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  1. RalphStarCafe

    RalphStarCafe Initiate (15) Aug 27, 2025

    Just found you guys. I was looking for Gold Label Beer.
    I have this old photo(1955 ish?). that’s my dad, Ralph in front of my grandfathers bar, the Star Cafe in what is now called Old Town in Sacramento , Calif. I’ve had this photo for years and saw the Gold Label Beer on the canvas. Thought someone might be interested.
    my grandfather came here from Italy when he was 17 with his little sister Decima. Her name meant tenth. My grandfathers name was Settimo ( seventh). People in Italy back then got something from the government if they had lots of kids so they got named accordingly.
    So my grandfather became Sam D’Alessandro and did pretty well for himself. Had a successful bar and restaurant in Sacramento.
    some more photos. That really nice Backbar with the mirrors and stuff is in a bar in Jackson , East of Sacramento.

    And they sold Gold Label Beer.
     
    #1 RalphStarCafe, Aug 27, 2025
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    SLeffler27 Grand Pooh-Bah (4,906) Feb 24, 2008 New York
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    Nice to meet you, and be introduced to your grandfather. Looking forward to seeing more posts from you. There is a ton of content here on BeerAdvocate. And if you like the site and would prefer to enjoy it without advertising, join the Society (see link in the banner above.

    Unfortunately, the picture is missing from your post. Try using the following website to upload your picture.

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    After the picture loads, then copy the link labeled “Hotlink for forums” and paste it to your post. Then, before posting the message, delete the parts as shown below …
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  3. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Hi, Ralph, and welcome to the BA site. Yeah, your pic(s) didn't get attached, so another attempt will be needed. The BA site requires that pics be added to a third-party hosting site such as Post Image that is mentioned above, which I use from my phone, or Imgur.com which I use on my desktop. Grab the Direct Link for each pic to bring here and use in conjunction with the scenery picture frame on the edit bar above the compose window. There is a limit of two pics per post, so if you want to post more, create a second post.

    I searched the BA database for Gold Label beer, and got this list: https://www.beeradvocate.com/search/?q=Gold+label. The brewery name for the beer that you discuss would be helpful to identify the correct beer, but maybe it went out of production so long ago that it's not in the database. Perhaps some of our resident beer historians can comment further. @jesskidden @moodenba
     
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  4. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,145) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    Given the city, "Gold Label" is probably the Acme Gold Label brand, from the California Brewing Assoc., aka Acme Breweries, which had breweries in SF and LA. Pre-WWII, Acme was the largest selling brand in CA. Looks like they added the "Gold Label" to the branding around 1950 when they reformulated their flagship.

    In the mid-50s, Liebmann (Brooklyn-based brewer of Rheingold) bought the Acme breweries, continued to brew and market what they re-named California Gold Label in SF, and brewed Rheingold in LA. Here's an ad from that period.
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    A few years later Liebmann left the west coast, sold the LA brewery to Theo. Hamm and closed the SF brewery.
     
    #4 jesskidden, Aug 27, 2025
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