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Bishops Oppose Bitters – The Hydra-Headed Monster Drink
Bishops Oppose Bitters. HYDRA-HEADED MONSTER DRINK 22 November 2015 Heracles killing a lobster-bodied hydra, 1565 engraving While patrolling the internet looking for information on Bishop’s Wahoo...
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Celebrated Crown Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent
Celebrated Crown Stomach Bitters – F. Chevalier Sole Agent 17 January 2016 Here is a nice connection with whiskey and bitters bottles submitted by FOHBC Treasurer, Gary Beatty. I worked on the...
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Story of a Bottle
Story of a Bottle – Barkhouse Bros. & Co. Gold Dust Kentucky Bourbon 49er Bottle Jamboree 20 March 2016 (R•032416) In preparation for the Holabird Americana “49er Bottle Jamboree” Auction at the...
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Lost California Bear found in North Carolina
Lost California Bear found in North Carolina 19 June 2016 Marty Vollmer, the South Carolina show chairman, called me and said a friend found an ad on Craigslist for a bottle with a bear on it. I asked...
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Barrel Series – Out of the Ashes, the Wolford Z – Whiskey
Barrel Series – Out of the Ashes, the Wolford Z – Whiskey 23 September 2016 (R•092416 – Z Solved) I guess my biggest question here would be why Jacob A. Wolford would put a “Z” on his figural barrel...
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Nevada Backbar Letter
Nevada Backbar Letter 01 October 2016 This letter is in response to the “Unicorns and Rainbows” opinion that certain bottles mentioned in an article entitled “Nevada Backbar Bottle Bonanza” (FOHBC...
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Sazerac Aromatic Bitters – P. H. Drake & Co.
Sazerac Aromatic Bitters Lady’s Leg P.H. Drake & Co. 07 November 2018 Looking at the motif of the monogram “PHD & Co.” on a Sazerac Aromatic Bitters bottle leads you to Patrick Henry Drake,...
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Tincture of Centaury Bitters – Bernheim Brothers & Uri
Tincture of Centaury Bitters – Bernheim Brothers & Uri Louisville, Kentucky 20 January 2019 If you go to the I.W. Harper website and visit the history menu on the banner, the following opening...
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Could this bottle be for Tobias’s Wine Bitters?
Could this bottle be for the Celebrated Tobias’s Wine Bitters? 11 February 2019 Robert Biro posted over on the Peachridge Glass Facebook page, a series of images for a dug Tobias & Son ladies leg...
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Dr. De Andries Pure Sarsaparilla Bitters – New Orleans
Dr. De Andries Pure Sarsaparilla Bitters E. M. Rusha – New Orleans 19 February 2019 I recently updated the post for the extremely rare Dr. Hyde’s Southern Stomach Bitters put out by Dr. Edward Caleb...
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