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Beer In Ads #2754: Good Things Go With … Schaefer

September 5, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Schaefer Beer, “first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company.” This ad, from 1947, features an illustrated party platter and another magic beer bottle, showing a full glass but an only half-empty bottle. And what’s the deal with the dog?

Schaefer-1947-good-things

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

Beer In Ads #2753: Thirst Aid

September 4, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Schaefer Beer, “first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company.” This ad, from 1938, features a scene poolside or at the beach, with a woman surrounded by two men in tank tops serving her Schaefer beer, with smiles all around.

Schaefer-1938-thirst-aid

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

Beer In Ads #2752: Schaefer, Beer At Its Best

September 3, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Schaefer Beer, “first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company.” This ad, from 1945, features a woman dressed to the nines relaxing with a beer. Apparently her “ensemble” was “stylized by John Frederick,” whoever that is.

Schaefer-1945-stylized

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

Beer In Ads #2751: You Can’t Beat It

September 2, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Schaefer Beer, “first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company.” This ad, from 1946, features a woman gardener (as evidenced by the hoe she’s holding) who has a glass of beer held up to her lips. She looks like she stopped as she was about to take a sip and gave a side glance to someone watching her. Her smile seems to say. “Yeah, I’m going to drink it. You got a problem with that?”

Schaefer-1946-beat-it

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

Beer In Ads #2750: Good Things Go With Schaefer

September 1, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Schaefer Beer, “first produced in New York City during 1842 by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company.” This ad, from 1947, features the tagline “Good Things Go With Schaefer,” and shows a basket on the front of a bicycle being loaded with items from the grocery store. Curiously, there’s no bag, which seems a little odd; that’s a lot of glass to go riding with on a bumpy road. What could go wrong? But I like that the cyclist is adding a wheel of camembert cheese to the basket, since that’s certainly a good thing that goes with beer.

Schaefer-1947-bicycle

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

Beer In Ads #2749: Good Taste Runs In The Family

August 31, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1969, and features the headling “Good Taste Runs In The Family,” and shows the family of draft, bottles, and cans. And, of course, at the bottom of the ad, is the tagline “In Beer, Going First Class Is Michelob. Period.”

Michelob-1969-family

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2748: Dedicated To The Proposition That All Beers Are Not Created Equal

August 30, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1969, and features a mug of beer and a half-empty bottle sitting a parchment that’s meant to resemble the Declaration of Independence, only in this case it’s “Dedicated to the proposition that all beers are not created equal.” And, of course, at the bottom of the ad, is the tagline “In Beer, Going First Class Is Michelob. Period.”

Michelob-1969-dedicated

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2747: Draw Your Own Conclusions

August 29, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1968, and features a mug of beer being filled from a tap, with the largest headline in gold, “Draw Your Own Conclusions.” Naturally, at the bottom of the ad, is the tagline “In Beer, Going First Class Is Michelob.”

Michelob-1968-draw-your-own

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2746: Sometimes I Wonder…

August 28, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1968, and features a Michelob bottle anthropomorphized with eyelashes and a speech bubble saying “Sometimes I wonder if you like me for myself … or just my shape. Hmm. And of course, at the bottom of the ad, is the tagline “In Beer, Going First Class Is Michelob.”

Michelob-1968-like-me-myself

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2745: No Splashy Picture. No Long Story.

August 27, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1967, and features no splashy picture or no long story, just an empty bottle of Michelob beside an empty mug, thick with residual foam. And of course, at the bottom of the ad, is the tagline “In Beer, Going First Class Is Michelob.”

Michelob-1968-no-long-story

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

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