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Beer In Ads #377: Ballantine, Some Words Fool You

May 25, 2011 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is a Ballantine Ale ad from 1947. The ad is a fun little lesson on language, how the word “muff” can have different meanings. It ends on a nice twist, how the word “Ballantine Ale always means: ‘The Perfect Glass!'”

Ballantine-1947

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



Comments

  1. Pliny the Elder says

    May 26, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    “Muff” also has–ahem–a third meaning as well.

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