A Dash of Bitters

A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, barware, bars, and bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a writer and hobbyist mixer in Brooklyn.

Ad of the Week: Budweiser

June 25th, 2010

Back after a brief hiatus. This ad, from the February 1957 issue of Playboy, is the first color liquor ad to run in the magazine. It would surprise modern audiences to know how much of Playboy‘s early content was monochrome.

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This, I needn’t add, is barely even subliminal.

A Dash of Bitters

A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, barware, bars, and bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a writer and hobbyist mixer in Brooklyn.