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Beer In Ads #2362: Mayflower Mother’s Milk

August 8, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1897. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, the Mayflower sits in a Bay in Massachusetts, but the text of ad discusses “Mother’s Milk” and nursing mothers and how much improvement was seen after trying Pabst Malt Extract.

Pabst-brewing-1897-ship

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

Beer In Ads #2361: Had Been Sick

August 7, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1897. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, a Native American was explaining to a woman that he was no longer sick thanks to the healing pwers of “Pabst Malt Extract.”

Pabst-brewing-1897-indians

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

Beer In Ads #2360: Fatigue And Weakness

August 6, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Sunday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1896. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, another beautiful illustration of knights and churches with the tagline “Fatigue and Weakness” followed by “yield to the persuasive powers of Pabst Malt Extract, “The ‘Best’ Tonic.”

Pabst-brewing-1896-fatigue

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

Beer In Ads #2359: Hear This!!

August 5, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Saturday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1896. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, with a circular gothic window containing the Pabst logo in the center, the headline is simply “Hear This!!” That’s followed by a list of all the tired feelings that you need to fix with some “spring medicine,” also known as Pabst Malt Extract.

Pabst-brewing-1896-hear-this

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

Beer In Ads #2358: The “Best” Tonic

August 4, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Friday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1897. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, another one using the headline “A Pint of Food,” it also is comparing ancient Egypt and America’s beer. Take a close look at the two columns. On the left are scenes of brewing in Egypt, but on the right column you can see modern brewing depicted but in the style of ancient Egypt, which is actually pretty cool.

Pabst-brewing_1897_beer-2

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

Beer In Ads #2357: It Was A Boy….

August 3, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Thursday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1895. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, another beautiful abstract illustration of imagery with barley, hops and the Pabst logo, the “It Was a Boy” text starts a testimonial story of an expecting mother who could feel stronger after drinking a bottle Pabst Malt Extract a day for several weeks, and then gave birth to a son.

Pabst-brewing-1895-a-boy

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

Beer In Ads #2356: Straight From The Shoulder

August 2, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1896. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, there’s a beautiful illustration of a knight holding a Pabst flag riding past a gothic cathedral. The text is poetic and all how their malt extract will make you as a strong as a knight.

Pabst-brewing-1896-straight

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

Beer In Ads #2355: A Pint Of Food

August 1, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is from Pabst, from 1895. Many brewers made other related products besides beer, notably malt extract, to be used primarily in cooking as an ingredient in breads and desserts and even as a tonic. According to Briess, which still offers it today. “What is Malt Extract? Malt can be further processed to produce liquid or dried sweeteners called Malt Extracts.” They were essentially “the original starch- or grain-based sweetener.” Many brewers survived prohibition making malt extract, both for legal uses and for homebrewing, but Pabst was making and advertising decades before. In this ad, entitled “A Pint of Food,” Pabst extolls the virtue of their malt extract as a strength-building tonic and invoking ancient Egypt as the birthplace of beer.

Pabst-1895-pint-of-food

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

Beer In Ads #2173: Harry Von Zell & Bill Goodwin For Pabst

January 31, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Tuesday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1950. In the later 1940s, Pabst embarked on a series of ads with celebrity endorsements, photographing star actors, athletes, musicians and other famous people in their homes, enjoying Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. This one features two celebrities, Harry Von Zell and Bill Goodwin. Von Zell “was an announcer of radio programs and an actor in films and television shows. He is best remembered for his work on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, and for once mispronouncing President Herbert Hoover’s name on the air, a slip that was exaggerated on a later comedy record album.” And Goodwin “was for many years the announcer and a recurring character of the Burns and Allen radio program, and subsequently The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on television from 1950-1951. Upon his departure, he was replaced by Harry von Zell.”

In the ad, the pair of announcers are at a bowling alley, enjoying some beer while throwing a few games. They’re both wearing some pretty audacious bowling shirts, pretty much the only way for a 1950s man to wear any color. Harry’s taking a break and pouring himself a beer, while Bill’s about to (hopefully) knock down some pins.

PBR-1950-von-zell-bill-goodwin

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

Beer In Ads #2172: Larry Hughes For Pabst

January 30, 2017 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Pabst Blue Ribbon, from 1950. In the later 1940s, Pabst embarked on a series of ads with celebrity endorsements, photographing star actors, athletes, musicians and other famous people in their homes, enjoying Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. This one features Larry Hughes. He was the national champion in archery for 1941, using newly developed aluminum arrows. Unlike almost every other Pabst celebrity in this series, there’s very little information about Hughes out there apart from a few simple mentions of him on archery websites. For example, on the efforts of Doug Easton to pioneer aluminum arrows, Abbey Archery has this to say:

1939 saw Doug move to yet another larger facility in Los Angeles. It was at this new facility that Doug began his search for an alternative to the wooden arrow. One of the first set of metal arrows made by Doug during the first year in this new building was given to local champion archer Larry Hughes. Larry shot these arrows very successfully in tournaments until 1941, when Larry won the National Championship with these new metal arrows. However, World War II was now in full force, and aluminum was no longer available for anything that was not war related. This effectively ended Doug’s efforts to perfect the new arrow until the end of the war.

In the ad, Hughes appears to be at an archery range, perched on a ledge, with a beer in his hand. Next to him, from a chair, his drinking buddy is apparently shooting from the clubhouse lounge. But on closer inspection, he’s just holding the arrow in his hand and sighting it, with no bow. I guess somebody’s had a few too many beers, and they took away his bow.

PBR-1950-larry-hughes-life

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Celebrities, History, Pabst, Sports

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