{"product_id":"retro-2000s-a-w-root-beer-bottle-cap-west-jefferson-nc","title":"Retro 2000s NOS A\u0026W Root Beer Bottle Cap 🥤 West Jefferson NC Bottler, Twist-Off Crown, Dr Pepper Era","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhere Was This A\u0026amp;W Root Beer Bottled? 🥤 Retro 2000s NOS Bottle Cap, West Jefferson NC\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 1\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFvJcHy_JuI\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e🍺 \u003cstrong\u003eOriginal NOS A\u0026amp;W Root Beer bottle cap\u003c\/strong\u003e from the 2000s, bottled in \u003cstrong\u003eWest Jefferson, North Carolina\u003c\/strong\u003e under the authority of \u003cstrong\u003eDr Pepper\/Seven Up\u003c\/strong\u003e of Plano, Texas. Unused, a twist-off crown that never saw a bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 What's on it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe classic A\u0026amp;W oval in cream on root-beer brown, with a ® and \u003cem\u003e\"TWIST OFF →\"\u003c\/em\u003e printed around the edge. The skirt reads \u003cem\u003e\"…Jefferson, NC 28694 Under the Authority of Dr Pepper\/Seven Up, Inc., 5301 Legacy Drive, Plano…\"\u003c\/em\u003e, and there's a small \u003cem\u003eFAMOSA\u003c\/em\u003e mark near the bottom edge - the crown maker's. Like every uncrimped crown, it measures 1 1\/4 inches across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e📅 How old is it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree things on this little cap date it. First the Plano address: \u003cstrong\u003eDr Pepper\/Seven Up, Inc.\u003c\/strong\u003e moved into its new headquarters on Legacy Drive in Plano in \u003cstrong\u003e1998\u003c\/strong\u003e, a few years after Cadbury Schweppes bought the company in 1995, so it's no earlier than 1998. Then the lettering: this is the A\u0026amp;W with outlined, drop-shadowed letters, the version the logo histories date to \u003cstrong\u003e2007\u003c\/strong\u003e in the United States (the flat-lettered swash A\u0026amp;W before it came in 1998). And the \u003cem\u003eFAMOSA\u003c\/em\u003e mark: the big crown-cap collectors' catalogue records that wordmark only on caps of the 2010s, and West Jefferson caps carrying this same authority skirt on a FAMOSA crown show up there from 2015 on - this very A\u0026amp;W design was in collectors' hands by January 2016. So it's a 2000s cap, and a recent one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏭 FAMOSA, the crown maker\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFAMOSA is \u003cstrong\u003eFábricas Monterrey, S.A. de C.V.\u003c\/strong\u003e, of Monterrey, Mexico, set up in \u003cstrong\u003e1929\u003c\/strong\u003e to make crown tops for the Cuauhtémoc brewery - the Carta Blanca people. It went to Heineken with FEMSA's beer business in 2010, and Crown Holdings bought it in a deal signed in August 2014 and closed by early 2015. It still makes crowns at Monterrey, Toluca and Ensenada, which is how a cap for a little Blue Ridge bottler came out of Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏔️ The West Jefferson bottler\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottler is the Dr Pepper Bottling Company of West Jefferson, up in Ashe County in the Blue Ridge. \u003cstrong\u003eH.R. Vannoy\u003c\/strong\u003e started it in \u003cstrong\u003e1937\u003c\/strong\u003e, Carl Colvard and Vannoy ran it through the 1940s, and the Vannoy family still owns it. These caps came out of the \u003cstrong\u003eold\u003c\/strong\u003e plant, the two-story brick building downtown on North Third Avenue that still wears a faded \u003cem\u003e\"Dr. Pepper-Grapette Bottling Co.\"\u003c\/em\u003e sign and is part of the West Jefferson Historic District. The company moved out to a newer plant on NC Highway 163, where it still bottles A\u0026amp;W and dozens of other flavors in glass longnecks with real cane sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🍺 A\u0026amp;W, since a 1919 parade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;W started with a parade. On \u003cstrong\u003eJune 4, 1919\u003c\/strong\u003e, Lodi, California threw a homecoming parade for its World War I veterans, and \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, who had bought a root beer recipe from an Arizona pharmacist, set up a stand on the parade route and poured his first mugs. In \u003cstrong\u003e1922\u003c\/strong\u003e he went into partnership with one of his employees, \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Wright\u003c\/strong\u003e, and they named the drink after their initials: A\u0026amp;W. Their stands became some of the first drive-ins in the country, with curbside service. By the time this cap was printed, A\u0026amp;W root beer belonged to the Dr Pepper\/Seven Up family, which is why the Plano authority line is on the skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e📦 A solid piece for collectors of A\u0026amp;W, Dr Pepper–affiliated bottlers, North Carolina soda history, and late‑era American beverage packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/sun-drop-bottle-cap-sponsored-dale-earnhardt-rip-treasures\"\u003eRetro 2000s Sun Drop Bottle Cap 🍋 NOS West Jefferson NC Twist-Off Crown Soda Advertising, Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Era\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/rare-vintage-rc-royal-crown-cola-bottle-cap-dr-pepper-bottling-jefferson-nc\"\u003eVintage 1990s-2000s RC Royal Crown Cola Bottle Cap 🥤 Dr Pepper Bottling, West Jefferson, NC\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/cock-n-bull-soda-bottle-cap-incredible-collectible-treasures\"\u003eRetro 2000s Cock 'n Bull Ginger Beer Bottle Cap 🐓 Soft Drink Crown, Dr Pepper Bottling, West Jefferson NC\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42138153517288,"sku":"VAG-7491289121000","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.3554612807_s1s1.jpg?v=1785356502","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/retro-2000s-a-w-root-beer-bottle-cap-west-jefferson-nc","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}