Tuesday’s ad is again for Drewery’s, and I believe it’s probably a still from an animated television commercial. It has the stylized look of the animation from that period of time. It must have been a fun commercial.
Beer In Ads #700: Reinheitsgebot Replica
Monday’s ad is the 700th ad in this series! So I wanted to make it something special. This is a replica poster of the original 1516 Reinheitsgebot, one of history’s best marketing gimmicks. I’m not sure who it was created to promote, but it’s still a pretty cool piece of breweriana. Happy 700th.
How To Win The Battle For The Last Beer
San Diego Brewing tweeted this cool ad for Tiger Beer, which they called a “funny commercial for crappy beer.” I don’t think of Tiger as a great beer certainly, more a middle-of-the-road industrial lager. But I may be biased since they had the good sense to make custom View-Master reels a few years ago. At any rate, the commercial is pretty clever, even if it may not make you rush out for some of the beer.
Beer In Ads #699: Still More Flavor, Less Filling, More Fun!
Friday’s ad is again from perhaps the 1950s, a third one for the Indiana brewery Drewerys. It uses the slogan “more flavor, less filling, more fun!” THis one has a third different model making faces to express each idea. Hilarious, that’s Big D. Yet again.
Heineken James Bond Ad
I know I should be complaining that the Ian Fleming character James Bond would never drink Heineken — and I have in the past — but this new commercial for Heineken, which debuted today, is too much fun. I’ve been a huge Bond fan since my dad took me to see Thunderball in the theater when I was six. So this is an especially fun ad since it features items, and people, from previous Bond films. How many can you spot?
Beer In Ads #698: More More Flavor, Less Filling, More Fun!
Thursday’s ad is from perhaps the 1950s, another one for the Indiana brewery Drewerys. It also uses the slogan “more flavor, less filling, more fun!” THis one has a different model making faces to express each idea. Hilarious, that’s Big D. Again.
Beer In Ads #697: Compare The Real Ale Flavor Of This Genuine Ale
Wednesday’s ad is again possibly from the 1950s, and is another ad for the Indiana brewery Drewerys. This one features a Canadian Mountie and the following confusing tagline. “Canada’s Pride Brand Since 1877 … A Product of U.S.A.”
Beer In Ads #696: More Flavor, Less Filling, More Fun!
Tuesday’s ad is from perhaps the 1950s, for the Indiana brewery Drewerys. I’m assuming this is before Miller introduced their Lite beer and the slogan “tastes great, less filling.” Drewerys is using the somewhat similar “more flavor, less filling, more fun!” How about the faces the model is making to express each idea. Hilarious, that’s Big D.
Beer In Ads #695: Heute Bock
Monday’s ad is from 1890, and is for a German, or at least German-speaking, country. The text, “Heute Bock,” translates as “today bock.” I’ve no idea if the ad, undoubtedly a poster of some kind, is for any particular brewery. It looks hand-colored. My guess is it was from a book of some sort. At the top is §11, which here in the states that symbol § is generally used in legal writing for “section” but in Europe it means paragraph in the same way we use the pilcrow sign ¶. So this was likely the cover or title page for Paragraph 11 of something. Anybody got a better explanation, or know what it’s from?
Beer In Ads #694: Boy Did Those Grilled Steaks Used To Taste Swell
Friday’s ad is another pro-beer ad by the United Brewers Industrial Foundation, this one from 1944, when we were fully engage in World War II. The UBIF did a series during the war that reminded people back home what the soldiers fighting on their behalf were missing, and also reminded people what they were fighting for, which in this case was the ability to have a backyard barbecue with steak and beer. I love the text, especially toward the end:
Wholesome and satisfying. how good it is … as a beverage of moderation after a hard day’s work … with good friends … with a home-cooked meal.
A glass of beer or ale — not of crucial importance surely … yet it is little things like this that help mean home to all of us, that do so much to build morale — ours and his.
