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Beer In Ads #2380: Ward Off The Ailments Of Old Age

August 26, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1909. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, if you’re getting old, with “the cold blue shadow” being cast over you, no need to worry. Just drink Pabst Malt Extract and you’ll be playing in golf in no time.

Pabst-brewing-1909-ailments

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

Beer In Ads #2379: Encourage Listless Convalescence On To Rapid Recovery

August 25, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1906. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, they ask, essentially, have you ever been really, really sick? To the point where you weren’t sure if you’d pull through? Well if you’d regularly used Pabst Malt Extract the road to recovery would not only be more assured, but quicker, too.

Pabst-brewing-1909-listless

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

Beer In Ads #2378: The Pabst Extract Girl

August 24, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1906. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, if you’re tired, fatigued or just over-nervous, Pabst Malt Extract cures all that and can give you “perfect health,” just like the “Pabst Extract Girl” shown in the ad, who’s using her vitality to write letters, lots and lots of letters.

Pabst-brewing-1906-letters

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

Beer In Ads #2377: Cat Lady

August 23, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1905. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, apparently they’re warning of the dangers of not regularly drinking Pabst Malt Extract. Otherwise you might end up as a cat lady.

Pabst-brewing-1905-cats

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

Beer In Ads #2376: Baby’s First Adventure

August 22, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1904. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, apparently bought the original painting “Baby’s First Adventure” by Herman Kaulbach for a promotion. Just buy six bottles of Pabst Malt Extract, and get a free reproduction of the painting. I wonder if that worked? Pabst considered it “the prettiest, most artistic picture of the day,” but I’m not so sure.

Pabst-brewing-1905-food-products

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

Beer In Ads #2375: How’s Your Nerve?

August 21, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1904. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, they’re suggesting that one way a person can “rise above his station” is to imbibe Pabst Malt Extract.

Pabst-brewing-1904-nerve

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

Beer In Ads #2374: Keep Up Your Vitality

August 20, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1903. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, if you have a tough job, Pabst Malt Extract can help. Even if you’re a mailman facing “the bleak winds of spring” it can help you “keep up your vitality.”

Pabst-brewing-1903-mailman

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

Beer In Ads #2373: The Joy Of Living

August 19, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1903. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, a confident-looking woman is riding a horse straight toward us, demonstrating the “abundant health” she’s achieved by drinking Pabst Malt Extract.

Pabst-brewing-1903-joy-of-living

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

Beer In Ads #2372: Strength

August 18, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1903. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, titled simply “Strength” I love how they’ve made a barbell out of holding two bottles of Pabst Malt Extract, raising to the sky. It’s just that strong, I guess.

Pabst-brewing-1903-strength

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

Beer In Ads #2371: Steady Nerves

August 17, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1901. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, a man is working construction on a tall skyscraper, pulling up a steel girder all by himself. Though it’s unclear which one he is, but there are apparently two kinds of people, nervous or nerveless. And Pabst Malt Extract will help no matter which. “It steadies unsteady nerves — it makes steady nerves.”

Pabst-brewing-1901-steady-nerves

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

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