Friday’s ad is the last for Quilmes, from 1968, and it certainly looks like quite a party. Love the hairstyles.
Beer In Ads #368: Quilmes’ Parchment
Thursday’s ad is for Quilmes Cristal, and is on some kind of parchment, or at least paper made to look that way. I don’t actually know how old it is, but it looks old, or perhaps again it was made to look that way.
Beer In Ads #367: Quilmes In The Clouds
Wednesday’s ad is a modern Quilmes poster, a beautiful image of the beer on, perhaps, cloud nine, with the sun behind it and trees and balloons circling the bottle.
Minnesota Beer
Today in 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state.
Minnesota
Minnesota Breweries
- August Schell Brewing / Grain Belt
- August Schell Brewing
- Backwater Brewing
- Bank Beer Company
- Bard’s Tale Beer Company
- Barley John’s Brewpub
- Blue Diamond Brewing Company
- Boathouse Brewpub & Restaurant
- Brainerd Lakes Beer
- Brau Brothers Brewing
- Carmody Irish Pub and Brewing
- Clyde Restaurant & Bar
- Cold Spring Brewing Company
- Dubh Linn Irish Pub
- Fitger’s Brewhouse, Brewery and Grill
- Flat Earth Brewing
- Fulton Brewing
- Granite City Food & Brewery
- Great Waters Brewing Company
- Harriet Brewing
- Herkimer Pub & Brewery
- Kinney Creek Brewery
- Lake Superior Brewing
- Leech Lake Brewing
- Lift Bridge Brewery
- Mankato Brewery
- Mantorville Brewing
- McCann’s Food and Brew
- Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
- Pig’s Eye Brewing Company
- Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
- 612Brew
- St. Croix Brewing Company
- Steel Toe Brewing
- Stillwater Brewing Company
- Summit Brewing
- Surly Brewing
- Theodore Fyten Brewing Company
- Vine Park Brewing
Minnesota Brewery Guides
Guild: Minnesota Craft Brewer’s Guild
State Agency: Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Alcohol and Gaming Enforcement
- Capital: Saint Paul
- Largest Cities: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Bloomington
- Population: 4,919,479; 21st
- Area: 86943 sq.mi., 12th
- Nickname: North Star State / Land of 10,000 Lakes
- Statehood: 32nd, May 11, 1858
- Alcohol Legalized: December 5, 1933
- Number of Breweries: 41
- Rank: 13th
- Beer Production: 3,567,334
- Production Rank: 23rd
- Beer Per Capita: 21.2 Gallons
Package Mix:
- Bottles: 35.1%
- Cans: 49.1%
- Kegs: 14.9%
Beer Taxes: 3.2 Beer
- Per Gallon: $0.08
- Per Case: $0.17
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $2.40
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $2.40
Beer Taxes: Over 3.2 Beer
- Per Gallon: $0.15
- Per Case: $0.33
- Tax Per Barrel (24/12 Case): $4.60
- Draught Tax Per Barrel (in Kegs): $4.60
Economic Impact (2010):
- From Brewing: $113,322,308
- Direct Impact: $1,130,070,508
- Supplier Impact: $639,572,828
- Induced Economic Impact: $1,008,229,846
- Total Impact: $2,777,873,181
Legal Restrictions:
- Control State: No (but see Notes)
- Sale Hours: On Premises: 8 a.m.–2 a.m. 7 Days
Off Premises: 8 a.m.–10p.m. (Mon–Sat) - Grocery Store Sales: 3.2 Only
- Notes: Local and/or County ordinance prevails for hours of operation for off-sale licenses. No alcohol off-sale on Sunday. Growler sales allowed until 10 p.m. Monday–Saturday. Certain municipalities may establish municipal liquor stores; they are permitted, but not required, to exclude privately owned stores.
Data complied, in part, from the Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac 2010, Beer Serves America, the Brewers Association, Wikipedia and my World Factbook. If you see I’m missing a brewery link, please be so kind as to drop me a note or simply comment on this post. Thanks.
For the remaining states, see Brewing Links: United States.
Beer In Ads #366: Quilmes Cristal
Tuesday’s ad is another one for Quilmes, probably also from around the 1920s or 30s. It was for their light-colored Cristal. I saw an original of this beautiful sign last night in the home of one of Argentina’s most prominent breweriana collectors. His home was amazing, literally filled with beer collectibles from all over the world, but with a special emphasis on local Argentinian beer.
Next Session Collects Your Breweriana
Our 52nd Session takes thing down a notch, and it is a bit easier than last month’s. At least you don’t have to go out and buy anything, although you may want to after reading about everybody else’s collections of breweriana. Our host, Brian Stechschulte, of All Over Beer , has chosen the topic Beer Collectibles & Breweriana, which he explains as:
As host of Session #52, I’ve decided not to focus on the substance of beer, but the material that plays a supporting role. Bottles, coasters, cans, labels, ads, tap handles, church keys, hats, t-shirts, tip trays, glassware and signs have been collected by fanatics ever since beer has been sold. These objects constitute the world of breweriana, a term that surfaced in 1972 to define any item displaying a brewery or brand name. The majority of highly prized objects are from the pre-prohibition era, but ephemera from every period in brewing history, including craft beer, finds a home with each beer drinking generation.
So what old or new beer related items do you collect and why? It’s that simple. This is your opportunity to share the treasured objects your wife or husband won’t let you display on the fireplace mantle. You don’t need to be a major collector like this guy to participate. In my mind, just a few items constitute a collection. Maybe you have mementos from a beer epiphany or road trips? You can focus on a whole collection or tell the story behind a single item.
So open your closets, your cabinets and cupboards; wherever you keep the tchotchkes, logowear and beer “collectibles” that have piled up in your home since falling in love with beer. You know you have them. Don’t pretend otherwise. It will be good therapy to get your obsessions out in the open, and Brian has offered us the perfect opportunity to lie on his virtual couch and unload your breweriana for the next Session on Friday, June 3.
P.S.: Don’t forget about Session #51.5, part two of the Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off, taking place on May 20.
Beer In Ads #365: The Quilmes Three
Monday’s ad is for a South American beer, since I’ll be in Argentina all week, judging at the South Beer Cup. It’s for Quilmes, perhaps Argentina’s best known brand around the world. The ad is from around the 1920s and features a painting of three women with different color hair, one for each of the Quilmes beers.
Beer In Art #126: Timothy Jones’ Blue Cheese and Beer
This week’s work of art is by contemporary artist Timothy Jones, but it certainly looks like it could have been painted centuries ago. The still life, entitled Blue Cheese and Beer, was painted last year, and makes me hungry for yet more cheese and beer, despite having been swimming in both the last week.
He’s also done one more beer-themed painting, entitled Mug of Beer, which was painted earlier this year.
Timothy Jones was born in Alaska, but now makes his home in Arkansas. You can see more of Jones’ work at his FineArt America gallery and his Daily Painting Blog.
Session #51 Round-Up & Announcing Session #51.5
Well that was great fun, I was certainly glad to see so many people step up and participate, despite my best efforts to make things as difficult as possible. And everybody seemed to have a very good time, too. Cheese and beers just brings out the best in all of us, I guess. Anyway, I’m doing the round-up a little bit differently this Session, because this is not just the end of the Session, but also the beginning of the second phase, or Session #51.5. Below you’ll find a list of all of the beers paired with each of the three cheeses, or their substitute parenthetically, along with a link to each Session post submission. In most cases, I listed just the best pairing from each blogger for each cheese, unless otherwise noted. Also, I’ll continue to update this list as late submissions continue to roll in, as they inevitably do. Following that, you’ll find instructions on how to participate in round two, Session #51.5 on Friday, May 20.
The Beer & Cheese Pairings
1. Widmer 1-Year Aged Cheddar
Here are the best pairings everybody chose for the Widmer 1-Year Aged Cheddar, or a suitable substitute. I’ve noted what substitute cheese was used, where applicable.
- Adnams Innovation IPA (Lincolnshire Poacher):
Reluctant Scooper - Alaskan Smoked Porter (Apple-smoked cheddar):
The Brew Lounge - Brasserie Dupont vec Les Bons Voeux (English Cheddar, age unknown):
Hoppy-Hour - DC Brau The Public Pale Ale (Isle of Mull Cheddar):
Yours For Good Fermentables - Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (Three Year Old Aged Wisconsin Cheddar):
Ramblings of a Beer Runner - Drake’s 1500 Pale Ale:
Brewed For Thought - Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA (Dubarton Cheddar):
Beer Search Party - Fort George Vortex IPA (Tillamook Extra Sharp Vintage White Cheddar, aged two years):
The Brew Site - Green Flash Hop Head Red Ale (Black Creek Extra Sharp Cheddar, aged 3 years):
Bottle Chasers - Green Flash West Coast IPA (Carr Valley 10-year WI Cheddar):
The Pour Curator - Greene King IPA (Balderson 1 year old aged cheddar):
BeerTaster - North Coast Old Stock (Black Creek 9-Month Sharp White Cheddar):
99 Pours - Paulaner Hefeweizen (Spanish Adarga de Oro, aged):
Thirsty Pilgrim - Samuel Smith Imperial Stout (Widmer 10 Year Cheddar):
What We’re Drinking - Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel (English Cheddar, aged 15 months):
Growler Fills - Speakeasy Payback Porter:
Brookston Beer Bulletin - Uinta Organic Sum’r (Black Creek 9-Month Sharp White Cheddar):
99 Pours - Unibroue La Fin du Monde (Balderson 3 year old cheddar):
A Good Beer Blog - Williams Brothers Joker IPA (Wexford Cheddar):
The Beer Nut
2. Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog
Here are the best pairings everybody chose for the Humboldt Fog, or a suitable substitute. I’ve noted what substitute cheese was used, where applicable.
- 21st Amendment Fireside Chat:
Bottle Chasers - 21st Amendment Monk’s Blood:
Ramblings of a Beer Runner - Allagash Dubbel:
Beer Search Party - Brasserie Cazeau Saison Cazeau (Fivemiletown Cooneen):
Reluctant Scooper - Butternuts Moo Thunder Stout (Monte Enebro blue goat cheese):
Yours For Good Fermentables - Dogfish Head/Birra Del Borgo collaboration My Antonia (French, surface ripened goat milk cheese):
Hoppy-Hour - Duchesse de Bourgogne (Brouwerij Verhaeghe):
Wine and Beer of Washington State - Firestone Walker (for Trader Joe’s) Mission Street Pale Ale:
Bottle Chasers - Fremont Brewery Abominable Winter Ale:
Wine and Beer of Washington State - Gagleer:
Brewed For Thought - Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock:
Growler Fills - Harviestoun Old Engine Oil (Snøfrisk):
99 Pours - Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere:
What We’re Drinking - Left Hand Fade to Black Vol. 2 Smoked Baltic Porter:
The Pour Curator - Mill Street Belgian Wit (Woolwich Dairy Chevrai):
BeerTaster - Paulaner Hefeweizen (Roquefort):
Thirsty Pilgrim - Saison Dupont:
The Brew Lounge - Schneider-Weisse Aventinus Weizenbock:
Brookston Beer Bulletin - Sierra Nevada Ovila Dubbel:
Growler Fills - Unibroue Blanche de Chambly (Woolwich Dairy Chevrai):
BeerTaster - Widmer Cherry Oak Doppelbock (Trader Joe’s Goat’s Milk Cheddar):
The Brew Site
3. Maytag Blue
Here are the best pairings everybody chose for the Maytag Blue, or a suitable substitute. I’ve noted what substitute cheese was used, where applicable.
- Brewdog Tactical Nuclear Penguin / Sink the Bismark (Long Clawson Stilton):
Reluctant Scooper - Kasteel Rouge:
The Pour Curator - Lagunitas Gnarleywine:
Ramblings of a Beer Runner - Neustadt Springs Neustadt 10W30 (Tuxford & Tebbutt Stilton):
BeerTaster - Pelican Pub & Brewery Stormwatcher’s Winterfest 2010 (Rogue Creamery Oregon Blue Cheese):
The Brew Site - Pike Brewing Old Bawdy Barley Wine (2009):
Wine and Beer of Washington State - Russian River Pliny the Elder:
Brewed For Thought - Russian River Temptation:
Brookston Beer Bulletin - Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Barleywine:
The Brew Lounge - Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale:
Appellation Blog - St. Ambroise Vintage 2010 (Tuxford & Tebbutt Stilton):
BeerTaster - Stone Old Guardian Belgo Barleywine (Stilton):
Beer Search Party - Stone Sublimely Self Righteous (Salemville Amish Blue Cheese Crumbles):
99 Pours - Williams Brothers Gold (Bellingham Blue):
The Beer Nut
I was also glad to see so many people not stress too much about the specific cheeses I recommended. I knew that not everybody would be able to find them going in, but it seemed like the more who could find the same cheeses, the better the experiment would work, because it could more easily be duplicated regardless of location. But I also realized that with beer bloggers so spread out around the world, that in the end it was an impossible task and felt it was better to participate with a substitute cheese then not at all, and as long as the cheeses were somewhat similar, I figured it would still be valid. A number of people also added additional cheeses or could not find substitutions that were similar, so the list below is all of the other and extra cheeses that peoples paired together.
4. Other or Extra Cheeses Paired
Appellation Blog
The Beer Nut
The Pour Curator
The Pour Curator
The Brew Lounge
Wine and Beer of Washington State
Wine and Beer of Washington State
Yours For Good Fermentables
The Pour Curator
The Beer Nut
Part 2: The Extra Special Second Follow-Up Mid-May Session
Okay, I know not everyone will want to go for this, but if you’re with me so far and you’ve already participated in Session #51, here’s the idea for part two. Use the list of beers chosen by everybody for each of the three cheeses that are listed above to try a few more beers with the same cheese. Over the next two weeks, simply pick up some of the other beers that were suggested, and try them with the same three cheeses and do a follow up blog post on Friday, May 20 — which I’m calling Session #51.5 — to explore more fully pairing cheese and beer.
You can write about how your choices compared, or what you learned from the other suggestions, or which out of all the ones you tried worked best. What recommended pairing most surprised you? Which didn’t seem to work at all, for you? It’s my way of taking the Session concept and making it more interactive and collaborative, essentially an “online cheese-off.” First, we made our best recommendations for pairing a beer with these three cheeses, and now we have an opportunity to try as many of the suggestions as we can, and discover which worked best. I’ll then do a second round-up and report the findings of the group as a whole to the beers and the three cheeses together.
Spread the cheese .. er, the word. If you’ve already done Part One, don’t stop now, keep going. Read what your fellow bloggers liked, and pick a few to try yourself. To participate, just post a comment here with a link to your blog post for Session #51.5.
Guinness Ad #67: The Guinness Guide To English Cheese
Our 67th Guinness ad, in honor of the Great Online Beer & Cheese-Off yesterday, is a poster Guinness did in 1965 showing a variety of English cheese with the tagline “Guinness goes well with food.”
They also made a metal sign of the cheese poster, as well, though with a different tagline. In the metal version, it’s “— And Guinness enhance the flavor.” The cheeses, too, are almost the same, but not exactly, plus their order is changed up.
