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Beer In Ads #2606: A Glass Of Beer Is Many Things

April 10, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Association, from 1962. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, another one entitled “A Glass Of Beer Is Many Things,” the scene is simply a stack of coins, mostly quarters, totaling $11.73 which apparently is “the average amount in taxes paid by the Brewing Industry on every barrel of beer produced.”

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History



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