Aspen Beer can prop from Alien
Original prop for sale at the Prop Store of London.
In the 1979 film Alien, “Aspen Beer was a brand manufactured by Weyland-Yutani in the 22nd century and brewed in Aspen, Colorado, United States. The beer came in a 6"-tall 440 ml press button can with the Aspen Beer logo on it. While a real world brewery does exist in Aspen, Colorado, called Aspen Brewery Company, it was launched in March 2008 and apparently bears no relation to the Aspen Beer in Alien.” — Xenopedia
There have been various replicas of the prop, but many use inaccurate fonts. The original appears to use Stilla (with a customized swash ‘A’ and alt ‘N’) for the logo, an unidentified typewriter face for “BEER”, and Rockwell for all other type.
The can designer is unknown, but here are the film’s art and production credits:
Production Design: Michael Seymour
Art Direction: Roger Christian, Leslie Dilley
Set Decoration: Ian Whittaker
Replica label t-shirt, with “BEER” set in Courier.
Replica label t-shirt.
Replica label t-shirt.
Crew members of the USCSS Nostromo drink Aspen Beer in the mess hall. This is shortly before Gilbert Kane has some stomach discomfort, but it’s not the beer’s fault.
Original prop for sale at the the Prop Gallery.
3 Comments on “Aspen Beer can prop from Alien”
The “BEER” type in the original looks like Serifa from these images.
My dad designed the can. He worked as a graphic designer.
Let me know if you need more info
Daniel, thanks for letting us know! What’s your dad’s name? We’d love to give him credit.