Lewis Kalling 1863-1903

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Kalling was a prolific bottler operating at 18 Water St before moving to 1879 to the corner of South and Water.  Kalling was a bottler for several local breweries and for Phillip's Best Milwaukee and Bohemian Lager and Wm. Massey & Company's Philadelphia X, XX and XXX Ales.  While this was most likely a productive contract only one version of a Kalling beer bottle is readily accessible.  The other is rather difficult to obtain as few have been documented.

Kern can be found in the Baltimore City Directories from 1880-1991 at Fremont Ave operating  saloon.  Kern's bottles were most likely commissioned to enable patrons to take a beer home with them.  Kern was not a brewer and most likely just filled up the bottle with beers that were on tap in the saloon.  His bottles are extremely rare.