DEMPSEY, JACK BULL DOG LAGER BEER POSTER (LATE 1940'S)

Bull Dog Ale “A Pip of a Nip in Every Sip” was one of the last brews produced by the Acme Brewing company before its sale to Liebmann Breweries of NY in 1954. Acme began operation in San Francisco in 1907, but its owner Leopold Schmidt made his entrance into the California beer market four years prior. Schmidt was the owner of Olympia Brewing in Washington state and had been shipping casks of beer to agents in San Francisco since 1903, feeling out the beer market in the area. Repeat orders poured in, and soon Schmidt established his own bottling works and eventual brewery in San Francisco. In 1917, six breweries (including Acme) incorporated into the California Brewing Association (CBA). When the CBA got wind of Repeal it immediately began advertising its beer in the newspapers. The ads appeared well in advance of the 1933 repeal date, and by the time prohibition ended, Acme was the most popular and famous brand, driving its sales higher than ever before. Acme continued its elabora