Olde English Brand 800 Malt Liquor 12 Oz Tab Top Can

Blitz-Weinhard Olde English 800

The Olde English Brand 800 Malt Liquor 12-ounce tab top represents a transformative chapter for the historic Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company of Portland, Oregon. The lineage of the recipe traces back through Ruff’s Olde English Stout in Minnesota and Olde English 600 from Bohemian Breweries in Spokane before Blitz-Weinhard acquired the rights and introduced the "800" moniker.

Under Blitz-Weinhard's stewardship, the beverage surged in popularity, eventually growing to become the brewery's leading brand and a powerhouse product line leading up to the brewery's acquisition by Pabst Brewing Company. The can graphics feature traditional Old English Gothic typography paired with bold numeral branding and heraldic elements that defined the product's identity during this production era.

Among collectors, variations exist across production runs, showcasing differences in canning facility marks—such as Continental Can Company stamps—as well as slight text and graphic adjustments. As an artifact of Pacific Northwest brewing history, this can captures Blitz-Weinhard's successful expansion into the high-profile American malt liquor market.