1"\LL. .0 Vl~J Victorian Beer Label Collectors' Society JANUARY 1989 VOLUME 18 No.1 NEWSLETTER
The International Society of Label Collectors-Australian Brewery Research /
• . cS~fTe~ PREMIUM NATURAL ···- lAGER VICTORIAN BEER LABEL COLLECTORS' SOCIETY PATRONS: AUSTRALIAN BREWERIES PRESIDENT: L .. Godden, 1379 North Rd., Clayton, 3168. (03) 544-1374 VICE PRESIDENT: J . Wilks, 65 Tiverton Dr., Mulgrave, 3170. (03) 561-4221 SECRETARY: G. Crompton, 11 Dublin Ave., Strathmore , 3041. .(03) 379-4375 TREASURER: A. Freer, 28 Allnutt Pde., Cheltenham, 3192. (03) 584-1353 EDITOR: J. Wilks, 65 Tiverton Dr., Mulgrave, 3168. (03) 561-4221 RAFFLE CO-ORDINATOR: G. Crompton, 11 Dublin Ave., Strathmore,· 3041. {03) 379-4375
To enable smoother running of our Society, would members please co-operate as follows: ./ 1. Forward all monies to the Treasurer, except for raffles. 2. Forward all contributions for the Newsletter to the Editor. 3. All general Society business, requests for labels from the Society stocks, contributions and raffle ticket requests to the Secretary. 4. New members and changes of address to the Treasurer. 5. Please forward an S.A.E. with all correspondence that requires a reply. MEMBERSHIP FEES: JOINING FEE: $1.00 Australian. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: $10.00 Australian, due and payable on July 1st, plus any levies that may be called. PRO-RATA RATES: After October 31st, $7.00 Australian. After February 28th, $4.00 Australian.
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. g·ood year io r co llecto r s of Australian beer l abels , a nd l di:··=' h a~; been a i ;:lu::l p r unt ises t.o be a good y ear a l so - . e v e ral new labels trnm new brewe r1es on their way, b u t 'i' h c-e ·: are are S · th b un ti l the Society has o nce agai n I cannot tn en tion e rew ~ r 1es . r·ec.:-ived t h e labe l s for members . as unro r t unate ly, some mem~ ers ~re s tlll ignoring t h e Society ' s rule 4G 1n regard to correspond1ng W1th
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It was good to see some of our interstate and country members attending with their wives ( including J im and Marcia Hepworth from Adelaide.) / There was some discussion on review of the _Society ' s Constitution, and a number of good suggestions were received. The matter was r e ferred back to the committee for consideration and report to the February meeting . John Long said that the Bi-Centennary Year would be a good opportunity to consider the bestowing of life memeberships . The Treasurer reported that the financial position was very healthy . The Secretary advised that Fosters Light was available in 375mL bottles and members should buy some as the label may be slightly changed in the near future, ( he also said that we should ALWAYS buy new beers as they appear, for the same reason.) The Secretary then advised the meeting of problems in keeping up with the many changes which have taken place with the various Bond breweries. In the case of Swan and Emu labels it appears that we have missed out on 12 label changes_ Hannans Lager 1s being revived but will only be 1n cans- for the present . The colour photocopies of the AGM and Ellis-Kells labels sold out and the Secretary has been instructed to have more available for the February meeting . The raffle was drawn and the winners were: 1. Pin k 859 D_ Kruger Vic 2 _ Blue F21 A. Vardon Vic •:. .J _ Blue F92 R. Rooney Vic 4 . Pin I< BlOO R_ Donaldson Vic Congratulation s to the winners . A discussion then followed on what constitutes a col l ectable label, and nt os t members agreed that it was any label connected in any way with beer. The Secretary then s howed an album with the labels mounted in the cheapest way - with dabs of wa ter soluble paste on white copy paper in a common lever arch file_ This compares with other types of albums shown at previous meetings. The auction of the last of the Keith Wittenbach collections was held and once again ev e ry lot went to the on e bidder, this time it was Paul Rose of Queensland _ The meeting t hen adjourned for an e nd-o f - year lunch, after which the discussions a nd label exchanging continued until late in the afternoon_ Keith Witte nbach Collection Auction Results:- Lot 6 -Boags ( part on e) $32 p Rose Lot 7 Boags (.part t wo) $32 p Rose Lot 8 Ballarat ( CUB) $40 p- Ro se Lot 9 Old Balla rat Village $ 26 p Rose NEW I S ::~UES 'l' he Secretary thanks the following members for their helpful information on new issues: Hike Pinkard, Hank Armaur, · Bob Greenaway, Paul Rose, Ross Hackie, Jack Wilks, Laurie Godden. NEW HEHBERS The Committee we l comes the following new members: 442 G ~raser, 2 Hc Kindley St Drouin 3818 / 443 J Mc Leod 98 Goolibah Drive Tallabudgera Qld 4228 444 J Weatherill PO Box 93 Gisborne Vic 3437 4~5 Brya nt Lawson 46 Planet Ave Atherton Qld 4883 446 G De Filippas Via G.B. Hagnaghi 2/17 SC.DS 16129 Genova Italy 447 B Russe ll RHB 5147 Vi c 3282 448 P Godden 1379 North Rd Clayton Vic 3168 449 R Withell 21 Searle St Horsham Vic 3400 450 S Aa lbers 3 Brand S t Ht Wa verley Vic 3149 BEER LABEL CATALOGUES T he f o llowing c atalogue s are a va ilab l e: 1. Csstl e ma ine P ~rkins 5 X 39c s t amps pos t fre e . 2, Qld ~ HAN ~ E UF ADDRE SS k . Greena wa y, 28 Royalis t Rd . Cr e mo rne NSW 2080 M lt~ l -· UREH ERIE S !" li e: r apid g r o wt h of these has made t. he tas k of bre we ry cuntact mu c h mo r e dif ficult a nd whilst Jack W1lks and George Cr ompton a r e con tacting ~~ •. lll l e , iL has b ~e n neces s ary to appoin t L i a i son utf i cer s as contac ts wi t n par ticu l ar breweries. :·ltey ar · ~- IJanny O' Ne il, Uee l o ng; Owe n Eve_n s , Balmain ; 8 o b •jreenaway , fi : ~hn a. n •l Lord N8lson; Ric ha r d Carthe w, Sover eign; Pau l k us~. Co l on1al ~1 1d Eu mundi ; Hi ke Pinkard, 11 a tter y eoin t. ~!! have done i nvaluab le wo r k a nd we o ffer out· Lnan ks for the1r _; ll i? ,_, .. I ' L . !iEX'I' !1EI::TING ·,.; i 11 l•e ht:dd a t t he Red back Brewery ( l'orn1e r l y t h ~ H0yal H(•tel) '1.'5 I· lemt11gr.lm road North Melbour ne on Su 11 day l~t.h FeiJru a e y , co n 1 m ~ n •.:: 1ng at l . (J 1j p . Ill . •·:e mt:muer t ho ug h, t hat the ba r a nd t he botlle shop open at 1 ~ l l•J •J n . I : E E 'I' ll~ ;_; l.l A 'l' E ~-i L-' U l: 1 8 t.J 8 : . t h ,. -:: t• l' u a r y ::i t. h A 1:J r 1 1 l l Lh .IUll l?. LH h August ,·:i ch uctober lO t h December L•o n t. f o rget to mark these dates i n your diar y_ • t ' o" ,"I' ON i~~E ROCKS O ·O ·O ·OH/ / Plf6 J11'// l ·nwc;: n .. t.- s ·no:::: 10 I·•G:.JI A t..-E-, · - • · - ----·---- A SHORT HISTORICAL REVIEW As a matter of interest, the Secretary advises a few statistics. Since July 1972 there has been 91 issues of the Newsletter excluding this issue, and with these the members have each received a total of 1900 beer labels. Multiply that by the number of members and it makes quite a heap of labels. Also in that time there has b e en 82 raffles with 20 , 480 labels a§ prizes as well as a number o f bottles of spec ial beer . The major winners in the raffles have been : - K Wittenbach (dec ) 2 1 prizes G Van Wyngaarden 15 S Roberts 12 A Freer 12 R Mackie 11 T Fisk 11 F Constable 11 R Grace 9 B Hamilton 9 C Pelton 8 D O ' Neil 8 as well , 88 other members have wo n f rom 7 pri z es e ach , down to· 1 priz e each , so there has been a f a irly g o od distribu t i o n . reme mbering that s ome of our l onger- standing me mb e r s have been i n ma ny mo re r a ffles that me mbers who j o ine d l ate r . ,..~ o;.;: •, c·l y u Hi.JlJ· u· , ~! HI LS '!' /-\ 1' A RECE NT t1E ETIN G: AN uREiv BAlLY l ll c_t, .:J c - TERRY kYAN EXAMI NES A LAB EL ALBU M Labsls Issusd With This Nswslsttsr Fosters Lager Beer (replica of early label) no contents Sanctuary Cove Octoberfest Bier 375 mL Castlemaine XXXX Bitter Ale, small alc/vol 375 & 750 mr.. Swan Premium Australian Lager CA redemption 12 us Fl Oz/355 rnL Castlemaine 11 Monde Selection" neck label Castlemaine XXXX Lager Beer & neck label 12 us Fl Oz/355 mL / John Boston Special Lager (metal foil> 345 mL Emu Bitter Beer, new address 345 & 750 mL Swan Special Light Lager, new address 345 & 750 mL Down Under Lager Beer CA redemption 12.68 us Fl Oz/375 mL Balmain Bock, new design 375 mL Balmain Lager 375 mL Carbine Stout re-issue 375 ( 2) & 750 ( 2) mL Castlemaine Gold II " 345 mL XXXX Lite Lager " " 750 mL Carlton Light II ., 375 & 750 mL Abbotts Extra Double Stout " " 375 & 750 mL ,, II 0 Abbotsford Invalid Stout 375 & 750 mL Fosters Lager 250 mL Fosters Lager USA export II 355 mL Melbourne Bitter " II 375 mL Carlton D- Ale 750 mL Ballarat Bitter II 750 mL DONATIONS: BREWERIES Carlton & United Breweries (Melbourne) Ltd Sanctuary Cove Brewery Castlemaine Perkins Ltd Swan Breweries Mildura Breweries Balmain Brewery. DONATIONS: MEMBERS Mike Pinkard, Hank Arrnaur, George Crompton, Owen Evans, David Kew, Bruce Robertson Swap Shop HIKE PINKARD, 5 Spring Street Claremont Tas, 7011, phone (002) 49 4527, has special QANTAS JETABOUT stopper label used on Matilda Bay Redback Beer - issued only in Tasmania. Hike wants other pub brewery labels NOT issued through VBLCS - especially the Joh Bjelke-Bitter label. Hike also has a couple of the TASMANIAN ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION labels t~· swap for other hard to get specials - Darwin or others. DUDLEY CLARKE, Apt . 306, 3020 Glencrest Road Burlington Ontario L7N 2H2 Canada, has a small stock of wine and spirit labels which he would like to exchange . Dudley is also interested in exchanging beer labels in a small way with other members . . HANK ARHAUR, 55 Malcolm Street North Beach W.A. 6020 has some of the elusive Bond Brewing labels featuring Bond Corp, Bond Brewing that were only available for a short time and as all labels have now been destroyed will NOT be available through the VBLCS. Contact Hank with your exchange offers and further details regarding these labels . Hank is particularly looking for 1984 & 1985 Commemoratives and Darwin specials. GOD! HAlBACH, 260 Barrett Street Bracken Ridge 4017 Queensland also wants a Joh Bjelke Bitter label and will swap 50 West German labels for one. GLEN LYNCH, flat 2, 36 Westbury Street, East St. Kilda 3183 Vic. phone (03) 534 0391 has Canadian beer labels from various breweries, all in mint condition. Any offer considered. PHILIP DAVIN, 2 Lawrence St. East KEW Victoria 3102 has an ELLIS-KELLS Palmerston Dinner Ale (or other various other even RARER labels) that he wishes to swap for an Ellis-Kells "Buffalo Bitter". JACK WILKS , 65 Tiverton Drive Hulgrave 3 170 Vic. Phon e (03) 561 4 2 21 still has a few Old Ballarat Brewery ( now Sovereign) special labels NOT issued by the VBLCS to swap for British or Swedish/Danish labels. Jack also has an extensive selection of New Zealand labels to swap for Br itish, Swedish, Danish or other New Zealand. As in Australia, the mini-brewery boom is happening across the Tasman Sea. Illustrated here ( also on the front cover ) are some labels from New ' Zealand Hini Breweries. Some conventional labels, and some very interesting new designs. Unfortunately, we cannot show the exciting use of colours on some of these labels . The VBL CS is considering establishing contacts with these breweries, either d1rectly or through our New Zealand members to obtain labels . Ar e you interested in collectin g N .Z . labels through your society? / ~rap a line to the Secretary (o r phone) and we wil l see if this is a viable proposition. '~ ... -·" 4Q A LCI\'OL CONTEl'T S -: ~:'iml WANGANUI ALE }iook. l~ebtc\.us r'tob al:tiy 8.11 o f our dedica.tr::d members. have a copy of the magnificen_t b o ok;< o t· take it out from their l ocal library on a regular basis): " The W.:J rld 1Juide To Beer" by Michael Jackson. 'C he ultimate beer guide book it illustrates many o ld and interesting b~er labels. As t lte book was printed in 1877, it of course has dated somewhat. lt was therefore, with great delight , that 1 d1scovered that the wo rld s greatest beer writer has completely updated the original work, with 111?.\.J text, new maps, new labels, diagrams and 100 new , a n d o t'ten · ! ~:J.zzlln~ pictures. ~ltJ•~ IJ has happen ed since 1877. with b reweries closing down and others La k1ng o ver the 1r riva l s. and a n entirely n e w breed th~ ~ 1 tn.l c r eob reweries- emerging firs t in fjritain a. nd spr eading with as toni s hing speed around the wo rld. " 'J'he s earch for the perfe(: t beer should last a lifet ime" writes .j ·.1. 1 :; k~;.) n. And his •::: ase , it pl: · : ~b a t:J lY 1.ri il . .. 1·1E W \'1 L.i t-· L li GU IDE 'f 0 8 E c I< .. b y Mi c h a e l Jackson , ~ 7 4 pages . iJua.rto , Lav1 :c: h l y lllu stLtr..e .J, publi s he a h y 1:\ .Lo o ms bury. :~1: i.ittll'' ··· r ;.niti J . ~ t. hi~ n~vi e w . t h,;: boeok is not a•Jailabl o;:, in Au s t t"ilia .. t n.! t ·:·an b r:: pu r chased from L.:Mtl- ~ ·.. ) t .If\ I :.: '/ l E \~ l 1 · 11 <:' ~ ·I . ; ' in . a J 1 s -:- n 1 j n e co 1 J .:: •:: :: •.· r.; \·1 •:J 11 t ,J ··. •:.-: ~: 1·· ~ -'"-5' !" f ',· l •..l k " c.; ;-!f! n j t. w a~ .:s s •l· ~ ._ : ltt l!llr! •• ,. ,• • L. t • ' '.' -t l tt ":" . '1. ~ .=.;-· av3. il ab l ~ '!. 11 !k,~·! L~.:d ."n d . : :• · ~ : " · · ·· · :1.: ':'·J i r .;_; :. ;,as .1 u st. t:.•o::e:·, :· o:=:J · " -' ' ~·; ·': •i :·1!'•.! .1. ·· · ·· !' ol 1 rto,·. ' · · Yt:.L c ~ ·. :!t"': ntbo:- r •, .. . : ~ : if ., · ~, _ ·-=: , t, h i ·:.: _,n .:: i s even t. .;;- r. L-.= t· . :Ju ·: l t •l : · r .• 1L a b o u L C !l c new nt lni : d · ·; Wc:!·j ·:: ::; b •. .i, !t !1 '-'' t' .,.: 3rtu 111 l'l e 1..J Lt'dlan d, ! · - ~:u l' :· . i t h e ju·1 .:?: in.E; at t he .~u ~-; lr 3lasi r.J n be -::.· r i~ >~ It i l .•.i t l ( ott u 1 l'• :illarat ! .J .:.; l. ~·· ·:: 1 :. •: utb~t· , h ~::::r labe l s 1-1 e1 l i !.t u s t r a l ed , :.ut i t t~. •=rvlo:-\·1 t.r tc n t1ax ~ · -: o'. •[ . • "':L' . ,. ~ ~ ~.~ u p ~ r s 2·rewery , a n ·:t!.' t .i ,: l e ( 'It h•:JIIt'=' b!.·•:.\·lltt;,?:, ::i.ll •.l lltU·; l t lftiJ re . 1 1' ! '~ ': , t !?, .!l ! t , r e •:::om:nended f C1t' L h -=- t'. 1' U•:' ..:: n c. hu si a s r . ~, .' ."?J. . . I ! ~ · J ' . :· /e H :: ~'! 2: ~1:t:~:; , ,:·]-;; ... n !--t!, • •;. .. : L , _•J · ·:·~·;, nt _~ l i\ ! · 'J l';:; . 1n 1" :1 1.: t ,j u ~;t •! ••,•t t r 1! • / '.: h,·: t· ..... : J l ! :•: 1: !\ .: ' , e •l i ~. ._, t· '·1t 11 1 .., . ~ J :•1 : . ' 1. 11 1 · t :1. :5 1 e ·~1 1 • · r i 1' L' L . Raffle Each prize in the Februari raffle will contain a Richmond label, the first black Carlton Lager label with its two neck labels, a Terrys Ale label, a horizontal oval West End XXX Bitter label, plus a good range of obsolete Australian labels and a mix of foreign ·labels. There will be four prizes and each will contain a minimum of 200 l a bels . / Five tickets for $1 . 00 minimunl and twelve tickets for $2.00 maximum. All tickets from George Crompton, and please include a SAE if you want your tickets returned to you. Jlabel TitL .': : i m.=:: '!t:;ti n g: ·~:"is HI tln~e s.::c ti eo n s: B est label Ma.io1· Bre wery, dest 1 a L":~ l ~·, 1!1 a .i. 1 b r e w e r y , a n d 8 e s l. L a b e L S e r i e s ( o p e n ) fho=:: \·J inn e r in t ltf• ma:iu t' bre wery catagory was JOHN 8US'l'DN SPEC1AL LAc.J.EH, t'l' t.:Jitl Uonrj !:!.ee~>-lin g , Br1sbane T i t.=..: 1-1inner in t h e: Small Bre werv (:;3.t.ago ry ws.s IJUH kAIJORAN G BUCK f rom ~i · ~· h a 1: · ~ L' s l. i t t l e !:!. r e '..l e r y . Ge u r g e I V I n n P i c t o n N S W 'i'h~J •..~i.nnec· r·~~, r the B8st. La.uel Series was won b',' the Co lonial Bre wing • · I·, mr · 1 11 ~.r .o; LHUo: \'HW U:; E s.:: r i -1 s ·:, f .L abe 1 s . ' · '~' r: .:o:;· r (:t r: 'J j 'i ;: 1 on .;:; t:. o t: h,::: a b, 'v f; b r e \.J s· l' i e s and 1-.' 8 hope that the h igh ' : r_ a: 1.J a t' 1 i •:.ot' .1 :-1 be. L s w ~ h -~, ·,, ..., ::;een 111 the past t w•.J years can be ~ :: ~ 1 t ~ r~ "3 ·! n ~ ~ •.r . "A Smile in Every B~;~bble'' CASTLEMAINE "XXXX" BITTER ALE. Four "X" For EXCELLENCE. The NeY! Bttter AJe --Genuinely Pure with a Perfectfy NATURAL FLAVOUR .. Get a Bottle off the Ice from any Hotel. CA.5TU)U.I ~ ~y L TO., Ill! L T'Oft, ''J· irst :\ch·erti!>emel.t ror XXXX Bitter .o\le, Brisbane Courier 23 Fcb~uary 192·1"