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Netherlands Beer

May 5, 2012

Today in 1945, The Netherlands were liberated from Nazi Germany. Netherlands Netherlands or Dutch Breweries Alfa Bierbrouwerij Amelander Brouwerij Amersfoortse Stadsbierbrouwerij De Drie Ringen Apeldoornse Stadsbierbrouwerij Berghoeve Brewery Arcense Bierbrouwerij Bavaria N.V. Bavaria 86 Bierbrouwerij 3 Horne Brouwerij de 7de Hemel Bierbrouwerij de Eem Bierbrouwerij de Halve Maan Bierbrouwerij De Keyzer Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven / [...]

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Beer In Ads #600: We’re With You All The Way

May 4, 2012

Friday’s ad is also for Hamm’s, showing their support for the local baseball team, the Minnesota Twins in 1961. It actually looks like the ad may have been on the back of a game program. Either way, the “Win! Twins! We’re with you all the way” rah-rah sentiment” was undoubtedly designed to foster brand loyalty.

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Latvia Beer

May 4, 2012

Today in 1990, Latvia gained their Independence from the USSR. Latvia Latvia Breweries Aldaris Alus Darītava Piebalga Bauskas Alus Cēsu Alus Darītava Lāčplēša Alus Lido: Dzirnavas Lodiņa Alus Tērvetes Alus Darītava Užavas Alus Darītava Latvia Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None [...]

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Session #63: The Beer Moment

May 4, 2012

Our 63rd Session is hosted by Pete Brown from the UK, and as his Session falls on Star Wars Day (May 4, “May the Fourth,” “May the fourth be with you”) he’s decided on a similarly cheeky topic: The Beer Moment. Read his entire stream of consciousness or the abridged version below. I write to [...]

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Beer In Ads #599: For Those With A Flair For Good Living

May 3, 2012

Thursday’s ad is also for Budweiser, this one from just after Prohibition ended in 1933. Expressing the celebratory mood that prohibition was finally over, but that “Something More Than Beer Is Back,” hopefully not meaning just polo. No, what they’re trying to get across is that with beer’s return, it was now “For those with [...]

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Beer In Ads #598: Fireplace Popcorn & Budweiser

May 2, 2012

Wednesday’s ad is for Budweiser, from around the 1950s, part of their long-running “There’s nothing like it … absolutely nothing” campaign. The setting for this one is a couple making popcorn in their fireplace, fully dressed. I love the man’s smiling-with-a-pipe expression.

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Beer In Ads #597: Hot Dogs & No Harsh Bitterness

May 1, 2012

Tuesday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1954. This one is also football-themed, with a man at the game, being poured two beers from cans to wash down the hot dogs, already in his hands, as his significant other waits with the blanket and a pennant in the background.

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Beer In Ads #596: First Down. Five To Go

April 30, 2012

Monday’s ad is for Falstaff cans from, given the pull tabs on the cans, the mid-to-late 1960s. I assume this was a football play on words. It’s a simple, clean ad, almost unusual for that time. I also like the tagline at the bottom of the ad. “Beer after beer, the choicest product of the [...]

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Beer In Ads #595: George Petty’s Beer Ad Paintings

April 27, 2012

Friday’s ad is the end of this week’s theme of Acme Beer and illustrator George Petty. These two works of art were most likely used in beer advertising, though exactly when and for which brewery is a mystery. Petty did a number of ads for Acme Beer, so that seems like the best guess, but [...]

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Togo Beer

April 27, 2012

Today in 1960, Togo gained their Independence from France. Togo Togo Breweries Brasserie BB Lomé Brasserie du Benin Togo Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known Drunk Driving Laws: BAC 0.08% [...]

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Sierra Leone Beer

April 27, 2012

Today in 1961, Sierra Leone gained their Independence from the United Kingdom. Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Breweries Sierra Leone Brewery Sierra Leone Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official Website U.S. Embassy Wikipedia Guild: None Known National Regulatory Agency: None Beverage Alcohol Labeling Requirements: Not Known Drunk Driving [...]

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Beer In Ads #594: Acme Non-Fattening

April 26, 2012

Thursday’s ad is still another one for Acme Beer, this one from their 1930s “Dietetically Non-Fattening” campaign, and this one was also done by famed pin-up artist George Petty. I’ve featured a painting of this ad before, but I recently found how it was used in an actual ad. I love the qualification on its [...]

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Beer In Ads #593: The Beer With The High I.Q. In The Moon

April 25, 2012

Wednesday’s ad is yet another one for Acme Beer, another in the series of “High I.Q. (It Quenches) ads. This one was done by famed pin-up artist George Petty, who did several ads for Acme. In contrast to yesterday’s matronly ad, this one shows an attractive woman, dressed provocatively, resting in the crescent moon high [...]

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Beer In Ads #592: The Beer With The High I.Q.

April 24, 2012

Tuesday’s ad is another one for Acme Beer, this one from 1946. Showing a high falootin’ dame wearing a mink coat and holding a beer in her gloved hand, I guess that’s Acme’s way of making the beer appear smarter? But apparently I.Q. stands for “It Quenches.”

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Beer In Ads #591: I Agree …

April 23, 2012

Monday’s ad is for Acme Beer from 1947. The ad features local San Francisco celebrity John Tyers, a star of the San Francisco Civic Light Opera Company. He agrees, “it’s the finest tasting Acme beer ever brewed,” especially with the “tangy flavor.”

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Guinness Ad #116: Welcome In The Home

April 21, 2012

Our 116th Guinness ad shows the intrepid zookeeper in his home surrounded by eight of his zoo animals, as if they live there when the zoo is closed. The seal is serving the zookeeper a Guinness on a tray as he relaxes on a comfy chair, legs up on a turtle. The tagline, “Guinness is [...]

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