Bub's Beer Cone Top Can

Peter Bub's Winona Cone Top

The Bub's Beer cone top was produced for the Peter Bub Brewery of Winona, Minnesota. Operating beneath the shadow of Winona's famous Sugar Loaf bluff, the brewery famously used natural aging caves carved into the hillside during its early decades.

Manufactured by the Continental Can Company, the can features bold "Bub's" lettering prominently across the face. These cans were widely distributed across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, serving as the flagship packaging for the regional brewery.

Collectors recognize variations of this can, which primarily differ in their state-mandated regulatory text and alcohol statements, including versions with specific alcohol by weight markings and versions issued without alcohol statements. After the Peter Bub Brewery ceased operations in the late 1960s, the brand name was sold to the Walter Brewing Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, making original Peter Bub cans from Winona central pieces of Upper Midwest breweriana history.