Christmas

Beer In Ads #496: O’Keefe’s Dans L’esprit Des Fetes

December 12, 2011

Monday’s holiday ad is for the Canadian beer O’Keefe Ale, from 1958. With the slogan “… dans l’esprit des fetes!” — “in the holiday spirit” — it features a fetching couple under the mistletoe pouring a glass of O’Keefe Ale.

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Christmas Beer Bans

December 12, 2011

With Christmas falling on a Sunday this year, apparently more than half of the states still have antiquated blue laws on their books, restricting alcohol sales on Sundays, Christmas or both. As of about a year ago, at least fourteen states still enforced some kind of Sunday restriction. But according to a report today on [...]

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Beer In Ads #494: This Year Buy Him A Beer

December 8, 2011

Thursday’s ad is holiday ad for Michelob, from 1963. Their suggestion, “This year buy him a beer” seems like a good one, though in truth Michelob probably wouldn’t be the one I”d want, but maybe that’s just me. I love how they spin it in the ad copy. They refer to giving Michelob as an [...]

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Beer In Ads #493: Greetings From Schlitz

December 7, 2011

Wednesday’s ad is another holiday one for Schlitz, this one from 1960. She certainly looks ready to party, handing our glasses of beer. I want to be at her Christmas party. And here’s a better scan of the ad, but smaller.

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Beer In Ads #492: Light Refreshment For Your Holidays

December 6, 2011

Tuesday’s ad begins the holiday season for beer ads, and our first this year is for Schlitz, most likely from the 1950s. With the slogan “light refreshment for your holidays,” the ad shows a couple having a few beers by the tree. The woman lounges on a sofa, as the man presumably just gave her [...]

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St. Nicholas: Patron Saint of Brewers

December 6, 2011

While St. Nicholas is best known — in America, at least — for wearing red and white and giving presents to Children each December 25, he’s actually the patron saint for a number of professions, places and afflictions. His feast day is not actually Christmas Day, but almost three weeks earlier on December 6. That’s [...]

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Next Session A Dickens Of A Topic

November 14, 2011

Our 58th Session should be a fun one. Our host, Phil Hardy from Beersay, is apparently hoping for an old-fashioned Christmas this year, and at the top of his list is Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol. Hardy is attempting to merge the two, which, as Dickens himself said of the goal of his [...]

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Guinness Ad #48: Guinness Time

December 25, 2010

Our 48th Guinness poster by John Gilroy features Santa Claus decorating the Christmas tree with Guinness bottles, with a little help from all of his zoo animals. Now that’s “Guinness Time” … er Christmas Time.

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Beer In Ads #273: Seasons Greetings From Miller High Life

December 25, 2010

Saturday’s holiday ad is for Miller High Life from 1949 and features their “Girl in the Moon” wishing everyone “Seasons Greetings.” I normally don’t keep the “Beer in Ads” series running through the weekend, but there’s just too many great Christmas beer ads not to. And mores specifically, “A Holiday toast to you from the [...]

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Beer In Ads #272: Blatz Mistletoe Glasses Clink

December 24, 2010

Friday’s holiday ad is for Blatz from, I think, sometime in the 1950s. It shows a couple toasting their beer glasses under a sprig of mistletoe. I know what happens if two people meet under the mistletoe, but anybody know what happens when it’s two beers? Hoppy holidays everybody.

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Beer In Ads #271: I Was Curious At Christmas

December 23, 2010

Thursday’s holiday ad is also for Schlitz from 1948 and is from their “I Was Curious” ad campaign, where someone who’s never had it before finally “tasted it” and now they “know why Schlitz is … The Beer that made Milwaukee Famous.” The only difference is that this time it was during a Christmas party.

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Beer In Ads #270: To All The Many Friends Of Schlitz

December 22, 2010

Wednesday’s holiday ad is for Schlitz from 1951 and shows an apartment building with a myriad of different Christmas celebrations, but all of them, of course, involving Schlitz.

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Beer In Ads #269: Hey Mabel, Black Label Christmas Tree

December 21, 2010

Tuesday’s holiday ad is for Carling Black Label from 1955 during their Hey Mabel period of time. The tree is just Mabel hanging “black labels” on it. No that’s a tree.

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The Anchor Christmas Party 2010

December 21, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I attended the Anchor Christmas Party that’s held each year at the brewery. It’s one of the few events I can drag her out to, and it’s always a good time, seeing lots of local friends in the beer community. They put out an amazing spread and, [...]

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Beer In Ads #268: Pabst, What’ll You Have

December 20, 2010

Monday’s holiday ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon from 1951 and feature some pretty ugly dolls singing Pabst’s slogan of the day, “What’ll You Have.” The Christmas tree has a “Charlie Brown” look to it, as well.

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Guinness Ad #47: Christmas — That’s Guinness Time

December 18, 2010

Our 47th Guinness poster wasn’t strictly done by John Gilroy, but it does feature his smiling, anthropomorphized glasses looking up at a clock somehow meant to signify Christmas time. The only text is “Christmas — That’s Guinness Time.”

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