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Beer In Ads #2618: Good For You

April 22, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, another one entitled “Good For You,” a trio of people are fishing on the beach, and it looks the woman in the foreground has caught a good-sized fish, which one of the men is holding up proudly. After this, they’re all going to need some beer.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2617: Good For You

April 21, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, another one entitled “Good For You,” the scene is a foursome on the golf course, specifically a putting green and you know they’re going to all share many beers after “the wonderful moment when a fifteen-footer drops right in.”

USBF-1958-golf

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2616: Tonight, Enjoy A Lightcap Instead Of A Nightcap

April 20, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1958. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, unfortunately not a great scan of it, has the headline “Enjoy A Lightcap Instead Of A Nightcap,” and presumably has something to do with going to the theatre.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2615: America’s First Brewery

April 19, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, with the headline “It’s a fact … America’s first brewery was built on Manhattan Island in 1612,” the ad tells the story of that brewery with a raised tankard of beer.

USBF-1959-manhattan

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2614: 44,760 New Homes

April 18, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, the ad copy is about the huge amount of payroll paid to its workers by the brewing industry, enough to build 44,760 homes. That amount, in 1959, was $470 million (or $4,030,597,251 in today’s dollars). And that amount doesn’t include employees of distributors, retailers (presumably also not including bartenders and waitstaff at restaurants and/or bars) or allied industry workers, meaning there could be many more houses, too, thanks to the brewing industry.

USBF-1959-payroll

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2613: 191 Nike Missile Sites

April 17, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, the ad copy is about the huge amount of federal taxes paid by the brewing industry, enough to build 191 Nike Ajax missile sites, or $764 billion dollars ($6,552,000,000,000 in today’s dollars, although it could be as much as $28,300,000,000,000 depending on how you calculate it). No matter how you figure it, it was a lot of tax revenue.

USBF-1959-nike

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2612: Three Aircraft Carriers

April 16, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Foundation, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, the ad copy is about the huge amount of federal taxes paid by the brewing industry, enough to build three aircraft carrier, or $764 billion dollars ($6,552,000,000,000 in today’s dollars, although it could be as much as $28,300,000,000,000 depending on how you calculate it). No matter how you figure it, it was a lot of tax revenue.

USBF-1959-carrier

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History, Taxes

Beer In Ads #2611: Good For You!

April 15, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Association, from 1962. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, another one entitled “Good For You,” the scene is a woman in a full Englis riding outfit, jumping over a fence in what looks like a horse-jumping competition.

USBA-1962-horse-jumping

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Beer In Ads #2610: Good For You

April 14, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for is by the U.S. Brewers Association, from 1959. Beginning during World War II, the USBIF began a series of positive ads under the name “Morale is a Lot of Little Things” followed by an unnumbered series of illustrated ads that were a precursor to the numbered “Home Life in America,” the crown jewel of ads which ran from 1945 to 1956, also known as the Beer Belongs series. But they didn’t end there, and for a short time afterward, beginning in 1956, several more similar ads were created but without the numbering or the “Home Life in America” association. Shortly thereafter, the ads continued to use thematic elements from the earlier ads, but they became more conventional, using photographs instead of art.

In this ad, entitled “Good For You” — a double truck — the scene is on a lake with a man and a woman water skiing while a man waves from the boat.

USBF-1959-good-for-you-water-ski

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Beer Institute, Brewers Association, History

Bistro IPA Festival Winners 2018

April 14, 2018 By Jay Brooks

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Today was the 21st annual IPA Festival and the Inaugural Hazy IPA Festival at the Bistro. The weather cooperated and it ended up being a cool but sunny in Hayward, making it was near perfect beer-drinking weather once we emerged from judging in the basement. This year the judging was split into two groups, regular clear IPAs and hazy IPAs. There were 41 traditional American-style IPAs. The full list of winners is below.

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West Coast IPA Festival Winners

  • 1st Place: Chain Shot (Moonraker Brewing)
  • 2nd Place: Rakau (Triple Rock Brewing)
  • 3rd Place: Danker Will Robinson (Alpha Acid)

For the first time, this year we separately judged Hazy, East Coast, New England IPAs, or whatever you want to call them. We had 36 in the first round, and eight in the final round.

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East Coast or Hazy IPA Festival Winners

  • 1st Place: DDH Cantaloupe Island (Cellarmaker Brewing)
  • 2nd Place: Citra Dream (New Glory Craft Brewery)
  • 3rd Place: Relax (Bruery Offshoot)

Filed Under: Beers, Events, Just For Fun Tagged With: Announcements, Awards, IPA, Northern California

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