Olde English Brand 800 Malt Liquor 12 Oz Tab Top Can

Olde English 800 Tab Top Can

The Olde English Brand 800 Malt Liquor 12 oz tab top can represents a notable chapter in Pacific Northwest brewing history under the stewardship of the Blitz-Weinhard Company of Portland, Oregon.

Originally tracing its lineage back to Ruff's Olde English Stout from the Peoples Brewing Company of Duluth, Minnesota, and later Bohemian Breweries' Olde English 600 in Spokane, Washington, the label was acquired and transformed into "Olde English 800" by Blitz-Weinhard. Under Blitz-Weinhard, the brand experienced explosive growth and eventually expanded into a flagship offering distributed across broad territories before the brewery's subsequent sale to Pabst.

For breweriana collectors, the Blitz-Weinhard Olde English 800 can features the heraldic-inspired graphics and traditional blackletter typography that helped establish the brand's long-standing identity. Collectors document several variations of this can, distinguished by differences in manufacturer marks from can makers such as the Continental Can Company, mandatory text placements, and minor seam details. Because Blitz-Weinhard was the brewery that first established the "800" identity, cans bearing the Portland, Oregon mandatory line remain particularly desirable artifacts of Pacific Northwest industrial brewing.