Today’s infographic, on the day the World Series begins, is entitled Beer & Baseball, and was created by Alpha Male of the Group.
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Beer In Ads #1003: In The Frozen Tundra
Tuesday’s ad is for Rheingold Beer, from 1948, and features Miss Rheingold from that year, Pat Quinlan. The ad features Ms. Quinlan in a curious yellow snowsuit (designed by Sophie of Saks Fifth Avenue) in a barren snow-covered wasteland, posing with two large dogs. I’d expect to see a sled nearby, but perhaps it’s just out of the frame.
Fantastical Fictive Beer
Today’s infographic is a cool new poster from Pop Chart Labs. This one, entitled Fantastical Fictive Beer, shows 71 beers used in various fictional setting: movies, television, etc. I don’t know if they used a post I did a few years ago, Fictional Beer Brands in their research, but our lists are pretty similar. It’s a pretty cool poster.
Beer In Ads #1002: Picnicking In Pink
Monday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1953. It’s a fairly typical Fifties-era ad for Schlitz, with the illustration showing a woman in a pink dress seated beneath a tree on a grassy knoll as her beau hands her a glass of Schlitz. One of my first dates with my wife was a picnic on Angel Island, but we looked like nothing like this couple. Oh, and I didn’t bring Schlitz.
Intoxication Nation Infographic
Today’s infographic is a second one from Blowfish, an over-the-counter hangover remedy. This one shows “how we are drinking and dealing with our hangovers,” which includes several data points about who, and what, Americans drink. The data was compiled for Blowfish by a third-party research firm.
Who Drinks Craft Beer?: The Infographic
Today’s infographic was created by ezdrinking using Infogr.am, a website that allows members to create infographics. Who Drinks Craft Beer? answers that question using several different criteria.
22 Toastable Facts About Craft Beer
Today’s infographic, 22 Toastable Facts About Craft Beer, is from Let’s Pour, created for their blog.
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Beer In Ads #1001: Beer Glass With Red Glove
Friday’s ad is, beginning the second thousand, is a variation on last night’s. This ad was also created by famed Swiss poster artist Peter Birkhäuser, in 1957. It’s another beautiful illustration of a red-gloved hand holding a pilsner glass filled with a golden-colored beer with a white head. Again, simply gorgeous.
A Look at America’s Drinking Habits
As so often happens, while searching around for something in particular, I stumble on something else interesting. Today I found an article from 2011 on AdAge entitled Bottom’s Up! A Look at America’s Drinking Habits. As of 2010 (or maybe it’s 2005), on a per capita basis, more American drink soda than any other liquid. Water is second (it’s sad it’s not first) and beer is third, with milk a close fourth. Wine is only ninth, despite those obnoxious annual polls that try to convince people wine’s more popular than beer, and spirits is tied for tenth with value-added water, whatever that means (presumably with vitamins or oxygenated?). Worldwide, water is first, while Tea, only seventh in America, is second. While certain people complain about beer drinkers here, I find it far more worrisome that more people drink soda than water. Frankly, soda is far more unhealthy to drink than beer.
Beer Of Choice: State By State
Today’s infographic is a map of the United States, showing the beer that’s most popular in each of the states. One thing is clear, if you want to be popular, your label should be mostly blue. The map was compiled by Blowfish, an over-the-counter hangover remedy. When I look at California, I can only shake my head, slowly, and with sadness.
