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Beer In Art #137: A View of the Genuine Beer Brewery Golden Lane

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This week’s work of art is by Gerard de la Barthe, a 18th century French artist, as re-created by an English printmaker, painter and draughtsman named J.S. Barth. The painting/print is known as A View of the Genuine Beer Brewery Golden Lane, Established 1804.

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One of the original prints is in the collection of the British Museum, which was completed in 1807. The scene depicts the brewery in a wide angle shot that also shows part of the city of London from the same year.

Unfortunately, there’s little information about the original artist, Gerard de la Barthe.

Beer In Ads #433: Schlitz For A Bonnet

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Wednesday’s ad is also for Schlitz, from 1952, and it shows a devious housewife bringing a Schlitz to her newspaper-reading husband. She’s glancing back at us with a knowing smile as she prepares to soften the blow of the new chapeau she’s just bought at the “Bonnet Shop” by serving him a beer. Nice.

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Beer In Ads #432: Schlitz Is An Adventure

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Tuesday’s ad is another Schlitz ad, this one from 1941, presumably before we entered World War 2 that December. In the ad, a man in a captain’s hat lounges on a tropic island as a native beauty arrives with a tray containing a bottle of Schlitz and a glass. You can see a ship anchored offshore in the distance. The tagline is awesome: “Schlitz is in an adventure in good living that’s within the reach of everyone.”

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Canned Pop Culture

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Here’s another fun design project by Minnesota illustrator David Schwen. It’s a poster depicting nine beer cans representing characters from across varying pop cultures. The identity of some of the cans are fairly obvious while others were inscrutably unknown to me, presumably because I’ve become more old curmudgeon and less with-it-hipster (though to be fair I was happily never one of the cool kids). I can say with certainty I knew 6 of 9 — itself a pop reference — or one-third of them right off the bat. Two more I figured out, more or less, and the remaining one I never got, though now that I know it, it makes sense. Think you know them all? Leave a comment identifying all nine.

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You can even buy a print of the poster in five different sizes at Society 6.

Next Session Explores Whether You Can Judge A Beer By Its Cover

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Our 55th Session takes a look at Label, Coaster and Cap Art. Our host, Curtis Taylor at Hop Head Said …, expounds on his topic Label, Coaster and Cap Art, and describes how to participate:

On September 2, bloggers from around the world will converge at HopHeadSaid to write about the fabulous world of beer art found on coasters, labels and caps. I am guessing that I am not so different from other beer enthusiasts – I like to collect beer labels, bottle caps and coasters. I think they are perfect souvenirs from beer travels or drinking sessions. Judging by the size of my collection you could say that I have had many enjoyable drinking sessions over the years!

Now it is time to dig through your stash and share your favorite label, coaster or cap art.

Posting Directions:

  1. Choose your favorite label, coaster or cap art.
  2. Scan, download or take a picture of your label, coaster or cap art.
  3. Write a paragraph that explains your affinity to your entry. Your explanation can be as shallow as or as deep as you want.
  4. If the brewery name or beer name is obscured be sure to label your entry to give credit where credit is due.
  5. Please limit your entries to commercial examples. Homebrew labels will be a topic for another session.
  6. Extra karma points will be awarded to those who write about two or more categories (label, coaster or cap art).
  7. Post your blog entry on or before Friday, September 2, 2001 and e-mail your link to curtis [at] hopheadsaid [dot] com.
  8. Alternate posting method: Post your picture and explanation on my HopHeadSaid Facebook page and I will copy your post to the “official” location.
  9. I will collect the entries throughout the day and post them on this page: The Session: Label, Coaster and Cap Art.

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but what about a beer by its label, crown or coaster? Let us know what you think for the next Session on Friday, September 2.

Beer In Ads #431: Schlitz, Money Isn’t Everything

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Monday’s ad is a 1951 ad for Schlitz. In the ad, two suburban men are sitting in their backyard enjoying a couple of brewskis when a gypsy organ grinder happens upon them, produces a pilsner glass and holds it out expectantly. The man pouring beer just smirks. Ah, it was a more innocent time, when a swarthy stranger roaming the neighborhood, looking for beer handouts, was not cause for alarm.

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