9-0-5 Premium Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can

9-0-5 Premium Beer Evansville Can

The 9-0-5 Premium Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can represents a notable chapter in midwestern contract brewing and retail history. The 9-0-5 label originated as the house brand for the prominent 9-0-5 chain of liquor stores based in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Named after the address of its original flagship location established following the repeal of Prohibition, the retail chain created its own proprietary brand to supply customers throughout the region.

While the brand was tied closely to the St. Louis retail market, packaging was handled under contract by several regional brewing facilities. This can was produced by the G. Heileman Brewing Company at its facility in Evansville, Indiana. Heileman operated the historic Evansville plant—formerly home to Sterling Brewers and Associated Brewing—and utilized the brewery's capacity to package regional private-label offerings alongside its primary roster.

For breweriana collectors, this can serves as an interesting artifact connecting post-Prohibition liquor retail with major midwestern brewing consolidation. The can features bold typography displaying the classic "9-0-5" brand markings along with mandatory brewery text reflecting the Evansville plant. Collectors also seek out variations of the can, which differ in their listed mandatory cities and graphic layout details across production runs.