Up for sale we have several hundred different Rainier Jubilee flat top beer cans. These are from the famous Seattle wind tunnel find of beer cans. This might be the all-time greatest find in the history of beer can collecting. Over 250 different Rainier cans have been documented from the stash that held 1000's of cans.

Up until 2016, nice condition versions of these cans would sell for up to $100 to $300 apiece. There would be a huge commotion if somebody brought even a few of these cans into one of our local Seattle Rainier Chapter of the Brewery Collectible Club of America shows. Needless to say this find changed that, and also changed the prices of these cans. If you can make it to one of our shows in the Seattle or Portland area, you will have a chance to see these cans in person.

These cans are from both the Seattle and Spokane breweries. Specifically, from Seattle there cans listed with the brewery as "Sicks' Seattle Malting and Brewing" and "Sicks' Rainier Brewing Co". From Spokane there are cans the breweries listed as "Sicks' Spokane Brewery" and "Sicks' Rainier Brewing Co.". There are cans from 12 different series from the mid-1950's. This group of a dozen designs is knows as the Party Series. The cans were locked away for approximately 60 years so there is no rust. There are various amounts of small scratches on the cans. I have taken three detailed pictures of each can to best show the condition.

There are cans for sale below, and also a page showing the

Wind Tunnel Find Inventory

Below are pictures representing the 12 series in this group. Click on the links to see all the cans for sale from each of these designs.

Number Design Names and Links to Cans for Sale	Example	Number Design Names and Links to Cans for Sale	Example
1 Bowling Chess Games		2 Cycle Barrel Diamond Jubilee
3 Dinner Table Beer Garden		4 Fishing Fishing and Hunting
5 Good Luck Drinking Toasts		6 Logging Paul Bunyan
7 Map Travel Geography		8 Piano Singer Parties and Music
9 Singing Drinking Songs		10 Salad Food
11 Sailboat, Water Skiing Sports		12 Television Home Entertainment

13 Sets of CansGroups from 6- 100 Cans

More Details About the Cans

Every can in this group is missing the top lid. This is because they were never filled. Cans from the Sicks' Rainier Brewery, Seattle or Spokane have bottoms, while cans from Sicks' Seattle Brewing and Malting and Sicks' Spokane Brewery generally do not. Because they were never filled, the cans have the original flanged edges that could be used to add a lid later.

From this find, we were able to get several thougsand cans, with approximately 250 variations. This group only contains cans from a certain time period. Unfortunately, the find does not have any of the early Christmas cans that launched the Rainier Jubilee series. It also doesn't include any cans from the Brewery series (e.g. Squirrels). There were however a small handful of cans from the Cartoon series, like the man in pajamas, which came just after the Party series. Cartoon cans have been quite literally one in a thousand or so.

All are 12 ounces. Still, if one had to pick a brand of beer with the most varieties, it would be the Rainer cans of the mid-1950's.

Prices vary depending up the condition of the can, and the scarcity. There were cans from this find where only a single example was found and others where there were a few dozen.

Postage to anywhere in the USA is $4.99 total whether you buy 1 can or 100. Cans start at $10 with most in the $15-$20 range. Thanks for looking.

The pictures below show some of the variety of cans found. These pictures show cans with the brewery listed as "Sicks Seattle Brewing and Malting" or "Sicks Spokane Brewery". In addition to these, there are a second batch from "Sicks Rainier Brewing" of both Seattle and Spokane. There are duplicates of most of these cans for sale...but not all.

Cans From the First Four Series


Cans From the Another Four Series


Cans From the Final Four Series

This group of cans is brought to you by the Hoffman brothers who have been members of the Brewery Collectibles Club of America (formerly the Beer Can Collectors of America), since the late 1970's. We are also members of the American Brewerianist Association (ABA), and the Collectors of Canadian Brewery Advertising (CCBA) clubs.

How to order.
1. Send us an email with the lot numbers of the cans you would like to purchase.
2. We will send a confirmation email with the total price including postage of the cans. In case of two orders for the same item, the cans will go to the first order received.
3. Payment can either be via PayPal, or via a check.

If you would like to purchase cans or have any questions please send us an email : Tim at rainierBeerCans.com

The Complete Inventory from the Great Wind Tunnel Find

It took a while but at long last, the we have posted an inventory of the big wind tunnel find. We might still be missing a few from some of the other wind tunnel gang. The attached page shows the incredible variety from this once in a lifetime find.

Wind Tunnel Find Inventory

An Inventory of the Jubilee Party series.

Probably 99.8 percent of the wind tunnel cans are from the Party Series. But, the wind tunnel find only included Party Series Jubilee cans from a narrow time window. In other years, the Rainier Brewery made party series cans in completely different colors. On this page, we bring you each of the 12 designs in the series, with as many colors as we can find. These include cans from both Seattle and Spokane, and both Sicks Seattle Brewing and Malting, Sicks Spokane Brewery, and Sicks Rainier Brewing from both cities. On this page we didn't separate by city or brewery name- but instead lined up as many colors as we could find, and set them all in a row.

Party Series Color Varieties

CLICK ON ANY CAN OR LINK TO GO TO THAT PAGE OF CANS FOR SALE

Number Design Names and Links to Cans for Sale	Example	Number Design Names and Links to Cans for Sale	Example
1 Bowling Chess Games		2 Cycle Barrel Diamond Jubilee
3 Dinner Table Beer Garden		4 Fishing Fishing and Hunting
5 Good Luck Drinking Toasts		6 Logging Paul Bunyan
7 Map Travel Geography		8 Piano Singer Parties and Music
9 Singing Drinking Songs		10 Salad Food
11 Sailboat, Water Skiing Sports		12 Television Home Entertainment

13 Sets of CansGroups from 6- 100 Cans

There are still more cans getting added every week...since setting up this website has taken a lot longer than expected.

The biggest addition will be sets of cans.

Below is a picture of the cans when we brought them to my backyard to sort. This was from the first batch of cans we were able to get from the wind tunnel.

Games

Cans on the Lawn

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