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Beer In Ads #4726: Miss Rheingold 1964 Finalists With Balloons At The World’s Fair

March 6, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this ad, from August, a photo shows the six finalists for Miss Rheingold 1964 at the New York World’s Fair. it’s a smaller part of the double-truck ad I shared a few days ago as “Beer In Ads #4722: Who Will Be The 25th Miss Rheingold.” It has the same headline, “Who will be the 25th Miss Rheingold,” with the six finalists photographed at the New York World’s Fair. This shot is the small inset on the righ-hand side, showing the ladies with balloons in front of the globe sculpture known as the Unisphere.

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

Beer In Ads #4725: Miss Rheingold 1964 Finalists At The World’s Fair

March 5, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this ad, from August, a photo shows the six finalists for Miss Rheingold 1964 at the New York World’s Fair. it’s a portion of the double-truck ad I shared a few days ago as “Beer In Ads #4722: Who Will Be The 25th Miss Rheingold.” It has the same headline, “Who will be the 25th Miss Rheingold,” with the six finalists photographed at the New York World’s Fair, but is missing the text and smaller inset photo on the right side.

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

Märzen Madness 2024

March 5, 2024 By Jay Brooks

I may not be biggest fan of academia’s version of indentured servitude, otherwise known as college basketball, but I do still enjoy the games of March Madness every year. The tournament is usually a fun diversion for a few weeks each year, so for the thirteenth straight year, I’ve set up a fantasy game, similar to fantasy football or baseball. It’s a bracket game through Yahoo which I call “Märzen Madness.” It doesn’t look like there’s a limit to the number of people who can play, so sign up and make your picks beginning right now, with the first games taking place on March 17, which only gives you roughly two weeks to complete your bracket. So don’t delay, sign up right away and fill out your bracket.

To join Märzen Madness and play the Yahoo! Sports Tournament Pick’em game, just follow the link below. You’ll also need a Yahoo ID (which is free if you don’t already have one).

To accept the invitation and play Märzen Madness this year, just follow this invitation link.

Good luck everybody!

Filed Under: Just For Fun, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Basketball, Fantasy, Games, Sports

Beer In Ads #4724: Miss Rheingold Beauties Display Fashions At Macy’s

March 4, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this newspaper item, from August 23, the headline reads: “Beauties Display Fashions At Macy’s.” The photo shows the six finalists for Miss Rheingold 1964, who the day before had participated in a fashion show at Macy’s Community Center in White Plains, New York.

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

Beer In Ads #4723: They Pose A Problem For Miss Rheingold

March 3, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this newspaper blurb, from August 9, it begins with “They Pose a Problem” followed by — oh, the 1960s — “One of these dolls is going to be the next Miss Rheingold.”

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

Beer In Ads #4722: Who Will Be The 25th Miss Rheingold

March 2, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this ad, from August 8, it’s a double-truck ad with the headline “Who will be the 25th Miss Rheingold” with the six finalists photographed at the New York World’s Fair.

Below is the left side of the ad so you see it more clearly:

Below is the right side of the ad so you see it more clearly:

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

Beer In Ads #4721: Ballots To Vote For Miss Rheingold 1964

March 1, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this photograph, from around August 8, we get a glimpse of ballots people would use to actually vote for Miss Rheingold 1964. Pads of these ballots would be given to authorized sellers of Rheingold, probably bars and retailers, who would collect the votes in a box. The six finalists you can vite for by ticking the box are: Joyce DeHardt, Kay Hughes, Barbara Julian, Sondra Kates, Sherri Rice, and Celeste Yarnell.

And here’s another look at the pad of ballots from the side that shows how thick they were.

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

Beer In Ads #4720: Time To Vote For Miss Rheingold 1964

February 29, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In these newspaper items, from August 8, 1963, the six finalists for Miss Rheingold 1964 are shown. They are, in the front row, from left to right: Kay Hughes, Sherri Rice, and Celeste Yarnell, and in the back row: Barbara Julian, Sondra Kates, and Joyce DeHardt. The tagline for the first one is “Tough Decision.”

In the second newspaper blurd, using the same photo, the tagline is “Time to Vote.”

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

Beer Birthday: Jessica Jones

February 29, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Today is the 40th birthday — the Big 4-O — of Jessica Jones, who’s the former COO of Ninkasi Brewing. Several years ago, she left Ninkasi and became the Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Strategy for Enjoy Beer, the startup founded by Rich Doyle after he left Harpoon, but as far as I know it never really caught on as they’d hoped, and the site is no longer active. Anyway, I haven’t talked to her in quite a few years, and last I heard she and her husband had moved to Eugene, Oregon and they’ve started a honey business, Queen’s Bounty Honey. But since she’s one of the few people I know born on leap day, I wanted to still post about her birthday this year.

When I first met Jessica, she was blogging at beer as the Thirsty Hopster and helped do some of the behind-the-scenes setup when I founded the Bay Area Beer Bloggers. She then put her education to good use by getting a job with Firestone Walker, and found that she liked working for a brewery. So she went back to school and got her MBA, before moving to Portland. Since 2011, she’s been keeping Ninkasi Brewing humming, and keeping Jamie in line. It’s been fun to watch Jessica’s evolution in the beer world, and how amazing she’d made Ninkasi. Join me in wishing Jessica a very happy birthday.

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At the Hard Liver Barleywine Festival in Seattle, in 2009. Clockwise from left; Shitwig (a nickname, I believe), Jessica, her sister and her sister’s friend.
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At the end of the Celebrator Anniversary Party in 2009.
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With Nicole Erny and, The Beer Chef, Bruce Paton, at his Beer & Chocolate Beer Dinner several years back.
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Jessica at the Falling Rock, along with her sister (bottom left) and friends, during an SF Beer Week event at the Falling Rock during GABF in 2008.
Jessica Jones a.k.a. The Thirsty Hopster & Scott Perkins
Jessica and Scott Perkins at GABF in 2009.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: Oregon

Beer In Ads #4719: Voting Starts In Rheingold 1964 Contest

February 28, 2024 By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for “Rheingold Beer,” from 1963. This ad was made for the Rheingold Brewery, which was founded by the Liebmann family in 1883 in New York, New York. At its peak, it sold 35% of all the beer in New York state. In 1963, the family sold the brewery and in was shut down in 1976. In 1940, Philip Liebmann, great-grandson of the founder, Samuel Liebmann, started the “Miss Rheingold” pageant as the centerpiece of its marketing campaign. Beer drinkers voted each year on the young lady who would be featured as Miss Rheingold in advertisements. In the 1940s and 1950s in New York, “the selection of Miss Rheingold was as highly anticipated as the race for the White House.” The winning model was then featured in at least twelve monthly advertisements for the brewery, beginning in 1940 and ending in 1965. Beginning in 1941, the selection of next year’s Miss Rheingold was instituted and became wildly popular in the New York Area and beyond. In this newspaper item, from August 8, 1963, the blurb announces that “Voting Starts In 1964 Rheingold Contest” and will continue through September 21. Also, there’s a photo of Loretta Ann Rissell, Miss Rheingold 1963, with not particularly happy-looking car salesman, F.W. Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick Pontiac, as he hands over the keys to three brand new Pontiac Bonneville convertibles to her. The cars will be used by the six finalists in their campaign to become Miss Rheingold 1964.

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

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