29 September 2017

I’m sorry to report that this will be the final “What’s New” update for the foreseeable future. After twenty years of what has become a full-time job and then some, it’s time for me to begin spending what remains of my life enjoying the company of friends and family, particularly my wife Loretta, who for far too long has put up with the limitations on our retirement activities imposed by the demands of the Beer Stein Library. Adding impetus to that decision is the fact that income from BSL membership fees has not been nearly sufficient to keep up with advancing technologies, and that the membership programming itself was becoming obsolete. Moreover, it has been impossible to even begin adapting the Library to the wide range of devices now being used to access information on the Internet.

The good news is that there’s enough money available to keep the BSL operating in essentially its current form through the end of 2018. However, beginning sometime during the next week, logins will no longer be required, thereby resolving the membership software obsolescence problem, so access will be free to all interested parties from that point forward. Library content will remain largely unaffected.

To the many members who have provided photos and related information over the years, your contributions have benefitted us all and were much appreciated. My very special thanks to Dagmar Rives, Jerry Berg, John Hataloski and Andre Ammelounx, whose extensive and ongoing support played a huge role in making the Beer Stein Library what it is today. It would not have happened without you.

Of course it’s my hope that the information so carefully compiled over two decades will not disappear permanently after 2018. If you have any thoughts as how that data might be preserved for future generations of collectors, please pass them along to me in an email addressed to [email protected].

Frank Loevi

28 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 6053 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog. Thanks Rich Stattler!
• Added previously unreported stein number 1420 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog. Thanks Sam Morris!

27 September 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 231 and 481/7 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

26 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 123 to the Adolph Diesinger Stein Catalog. Thanks Bob Hurley!

25 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 983 to the J.L. Knoedgen Stein Catalog. Thanks Andrew Ives!

22 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 475 to the Merkelbach & Wick Stein Catalog.

21 September 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 915 and 2177 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog.

19 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 716 to the A.J. Thewalt Stein Catalog. Thanks Rich Stattler!

18 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 2248 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog. Thanks TSACO!

15 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 239 to the S.P. Gerz Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 544 to the A.J. Thewalt Stein Catalog.

14 September 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 3063 and 3540 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

13 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 482 to the Merkelbach & Wick Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 428/30 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

8 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1778 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog.

7 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 586 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog. Thanks Serguei Artiouchkov!

6 September 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 2233 and 2293 to the Reinhold Hanke Stein Catalog. Thanks TSACO!

5 September 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 4232/2 and 9007 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 11 to the Matthais Girmscheid Stein Catalog. Thanks for all three Andrew Ives!

1 September 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 181 to the A.J. Thewalt Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 441 to the S.P. Gerz Stein Catalog.

31 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1743 to the Reinhold Hanke Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 2894 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog.

30 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 5343 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog. Thanks TSACO!

29 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 490 to the Merkelbach & Wick Stein Catalog. Thanks Frank Davis!

28 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 2197 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

25 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1494 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog. Thanks Bronisal Teplizki!

24 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 973 to the J.W. Remy Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 1428 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog.

23 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 5 to the Adolph Diesinger Stein Catalog. Thanks Mike Finney!

22 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1108 to the S.P. Gerz Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 1361 to the Reinhold Hanke Stein Catalog. Thanks for both TSACO!

21 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 315 to the Dümler & Breiden Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 6029 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog. Thanks Bob Hurley!

18 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 326 to the Matthais Girmscheid Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 752 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

17 August 2017
• Added previously unreported and unnumbered stein listed as (R77) to the Adolf Diesinger Stein Catalog. Thanks John Hatalosk1!

16 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 783 to the Reinhold Hanke Stein Catalog.

15 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 2248 to the Marzi & Remy Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 3027 to the Merkelbach & Wick Stein Catalog. Thanks for both TSACO!

14 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 842 to the J.W. Remy Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 3513 to the S.P. Gerz Stein Catalog.

11 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 947 to the Adolf Diesinger Stein Catalog. Thanks for John Hataloski!

10 August 2017
• Added previously unreported steins numbered 349 and 852 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog.

9 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 784 to the Dümler & Breiden Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 1505 to the Adolf Diesinger Stein Catalog. Thanks for both TSACO!

8 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 349 to the A.J. Thewalt Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 777 to the J.L. Knoedgen Stein Catalog. Thanks for both Marc Lang!

7 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1339 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 792 to the J.W. Remy Stein Stein Catalog. Thanks Sam Morris!

4 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1039 to the J.W. Remy Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 1310 to the Merkelbach & Wick Stein Catalog.

3 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 288 to the Dümler & Breiden Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 753 to the A.J. Thewalt Stein Catalog.

2 August 2017
• Added previously unreported stein number 1269 to the Matthias Girmscheid Stein Catalog.
• Added previously unreported stein number 1717 to the Reinhold Merkelbach Stein Catalog. Thanks for both TSACO!

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