Today’s beer video, is part 2 of 6 of television program that appears to have aired on the History Channel. This History of Beer appears to be aimed at mainstream America and contains some good and some less than good information.
Beer In Ads #1098: The Robin Hood
Monday’s ad is for the English beer Double Diamond Burton Pale Ale, from 1954. Part of a series called “Inn-Sign Rhymes,” this one shows the iconic Double Diamond dude toasting a sign for “The Robin Hood” pub. Below the illustration is the rhyme of the series and the tagline “A Double Diamond works wonders.”
Beer In Film #41: History Of Beer, Pt. 1 Of 6
Today’s beer video, is part 1 of 6 of television program that appears to have aired on the History Channel. This History of Beer appears to be aimed at mainstream America and contains some good and some less than good information.
Beer In Ads #1097: If You Can’t Come To Holland …
Sunday’s ad is for Heineken, from 1976. Showing a cliched view of a windmill with a bottle and glass of Heineken in the foreground, the headline is “If You Can’t Come To Holland Have A Heineken.” This ad is from when I was a junior in high school, and I remember being with my stepfather and visiting a business associate of his. The guy we were visiting asked my stepdad if he wanted a beer, asking if he’d prefer a regular beer or “the good stuff,” which turned out to be Heineken. Oh, how times have changed.
Beer In Film #40: Analyzing American & Belgian Beers
Today’s beer video, in honor of it being Sour Sunday, is a film of a talk given by Jeff Clawson, who’s the Pilot Brewery Manager at Oregon State University’s Food Science & Technology Department. In the 23-minute video, Clawson “discusses a recent study on sour beers at a Science Pub event at the Calapooia Brewery in Albany, Oregon. OSU is one of the world’s leaders in research on hops and the brewing sciences, and many graduates of the fermentation sciences programs go on to have a huge impact in the industry.”
Beer In Ads #1096: Schaefer All Around
Saturday’s ad is for Schaefer, from 1959. Schaefer did a number of ads with the round theme, often showing the top of a beer can, emphasizing the round shape of them. This one shows a round plate full of snacks, including some not-terribly-appetizing potato chips (they’ve got brown edges indicating they were burned or the oil used was old).
Bistro Double IPA Winners 2014
Kinetic‘s After Burner was chosen best in show at the 14th annual Double IPA Festival today at the Bistro in Hayward, California. A total of 46 Double IPAs and 26 Triple IPAs were judged. The full winner’s list is below.
Double IPAs
- 1st Place: After Burner, Kinetic Brewing
- 2nd Place: Double Standard, Third Street Aleworks
- 3rd Place: Hop Salad, Triple Rock
Triple IPAs
- 1st Place: Compulsory, Iron Springs Pub & Brewery
- 2nd Place: Hop Craic XXXXIPA, Moylan’s Brewery
- 3rd Place: Muriqui, Monkey Paw
Peoples Choice Awards
- People’s Choice Award — Double IPA: Kern River Citra Double IPA
- People’s Choice Award — Triple IPA: Pizza Port Carlsbad Triple IPA
Congratulations to all the winners.
The scene at today’s Double IPA Festival at The Bistro.
Beer In Film #39: Griz’s Lawnmower Ale Collaboration
Today’s beer video is a short film about this year’s collaboration beer made by the San Francisco Brewers Guild for SF Beer Week, Griz’s Lawnmower Ale. The beer was made to honor Greg “Griz” Miller, longtime owner of SF Brewcraft, who passed away in September of last year. The beer debuted last night at the Opening Galas for SF Beer Week.
Beer In Ads #1095: The Crisp Refresher
Friday’s ad is for Ballantine Ale, from 1959. Showing a winter scene, with a giant glass of Ballantine Light Lager Beer showing some exquisite lace. And I guess it must be pretty cold, too.
Beer In Film #38: Pliny The Younger
Today’s beer video is a short documentary on Russian River’s seasonal release of their triple IPA Pliny the Younger, which is released today in Santa Rosa, as it has been every first Friday in February for the past ten years.