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Beer In Ads #3923: Tackle Your Thirst …

November 28, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Hamm’s,” from 1980. This ad was made for Hamm’s Brewing, which was founded in 1865 by Theodore Hamm in St. Paul, Minnesota. At its peak, it was the 5th largest brewery in America, and operated facilities in five cities, including San Francisco, L.A., Baltimore and Houston, in addition to the original brewery in Minnesota. This ad uses the long-running character Sascha, better known as the Hamm’s Bear, a cartoon mascot that the brewery began using in 1952 to great success, and only stopped using in 2000. This one shows a football game between the Bears and the Beavers, although it’s the Green Bay Packers whose helmet is at the bottom of the ad. The tagline is “Tackle your thirst … with a cool, frosty Hamm’s.”

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Football, History, Minnesota, Sports



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