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Archives for April 12, 2013

Beer In Ads #844: Reaching For A Ballantine

April 12, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Ballantine, from 1947. In the background the three Ballantine rings are being used to play horseshoes, while in the foreground a man who’s a dead ringer for Will Rogers in a bow tie is reaching out for a beer. The tagline, “I’ll take Ballantine Ale,” neatly works as both slogan and as a description of what’s going on in the ad.

Ballantine-1947-reach

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Ballantine, History

Never Drink And Derive

April 12, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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No that’s not a typo. Today’s Friday frivolity is a nice mix of drinking and math. Remember people, don’t try to figure out the quadratic formula while operating heavy machinery. Once you start deriving, it’s hard to stop. I assume this will resonate with the illiterate and math-challenged among the neo-prohibitionists.

never-drink-and-derive

Filed Under: Just For Fun Tagged With: Humor, Math

Great Brewers Style Guide

April 12, 2013 By Jay Brooks

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Today’s infographic is yet another beer spectrum poster, this one from Great Brewers. This one is done in a wheel format.

Great-Brewers-Beer-Style-Wheel
Click here to see the poster full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Beer Styles, Infographics

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