Category Archives: Liquor Merchant

A little on HOBOKEN DE BIE & Co.

Posted on 8 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cruising around the net the other day, I came across the picture below of the workers posing for a photo at the Hoboken de Bie & Co. gin distillery in Rotterdam that I thought was pretty cool. Looking for the source, I see … Continue reading →

Posted in Gin, Liquor Merchant, Spirits | Tagged Gin, Hoboken de Bie & Co., Netherlands, NPR, Richard Barnett, Rotterdam | Leave a comment

Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters too?

Posted on 7 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I wonder if the Alpine Bitters is the labeled bottle and the larger cylinder bottles are Fairmont and Clutch Rye? Could that be N.A. Bink with the tie? What about that Sheriff? Did N. A. Binks make an Alpine Bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Cola, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions, Spirits | Tagged Alpine, Belgium, Bill Ham, bitters, City Bottling, Coca-Cola, Decanter, Dispensing, Escanaba, Fredonia, Germany, Herb, Mary Bink, Michael Bink, Michigan, N.A. Bink, Nicholas A. Bink, Rye, Saloon, tray, Victorian, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

The Widemann & Chappas Alpine Stomach Bitters – Marysville

Posted on 5 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bottle examples in this post courtesy American Bottle Auctions The Widemann & Chappas Alpine Stomach Bitters 05 September 2013 One can only imagine this dandy gentleman being served a bottle of Alpine Stomach Bitters at the Golden Eagle Hotel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant | Tagged Alpine, bitters, california, Chappas, Marty Lucich, Marysville, Stomach, Widemann, Wisconsin | 3 Comments

Our Most Celebrated Alpine Stomach Bitters

Posted on 4 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“Our Most Celebrated” Alpine Stomach Bitters GEHRMANN, AHRENS & CO. | NYC 04 September 2013 (R•081919) Good grief, this is a tough one. All I can find is a Ludwig Gehrmann and a John Ahrens in New York City in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Wine & Champagne | Tagged Ahrens, Alpine, Barnum, bitters, Canal, Collect Pond, Distiller, Gehrmann, New York, rectifying | Leave a comment

Otto Kornemann and his Alpine Bitters Statuette

Posted on 4 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Otto Kornemann and Julius Jungbluth Alpine Bitters Statuette & Trademark 04 September 2013 First of all, we are not talking about the western, Alpine Herb Bitters put out by Thomas Taylor Company in San Francisco. We are however, speaking of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Mailbox Letters, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Alpine, bitters, Julius Jungbluth, Kornemann, Kornemann & Co., Moel Eilian, Otto Kornemann, Peat Moss, Pommerania, statuette | Leave a comment

Cincinnati Bitters Spotting – A cross reference of directories

Posted on 1 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Cincinnati Bitters Spotting A cross reference of directories 02 September 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V Here on this Labor Day, I have laboriously gone through the William’s Cincinnati Directories, and a few others prior to Williams, to cross-check the bitters … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Publications, Questions, Tonics | Tagged Alaska, bitters, Boyer's, Catawba, Cincinnati, Duby Green, Ferdinand Meyer V, Fletcher's, Fred W. Diederichs, Henry VanDyke, Herman Snyder, Hoffheimer, Holland Bitters, Israel Wilson, J. N. Harris & Co., John Hess, Kaufman, Kempfer, Leopold Meyer, Monarch, ohio, Paradise Bitters, Richardson, Roback, Solomon Schertz, Superior Wine Bitters, Tonquin, W. B. Wood, Williams, Wm J. Klein & Co., Wood's Bitters, Zimmermann | Leave a comment

A Morning Call Bitters Comparison

Posted on 1 September 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A Morning Call Bitters Comparison Is it from Cincinnati or St. Louis? 02 September 2013 Many bottle collectors are familiar with the round Lediard’s Morning Call Bitters sold by Charles Lediard in New York and St. Louis. Today we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Questions | Tagged bitters, call, Charles Lediard, Charles S. Mills, Cincinnati, Franklin Hastings, Gary Beatty, James Viguerie, Kline & Co., Lediard, Memphis, Mills, Mills & Kline, Mills Brothers, Morning, St. Louis | Leave a comment

G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters, San Francisco

Posted on 30 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

G. A. B. – Dr. Nauman’s German Army Bitters San Francisco “Lightning Strikes Twice” 30 August 2013 | Ferdinand Meyer V If you read below, I’m going to repeat a phrase I used yesterday to describe the situation when I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Digging and Finding, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Tonics | Tagged army, Bill Ham, Boonekamp, Brian Wolff, Dr. Nauman, G.A.B., German, German Army Bitters, Herman Wolfgang, San Francisco, Walter & Marcuse | Leave a comment

The Home Bitters – St. Louis

Posted on 19 August 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

The Home Bitters – St. Louis 19 August 2013 (R•112413) (R•051015) (R•042419) Today, I have reason to quickly educate myself with The Home Bitters of St. Louis. I need to review the variants, the history and find out the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Postage, Tax Stamps, Tonics | Tagged Henson, home, Home Bitters, James A. Jackson, James McQ. Douglas, Joe Gourd, Missouri, Paris S. Pfouts, Saint Louis, St. Louis | 4 Comments

William T. Walters and his Museum Bottle

Posted on 25 July 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

William T. Walters and his Museum Bottle WALTERS & Co. BALTIMORE 25 July 2013 (R•081018) (R•081418) I have this great, 6-sided bottle I picked up from Michael George back in 2010 at the Baltimore Bottle Show embossed with “BALTIMORE” and “WALTERS … Continue reading →