Beer In Ads #377: Ballantine, Some Words Fool You May 25, 2011 By Jay Brooks 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!'”
Pliny the Elder says
“Muff” also has–ahem–a third meaning as well.