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Beer In Ads #2730: No Matter How You Slice It

August 12, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1971, and features a bottle and mug of beer along with a gold ball and scorecard. This ad was the back of the program for the 1971 Ryder Cup.

Michelob-1971-ryder-cup

Filed Under: Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, Games, History, Michelob, Sports

Beer In Ads #2729: Next Get-Together Make An Unexpected Move …

August 11, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features an on-going game of Monopoly, and somebody has a hotel on Boardwalk. Whoever is playing the Hat is going to need that beer.

Michelob-1972-monopoly

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, Games, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2728: Make A Clean Break

August 10, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features a bottle and mug of Michelob sitting on the edge of a pool table.

Michelob-1972-clean-break

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, Games, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2727: Steal The Show

August 9, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1971, and features a bottle and mug of Michelob, in the spotlight on a stage.

Michelob-1971-steal-the-show

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2726: Do Something A Little Wild

August 8, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features a bottle and mug of Michelob, surrounded by a deck of cards with a few Jokers visible in what looks like a double-deck. The other thing that stands out is that this is an unusual deck of cards, not a standard one, based on the pips I can see. But to be fair, it’s all 2’s and Jokers.

Michelob-1970-little-wild

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2725: Do Unto Others …

August 7, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features two bottles of Michelob, one full and one empty, sitting on a Welcome mat. The empty bottle was obviously emptied into a mug, and there’s also a Michelob bottle opener left on the mat. I guess the idea is you should leave beer on the doorstep of a new neighbor, which on the surface seems neighborly, although I’m not actually seeing a door, so who knows.

Michelob-1970-do-unto-others-2

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2724: If Michelob Were A Ghost …

August 6, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features a bottle of Michelob dressed as a ghost for Halloween. The punchline, or at least the answer to the tagline, is “all the other spirits would be out of business.” Funny. Not true, but funny.

Michelob-1970-ghost

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, Halloween, History, Holidays, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2723: If It’s Your Serve …

August 5, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features two mugs of beer, and a bottle of Michelob sitting on the grass with a racket and tennis ball.

Michelob-1972-your-serve

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2722: Next Picnic, Why Not Do The Unexpected?

August 4, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1970, and features six cans of Michelob — five full and one freshly poured into a mug. Laying over top of the cans is a skewer with a cooked hot dog on one end.

Michelob-1970-next-picnic

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

Beer In Ads #2721: Shoot The Works

August 3, 2018 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is for Michelob, one of the brands created by Anheuser-Busch as a draft-only beer in 1896. It was first packaged in 1961, and its distinctive teardrop bottle won a design award the following year. But that was replaced in 1967 “for efficiency in the production line,” but reverted to a traditional bottle in 2002. This ad is from 1972, and features a can of Michelob and a full mug of beer sitting in the grass, with a sparkler stuck in the ground next to them. Yeah, that seems safe.

Michelob-1972-shoot-the-works

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Anheuser-Busch, History, Michelob

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