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These beers ads take me back. When I was growing up, there were two breweries in Tampa (now there are a whole bunch of craft breweries, but that's another story). One was the Anheuser-Busch Brewery and the other, just a few blocks the other side of Busch Blvd (yes, they named it after the beer) was the Schlitz Brewery.
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The former became the site of the first Busch Gardens (sorry Tree, it wasn't St Louis). Originally, the attraction was a botanical garden and exotic birds and brewery tours - with free samples. Later, they added wild animals and a gondola ride, Then came roller coasters and before you knew it, the brewery was gone. The current Busch Gardens covers the entire site as well as extra land acquired since.
http://bgthistory.com/attractions/defunct-attractions/anheuser-busch-brewery/
The Schlitz Brewery didn't have gardens or birds or rides (although, I think they did have tours) and did not have such a glorious end. The company went into decline and was eventually bought by Stroh's who closed the plant in 1999.
https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/1998/11/30/daily6.html
They didn't save the Schlitz.
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Anyway, back to the ads.
I never had Rainier Beer because I live in the wrong part of the country. But, their pre-pohibition ads seem a bit offensive.
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The first two remind me of this totally fake Heineken ad.
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Naraku said:
These beers ads take me back. When I was growing up, there were two breweries in Tampa (now there are a whole bunch of craft breweries, but that's another story). One was the Anheuser-Busch Brewery and the other, just a few blocks the other side of Busch Blvd (yes, they named it after the beer) was the Schlitz Brewery.
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The former became the site of the first Busch Gardens (sorry Tree, it wasn't St Louis). Originally, the attraction was a botanical garden and exotic birds and brewery tours - with free samples. Later, they added wild animals and a gondola ride, Then came roller coasters and before you knew it, the brewery was gone. The current Busch Gardens covers the entire site as well as extra land acquired since.
http://bgthistory.com/attractions/defunct-attractions/anheuser-busch-brewery/
The Schlitz Brewery didn't have gardens or birds or rides (although, I think they did have tours) and did not have such a glorious end. The company went into decline and was eventually bought by Stroh's who closed the plant in 1999.
https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/stories/1998/11/30/daily6.html
They didn't save the Schlitz.
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Anyway, back to the ads.
I never had Rainier Beer because I live in the wrong part of the country. But, their pre-pohibition ads seem a bit offensive.
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The first two remind me of this totally fake Heineken ad.
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Thanks for the memories Naraku I visited Busch Gardens back in the early years and it was still a gardens with out all the extra junk added. :)
 
bakerboy said:
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There is a shop here in Ottawa...
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Hmmm.

:69:, :smileysex1:, and :loveyou: are not so much "love" as "STD vector" emojis.
 
Naraku said:
Not to mention "My nipples explode with delight!" and never forget: "My hovercraft is full of eels."
Does anyone know what the Hungarian line was?
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https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm

Hungarian A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal

Mien Lüchtpöukaan ist vull von sük aalen @Loxuru

See ma hovercraft? See eels? Hit's pure hoachin wi them.
Tha a' bàta-falbhain agam loma-làn easgannan @Eulalia

Min svävare är full med ålar @Barbaria1

Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles @messaline
 
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