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Archives for December 13, 2021

Beer In Ads #3938: Refreshingly Yours … From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters

December 13, 2021 By Jay Brooks Leave a Comment

Monday’s ad is for “Hamm’s,” from 1951. This ad was made for Hamm’s Brewing, which was founded in 1865 by Theodore Hamm in St. Paul, Minnesota. At its peak, it was the 5th largest brewery in America, and operated facilities in five cities, including San Francisco, L.A., Baltimore and Houston, in addition to the original brewery in Minnesota. This one shows a group of people returning from a day of sailing a lake as back on shore other people are pouring beer and serving food, with the tagline “Refreshingly yours … from the land of sky blue waters.” The artwork is very reminiscent of the Beer Belongs series that Brewers Association did between the later 1940s and early 1960s.

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

Beer Birthday: Jim Parker

December 13, 2021 By Jay Brooks 1 Comment

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Today would have been the 61st birthday of Jim Parker, who had been a fixture in the national, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington beer scenes for over 25 years. He founded the Mountain Tap Tavern in 1992, in Colorado, and also worked for the IBS (formerly part of the Brewers Association), was director of the American Homebrewers Association, editor-in-chief of Zymurgy and New Brewer, Executive Director of the Oregon Brewers Guild, as well as starting and working at many different breweries. Jim was also the first person I know to put Tot-chos on a menu, and for that alone he gets into heaven in my book. Jim was a terrific person and very passionate about beer. In November of 2018, Jim suffered a severe stroke and passed away in February of the following year. Please join me in raising a toast to Jim’s memory.

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Jim and me over ten years ago at the Full Sail Smoker during OBF.

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Late night adventures in New Orleans, when the Craft Brewers Conference was there in 2003, stacking burger boxes at a local fast food joint.

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At a different Full Sail Smoker, talking with Dave Hopwood, whose birthday is also today.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: Colorado, Oregon, Washington

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