Why Olympia Beer? Everyone remembers their first beer, I remember going to my friend Bills house and drinking his Dad's Little Olys and playing pool. I also remember the cool Olympia Beer signs that his dad had throughout the rec room.
This website is your guide to all of the great breweriana and advertising of the Olympia Brewing Company from pre pro trays to lighted plastic motion signs and one of a kind prototypes and mockups I will do my best to get them up as time allows me. This site is intended as a guide and is soley based on my opinion as a collector as to the relative scarcity of the collectibles.
* Common
** Harder to find but not tough
*** Tough
**** Exotic
****+ Ridiculous
Whats it worth? Simple answer what someone is willing to pay for it. More complicated answer do your homework research the item try and find out what others are paying for it on auction sites etc...
Premium "Bill" Mugrage. I owe a lot to my knowledge of Olympia Breweriana to my friend Bill Mugrage. Many a late night was spent in Bill's basment trying to keep up with Bill on a ice cold Oly, Hamm's or a PBR and talking about beer breweries and the charecters that ran them. Bill forgot more than I will ever know about the great breweries in the Northwest. As a pioneer colector in the early 70s Bill got around and talked and made friends with as many people as he could picking their brains. I know he used to tell me stories about the things he learned from Bill Camarano about the beer business in the 30s. Bill aquired an amazing collection of breweriana from all over the Northwest and had fun doing it. Special thanks too to Bill's wife Ellen who has been very generous and gracious in her dealings with Bill's collection after he passed on. So heres to you Bill I really miss you.
