Dukesa Malta Flat Top Can

Eastern Dukesa Malta Flat Top

The Dukesa Malta Flat Top Can was produced by the Eastern Brewing Corporation in Hammonton, New Jersey. Operating from its brewery on North Washington Street, Eastern Brewing gained wide recognition among can collectors for its extensive portfolio of private labels, regional contract beers, and specialty beverages.

Dukesa Malta was brewed as a traditional malta—a non-alcoholic cereal beverage created to serve the Caribbean market and Latin American diaspora communities. Because of its formulation, the packaging carried specific legal designations indicating that it was a pasteurized, non-alcoholic cereal beverage non-taxable under federal internal revenue codes.

Eastern Brewing produced several malta brands alongside Dukesa, frequently canning them for domestic urban markets as well as export channels. Dukesa packaging featured regal graphics and stylized script. Known variations exist across different canning runs, exhibiting differences in regional distribution text (such as Puerto Rico markings), side-panel regulatory statements, and can manufacturing marks.

For breweriana enthusiasts, the Dukesa Malta flat top represents an interesting segment of New Jersey brewing history, highlighting the facility's adaptation to specialized ethnic beverage markets.