Burger Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can

Cincinnati's Iconic Burger Beer Can

Produced by the Burger Brewing Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Burger Beer 12 oz tab top can is a staple of Queen City brewing heritage. The company traces its origins back to the late nineteenth century when brothers Charles and Louis Burger founded the Burger Brothers Malting Company, eventually pivoting into commercial brewing following the repeal of Prohibition.

Burger rose to become one of the premier regional breweries across the Ohio Valley, powered in large part by extensive sports marketing. The brand was famously synonymous with Cincinnati sports culture, maintaining a long-running sponsorship of Cincinnati Reds baseball radio broadcasts from Crosley Field alongside Hall of Fame pitcher and announcer Waite Hoyt, as well as early partnerships with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The graphic design of this can showcases the bold, recognizable Burger script branding alongside the company's traditional promotional tagline, "Brewed With Pure Artesian Water". Can bodies were produced by major container manufacturers, including the American Can Company and Continental Can Company.

For breweriana collectors, variations exist across manufacturing runs. These include differences in can manufacturer logos, adjustments to mandatory legal text layouts, and subtle shifts between metallic base finishes and background enamels. This can serves as an emblem of independent Cincinnati packaging before the Burger brand was acquired by rival local brewer Hudepohl.