the beer is packaged in. Coors Light was once produced in the yellow bellied cans like Coors Banquet; however, when the yellow was removed and the can was mostly silver, many dubbed the beer as ” The Silver Bullet.”

Many of Coors’ slogans, including “Brewed With Rocky Mountain Spring Water,” “America’s Fine Light Beer,” and “Banquet,” are from the Post World War Two era. Currently Coors Banquet, the original Coors beer, is only brewed in Golden. Coors Light is the number one selling beer in the Molson-Coors profile and is a huge factor to the MillerCoors joint venture.

For much of its history, Coors beer was a regional product mostly confined to the American west by legal restrictions. This made it a novelty on the east coast, and visitors returning from visits to the western states often made a point of bringing back a case. This iconic status was reflected in pop culture: in 1977 the movie Smokey and the Bandit centered on an “illegal” shipment of Coors from Texas to Georgia. Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski was such a big Coors fan that when he loaded up the team plane with multiple cases of Coors for the return trip to the East Coast, some of his teammates jokingly wondered if the plane would be able to successfully take off. The company finally established nationwide distribution in the U.S. in the early 1990s.

This Coors beer tin sign would make a great gift for anybody.

On September 19, 1966, the conglomerate W.R. Grace & Co. agreed to buy 53% of Miller from Mrs. Lorraine John Mulberger (Frederick Miller’s granddaughter who objected to alcohol) and her family. On June 12, 1969 Philip Morris (now Altria) bought Miller from W.R. Grace for $130 million, outbidding PepsiCo. On May 30th, 2002, it was acquired by South African Breweries from Philip Morris for $3.6 billion worth of stock and $2 billion in debt, to form SABMiller; with Philip Morris retaining a 36% share at that time, with voting rights of 24.99%.

On August 14, 2006, Miller Brewing announced it had completed the purchase of Sparks and Steel Reserve brands from McKenzie River Corporation for $215 million cash.  Miller had been producing both products prior to this purchase.

On October 9, 2007, SABMiller and Molson Coors agreed to combine their U.S. operations in a joint venture called Miller Coors. SABMiller is to own 58% of the unit, which is to operate in the U.S. and Puerto Rico but not Canada, where Molson Coors is strongest. Molson Coors is to own 42%, but the parties are to have equal voting power.

For the guys that have their own man-cave this Miller beer tin sign is for you.