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

You are here: Home / Art & Beer / Beer In Ads #1369: Did Somebody Say Ballantine At The Beach

Beer In Ads #1369: Did Somebody Say Ballantine At The Beach

November 9, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is yet another one for Ballantine Ale, this one from 1946. This is from a series of billboard ads from around the same time I stumbled upon, though I’m sure the originals in color are more spectacular. In this ad for Ballantine, they’re advertising with a man at the beach, buried in the sand. Wearing quite the floppy hat, and a goofy grin. An unseen person is holding a bottle of beer in front of him, apparently saying; “Did Somebody Say Ballantine.” I think they’ll have to hold the bottle to his lips and tip his head back, too.

Ballantine-1946-charles-towne

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



Comments

  1. Chad R says

    November 10, 2014 at 5:02 am

    Interesting, especially to think that mid century ads like this were effective.

    Just yesterday, I stumbled on a Ballantine ad with a photo of elder sotsman Ernest Hrmingway and a copy of a letter he’d written in his standard terse prose about how he liked that Ballantine’s flavor stayed with you long after you’d swallowed your sip.

    • Jay Brooks says

      November 10, 2014 at 10:16 am

      The literary ad you found is part of a series Ballantine did with writers. I have around six or so of them. J

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 #5004: Have You Tried It Yet? June 20, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Forest Gray June 20, 2025
  • Beer In Ads #5003: Old Reading Bock Beer June 19, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Carla Jean Lauter June 19, 2025
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Alan Cranston June 19, 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.
Go to mobile version