Goldcrest 51 Premium Beer Flat Top Can

Queen City's Goldcrest 51 Can

The Goldcrest 51 Premium Beer flat top can represents a notable cross-regional chapter in American breweriana history. While the Goldcrest 51 label was originally created by the Tennessee Brewing Company in Memphis to celebrate its fifty-first anniversary, the brand was later produced by the Queen City Brewing Company in Cumberland, Maryland.

Queen City Brewing Company, situated along Wills Creek in Cumberland, built a prominent legacy with its flagship Old German label while also acquiring and contract-brewing recognized regional trademarks. The Goldcrest 51 flat top issued under the Cumberland banner retains the classic heraldic crest, shield insignia, and bold typography of the original brand while displaying Queen City's mandatory Maryland brewery text.

For breweriana collectors, this can bridges Mid-South brewing heritage with Western Maryland manufacturing history. Known variations of the can exist from different production batches, showing subtle shifts in can company maker marks, seam styles, and mandatory text formatting. Because Queen City produced an array of acquired regional labels during its operational history, this Cumberland-brewed flat top remains a dedicated focus item for regional collectors.