Clear Lake Premium Beer Flat Top Can

Grace Bros. Clear Lake Beer Can

The Clear Lake Premium Beer flat top can is a notable regional California label produced by Grace Bros. Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa, California. Grace Bros. built a substantial portion of its business by producing private and regional labels for distributors and grocery wholesalers across Northern California, including packaging specifically for Market Wholesale Grocery Co.

Design and Manufacturing

Manufactured by the American Can Company using their patented "Keglined" canning process, the can features mid-century trade dress centered around the Clear Lake branding. The graphics reflect the commercial styling typical of grocery-contracted labels from Northern California breweries of the era.

Known Variations

Collectors document variations of this can across manufacturing runs. Distinctions include shifts in the placement of the mandatory brewery text, variations in the positioning of the net contents statement along the bottom rim versus near the seam, and examples bearing lids associated with Maier Brewing from later distribution and packaging arrangements.

Because Grace Bros. supplied an extensive array of contract and proprietary labels across Northern California, this can represents a key example of the brewery's regional wholesale packaging history.