Schmidt's First Premium Lager Beer Cone Top Can

Schmidt's First Premium Cone Top

The Schmidt's First Premium Lager Beer cone top was produced for the K. G. Schmidt Brewing Company of Logansport, Indiana. Established along the historic brewing corridor on High Street following the repeal of Prohibition, the facility was operated by George K. Schmidt and his sons, continuing a family brewing heritage named in honor of patriarch Kasper George Schmidt.

Manufactured by the Continental Can Company, this high-profile container displays prominent "First Premium" branding framed by traditional graphic scrollwork and mid-century typography. The design reflects the mid-20th-century era of packaged malt beverages, bearing the mandatory "Internal Revenue Tax Paid" (IRTP) designation on its side panels.

Among surviving specimens collected today, variations exist that feature minor differences in mandatory alcohol statement wording, tax statement placement, and fine-print manufacturing markings. As the K. G. Schmidt Brewing Company ceased operations in the early 1950s, this can stands as one of the definitive artifacts of Logansport's mid-century brewing history and remains an important centerpiece in regional Midwestern breweriana collections.