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Muppets Drink Kronenbourg 1664

February 26, 2011

Another one of my many obsessions is my unabashed love of the Muppets. I came across a new video today of the Muppets covering the LCD Soundsystem song Dance Yrself Clean. In the Video, apparently shot in Brighton, both Cookie Monster and Animal are seen drinking Kronenburg 1664 — hey, they’re both over 21 — [...]

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Beer In Ads #202: Biere St. Nicolas De Port

September 24, 2010

Friday’s ad is for another French brewery, Biere St. Nicolas De Port, which minus biere is a commune in the Lorraine region of northeast France. The ad is by Marcellin Auzolle, who’s done a number of French beer ads. It’s also oddly cocky.

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Beer In Ads #201: Biere Du Fort-Carre

September 23, 2010

Thursday’s ad is for the French brewery, Brasserie du Fort Carré from Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne. The ad is the third one we’ve featured by Leonetto Cappiello, the Italian illustrator considered to be the father of modern advertising.

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Beer In Ads #198: Biere La Lorraine

September 20, 2010

Monday’s ad is for a French beer, presumably from the Lorraine area. I love the giant mugs, showing they offer both kinds of beer, light and dark. And the server must be one of the strongest people in the world, despite looking somewhat frail. Impressive.

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Beer In Ads #188: Brasserie Flad

September 6, 2010

Monday’s ad is from a French brewery in the medieval village of Albi, the capital of Tarn, a tourist area in southern France. Founded in 1822, I assume that’s King Gambrinus holding the bottle with his picture on it. I also imagine those are supposed to be hops in the foreground, but they look more [...]

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Beer In Art #92: Toulouse-Lautrec’s The Hangover

September 5, 2010

Today’s painting is by one of the most famous post-impressionist artists, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The painting is most often called “The Hangover,” though occasionally subtitled “Portrait of Suzanne Valadon,” an artist on her own right. It’s also been called “The Drinker.” The original hangs in the Fogg Museum at Harvard. It was painted in 1888. [...]

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Beer In Ads #186: Bieres De La Meuse

September 2, 2010

Thursday’s ad is a second French poster with the title Bieres de la Meuse and the less well know of the two, because the other was done by the well-known artist Alphonse Mucha. It doesn’t quite have the majesty of the Mucha poster, but it’s very striking in its own right.

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Beer In Ads #178: Bieres De Montmorillon

August 23, 2010

Monday’s ad is for a French brewery, Bieres de Montmorillon, most likely from the 1920s. This ad is quite odd, with the weird little man in the red coast actually licking at the beer and giving a strange sidewards glance. I’m not sure that would make me want to try their brand.

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Beer In Ads #176: Biere Phenix

August 20, 2010

Thursday’s ad continues our week of ads from France, this one done in 1930. It’s for Biere Phenix, which was founded in 1886. The artist’s name is Leon Dupin. Either the sailor’s drinking in the fog, or he has a disembodied hand.

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Beer In Ads #175: Biere De Vezelise

August 18, 2010

Wednesday’s ad is yet another one from France, done in 1920. It’s for Biere De Vezelise, a brewery that was located in northeastern France since 1863, when it was founded by Antoni Moreau. The brewery closed in 1971. The artist’s name is Guerzan.

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Beer In Ads #174: Maik Les Bieres De Luxe

August 17, 2010

Tuesday’s ad is another one from France, done in 1929. It’s for Maik Les Bieres De Luxe, a brewery located on the Champs-Elysess in Paris. The artist is T. Mercier.

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Beer In Ads #172: Biere De Ville Sur Illon

August 13, 2010

Friday’s ad is from an earlier period, just before the golden age of poster, nearer the turn of the century, around 1905. It’s by artist Francisco Tamagno and is advertising Biere De Ville Sur Illon. Here’s a short biography of the artist. Francisco Tamagno was among the original movement of France’s fanciful graphic advertisement art [...]

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Beer In Ads #171: Brasserie Lengrand

August 12, 2010

Thursday’s ad continues the impromptu series from the golden age of posters, the 1920s. This one is again from France around 1927. It’s for Brasserie Lengrand and is by the artist G. Piana.

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Beer In Ads #169: Alphonse Mucha’s Bieres de la Meuse

August 10, 2010

Tuesday’s ad is by one of my favorite poster artists, Alphonse Mucha. The title of it is Bieres de la Meuse and it was done in France around 1897.

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Beer In Ads #168: Biere de L’Eclair

August 9, 2010

With Monday’s ad we continue our journey back to the French beer ads of the 1920s, this one for Biere de L’Eclair. A big man with big cigar, and an even bigger mug of beer. Who’s thirsty now?

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Beer In Ads #167: Bieres de Chartres

August 6, 2010

Friday’s ad is yet another French beer, this one for Bieres de Chartres. While I don’t know very much about it, or who the artist is, it’s from the same period of time — the 1920s — and is cut from the same cloth. It may even be a tad funnier, what with the waiter [...]

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