Reisch Gold Top Beer Cone Top Can

Springfield's Reisch Gold Top Can

The Reisch Gold Top Beer cone top can represents the mid-century packaging era of the historic Reisch Brewing Company of Springfield, Illinois. Established in 1849 by German immigrant Franz Sales Reisch, the brewery stood as the capital city's flagship beer maker and one of the longest-operating regional breweries in central Illinois.

Manufactured by the Continental Can Company, this high-profile cone top container was designed for Reisch's premier flagship brand, Gold Top. The graphic presentation highlights the brewery's longstanding heritage, featuring prominent "Gold Top" typography and traditional brewing crests referencing the company's 1849 founding. Multiple variations are cataloged by collectors, distinguished by notable finish differences—including metallic gold and matte gray enamel backgrounds—alongside subtle updates to the mandatory brewer information and canning marks.

Reisch remained a dominant fixture in downstate Illinois brewing until the Springfield plant finally closed its doors in 1966. Decades later, descendants of the Reisch family partnered with local historians to revive the Gold Top label for charitable historic preservation in Springfield, bringing renewed interest to the brewery's original mid-twentieth-century cans. Today, the Gold Top cone top serves as an essential and highly sought-after piece of Midwestern breweriana.