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Archives for May 2019

Beer In Ads #3000: Green Glove With Dark Beer

May 21, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is a bit of a temporary departure from the May theme of Italian brewery posters, because this is my 3000th Beer in Ads post, and I wanted to do something special. This ad is from 1957. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. I’m not sure exactly what this poster was advertising, although it may have been part of the efforts of the Swiss Brewery Association, which was creating advertising promoting beer in general during this time period. The poster was created by Peter Birkhäuser, who “was a Swiss poster artist, portraitist, and visionary painter, noted for his paintings illustrating imagery from dreams in the context of analytical psychology.”

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Switzerland

Beer In Ads #2999: Birra Metzger Waving Waiter

May 20, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from around 1930. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. It was created by British painter Daphne Mabel Maugham, who emigrated to Turin, Italy, in 1925.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, England, Great Britain, History, Italy

Beer In Ads #2998: Birra Metzger Blue Hat

May 19, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from 1930. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. It was created by Italian artist Giuseppe Magagnoli, or at least by his agency Maga, since that was both the name of his agency and the way he signed his work.

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

Beer In Ads #2997: Birra Metzger Gambrinus

May 18, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from 1910 or 1912. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. It was created by Italian-born French artist Leonetto Cappiello.

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

Beer In Ads #2996: Birra Metzger Waiter

May 17, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from 1906. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. It was created by Italian artist Filiberto Mateldi.

Mateldi-birra-metzger-1920

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

Beer In Ads #2996: Birra Metzger Red Elephant

May 16, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from 1925. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. I have been unable to find out who created this poster.

Birra-Metzger-elephant-1925

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

Beer In Ads #2995: Birra Metzger Lady In Red

May 15, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Birra Metzger, from the 1920s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Metzger, founded in Turin, Italy, in 1848. The brewery was bought in 1944, but closed in 1975. In the last few years, however, it’s been relaunched as Metzger 1848. This poster was created by Italian artist Marcello Dudovich.

Birra-Metzger-Torino-1920s

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

Beer In Ads #2994: Birra Pedavena Pole

May 14, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Birra Pedavena, from 1920. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Pedavena, founded by brothers Sante, Luigi and Giovanni Luciani in Pedavena, Italy in 1897. The brewery was bought by Heineken in 1974, who announced they were closing the plant in 2004. The brewery worked organized protests and persuaded Heineken to sell it to Birra Castello, who reopened it in 2006. I can’t figure out who created the poster.

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

Beer In Ads #2993: Birra Pedavena

May 13, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Birra Pedavena, from 1910. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Pedavena, founded by brothers Sante, Luigi and Giovanni Luciani in Pedavena, Italy in 1897. The brewery was bought by Heineken in 1974, who announced they were closing the plant in 2004. The brewery worked organized protests and persuaded Heineken to sell it to Birra Castello, who reopened it in 2006. The poster was created by German artist Erich Erler.

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

Beer In Ads #2992: Birra Peroni Tipo Monaco E Tipo Pilsen

May 12, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Birra Peroni, from 1899. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, 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 Birra Peroni, founded by Francesco Peroni in Vigevano, Italy in 1846. Today it is owned by Asahi Breweries. It was created by Italian artist F. Targia.

F-Targia-birra-peroni-1899

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

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