Thursday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1967. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In the late-1960s, Guinness hired well-known English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator John Stanton Ward to do a series of paintings of famous pubs and bars around the world. In this ad, No. 5 in the series, the painting is of the Long Hall Bar, on George’s Street in Dublin, Ireland.
Archives for November 2017
Beer In Ads #2475: Downey’s Steak House In New York
Wednesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1968. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In the late-1960s, Guinness hired well-known English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator John Stanton Ward to do a series of paintings of famous pubs and bars around the world. In this ad, No. 4 in the series, the painting is of Downey’s Steak House, on Eighth Avenue in New York City, New York.
Beer In Ads #2474: The Marble Bar In Sydney
Tuesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1968. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In the late-1960s, Guinness hired well-known English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator John Stanton Ward to do a series of paintings of famous pubs and bars around the world. In this ad, No. 3 in the series, the painting is of The Marble Bar in Sydney, Australia.
Beer In Ads #2473: The Crown In Belfast
Monday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1968. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In the late-1960s, Guinness hired well-known English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator John Stanton Ward to do a series of paintings of famous pubs and bars around the world. In this ad, No. 2 in the series, the painting is of The Crown Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Beer In Ads #2472: The Salisbury in London
Sunday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1966. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In the late-1960s, Guinness hired well-known English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator John Stanton Ward to do a series of paintings of famous pubs and bars around the world. In this ad, No. 1 in the series, the painting is of The Salisbury on St. Martin’s Lane in London.
Beer In Ads #2471: Guinness Guide To Guinness
Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Guinness,” seven different ways to drink Guinness are illustrated, each with a short description about them. It’s so meta.
Beer In Ads #2470: Guinness Guide To Country Dishes
Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1953. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Country Dishes,” seven different regional dishes are illustrated, each with a short description about them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each game dish.
Beer In Ads #2469: Guinness Guide To More Game Birds
Thursday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1951. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Game Birds,” seven different birds are illustrated, each with a short description about them, and what foods to pair with them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each game bird, and this one includes wild turkey, which we enjoyed for dinner today.
Last week I shared a different Guinness Guide to Game Birds from 1953, two years after this ad, and most of the birds are different between the two ads. Only the pheasant and the woodcock are repeated. There’s also a grouse in both, but in this earlier ad, it’s a Ruffed Grouse (which coincidentally is the state bird of Pennsylvania) rather than a more generic grouse, which is a group of similar birds.
Beer In Ads #2468: Guinness Guide To English Cheese
Wednesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1965. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to English Cheese,” seven different English cheeses are illustrated, each with a short description about them, and what foods to pair with them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each cheese.
Beer In Ads #2467: Guinness Guide To River Fish
Tuesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1965. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to River Fish,” six different river fish plus eels are illustrated, each with a short description of how they’re prepared, and what other foods to pair with them, and how best to prepare them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each fish.