Vinepairs' five worst booze ads of all time

[boingboing]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/07/26/vinepairs-five-worst-booze-ads-of-all-time.html

…

[ikeOnABike]

Versus the ad for the Worst booze of all time in my opinion:

Cooler Ad: Blue Cheese - Saturday Night Live

[ZamboniWogglebug]

So what’s the best booze ad? One of the old “Less Filling, Tastes Great” Miller Lite ads of the '80s?

[leicester]

Perhaps any of the Olympia “artesians” ads:

Olympia Beer Artesian Song ~ 1981 Commerical

Or Rainier:

Rainier Beer- Motorcycle Commercial Restored (Feature Documentary OFFICIAL TEASER #1)

[Melizmatic]

Contributed by Ruben Bolling.

[robertmckenna]

@ZamboniWogglebug

So what’s the best booze ad?

I was looking up recipes one time, it was early COVID, and trying to understand the different Italian liquor / herb extract wines and I went down a rabbit hole of old Italian ads for them as aperitivos. So many of them for Punt e Mes, Carpano Antican Formula and so many others. Gorgeous Italian style from the 60s and bold colours.

It was a lovely hour.

[Surprise_Puma]

The best ad for alcohol is anything that implies that Guinness makes you strong and healthy.

I will fight anyone who dares argue, though only after I’ve had a few Guinness.

[hastur]

XXXX because Queenslanders can’t spell “beer”?

CASTLEMAINE XXXX Sherry Ad 1986

[leicester]

Carlton Draught - Beer Chase

[Telcontar]

The Tennent’s lager ad that introduced a third (fourth?) national anthem to Scotland:

Tennent's Lager "Caledonia" advert

[Beanolini]

@ZamboniWogglebug

So what’s the best booze ad?

Metz - Judderman (2000, UK)

[Purplecat]

@ZamboniWogglebug

So what’s the best booze ad?

There’s always the really high quality “let’s turn the negatives of our product into a key selling point” ads from Guinness:

Guinness Surfer Ad (with Horses) 1998

[robertmckenna]

That’s a Jonathan Glazer short! The ad thing is uninteresting. I mean it really is just tacked on “I have this really cool sequence planned that will cost a fortune and I can tangentially retcon it to your campaign but it will look amazing. Thanks!”

[milliefink]

Are there any ads, best or worst, aimed at and starring women? Women drink it too, ya know.

[xkot]

Here you go:

Martini & Rossi Angie Dickinson Burt Bacharach

I award this ad from my youth the cheesiest alcohol ad of all time.

[milliefink]

[xkot]

As I understand it, it’s the Natural Light of sweet vermouths.

[Amanitiac]

it’s a decent stout and for whatever reason slightly less calories than a shit tier lager like bud.

[SpunkyTWS]

Not a real ad but I absolutely would buy this and I’m not even a fan of pale ales.

[Surprise_Puma]

When I went searching for beer ads featuring women as something other than props for male gaze, I think few will be surprised that the outcome was disappointing. One category of ad I was not expecting was the “Guinness is good for your pregnancy” category.

I kind of think that might be my mother. I vaguely remember that dress and I absolutely remember that deadpan “you’re why I drink” expression.