Eastside Lager Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can

Pabst's Eastside Lager in LA

The Eastside Lager brand holds a storied place in West Coast brewing history. Originally established by the Los Angeles Brewing Company on the banks of the Los Angeles River, the brand took its name from its location east of the waterway. By the mid-twentieth century, the brewery was acquired by the Pabst Brewing Company, establishing a major West Coast manufacturing hub in Southern California.

Under Pabst ownership, the Los Angeles plant continued producing the beloved local Eastside brand alongside Pabst's national portfolio. Cans from this era carry the Pabst mandatory text designating Los Angeles, California as the location of production. The graphics showcase traditional bold labeling that carried forward the heritage of a brand famously promoted by the historic advertising slogan, "Put Eastside Inside".

For breweriana collectors, this can represents a notable period of regional brewing under the stewardship of a national powerhouse. Collectors track various variations of the can, which differ across manufacturing batches in details such as city mandatory lists and fluid ounce text layouts. Following the eventual closure of the Los Angeles plant—a site that later gained fame as the Brewery Arts Complex—these cans remain prominent artifacts of California's industrial brewing era.