Hamm's Beer Sign and Reefer

Thats a pretty cool sign  Love the lit up glass too

Wonder if Coors or another Colorado brewery had a lighted sign, probably not that elaborate?

colorado hirailer posted:

Wonder if Coors or another Colorado brewery had a lighted sign, probably not that elaborate?

They have a big sign but its not lighted

They have a big can but its not lighted

But they do have their own railroad  Now thats cool

Having grown up in the Twin Cities area, Hamm's was part of the culture. From the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Theodore Hamm, a German immigrant, started the brewery in St.Paul. I didn't know they had another in San Franscisco, although I knew they expanded some, including to the west coast. Here's a picture of part of the original St. Paul brewery, with the Hamm's mansion off to the right. I'd be all over one of those Hamm's signs if they make them.

Back in the day, what was called "The World's Largest 6-Pack" -- storage tanks at the Heileman Brewery in La Crosse, Wis.

Proud sponsors of the Chicago Cubs, the bear was part of Hamm's advertising on TV.  John in Lansing, ILL

breezinup posted:

Having grown up in the Twin Cities area, Hamm's was part of the culture. From the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Theodore Hamm, a German immigrant, started the brewery in St.Paul. I didn't know they had another in San Franscisco, although I knew they expanded some, including to the west coast. Here's a picture of part of the original St. Paul brewery, with the Hamm's mansion off to the right. I'd be all over one of those Hamm's signs if they make them.

 

I always loved the Hamm's bear animated commercials as a kid. A brewery in San Francisco just seems wrong. I never knew either, and I still live in the Twin Cities.

Here you go Elliot. I have been bugging Chris at Miller Engineering for ever to do the Hamm's neon. He's still trying and lets all hope he does. Also I think they will be a huge seller. I remember the sign when my Pop would take me to the Seals games. Hamm's was across the street. Don

Those Hamm's Beer commercials take me back with a smile!

I also grew up in San Francisco and have two neon memories looking out the large window in the kitchen of our home on the side of Twin Peaks and facing Downtown.  The first is the Bank of America sign at Van Ness and Market which was a blue sign with white letters.  It would light up first the word Bank, then of, then America.  Then the whole sign would go dark for a moment, then the entire sign light for a moment.  Then the process would recycle.

The second sign was the Hamm's Brewery sign which would light as described above.  The goblet would start from the bottom with gold lights and "fill" toward the top until the white band around the rim representing the foam would light up.  Then, just like the BofA sign, the whole glass would go dark and then light entirely before restarting the process.  I have vague memories, so they may be incorrect, of the word Hamm's lighting up one letter at a time while the glass "filled" and then the whole word lighting as the full glass lit as well.

It wasn't until I moved to Minnesota in my thirties that I understood where the line in the TV commercials came from, "From the land of sky blue waters."  Also didn't understand where "Land o' Lakes Butter" got it's name or why it used an image of an Indian maiden on it's logo.

I don't have much for decoration on my "layout" but if this Hamm's sign came out nostalgia would definitely make me consider it.

Hamm's had a brewery in Baltimore too. It took over the old Gunther's facilities right across the street from National Brewery. When Hamm's left, Schaffer's moved in, and when they left, it was taken over by Tulkoff's Horseradish Co., which I think may still be there. 

The signs were better than the beer.

Thanks Don, I needed that little slice of childhood. I was way too young to drink it back then. There was a guy who had this spectacular American Flyer layout. He had a really cool Hamm's lighted motion sign like you might see in a bar, on his layout.

artyoung posted:

Hamm's had a brewery in Baltimore too. It took over the old Gunther's facilities right across the street from National Brewery. When Hamm's left, Schaffer's moved in, and when they left, it was taken over by Tulkoff's Horseradish Co., which I think may still be there. 

So beer comes and goes, but horseradish is forever?

Elliot and Matt, I'm planning a siding to a Hamm's brewery if Chris gets the neon made. I'm going to use two Korber buildings together for the brewery. I expect you guys to do the same. Don

Another quality brew maker,Pabst,made this cool animated beer sign.

Pabst had a pretty cool bottle on their brewery in Newark.   It was originally Hoffman soda 

My favorite beer and sign.

One of TW TrainWorx customers had the coolest Hams neon sign with the water flowing in his train room... too bad you can't tell that from this picture but fun to share anyway

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My dad used to drink Hamms. In Los Angeles, we had the "great lager" brewed right next to the 101 Freeway downtown show below. I don't like beer in general, but Brew 102 was the worst. Part of the brewery building is still there and has been re-purposed.

We also had a Pabst brewery next to an Edison steam generator plant. The huge complex (with 20+ buildings) is conveniently located next to what was the old SP rail yard (there are still some tracks in the pavement in spots). It's now an art colony with a couple of restaurants.

Matt, I think it got it's taste from the smog. Don

At least once a year I to have been "bugging" Chris Miller to make the Hamms Beer sign in order to compliment my Seals Stadium facade. Richard Krieg at The Railroad Crossing built this for my future layout last year. He did nothing short of an outstanding job replicating Seals Stadium. The Seals Stadium size and design are comparable to the MLB Department 56 stadiums issued some years ago. Please Chris make the Hamms sign. 

Cool beer sign!

Am I the only idiot who quickly glanced at the thread title, saw beer and reefer, and thought, is this a thread about college?

Bwanabob:  

BWANABOB, shame, shame. We were all pure as the driven snow! Cliff24G, if you build the stadium and Mamm's you must build the "Double Play" the corner bar. It's still there. I included it for a TV show about the Giants. Don

scale rail posted:

BWANABOB, shame, shame. We were all pure as the driven snow! Cliff24G, if you build the stadium and Mamm's you must build the "Double Play" the corner bar. It's still there. I included it for a TV show about the Giants. Don

Don,

I am happy to report I was at the Double Play about 2 weeks ago. In fact the day after,  my friend Mike Murphy (Giants Clubhouse Manager) and former Giants great Will Clark were there for lunch. Mike gave Will a taste of old time San Francisco. Mike was a bat boy for the Seals and then the Giants. The Double Play still has that SF sports ambiance; a mixture of the dominant high school sports teams, the Seals and the San Franciscans who made it the the major leagues.  Yes I plan on having a representation of the Double Play in the layout as well and hopefully the Hamms Beer sign. Those were magical times growing up in the City when the Giants arrived in 1958. About 13 years ago I secured a seat from Seals Stadium which I have on display in my baseball memorabilia room.  Yes we were pure as the driven snow.

Cliff

I received an email tonight from Chris Miller, Miller Engineering, about the Hamm's Brewery Beer sign. Chris said they are considering it but he needs a video of the sign to show the movement for design purposes. Does anyone know if it exists? I read in an article a while back that there is quick shot of it in "Dirty Harry".  If this comes about, my Seals Stadium scene will be complete.

Dan986 posted:

Another quality brew maker,Pabst,made this cool animated beer sign.

I always wanted one of those.

Got my Hamm's sign from Miller engineering about a week ago.  I should probably take some video and post it but it's not going to happen soon.  It has 46 chase sequences.  None of them are exactly what the prototype did but I found one that's pretty close and it makes me happy.  Now I'm going to have to model the building to put the sign on.

From Miller Engineering's website: https://microstru.com/New-Releases.html