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Beer In Ads #2893: Bière Fine Luxem

February 2, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Bière Fine Luxem, from around 1930. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Bière Fine Luxem, essentially advertising beer from Luxembourg. The poster was created by Belgian artist Jean D’Ylen.

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

Beer In Ads #2892: Brasserie Vandenkerckhove

February 1, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Brasserie Vandenkerckhove, from around 1930. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Brasserie Vandenkerckhove, a Belgian brewery located in Brussels. It was originally founded in 1876 and known as the Herbos Brewery, but was renamed Brasserie L’Etoile in 1893. In 1904, it was acquired by A.J. Vandenkerckhoven. After merging several more time, it closed for good in 1969. The poster was created by French artist O.K. Gerard.

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

Beer In Ads #2891: Bières de la Meuse

January 31, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Bières de la Meuse, from 1896. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Bières de la Meuse, a river that runs through much of France. It was the industrial center of France at one time, and in the mid-1800s boasted over 40 breweries. The poster was created by Swiss artist Marc-Auguste Bastard.

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

Beer In Ads #2890: Bière St. Nicolas de Port

January 30, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Bière St. Nicolas de Port, from 1933. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for the Bière St. Nicolas de Port, located in the Lorraine region of northeast France. The brewery was open until 1985, when the old brewery became what is known today as the Musée Francais de la Brasserie, or French Brewery Museum. The poster was created by French artist Marcellin Auzolle.

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

Beer In Ads #2889: Birra Napoli

January 29, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Birra Napoli, from 1922. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for the Birrerie Meridionali in Napoli, Italy. Originally founded in 1904, the brewery was bought by Peroni in 1929, who kept in going until they closed it in 1955. The poster was created by famous French artist Achille Lucien Mauzan.

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

Beer In Ads #2888: La Perle

January 28, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for La Perle, from 1919. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for the Brasserie de la Perle, which was located in Strasbourg. Originally founded in 1882, the brewery closed in 1971, but in 2015 the great-great-grandson of the founder reopened the brewery as a small craft brewery.

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

Beer In Ads #2887: Bières de Neufchâteau

January 27, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Bières de Neufchâteau, from the 1920s. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Bières de Neufchâteau. Neufchâteau is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It was created by French illustrator Georges Ripart.

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

Beer In Ads #2886: Bière Mètèor

January 26, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Bière Mètèor, from 1925. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Brasserie Mètèor, a French brewery founded in 1811, at least according to the poster. Other sources claim it was 1640. It is located in Hochfelden, north-west of Strasbourg in the department of Bas-Rhin, in the Alsace region of Eastern France.

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

Beer In Ads #2885: Bière De L’Espérance

January 25, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for Bière De l’Espérance, from 1920. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Brasserie de l’Espérance (which means “Brewery of Hope”), a French brewery founded in 1746, near the town of Strasbourg, in the Alsace region of Eastern France.

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

Beer In Ads #2884: Birra Livorno

January 24, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for Birra Livorno, from possibly the late 1890s, though it could be from as late as the 1920s. From the late 1800s until the 1940s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This poster is for Birra Livorno, an Italian brewery founded in 1893. Livorno is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy.

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I also found this second image of the poster showing very different colors.

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

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