Old Crown Light Dry Beer Flat Top Can

Centlivre Old Crown Light Dry Can

Produced by the Centlivre Brewing Corporation of Fort Wayne, Indiana, this flat top container represents one of the signature releases from northern Indiana's brewing history. Centlivre trace its roots back to 1862 along Spy Run Avenue, originally operating as The French Brewery before rising to prominence across the Midwest. Following Prohibition, the brewery introduced the Old Crown label, which quickly became the company's flagship brand.

Centlivre was an early regional adopter of canning technology, becoming the first brewery in northern Indiana to package its products in metal cans through a partnership with the American Can Company. The Old Crown Light Dry can prominently features the traditional crown emblem, bold lettering, and mid-century layout aesthetics that characterized the brewery's post-repeal marketing identity.

For collectors of regional breweriana, this can is notable for carrying the classic "Centlivre Brewing Corp." corporate mandatory, produced before the business officially rebranded as the Old Crown Brewing Corporation in the 1960s. Variations of this design exist across manufacturing runs, showing minor differences in canning plant markings, side panel text, and mandatory legal statements.