Colt 45 Malt Liquor 16 Oz Tab Top Can

Colt 45 16 Oz Phoenix Tab Top

The Colt 45 Malt Liquor 16-ounce tab top represents a notable regional release from the National Brewing Company's western operations. National Brewing expanded its geographic footprint by acquiring the former Arizona Brewing Company plant in Phoenix, Arizona, allowing the brewer to can and distribute its flagship malt liquor directly to southwestern and western markets.

This 16-ounce "tall boy" container features the brand's unmistakable kicking stallion emblem framed alongside the horseshoe motif. The lithography utilizes the signature bold typography and contrasting color palette that helped define the brand's high-profile marketing during the era. The larger one-pint surface area gives prominent placement to the mandatory text, citing the National Brewing Company headquarters in Baltimore alongside the Phoenix, Arizona facility.

Collectors track known text variations across National Brewing cans from this period, driven by shifting plant configurations, seam placements, and city listings across the company's multi-brewery network. Because National operated facilities across cities like Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, and Phoenix, cans bearing the Phoenix manufacturing line remain significant regional artifacts from the brewery's western footprint.