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Archives for May 2, 2018

Beer In Ads #2628: Cowboys For Ballantine’s Brewer’s Gold

May 2, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for is by Ballantine Ale, from 1957. In the 1950s, Ballantine advertised the hop variety “Brewer’s Gold” as “a rare straion of choice hops” and even registered it as a trade-mark, although Brewers Gold is widely available today. In this ad, a Cowboy is out in the desert, sitting on a chest of gold, but seems most happy about that ginormous glass of beer that’s appeared before him like an oasis, as he recites the magic words, “It’s the Genuine.”

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

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