Wednesday’s ad is for John Smith’s XXX, from around 1950. John Smith’s is a UK brand and although it’s not part of their current line-up of beers, I presume that the XXX was their strong beer. The smiling man holding the beer looks really familiar as a British comedian of the time, but I can’t quite place who it might be. Anyone have a thought?
Tuesday’s ad is for No. 3 Scotch Ale, from William Younger’s, possibly from 1913. I like its simplicity, and especially the beautiful label.
Monday’s ad is for Frankfurter Bürgerbräu Bock, presumably a German brand from Frankfurt. I”ve always like this poster, using the traditional imagery but in an artistic way, the boy feeding beer to the goat, or is that a kid feeding beer to a kid?
Today’s infographic features a map of the 13 original colonies and the historic breweries located in each of them.
Click here to see the map full size.
Today’s infographic is one I’ve posted before, I believe. It was originally created by Manolith in 2009, but has been making the round since then. It’s a concise “History Lesson: The Story of Beer.”
Click here to see the chart full size.
Friday’s ad is for Birra di Borgofranco, a stylized ad for the Italian beer, possibly from 1911. I couldn’t find anything about the brewery itself. Still, what’s with the waitresses hat. That’s a pretty odd-looking chapeau, or should I say cappello. And the complexion on the man about to spill that beer on his tuxedo? Is he a zombie?
Thursday’s ad is for Bürgerliches Brauhaus, a 19th century Munich brewery that in the 1920s merged with Löwenbräu. This poster was created by famed German artist Ludwig Hohlwein.
Wednesday’s ad is another one for Biere Paillette, from Brasserie Paillette in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. This one shows a woman with a beer in her hand, sitting on a wooden cask and floating high above an ocean sunrise (or is that sun setting?), with a large ocean liner coming toward us full steam ahead. What does all this imagery mean? I haven’t a clue. Does anyone?
Here’s an interesting article, a lengthy, in-depth piece by Kihm Winship entitled Malt Liquor: A History. This is not the first time he’s written about malt liquor. In 2005, he did an article for All About Beer magazine with similar themes, entitled A Story without Heroes: The Cautionary Tale of Malt Liquor. They’re both worth a read, though you may need a drink afterwards, so keep 40 ounces of something handy.
Tuesday’s ad is for Paillette Speciale Pils, from Brasserie Paillette in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. The ad was created by Herve Morvan, who’s oftern referred to as The Genius of French Poster Art.
