Sorry for the crappy cellphone pic :(
HEHEHE I have often thought what a nerd I am, checking out the heraldry on a bottle of beer…Glad to see I’m not the only one:D Cheers
Not heraldic, but has much to do with knights (or kinniggits).
http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/images/Beers/bottles/bottles_holy.jpg
Well I say Niiiiiii
And don’t forget to bring us a shrubery!
yes that is very important otherwise I will say Niiiiiiiiiii
While doing some cleaning the other day, I ran across my collection of beer coasters from Bavaria, mostly lifted from various Gasthäuser, which I’ve been dragging around since living in Germany as a kid in the mid-1960s, and this thread came to mind. Here’s some excellent heraldry and quasi-heraldry of beer:
Hofbräu (Court Brew), formerly the suppliers to the Bavarian royal court, the initials of the brewery ensigned with the Bavarian royal crown:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Hofbrau.jpg
The widely known Löwenbräu (Lion Brew), with the namesake lion on a background of the Rauten (lozenges) of Bavaria:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Lowenbrau.jpg
Hackerbräu (Chopper Brew), since merged with Pschorr-Bräu to form Hacker-Pschorr
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Hackerbrau.jpg
And Spatenbräu (Spade Brew), diverging from the traditional use of the national colors for Bavarian beer trademarks:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Spaten.jpg
More to come.
More Bavarian beer coasters:
A design used on the backs of the coasters of several companies to commemorate 500 years of the Bavarian Beer Purity Law; I added these to the collection on a visit in the late 1980s. The heraldic nature might not be apparent to those who don’t know that the arms of Munich depict a monk (Mönch), a cant on the German name of the city, and that the city colors are yellow and black.
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/MunichBeer.jpg
Hacker-Pschorr, the merged company previously mentioned, showing the arms of Munich and the "lesser" arms of Bavaria at the bottom:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Hacker-Pschorr.jpg
Going a few dozen kilometers outside the city, we have the Bavarian State Brewery at Weihenstephan, Freising, the oldest brewery in the world. The monks at the Abbey of St. Stephen (Weihenstephan) are proven to have been brewing beer on the site in 1040. It is now the state brewmasters’ college and uses the state arms on its labels and coasters:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Weihenstephan.jpg
And finally, Fischer’s Stiftungs-Brauerei in Erding. The haloed soldier carrying the standard with the town arms (a plow-iron) is identified as St. Prosper, who is the patron of Erding, but he must not be either of the SS Prosper listed in Butler’s Lives of the Saints, neither of whom seem to have been very soldierly. The plow iron also appears below the saint.
Joseph,
Thanks a million for those great coasters. A few of my favorite breweries. MAN do I want to go back to Munich now!
Murphy’s Irish Red (an ale, not the stout) the arms are the same on their products - they are the arms of the O’Murphys of Muskerry clan not the senior line which has a chief…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Murphys_Red_Irish_Beer.JPG
Jameson Irish Whiskey
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Bottles_of_Jameson_Irish_Whiskey.JPG
Joseph McMillan;53876 wrote:
And Spatenbräu (Spade Brew), diverging from the traditional use of the national colors for Bavarian beer trademarks:
You might be interested in knowing (if you did not already) that the basic trademark of the Spatenbräu - the shield on the coaster (without the hops, ears of barley and ribbon) - was designed by Otto Hupp (1859-1949) in 1922, following an earlier version designed in 1884. He also produced a couple of later versions.
Hupp was not only one of the most famous and influential German heraldic artist, perhaps of all times, but also arguably the most prolific producing perhaps over 10,000 single works ranging from ceramics, cabinetry, stained glass, to ex libris, beer labels, currency notes, postage stamps and much, much more, including (according to one estimate) at least 6,000 heraldic achievements. He is perhaps best remembered today, at least outside Germany, for his drawings of German family arms in the Münchener Kalender, published from 1885 to 1936, or for the some 2,800 civic arms he drew for the Kaffee HAG coffee company, initially used in its marketing but later published in book form.
The sternness and simplicity of the Spatenbräu label actually belies Hupp’s style, which in may ways was a product of the Art Nouveau or Jugendstil. In general, Hupp’s style was very much inspired by the late Gothic period and the Renaissance and, depending on the setting and purpose of the individual work of art, could be very ornate. He had his own distinctive way of stylizing, bringing out and often exaggerating the prominent features of the charges and - especially - crests, yet paying attention to detail. Although Hupp produced much formal and public heraldry, there is no doubt that he had a great sense of humor and believed that humor has its place in heraldry. This would be clear to anyone who has been able to leaf through a couple of issues of the Münchener Kalender, where his style can be positively exuberant.
The collective knowledge of the members here continues to astound me. Well done, and keep it coming!
Sunil Saigal;53901 wrote:
He is perhaps best remembered today, at least outside Germany, for his drawings of German family arms in the Münchener Kalender, published from 1885 to 1936, or for the some 2,800 civic arms he drew for the Kaffee HAG coffee company, initially used in its marketing but later published in book form.
for anyone interested in Hupp’s Kaffe Hag works, you can buy a cd rom of it at this website http://www.heraldryshop.biz/shop/index.htm
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Commonly available, but I thought I’d throw it in there.
