The Choisest Product of the Brewers' Art

I spent a few hours under the house on Saturday mapping the piers/pipes/girders/etc. All in preparation for the work we're poised to commence. Aside from three...yes, three...pinhole leaks, I did find some fun artifacts:

"The Choisest Product of the Brewers' Art"

Good ol' Falstaff. Looks like it's from the early 60's. Check out: http://www.gono.com/beermagazineads/falstaff/f11.jpg

Check out the "pop top"! I'm not sure why, but this is the coolest thing...very rustic. In an odd way, I'll bet yer beer tastes better when opened like this:

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For a caffeine jolt:


These are very cool. Ancestors to the now-retired Mickey's "hand grenade" pop tops? Does anyone know what these came off of?