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Beer In Ads #3087: Luckily There Is Beer

August 16, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Zum Glück gibts Bier, which translates as “Luckily there is beer,” from 1967. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Swiss Brewery Association, which created promotional materials for decades promoting beer brewed in Switzerland. It was created by Swiss photographer Yvan Dalain. I don’t normally feature photographed ads, but I liked this one, and it appears to pay homage to earlier ads that used the giant glass of beer in the air theme.

Swiss-1967-zum-gluck

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

Beer In Ads #3086: Hürlimann Train

August 15, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Braustube Hürlimann, from around 1940. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Hürlimann Brewery, of Zurich, Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1836 by Albert Hürlimann. In 1996, it was bought by Feldschlösschen, which in turn is owned by the Carlsberg Group. This one shows a train, his hot boiler red with heat as he holds a glass of beer between his two front wheels, tipping it back to take the first sip. The text below reads: “Braustube Hürlimann Zurich at the train station.” It was created by Swiss artist Martin Peikert.

Hurlimann-train

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

Beer In Ads #3085: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Star

August 14, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1936. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a shepherd (?) outside of the town on a snow-filled winter night, walls looking up into the sky and seeing an illuminated star with a beer mug in its center. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

Falken-1936-star

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

Beer In Ads #3084: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Festbier

August 13, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1936. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock Festbier and shows the wreath top of a town maypole with various wooden figures — a soldier, a serving woman and two men toasting one another. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

Falken-1936-festbier

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

Beer In Ads #3083: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Maypole

August 12, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1935. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a very thirty man who apparently shimmied up the town maypole to grab one of the bottles of beer tied to the wreath at the top. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

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

Beer In Ads #3082: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Protest

August 11, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1934. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a group of people carrying signs. One says “Festbier” and the other reads “Randenbock Munotquell,” which is immune to Google Translate, so I’m not sure what that means. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

Falken-1934-protest

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

Beer In Ads #3081: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Ram

August 10, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1934. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a giant ram towering over a group of men in suits or uniforms standing around and drinking beer. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

Falken-1934-ram

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

Beer In Ads #3080: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Leaping Man

August 9, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1933. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a gentleman in a bowler hat, carrying an umbrella, leaping over a ginormous mug of beer. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

Falken-1933-leaping-man

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

Beer In Ads #3079: Falken Schaffhauser Bock Dancing Giant

August 8, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1932. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Schaffhauser Bock and shows a giant man with a pipe and mug of beer in his hands. Below him, the rest of the normal-sized townspeople dance around the Maypole, in danger of being trampled by the giant. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

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

Beer In Ads #3078: Falken Christmas Keg

August 7, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, from 1931. From the late 1800s until the 1970s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster was made for the Bierbrauerei Falken Schaffhausen, or Falcon Brewery, of Schaffhausen , Switzerland. The brewery was founded in 1799, and is still in business today, and is “considered the only independent brewery in the Schaffhausen region,” and is Switzerland’s 5th largest brewery. This one is for their Weihnachts Bock, or Christmas Bock, and shows a monk outside in the snow with a keg of presumably bock beer ringed by a wreath with candles on it. It was created by Swiss artist Arnold Oechslin.

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

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