The Frank Fehr Brewing Co.  Lousiville, Kentucky

Fehr's X/L , Kentucky Malt Liquor, Fehr's Liquid Gold & others

The Frank Fehr Brewing Company of Louisville Kentucky was at one time Kentucky's largest brewer. Fehr's was the first brewery to produce beer  after prohibition in Louisville. The principle outlet of beer in the 1930's was the saloon and Fehr's was able to control or own most of the outlets. This near monopoly and heavy handed control of the soloon owners gave rise to a competitor - Falls City.

Fehr's X/L beer first appeared in cans in August of 1940.  In 1964,Twenty four years after releasing beer in cans, the brewery was forced to close. The brands were transfered to Cincinnati Ohio

The conetops and crowntainers

This is believed to be the complete collection of cones and crowns issued.

The J-spout conetop is common as a drinking cup converted to a conetop. As a promotion Fehr's gave away drinking cups with the purchase of their product. Many have had a J-spout cone added. On most you can see the solder on the can seam were the handle once was.

             IRTP                      IRTP                         non IRTP

                  IRTP                     IRTP                            non IRTP

The Fehr's X/L  Flat top cans

There were no internal revenue tax paid (irtp) flat top cans issued by Fehr's.

                  Blue shield                   Black shield

                         Blue shield can               Black shield can

Both the blue and black shield can are Keglined cans but the Fehr's slogan is written in blue on the blue version and gold on the black version.

Fehr's Liquid Gold

The Liquid Gold can is a very beautiful can and difficult to find in mint condition. The lid has a nice vanity stamp with the Fehr's slogan. 

Fehr's Pasteurized Draught Beer

The Pasteurized Draught brand was released in both a Keglined can and a National Can Company can. The can company logo's are the only difference in the cans.

                     National Can Co                               Keglined

Kentucky Malt Liquor, Kentucky Malt Lager, and Kentucky Malt Liquor Stout

          Liquor                 STOUT             Man-Size                 Lager

The stout version is stamped on the bottom of the Extra Good Malt Liquor can. The stout version by Fehr's is unlisted in the USBC vol 1. I have seen two version of the stamp. The other version in on the Oertel's can and is on the seam. The Kentucky Malt Liquor brand was also canned by The Oertel's Brewing Co with slightly different label. ( see Oertels page.)

Fehr's and the Pull tab.

The brewery was closed in 1964 and the Fehr's flagship brand, XL, was transfered to Cincinnati, Ohio. There was never a tab top or pull top can issued from Kentucky.