Wednesday’s ad is for Genesee Beer, which was founded in Rochester, New York, originally along the Genesee River, but in 1878 they moved up into Rochester proper. Their Genesee Cream Ale, in the simple green can, was one of our go-to beers when I was in high school. Since 2009, the brewery has been part of North American Breweries. This ad, from the 1950s, features a ginormous can of Genesee Beer on a raft in a lake, next to a woman fishing. Below is the simple tagline “have a Genesee!”
