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Beer In Ads #2489: The Walrus And The Carpenter

December 13, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1929. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is titled “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” and features a re-written poem all about eating oysters with Guinness to wash them down. I’ve always been a little creeped out by food that wants to be eaten. It’s a persistent theme in advertising, but if you ever stop to think about what they’re advocating, it’s pretty horrible.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Food & Beer Tagged With: Advertising, Food, Guinness, History, Literature

Beer In Ads #2485: ‘Tis The Choice Of The Gourmet

December 9, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1952. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. This ad, one of many that used Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland begins “‘Tis The Choice of the Gourmet,” and features a Carroll-esque poem about how good beer, and especially Guinness, goes with a variety of gourmet foods.

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

Beer In Ads #2470: Guinness Guide To Country Dishes

November 24, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1953. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Country Dishes,” seven different regional dishes are illustrated, each with a short description about them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each game dish.

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

Beer In Ads #2469: Guinness Guide To More Game Birds

November 23, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1951. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Game Birds,” seven different birds are illustrated, each with a short description about them, and what foods to pair with them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each game bird, and this one includes wild turkey, which we enjoyed for dinner today.

Last week I shared a different Guinness Guide to Game Birds from 1953, two years after this ad, and most of the birds are different between the two ads. Only the pheasant and the woodcock are repeated. There’s also a grouse in both, but in this earlier ad, it’s a Ruffed Grouse (which coincidentally is the state bird of Pennsylvania) rather than a more generic grouse, which is a group of similar birds.

Guinness-1951-guide-to-more-game-birds

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

Beer In Ads #2468: Guinness Guide To English Cheese

November 22, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1965. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to English Cheese,” seven different English cheeses are illustrated, each with a short description about them, and what foods to pair with them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each cheese.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Food & Beer Tagged With: Advertising, Cheese, Food, Guinness, History

Beer In Ads #2467: Guinness Guide To River Fish

November 21, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1965. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to River Fish,” six different river fish plus eels are illustrated, each with a short description of how they’re prepared, and what other foods to pair with them, and how best to prepare them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each fish.

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

Beer In Ads #2466: Guinness Guide To Steaks

November 20, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1956. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Steaks,” seven different cuts of meat are illustrated, each with a short description of how they’re prepared, and what other foods to pair with them, and how best to prepare them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each steak.

Guinness-1956-guide-to-steaks

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

Beer In Ads #2465: Guinness Guide To Shellfish

November 19, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1966 and the 1950s. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Shellfish,” seven different types of shellfish are illustrated, each with a short description of how they taste, and what other foods to pair with them, and how best to prepare them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each fish.

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Guinness also ran this ad in the 1950s, though with a slightly modified layout.

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

Beer In Ads #2464: Guinness Guide To Sea Fish

November 18, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1953. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Sea Fish,” seven different types of fish are illustrated, each with a short description of how they taste, and what other foods to pair with them, and how best to prepare them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each fish.

Guinness-1953-guide-to-sea-fish

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

Beer In Ads #2463: Guinness Guide To Cheese

November 17, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Guinness, from 1951. While the best known Guinness ads were undoubtedly the ones created by John Gilroy, Guinness had other creative ads throughout the same period and afterward, too, which are often overlooked. In this ad, the “Guinness Guide to Cheese,” ten different types of cheese are illustrated, each with a short description of how they taste, and what other foods to pair with them, not to mention how good a glass of Guinness will pair with each cheese.

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers, Food & Beer Tagged With: Advertising, Cheese, Food, Guinness, History

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