Five of the cans are pictured in the BCU, the matching Ale and Beer, 2 different Canandaiquas, and the white Beer . These cans may be a little bit underrated outside of the New York area. The white label Beer is probably the most common of the Steins followed by the gold label Beer. Both of the Canandaiqua's are a little bit on the tough side and the gold label Ale is a real sleeper and I would say it may be a bit of a rare label.
As a teen collector I thought there were only 5 Steins cans, I had a BCU and never saw a Class book, and it was just acouple years ago and just back into the hobby that I found out there was 1 more can. 
The Steins Canadien Cream Ale which is pictured in the Class book. And that happens to be the ONLY one known. The lucky owner happens to also own the Iroquios half & half cone top, which is also to be unique. So for Buffalo collectors there looks to be a couple of cans that we may never see.
While I originaly heard this can was a rolled can after discussions with local collectors, I just heard that the can was found inside a wall in the Southern Western tier of New York about 45 miles south of Buffalo. The can is bottom opened and as I was told it had some type of a stamp that a can containing beer would have. No one knows if there is a dumper out there, so if you might happen to know, well, let us know.
Steins, probably struggling with sales, started to purchase some contracts of such brands as Tudor Ale and Beer, Banner and Kol, around 1957 and this only lasted about a year with the brewery shutting down in 1958. These are some of the tougher variations of these brands. We have had some reports in Rustlings of the Tudors being dumped. The Banner is a toughie from Steins, while the local collectors have assured me that the Kol is the toughest and should be considered a rare variation.
As Steins had come to an end in Buffalo, one of their labels ( the Beer with the white background) was picked up by the Leisy Brewery in Cleveland and survived for another year or so. While I am by NO means an expert on cans, I have learn a lot about some of the cans from my hometown by some very nice and knowledgable collectors. . And if anyone out there happens to have a Steins Ale, lets trade.
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