Can you help me identify this neon beer sign?

September 7, 2009 9:58 AM

Can you help me identify this neon beer sign?

This neon sign hung in the window of a bar. Sadly, it was inadvertently destroyed. The only remaining record of the sign is this crappy iPhone photo. Can you help me figure out what it is?

I'm thinking Miller Lite, because that first L looks miller-y, and it could be for letters ending in e. But where would the Miller be? Also, I can't find any pics of a working neon sign that look like this.

Ideally, I want to buy a replacement for the sign.

posted by jeb to shopping (10 comments total)

It's Lite. There is often no "Miller" in the Lite signs.
posted by cog_nate at 10:00 AM on September 7

Lite beer it is.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 10:00 AM on September 7

Got it: Third image!
posted by ddaavviidd at 10:00 AM on September 7

Miller Lite is correct. It's the old version before they started slanting the LITE. Old Miller Lite signs didn't have Miller. This is the sign here.
posted by bjork24 at 10:00 AM on September 7

Example.
posted by cog_nate at 10:01 AM on September 7

And here's one for $125 on the Atlanta Craigslist.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 10:03 AM on September 7

It sure looks like Miller Lite to me too. Here's a similar image (with "beer" in it). Per the owning page, you might try contacting the owner to see if he'll part with it or else help you find another on.
posted by cabingirl at 10:07 AM on September 7

My dad used to do work for a few local beer distributors. They usually ended just throwing old neon signs out (especially after "neo" neon signs replaced them) or selling them to employees. Your best bets are probably antique stores, I know some places make reproductions but they tend to be >$300 or so.
posted by asterisk at 11:44 AM on September 7

As for the missing 'Miller,' before it was called "Miller Lite," it was "Lite Beer from Miller."
posted by rhizome at 12:39 PM on September 7

Thanks all. The thing that was throwing me off was the Lite Beer, from Miller business. I didn't know that. Also the slanty bit threw me off when I first started looking. Now I can buy my beer sign with confidence!
posted by jeb at 5:08 PM on September 7