Category Archives: Soda Bottles

No Fizz? Less Bizz!

Posted on 24 October 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

by Ken Previtali 24 October 2017 In reading the Saving the Fizz post, a number of things came to mind. Keeping CO2 bubbles sealed in a bottle until they were set free to tickle the senses was indeed a challenge … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bottling Works, Ephemera, Ginger Ale, Soda Bottles, Soda Water | Tagged Beer, Bizz, bubbles, closure, CO2, Codd, David Graci, David Jones, Fizz, Ginger Ale, Ken Previtali, Soda, Stopper | Leave a comment

The back story to Saving the Fizz

Posted on 8 July 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

How an interest that started almost 50 years ago manifested into a book on patent bottle closures The back story to Saving the Fizz 09 July 2017 My name is David Jones, a name that has always brought some comment … Continue reading →

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Best Pit ever dug in Mississippi

Posted on 4 March 2017 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Best Pit ever dug in Mississippi 04 March 2017 Hi Ferdinand! Just checking in to say hello and to send you some pics from the best pit of Hutch sodas ever dug in Mississippi. We found a brick lined cistern … Continue reading →

Posted in Bottle Shows, Digging and Finding, Hutches, News, Soda Bottles | Tagged Barq's, Biloxi, Bottle, cistern, Daphne, dig, Digging, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Hudson, hutch, Hutchinson, Mike Burkett, Mississippi, Scranton, Smith, sodas | Leave a comment

Everything’s better with bitterquelle. . .

Posted on 4 March 2015 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Everything’s better with bitterquelle… by Ken Previtali 04 March 2015 (R•071415) Reading the recent post on Hunyadi Janos reminded me of how the details of what we might consider commonplace can be intriguing. What could be more commonplace than water? … Continue reading →

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FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Educational Displays

Posted on 14 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Educational Displays 14 August 2014 We ended up with thirteen education displays at the Lexington National that were as different from the recent Reno and Manchester National displays as possible. Interesting and interactive to some extent, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Apothecary, Bottle Shows, Bottles and Extras, Bourbon, Club News, Cola, Collectors & Collections, Display, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Flasks, FOHBC News, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works, History, Medicines & Cures, News, Photography, Soda Bottles, Soft Drinks, Spirits, Technology, Virtual Museum, Whimsies, Whiskey | Tagged Baugh, Bender, Berry, celery, cola, Dadiras, display, educational, exhibit, fohbc, Hands, History, Hubbard, Kentucky, Lexington, Libbey, Lines, Midwest, Murschell, Phillips, reproduction, Selenak, Smith, Sproat, Veach, Virtualm museum, Watson, wood, Zoeller | Leave a comment

FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Saturday Morning Seminars

Posted on 10 August 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

FOHBC 2014 Lexington National | Saturday Morning Seminars 09 August 2014 This group of pictures come from the Seminars that occurred on Saturday morning from 9:00 am until noon. There were three sets of paired seminars to give attendees a choice. All seemed to … Continue reading →

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J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons

Posted on 25 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

J. Grosman & Sons not J. Grossman & Sons New Orleans, Louisiana – Marshall, Texas and Dallas, Texas 25 July 2014 Ferdinand, enjoyed seeing you again at the Houston show, especially enjoyed the fish bitters in your display. I have attached two pictures pertaining … Continue reading →

Posted in Druggist & Drugstore, History, Hutches, Questions, Soda Bottles | Tagged bottler, Cole, Dallas, David, fountain, Grosman, Grossman, Hiram, Hutchinson, Marshall, Moses, Soda, texas, water | Leave a comment

Electric Bitters and Electrified Ginger Ale: Were they really “zapped” or was it just more quackery?

Posted on 16 July 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Electric Bitters and Electrified Ginger Ale: Were they really “zapped” or was it just more quackery? by Ken Previtali 16 July 2014 Reading the most recent Electric Bitters post on PRG got me thinking about this “zapping” thing. With the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Article Publications, Bitters, Ginger Ale, History, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Soda Bottles, Soft Drinks, Technology | Tagged Ale, bitters, current, Electric, electrified, Ginger, lightening, Mohawk, Nikolas Tesla, ozone, Pittsfield, Quackery, Von Siemens, zapped | Leave a comment

Could a mundane bottle of wine-flavored ginger ale be a descendent of a winery established in 1835?

Posted on 24 April 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Could a mundane bottle of wine-flavored ginger ale be a descendent of a winery established in 1835? 24 June 2014 by Ken Previtali Two earlier PRG posts, one on Bininger’s Knickerbocker Wine Bitters and another more recently, on California Wine … Continue reading →

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California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco

Posted on 11 February 2014 by Ferdinand Meyer V

California Aromatic Orange Bitters – San Francisco PART OF THE ORANGE BITTERS SERIES 11 February 2014 (R•052119) Here is another, what appears to be, unlisted “Orange” bitters from San Francisco, California. The California Aromatic Orange Bitters was put out by … Continue reading →