1960s Schmidt's Premium Beer 12oz Beer Bottle E & B Brewing Co South Bend, IN

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We just came across three vintage beer cases, a Schoenling, Carling Black Label and Stroh's Bohemian Lager, all full of vintage beer bottles.  We ended up with 72 different bottles, both imported and domestic.  All of the bottles date from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.  We come across cans quite often, but beer bottles are quite a bit more rare.  Most of the bottles are free of case wear on the glass and the labels are in very nice condition with hardly any wear on any of them.
If beer bottles are your thing, feel free to check the others out and we do combine shipping based quoted price from each of the three major carriers based on the size and weight of the box.  The bottles all weigh more than one pound when packed for shipping, so they can't go first class.  With that said, it would certainly be more cost effective to buy multiple bottles with combined shipping to reduce the average shipping cost per bottle.
Now onto the item for sale.
For sale is a 1960s 12 ounce, 9 1/2" Schmidt's Premium Quality Beer beer bottle brewed by the E & B Brewing Co. in South Bend, IN.
Beer bottles in general seem to be a lot more scarce than beer cans, but this one is even harder to come by than most other bottles are.
When we first saw this bottle we immediately though it was brewed by C. Schmidt & Sons in Philadelphia, but was were incorrect.
From what we gathered, E & B Brewing Co. was the successor to Ekhardt & Becker Brewing Co. and operated in Detroit from 1944 to 1962.  However, we couldn't find anything about the brewery moving to South Bend, IN which is indicated on the label.
If we were to guess, we'd think that perhaps another brewery in Indiana acquired the labels and continued making Schmidt's after E & B closed in 1962, but that's just a guess.
The bottom of the bottle has a TMC mark which was the mark used by the Thatcher Glass Co.  It also has 67 which was typically the date code for the year of bottle manufacture and may support our theory above.  Either way, we trust this beer dates to 1967 or shortly thereafter.
Both of the labels are in very nice overall condition with very minor wear on either label.  There are some very small nicks along the left edge of the main label.
The bottle itself is also in excellent vintage condition with very minor case wear mainly below the main label.
Unfortunately, this beer bottle will weigh more than one pound when packed for shipping, so it can't go first class.
We offer several shipping options, just make your selection upon checkout.
Truth be told, it would be much more cost effective to purchase several beer bottles and save on shipping per bottle since we only charge for the additional weight as quoted by the three carriers and you select which one you prefer.
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