List of bottlers

This is a list of bottlers operating in the Birmingham District:

Birmingham

• Alabama Bottling Company, 100 block of 23rd Street North, west side (1909), 208 23rd Street North (1922)
• Alabama Grocery Company, bottled Imported French Cola, Lime Cola
• Canada Dry Bottling Company of Birmingham, 1100 34th Street North, Birmingham (1964)
• Birmingham Beverage Co., 408 24th Street North (1909)
• Birmingham Bottling Co. 201 22nd Street South (1914)
• Birmingham Steam Bottling Works, 2201 3rd Avenue South, also known as Birmingham Bottling Works, Davis & Herbert, Davis & Worcester (1884–1909)
• Birmingham Brewing Company
• Birmingham Celery Cola Bottling Company, 1708 2nd Avenue South, bottled Celery Cola, also bottled in Dallas, Nashville & St Louis (1908–1909)
• Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co., 2401 6th Avenue South (1914–1929), renamed Birmingham Nehi Bottling Company (1930–1941), also bottled Johanknecht's Ginger Ale and Grape Melo.
• Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 500 22nd Street South (1909)
• Birmingham Cola-Nip Bottliing Co., 305 15th Street North (Ben Peeples 1914)
• Birmingham Distilling Company, 1300 7th Avenue North (–1908)
• Birmingham Dr Pepper Bottling Company (1931-1983)
• Birmingham Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., 1308 1st Avenue North (1909)
• Brown Belle Bottling Co., bottled The Joe Louis Punch, Birmingham (1938–1950)
• Buffalo Rock Company, 1805 1st Avenue North (1922)
• Camel Bottling Co., 708 14th Street North (1909)
• Coca-Cola Bottling Company
• Cola-Nip Company, Birmingham (1911)
• Cream Cola, Jebeles & Calias Co., Birmingham
• Crown City Bottling & Syrup Co. 2630 Avenue E, 1914
• Deacon-Brown Bottling Company, later Magic City Bottling & Syrup Company, Birmingham (1911)
• Dixie Steam Bottling Works, Birmingham (1900–1902)
• Eagle Bottling Works, College Street and Wilcox Avenue (1909)
• Elephant Bottling Works, 510 23rd Street South (1909)
• Gleeola/Gay-Ola (1910–1911)
• Goldberg Manufacturing Company, Morris Goldberg, 1212 5th Avenue North (1880s–1909)
• Houppert & Worcester, Birmingham (1903), filed for Trade Mark for "Dope"
• Houppert & Smyly
• Iron City Steam Bottling Works, 2nd Avenue North (1880s-1896)
• Jack Daniel Distilling Company, 2431 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham (1911-1915)
• Jersey Cream Bottling Co., 2116 Morris Avenue (1909)
• Johanknecht's Ginger Ale, 1700 1st Avenue North (1922-1924), acquired by Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co.
• Kentucky Distilling Company, 2230 2nd Avenue North, Birmingham (1915)
• Lime Cola Bottling Co., 2330 2nd Avenue South (1922)
• Magic City NuGrape Bottling Company
• Magic City Steam Bottling Works, Birmingham (1886-1892)
• D. H. Markstein & Co., 2122 Morris Avenue (1909)
• Motlow Distilling Company, Birmingham 1215 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham (1904-1907)
• My-Cola Bottling Company, 1424–1426 3rd Avenue North (1914)
• National Dope Company, Birmingham (1909-1911)
• New Yorker Beverage Co., 2700 6th Avenue South (1949)
• Nifty-Cola Bottling Co., 1706 4th Avenue South (1917)
• Nova Kola Company, Birmingham (1911)
• O. L. Gregory Vinegar Company, bottled Revive Ola, Birmingham
• Orange Crush Bottling Company, 1726 3rd Avenue South (1922)
• Ozo-Olo, 2325 Avenue F, Birmingham (1910-)
• Peek Beverage Company bottled Rye-Ola (1905-1922)
• Rye-Ola Co. of Alabama, 326 19th Street South (1922)
• Schillinger Brewing Company
• Try-Me Bottling Company, 2108 5th Avenue North (1920s-), 2424 7th Avenue South (1950s-60s)
• Viva Bottling Works, 521 20th Street South (1909)
• A. V. Welsh Vinegar Co., 1905-1907 1st Avenue South (1909)
• Whistle Bottling Co. 2502 2nd Avenue North (1922)
• Wise Ola Company, bottled Wise Ola, 1911 1st Avenue South (1909)

Ensley

• Big 5 Bottling Works, Ensley (1924–1930)
• Crawford Johnson & Company, Ensley (1928–1929)
• Crown Bottling Works, Ensley (1901)
• Ensley Bottling Works, Ensley (1910–1911)
• Grapico Bottling Company, Ensley (1920–1922)
• Green Spot Bottling Company, Ensley (1949)
• Jefferson County Bottling Works, 2601 Avenue F Ensley (1910-1922)
• Minor Brothers, Ensley (1901)
• My Coca Bottling Company, 310 46th Street Ensley (1922)
• Red Rock Bottling Company, Ensley (1924)
• Rochell & Brown, Ensley (1909)
• Rochell & Duren, Ensley (1908)
• Steel City Bottling Works, Ensley (1934)

Pratt

• Dixie Bottling Works, Pratt City (1925-1926)
• Eagle Bottling Company, Pratt City (1905–1918)
• H. P. D. & P. Company, Pratt City (1907)
• Minks Bottling Works, Pratt City (1909)
• Pratt City Bottling Works, Pratt City (1900-1912)
• Pratt City Distilling Company, 118 4th Street Pratt City, Pratt City (1915)
• Pratt-Ensley Bottling Works, Pratt City (1907)

Bessemer

• Ala Cola Bottling Company, Bessemer (1912-1914)
• Alabama Bottling Works, Bessemer (1902-1905)
• C. P. Barranco, Bessemer (1910-1920)
• Bessemer Bottling Works, Bessemer, Johns (1900-1905)
• Bessemer Bottling Company, bottled Lime Cola Bessemer, Ensley (1930–1968)
• Bessemer Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Bessemer (1907–1910)
• Bessemer Steam Bottling Works, Bessemer (1887–1900)
• Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co., Bessemer
• Bowden Bottling Company, Bessemer (1910)
• Crenshaw & Company, Bessemer (1908-1910)
• Eagle Bottling Company
• Eagle Cider & Phosphate Company, Bessemer (1908)
• Eidge Brothers, Bessemer (1897–1898)
• Mar-Cola Company, Bessemer (1916-1920)
• H. G. Meuman, Bessemer (1887-1897)
• Orange Smile Bottling Company, Bessemer (1920-1922)
• Orange Tip Bottling Company, Bessemer (1922-1924)
• Romano Ala-Cola Bottling Company, bottled Ala-Cola, Bessemer (1912-1914)
• Thomas Bros. 701 26th Street North Bessemer (1922)

Other

• H. O. Adams, bottled Queen Ola, Adamsville (1907-1914)
• Bludwine Bottling Co., Oakcrest Station (1909)
• Eagle Bottling Company, Johns,
• Fairfield Bottling Works, Fairfield (1918)
• Frisco Bottling Works, Johns (1910)
• Johns Bottling Works, bottled Rye-Ola, Johns (1911-1921)
• Mitch-O-Cola Bottling Company, Warrior (1915)
• My-Cola Bottling Company, Fairfield (1918-1922)
• Oneonta Bottling Works (1911)
• Pioneer Bottling Works, bottled Coca-Cola, Blossburg, Brookside (1900-1923)
• Purity Bottling Company, Warrior (1912-1915)
• Rye-Ola Bottling Works, Johns (1911-1921)
• Warrior Bottling Company, Warrior (1915)

References

• Smith, Dennis I. (1983?) Birmingham Bottlers 1883-1983. Birmingham: self-published pamphlet.
• The Report of the President's Homes Commission, (1907) 60 Cong. 2 ses., Sen. Doc. 644. quoted in Harvey W. Wiley (1919) Beverages and Their Adulteration. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. - accessed January 18, 2007