Today’s beer video is part four of the film The American Brew that was produced by Anheuser-Busch’s Here’s To Beer campaign in 2008. The DVD is still actually available from Amazon. Enjoy.
Beer In Ads #1061: Real Pleasure Awaits You
Saturday’s ad is for San Miguel, from 1958. A smiling woman reaches out for a glass of Pale Pilsen, the most popular beer in the Philippines.
Beer Film #4: The American Brew, Pt. 3
Today’s beer video is part three of the film The American Brew that was produced by Anheuser-Busch’s Here’s To Beer campaign in 2008. The DVD is still actually available from Amazon. Enjoy.
Beer In Ads #1060: A Pleasant Interruption
Friday’s ad is for Schlitz, from 1952. In this case the interruption that’s so pleasant is the little woman bringing her man, who’s busy working on the taxes, a beer. He certainly looks pleased. In my household it’s my wife doing the taxes, while I cheer her on from the sidelines, while both of us drink beer.
Archeologists Discover Ancient Brewer’s Tomb In Egypt
This is pretty cool news. Egypt’s minister of antiquities, Mohammed Ibrahim, is reporting today that a group of archeologists from Japan “have unearthed the tomb of an ancient beer brewer in the city of Luxor that is more than 3,000 years old.” According to Ibrahim, “the tomb dates back to the Ramesside period and belongs to the chief ‘maker of beer for gods of the dead’ who was also the head of a warehouse,” adding “that the walls of the tomb’s chambers contain ‘fabulous designs and colors, reflecting details of daily life … along with their religious rituals.'”
Inside the brewer’s tomb. [Photo: Supreme Council of Antiquities]
The Luxor tomb “is home to a large and famous temple complex built by Amenhotep III and later by Rameses II. The “Japanese team found the tomb during work on another tomb belonging to a top official under Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who died around 1354 BC.” See the BBC for the full story, though there’s not too much about it yet. Apparently, after it’s fully excavated they plan on opening it to visitors. Now that’s a vacation I’d sign up for.
A wall inside the brewer’s tomb. [Photo: Supreme Council of Antiquities]
Beer Film #3: The American Brew, Pt. 2
Today’s beer video is part two of the film The American Brew that was produced by Anheuser-Busch’s Here’s To Beer campaign in 2008. The DVD is still actually available from Amazon. Enjoy.
Beer In Ads #1059: Bud Sailing
Thursday’s ad is for Budweiser, from either the 1950s or early sixties. Showing two couples sailing, well one of them is, while everybody’s drinking bottles of Budweiser. I always thought bottles weren’t allowed on boats; shouldn’t they be drinking from cans? But I love this copy. “An off-shore breeze, cool spray on your face, the swirl of water slushing in her wake. On sailing days like this, you’ll find Budweiser an ever welcome addition to your crew. Lift its foaming, bubbling goodness to your lips and each sip will tell you ….”
Beer Film #2: The American Brew, Pt. 1
Today’s beer video is part one of the film The American Brew that was produced by Anheuser-Busch’s Here’s To Beer campaign in 2008. The DVD is still actually available from Amazon. Enjoy.
Beer In Ads #1058: A New Year’s Resolution That A Man Can Keep
Wednesday’s New Year’s ad is for Guinness, from 1935. A glass of Guinness every day, that’s all they ask. I suppose there’s worse ways to spend a year.
Prosit Neujahr
Prosit Neujahr, or Happy New Year, from an old German postcard circa 1916. Wishing you and yours a very good 2014.
