Brookston Beer Bulletin

Jay R. Brooks on Beer

  • Home
  • About
  • Editorial
  • Birthdays
  • Art & Beer

Socialize

  • Dribbble
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Powered by Genesis

Archives for May 16, 2013

Beer In Ads #889: Aladdin For Ballantine

May 16, 2013 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Ballantine, from 1950. It’s a funny little poem about Aladdin — though the illustration might be controversial today — where the bartender is the genie in the lamp.

Aladdin …
— was a lad in old Bagdad
He had a lot of luck
with a lamp he had

He rubbed that lamp—
a man came flyin’
and served him up some Ballantine.

You can steal Aladdin’s tricks
Lamp or no lamp this one clicks

Ballantine-1950-aladdin

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

Hangover Helper

May 16, 2013 By Jay Brooks

hangover
Today’s infographic is another one showing hangover cures that are common in other cultures around the world, and also offering other factoids and tips for dealing with yours. Entitled Hangover Helper, it was created originally for confused.com.

hangover-helper-infographic
Click here to see the poster full size.

Filed Under: Beers, Just For Fun Tagged With: Hangovers, Health & Beer, Infographics

Find Something

Northern California Breweries

Please consider purchasing my latest book, California Breweries North, available from Amazon, or ask for it at your local bookstore.

Recent Comments

  • The Session #147: Downing pints when the world's about to end - Daft Eejit Brewing on The Sessions
  • Amanda Alderete on Beer Birthday: Jack McAuliffe
  • Aspies Forum on Beer In Ads #4932: Eichler’s Bock Beer Since Civil War Days
  • Return of the Session – Beer Search Party on The Sessions
  • John Harris on Beer Birthday: Fal Allen

Recent Posts

  • Beer In Ads #5015: Washington Brewery’s Pure Bock Beer July 4, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Sammy Fuchs July 4, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Dave Hoops July 4, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: J.P. Binzel July 4, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Alonzo Gilford Van Nostrand July 4, 2025

BBB Archives

Feedback

Head Quarter
This site is hosted and maintained by H25Q.dev. Any questions or comments for the webmaster can be directed here.