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Beer In Ads #395: Champagne of Bottle Beer

June 20, 2011 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is from 1948, and is for Miller High Life, which even then was being touted as the Champagne of Bottle Beer. It’s an obvious visual device to put the beer into a champagne bucket, but it works.

miller-hl-champagne-1948

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



Comments

  1. J Doyle says

    June 21, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    Used to be my favorite – loved the clear bottles!

    Cheers…………………………………..JD

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