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Beer In Ads #3806: Wealth Of The West … Poultry

August 3, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from 1944. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This is part of series of ads using the “Wealth of the West” tagline toward the end of World War II. And then a different aspect of the West Coast states’ wealth is highlighted, such as, in this case, poultry, and features a chicken.

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

Beer In Ads #3805: Wealth Of The West … Transportation

August 2, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from 1944. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This is part of series of ads using the “Wealth of the West” tagline toward the end of World War II. And then a different aspect of the West Coast states’ wealth is highlighted, such as, in this case, transportation, and features a train.

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

Beer In Ads #3804: Wealth Of The West … Manufacturing

August 1, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from 1944. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This is part of series of ads using the “Wealth of the West” tagline toward the end of World War II. And then a different aspect of the West Coast states’ wealth is highlighted, such as, in this case, manufacturing.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, History, Washington, Western States

Beer In Ads #3803: Refreshing Thought

July 31, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from 1940. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This is another ad supporting their push into the Alaska market, showing the beer on a silver platter (so you know it’s fancy) and the tagline “Refreshing thought.”

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

Beer In Ads #3802: Pleasant Surprise For Someone Like You

July 30, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from the 1950s. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one shows a woman blindfolding a man and giving him a bottle of beer, which is certainly a pleasant surprise in my book. But given that the tagline is “Pleasant surprise for someone like you,” I have to ask. How did they know?

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

Beer In Ads #3801: Handy Way To Take It Home

July 29, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from the 1950s. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one is from a time when six-packs had not yet become the standard they are today, when companies were still experimenting with what was the right number of cans or bottles for a multi-pack, and Rainier went with six because it was a “handy way to take it home.”

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

Beer In Ads #3800: Take Your Shortcut And …!

July 28, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Wednesday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from the 1950s. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one is showing that while they like innovation, they’re not about to cut corners or take shortcuts in he brewing process, and we’ll point a finger at anyone who suggests otherwise. Still, it’s an interesting way to advertise the brand.

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

Beer In Ads #3799: Everybody’s Saying “I’ll Take Rainier”

July 27, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Rainier Extra Pale Beer,” from the 1950s. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one claims “Everybody’s saying ‘I’ll take Rainier.” But to 1950s Rainier, that means five smiling white people, which, while understandable for the times, is still a little disappointing to modern eyes.

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

Beer In Ads #3798: Rainier’s Plans For ’56?

July 26, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from January of 1956. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one is announcing, or rather teasing, the brewery’s plans for 1956 using two hippos. I don’t know what their plans were, but I guess they were huge.

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

Beer In Ads #3797: Time Has Given Our Hand Its Skill

July 25, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Rainier Beer,” from 1953. This ad was made for the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., who made Rainier Beer, and was later known as the Rainier Brewing Company of Seattle, Washington. This one is celebrating Rainier’s Diamond Anniversary, it’s 75th, in 1953.

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

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