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Beer In Ads #2880: Brasserie Flad Albi

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Sunday’s ad is for Brasserie Flad Albi, from the late 1800s, I think. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Brasserie Flad Albi, which was a brewery in Albi, a town located in southern France. It was founded in 1822, and closed in 1964. I’m not sure when the poster was created, but one of the bridges depicted was built in 1866, so it must after that. It’s also an early example of being meta since the man (Gambrinus?) sitting by the keg is holding up a bottle with a picture of him on the label.

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Beer Birthday: Scott Ungermann

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Today is the 53rd birthday of Scott Ungermann, who’s the Production Director at Anchor Brewing. When I first met Scott, he was the Brewmaster at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fairfield, a position he held for almost six years, plus brewing stints at other AB facilities for over thirteen years. When I was working on my latest book, he gave me and my son Porter a great tour of the facility and I discovered we had several mutual friends since he was a 1995 graduate of U.C. Davis. Scott’s a very passionate brewer, and I was thrilled to run into him at the annual Anchor Christmas party a few years ago, discovering that he’d joined the team at Anchor. Join me in wishing Scott a very happy birthday.

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Scott showing my son Porter the brewhouse in Fairfield.

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A promotional photo from Scott’s ABI days.


Scott being interviewed in 2010 for a segment on KCRA Channel 3 NBC television in Sacramento.