The best Beer adverts
Our picks of the best beer ads
Big Ad Carlton Draught (2005, George Patterson Y&R)
Don't
recognize Carl Orff's Carmina Burana? Does this picture jog your
memory? Hugely popular, it won awards and a permanent place in the
Aussie consciousness as a download.
The Spa Hahn Premium Light (2003 Clemenger BBDO)
She drops her robe to the floor and slides smoothly into the spa bath. She closes her eyes, sighs, and reclines on the back of the tub, and then... SPLASH! She is rudely interrupted by her Hahn drinking, dive-bombing boyfriend who can't understand what he has done wrong.
The Tongue Toohey's Extra Dry (2005, kwp! Advertising)
The premise is simple, really. Toohey's Extra Dry is so good that your tongue will uproot itself from your mouth, squelch leech-like down the stairs and across the street (braving the perils of cars and cats), crash a party, go for a quick swim, carry a bottle twice it's own size back across the street and up the stairs to your bedroom where it will strategically place the ice cold brew in your mouth. Hmm... if our tongues could do that, we don't think that beer would be the first thing on our minds.
Flashbeer Carlton Draught (2007, George Patterson Y&R)
In just under two minutes, wannabe beer brewer Kevin Cavendish won our hearts and won the job... and possibly did his hammy. This hilarious spoof of the 1980s classic Flashdance won a bronze medal at the 2007 Cannes Lion Awards.
The Truck Pure Blonde (2007, Clemenger BBDO)
Aryan nirvana. Gorgeous blond people frisk and frolick with bunnies and butterflies, at peace with the universe. Until the Pure Blonde truck driver turns up and opens his stubby with a dove. We feel violated (and thirsty) just thinking about it!
VB Orchestra Victoria Bitter (2008, George Patterson Y&R)
Part symphony orchestra, part beer-swilling yob, this commercial makes you listen, makes you laugh and makes the old VB jingle stick in your head. You'll find yourself muttering ‘a hard earned thirst deserves a big cold beer... and that cold beer is Vic!'.