
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

By Jay Brooks

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

By Jay Brooks

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.

By Jay Brooks

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

By Jay Brooks

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

By Jay Brooks

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

By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for Bier

By Jay Brooks

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,

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.

By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for

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.

By Jay Brooks

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

By Jay Brooks

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

