Show your steins!!

These are 100 year old steins from Standard Brewery in Baltimore

Cool steins... I have a few more. The ones up top are "His and Hers" versions that I picked up at a stein show last week.

Newest member of the gang - Westerwald Stoneware stein - ca. 1870

^^Wow! That one almost looks like carved ivory. Very cool. I like steins for when we're sittin in the shade in warm weather,waitin on the bbq pit. Keep the dust & bugs outta the beir. Plus they look so cool.

We road tested it last night at a local restaurant... Keeps the beer nice and cold. They're a lot of fun to drink from and draw a few stares here and there. Sometimes people can't believe we bring the old ones out - but that's what they were meant for.

I'll bet they stare a lot. That one is def different.

I will have to catch up to this one when i get home. i've got a decently sweet collection of old ones with some not so old. great thread idea!

Having trouble uploading photos. here's a few. i will post a few more up later. None of these have dates on them, which makes me think they're not that old...First two are stamped 'Germany' on the bottom, the Shakespeare one is from England. It says "Do thou amend thy face & I'll amend my life"

I don't drink out of this one:

GarageDweller - please do - I'd love to see them!!!
That's a great pitcher!

Here are a couple more. The last one is really old, but again, has no date on it. Most of these are way too soiled to think about drinking out of. I have a couple glass ones that are great for pouring from the kegerator though.

This last one is pretty cool. I have a pewter tankard that came from Sheffield,UK from the Avon City rummage/antique sale a few years ago. Haveta get a pic of it,althought it's old & kinda plain.

Jeez, you guys have some great works of art. They are fabulous. If only they good talk. The stories they could tell.

GarageDweller said:

None of these have dates on them, which makes me think they're not that old...

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They've got some age to them...

#1 is ca. 1950 to 1980

#2 is ca. 1890 to 1910

#3 is ca. 1880 to 1900

Reference: Steve On Steins

Wow,those steins have some age on them,but still look pretty good.

My Grandfather was gifted this by a German POW in WWII. Hand pounded from a 150mm shell.

Now that's bada$$

Jmarsh544 said:

My Grandfather was gifted this by a German POW in WWII. Hand pounded from a 150mm shell.

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That is simply incredible. WOW!

My collection.

good stuff guys. love the ww2 one. that is so unique and has a great story tied to it. don't sell that thing! would be awesome to pass on through your family.
blackbeard, nice collection man!

Here are my four. Nothing too special, but the third from the left is a real tooth chipper.

Does this count?

My Father in law had a nice little collection of Steins when he passed away about 10 years ago.
I mentioned wanting them, but wife and her sibs let them go to the estate auction.
I did not go to the auction, or I probably would have bid on them; don't even know what they went for.

Some lucky jerk probably got them for a buck or two a piece.

Jmarsh544 said:

My Grandfather was gifted this by a German POW in WWII. Hand pounded from a 150mm shell.

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unbelievable!

Here's an 1890 Westerwald stoneware I grabbed from a restaurant that was closing about a year ago. Filled with my newest Munich Yunger Ale - what a great beer.

DrunkleJon said:

...the third from the left is a real tooth chipper.
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Damn good in a bar fight!

Here are mine. Nothing too crazy. All the big ones, except for the Air Force Academy, are Avon that I got from my great grandma after she passed. The two small ones came from my in-laws after they went to Germany and Praha.

This is my best one. It is from the Lemp Brewery in St. Louis from 1903. Lemp was the first major brewery in St. Louis, its older than AB. Lemp later changed its name to Falstaff.

It says Lemp Employes' Ball

Very cool - I love old brewery steins..

cfrazier77 said:

This is my best one. It is from the Lemp Brewery in St. Louis from 1903. Lemp was the first major brewery in St. Louis, its older than AB. Lemp later changed its name to Falstaff.

It says Lemp Employes' Ball

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I bet it was a hell of a party!

here are my steins from germany. Only use 2 out of the 3.

I hate Budweiser incidentally so does he, but my dad has a impressive holiday stein collection. He has them all now, 81 to present, the original budman, the Chris Columbus steins etc. Kinda a cool collection.


A few of the cooler ones










I need to update the pictures with the new ones and the few that were missing when I took these for him.

Here is one my dad gave to me (This isn't my picture, but it was easy to find one online)



The scene is supposed to be a 19th century pubhouse.

sapo59 - is that a 2 or 3 liter?

Channel66 - the Bud Man is great!

That is a 4 liter stein, my parents bought it when we were stationed in Germany. My mom gifted to me, cause she knows I love beer

sapo59 said:

That is a 4 liter stein...

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Be very careful if you ever get frisky and decide to fill it - the handle might not be able to take it.