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Beer In Ads #2942: Dortmunder Union

March 23, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for Dortmunder Union, from 1960. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. Swiss artist Herbert Leupin did a series of posters promoting beer by both the Swiss Breweries’ Association and the German Brewers Association. that began in the 1950s. He also later did work for specific breweries, such as Dortmunder Union.

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

Beer In Ads #2940: Two Beer Glasses

March 21, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for an illustration of two beer glasses, from sometime in the late 1859s or 1960s. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This may have been part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century, but it looks more like an early draft of something. It was created by Swiss artist Herbert Leupin.

Leupin-2-glasses

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

Beer In Ads #2939: The Beer Boatman

March 20, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for Der Bier-Schiffer, or The Beer Boatman, from 1966. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. It was created by Swiss artist Herbert Leupin.

Bier im Boot

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

Beer In Ads #2938: The Sun Hat

March 19, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Tuesday’s ad is for Der Sonnenhut, or the sun hat, from 1966. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. It was created by Swiss artist Herbert Leupin.

Bier mit Hut

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

Beer In Ads #2937: The Beer Umbrella

March 18, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Monday’s ad is for Der Sonnenschirm, or the beer umbrella, from 1966. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. It was created by Swiss artist Herbert Leupin.

Bier mit Sonnenschirm

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

Beer In Ads #2936: Beer On Football

March 17, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Sunday’s ad is for Bier auf Fußball, or “Beer on Football,” from 1960. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. It was created by Swiss artist Herbert Leupin.

Leupin-Fussball

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

Beer In Ads #2935: Beer Is Something Good

March 16, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Saturday’s ad is for bier ist etwas Gutes, or “Beer is Something Good,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century, though I’m not sure it was originally created for the German Brewers Association, but it appears they may have also used the poster in their own advertising efforts. It was created by Swiss artist Celestino Piatti.

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Images online tend to have either a darker background or a lighter one, as seen below, and it’s unclear if there were two different versions of the poster or if it’s just the way it was scanned or photographed.

beer-something-good-lt

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

Beer In Ads #2934: Fresh Beer

March 15, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Friday’s ad is for frisches Bier, or “Fresh Beer,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. The title of it is actually The “Blue Medallion,” and in addition to the poster, they made promotional oval signs. It was created by German artist Heinz Fehling.

frisches-bier

They must have made a lot of the enamel signs, because they’re all over the internet, on sites like eBay and other breweriana and collectible websites.

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

Beer In Ads #2933: The Beach Babe

March 14, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Thursday’s ad is for kühles Bier, or “Cool Beer,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. The title of it is actually “The Badenixe,” which translates as either “beach babe” or “bathing beauty,” although that does not appear on the poster itself. It was created by German artist Heinz Fehling.

Kuhles-Bier-babe

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

Beer In Ads #2932: The Worker

March 13, 2019 By Jay Brooks

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Wednesday’s ad is for kühles Bier, or “Cool Beer,” from 1954. From the late 1800s until the 1960s, poster art really came into its own, and in Europe a lot of really cool posters, many of them for breweries, were produced. This is part of a series of posters promoting beer by the German Brewers Association in the mid-20th century. The title of it is actually “The Worker,” although that does not appear on the poster itself. It was created by German artist Heinz Fehling.

Kuhles-Bier-dude

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

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