Travis Extra Pale Beer Cone Top Can

The Travis Extra Pale Cone Top

The Travis Extra Pale Beer Cone Top Can is a premier collectible produced by the Sabinas Brewing Company in San Antonio, Texas. Distributed in the regional Texas market, this can holds significant historical interest as part of the post-Prohibition brewing landscape in San Antonio.

Brewery History & Background

Sabinas Brewing Company operated out of a brewhouse on Simpson Street (which later became Lone Star Boulevard). The brewery operated for only a brief period before transitioning into the Champion Brewing Company and eventually becoming the facility for the modern Lone Star Brewing Company. Because Sabinas was in business for such a short window, advertising and breweriana items bearing the Sabinas name—especially its canned products—are exceptionally scarce.

Can Design and Collector Significance

The can features bold regional lithography centered around the "Travis Extra Pale Beer" branding, which drew its name from Texas historical figure William B. Travis. It was produced as a low-profile cone container bearing the mandatory Internal Revenue Tax Paid (IRTP) statement.

Among vintage can collectors, the Travis Extra Pale cone top is regarded as one of the quintessential holy grails of Texas breweriana. Because so few survived from the short-lived Sabinas era, authentic cans rarely surface in public sales. When examples do appear at major breweriana auctions, they routinely attract intense interest and achieve record-tier results, sometimes fetching five-figure sums.

Related Brands & Variations

Alongside Travis Extra Pale, Sabinas also marketed Travis Dark in a corresponding cone top design. Variations exist among surviving Travis cans, featuring minor differences in mandatory text formatting and lithographic shades from manufacturing runs.