Old Crown Bock Beer label Wawasee, Indiana and 50 similar items

Old Crown Brewing Corporation was an American brewery, founded as The French Brewery in 1862 by Charles L. Centlivre in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Charles Louis and his brother Frank founded the C. L. Centlivre Brewing Company. He died in 1894 at the age of 67. The Berghoff Eagle and the Centlivre Crown are prominent on this label. The colors are white, red and gold. The white has faded. The brewery produced Old Crown Beer, Old Crown Ale, Old Crown Bock, Van Merrit, Old German, Renner and Alps Brau, until they ceased production on December 1, 1973. Peter Hand brewing of Chicago continued to make Old Crown beer and ale, as well as Van Merrit, Old German and Alps Brau, until the late 1980s. The extensive aging process for Old Crown Brock Beer was four months, only from November to March when it would go on sale Red, white and gold for beer and green and silver for ale. The new design lasted, with occasional minor changes, until the brewery closed in 1973. The brewery's best-known brand was Old Crown, a renaming of their earlier Centlivre brand. This is an original label owned by a relative and taped into a scrapbook for 50 years