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Beer In Ads #2649: How American It Is

May 23, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for is by Ballantine Ale, from 1943. Most of this month I’ve been posting Brewer’s Gold ads from the 1950s, but I’ve shared all of the ones I could find, so for the remainder of the month there will be random Ballantine ads. In this simple ad, during World War 2, a bottle of Ballantine Ale is the only color in the middle of the ad. The headline is “How American it is … to want something better!” And by something better, they mean Ballantine Ale, of course.

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



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