George Ringler and Company

'The Poster"

George Ringler & Company
Artist: Not Given
Lithographer: C.W. Girsch, NYC
Copyright Date: 1898
Size: 16" x 23-1/2"

With emotions running high because of the Spanish-American War, George Ringler obviously decided that beer and patriotism made for a good combination. And indeed they do in this delightful 1899 poster. As stated on the poster, Ringler founded his brewery in 1872. Its location was from East Ninetieth to East Ninety-second Street in New York City, in the very heart of Manhattan's once flourishing brewery district. Immediate neighbors included such lager beer giants as Jacob Ruppert and George Ehret. George Ringler and Company survived the first few years of Prohibition by making near beer, but this proved to be a short-lived success, and the brewery ceased operations in the early 1920s.

--Will Anderson, The Beer Poster Book, 1976.

1912 Calendar

Sales of 'Nourishing Brew' during Prohibition -wasn't enough for Ringler

Tray 1

Tray 3

Tray 2

Lou Jurena sent this from his breweriana collection - "The (bock) goat is attacking dandies who are drinking from bottles labeled "Whiskey", "Rock and Rye", "Old Tom" and "Gin"."  Lou also points out - the confederate uniform on one of the beer drinkers.  "New York City's population largely sided with the South during the Civil War.  Union forces were pulled from the battle of Gettysburg to quell draft riot in New York."

Lots

of

Different

Bottles

Ringler Pocket Book

Ringler Beer Stein

Ringler Beer Mug

1914 Bottle Opener