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Beer In Ads #3718: Coors Glamour Gal

May 6, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from the 1890s or early 1900s. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one also may have been from a calendar Coors produced, or was possibly a stand-alone poster, and again features, as was common at the time, a Gibson Girl, which was “the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of “thousands of American girls.”

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

Beer In Ads #3716: Coors, Phone Home

May 4, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1982. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one shows the alien from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” behind a bar, with the tagline “If you go beyond your limit, please don’t drive. ‘Phone Home.'” It’s actually a nice play on the catch phrase from the film and PSA ads at the time encouraging people not to drink and drive. The film and the ad are both from 1982, so it seems like it would have been a timely ad.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, Entertainment, Film, History

Beer In Ads #3715: The Surprise Is How Good It Tastes

May 3, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1981. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one shows what I presume are a quartet of football players on the same team (given that they’re wearing the same jerseys but with different numbers). Even with the tagline “The surprise is how good it tastes,” the look of surprise on their faces is pretty overblown. And it’s also hard not to notice just how overly white their teeth are; it’s so over the top they’re glowing.

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

Beer In Ads #3714: Cash For Cans

May 2, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1974. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one plays into the burgeoning ecology movement in the 1970s with the headline “CASH for CANS” and is about beer distributor’s recycling efforts.

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

Beer In Ads #3713: Coors, Naturally

May 1, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1969. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one shows an idyllic mountain spring outdoor setting with the tagline “tastes refreshing, Naturally.”

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

Beer In Ads #3712: Coors Lager Beer

April 30, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1890. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one is fairly simple, just showing two bottles, one of their Export Beer and the other of Pilsener Lager Beer. The font is rather interesting, though. I wonder what that specific font might be?

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

Beer In Ads #3711: Coors, Out In Front

April 29, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from the 1930s. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one features a knight on a horse, with the tagline “OUT IN FRONT … Where Quality is the Watchword.”

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

Beer In Ads #3710: Coors, Of Course

April 28, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from the 1930s. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one features a woman with a beer in her hand, saying “What a mellow flavor — and how it makes one glow,” to which the ad replies “That’s Why Most Folks Say —” leading to the headline “Coors, of Course.” I love that they’re making such a big deal out of “that glowing after-effect produced by Coors Golden Beer.” And one of the reasons for that “glow” is “its full legal stimulant content.”

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

Beer In Ads #3709: Coors Leadership

April 27, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1936. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one features the headline “Leadership” and then proceeds to try to make the case that good leadership makes the beer taste better, sort of, at least it’s a bit of stretch to connect the two, although that seems to be the case for all of their advertising throughout the later half of the 1930s.

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

Beer In Ads #3708: Brewed With Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water

April 26, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Coors Beer,” from 1936. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one features the tagline that would be used for decades, even to the present day, “Brewed with Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water.”

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

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