Wow! The Celebrator is turning thirty! Established in 1988 as the California Celebrator, and now officially titled Celebrator Beer News, it has indeed been a fixture of the California craft beer community. I have personal fondness for the Celebrator going back to the mid- to late-1990s, when I started homebrewing. The local homebrew supply store…
Category: Memorabilia
Arequipa’s “Cerveceria Alemana”
Another piece of brewing memorabilia that I recently acquired is a 111-year old cancelled invoice from the Cervecería Alemana (lit. “German Brewery”), which was located in the southern Peruvian city of Arequipa. The attached voucher is dated 23 August of 1905, and is for 1 dozen bottles of Märzen beer, 1 dozen bottles of Pilsner…
A new piece of beer memorabilia
I just got this piece in the mail today. It is an advert for Peru’s Cerveza Cristal. It will serve as an addition and a counterpoint to the one for Cerveza Pilsen Callao that I have affixed to the side of the house. Cristal and Pilsen were for many years Peru’s two main rival brands….