Vintage UK Beer & Booze Adverts (Vol.11)

[@davidbowie2046]

All reminds of my teenage years, when i was first going out. Remember Holsten Pils being one of the only bottled lagers around at the time, then Becks and Bud came along. Kestrel Lager! I sneaked a few cans of the stuff into school when I was 13 ;)

[@RetroSteveUK]

First time I tasted beer I was about 9. I asked my stepdad if I could try some and he said no, but then left me a mouthful in the can so I could see what it tasted like. I wasn't impressed. 😂

[@stevedickson5853]

Here we are in 2024 , how many local boozers have since disappeared, sad times.

[@db111]

I think a young Bill Nighy in the Guinness advert and the talking bird. Thanks for another trip to happier times.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Yes, definitely a young Bil Nighy. Can't mistake those facial mannerisms.

[@simonkevnorris]

I recall seeing Bill on an old Minder episode where he played a journalist where Mad Mickey did a runner from an open prison and tried to get his sentence reviewed. Arfur tried to get distraught little paws in it course.

[@nellyfett2681]

Really fancy a drink now!

[@RetroSteveUK]

Me too, but I need to give it a rest since overdoing it over Christmas and New Year. 🥴

[@nellyfett2681]

@@RetroSteveUK shrugs shoulders- I'll have one for you later!

[@RetroSteveUK]

@@nellyfett2681 🍻

[@Whoopij1]

Yes the treasure hunt carling black label ad. Absolutely wonderful ❤❤

[@ClareDSummer24]

Happy New Year and another great video 🤍

[@Matty112uk]

Not much of 'boozer' now, but love these old beer and booze ads. They don't make them like they used to. Heck, I don't think they'd get away with some of these now!

[@dieseldragon6756]

When these were on telly as a kid I never thought twice about seeing a Mountie advertising a beer. But now I'm all grown up and understand who the *RCMP* are, this puts a totally different spin on things! 😁 Whoever served those constables their beers are gonna get in trouble: Serving alcohol to a uniformed officer is a *big* no-no! 😉

[@RetroSteveUK]

I doubt they got permission from the RMCP at the time. Given the lack of worldwide instant communication like we have now, they probably flew under the radar.

[@danielsmith9817]

Another great collection 🍻

[@El-Ritmo]

Wow - 1:28 - I've never seen Bill Nighy so young! (At least, _I think_ it's Bill Nighy - there is that 1% doubt that it's just someone who looks like him.)

[@RetroSteveUK]

Nah, it's definitely him. Look at those facial mannerisms.

[@El-Ritmo]

@@RetroSteveUK Yeah, I rewatched that section a few times after I posted my comment and removed the doubt 😀

[@El-Ritmo]

The "blind" bloke in the Hugh Laurie-voiced _Tennent's Pilsner_ ad - 7:56 - is Jeremy Swift, possibly best known nowadays as Higgins in _Ted Lasso_ . (Perhaps anyone else who cares already recognised him, but it's been driving me crazy for the last few hours as his identity was on the tip of my tongue but I couldn't place him, then suddenly a lightbulb went on and I _had_ to share! 😁🤣 I will now actually be able to sleep tonight.)

[@RetroSteveUK]

Thank you. I thought he looked a bit like Ryan Stiles.

[@Leon-lt5gv]

Remember Labattes lager 🤣

[@onenightblitz]

3:02 sounds familiar, like it's selling me motor oil

[@RetroSteveUK]

Yeah, it definitely has that vibe.

[@jwb52z9]

Denis Leary is an example of the fact that American actors almost never do American commercials.

[@JamBar1873]

1:50 the Ben Truman advert is one of the creepiest commercials I have ever seen. What was going on??

[@RetroSteveUK]

I think it looks like they've filmed an actor in a real set and traced/drawn over it to create this animation style. It's ended up with one of those "Uncanny Valley" type of effects.

[@JamBar1873]

To me he looked depressed in his job, was contemplating what went wrong on his way home, and when he heard the clock chime that was the final straw and he was going to end it all. Freaked me out.

[@bobbiescrisps9208]

@@JamBar1873yep doesn’t quite sell it to me. Looks a bit like I better get my hit of alcohol before I do something stupid 😮

[@RIXRADvidz]

Look what I'm missing out on by being tea-total. owell, I did have a good time whilst I was a Drinker, Tanqueray n Tonic, Jose Cuervo, Lowenbrau Dark Beer, then it was Vodka tonic Triple to make the day go away. and it did, thank goodness we have legal weed here in Denver, or else, I'd still be out there causing ALL the Problems LOL !!!

[@RetroSteveUK]

If I'm honest, I'm having to lay off the drink myself at the moment. I'm having one or two 'health issues' starting to show. 😬 It's fruit squash, water and diet pop for me for the foreseeable. Bit of a challenge.

[@RIXRADvidz]

@@RetroSteveUK hesh teq BTDT Been there Done That. it's hard giving up a good friend, after about 6 weeks you'll notice the difference, it goes quick. You Got This !!!

[@RetroSteveUK]

@@RIXRADvidz Thanks, brother. Early stages for me I think, so I'm trying to do something before it gets too hard to change habits. 😣👍

[@RIXRADvidz]

@@RetroSteveUK 🦾Stayin' Strong Withya!

[@mattw8332]

I was just finishing a pint of Woodfordes Wherry Real Ale as I watched this! 🍺 Started going out drinking in the mid 1990s. Back then it was lager such as Carlsberg, Fosters and Stella Artois. I never liked Carling very much.

[@RetroSteveUK]

I'm quite partial to the odd Kronenbourg 1664 these days. Nice flavour and a decent strength.

[@El-Ritmo]

I don't think that Ian Botham _Dansk LA_ advert was fully thought through - your spokesperson can only say it tastes just like real lager at gunpoint? I mean, it's Carlsberg, which doesn't taste of anything anyway 😛, but isn't that exactly the opposite of the message you want to send? I kept expecting an additional, gun-free endorsement, but no. Weird.

[@RetroSteveUK]

Reverse psychology maybe?

[@El-Ritmo]

@@RetroSteveUK Yeah, something along those lines was the best I could come up with as an explanation, but if so it's a failure.

[@nellyfett2681]

Yeah, that's a wierd one. Also Beefy is the best man for alcohol free?!

[@carolined668]

Who was the bloke the last advert??

[@nellyfett2681]

​@@carolined668Dennis Leary

[@chriswaring5565]

THE SCHWEPPES AD THE TENNIS PLAYER IS NASTY SPORTS TEACHER MR HICKS IN GRANGE HILL GEOFF THE THE BULLET BAXER THUMPED SLIPPED ON THE WET FLOOR DID YOU?

[@RetroSteveUK]

Indeed

[@davidattwell2574]

Guinness tastes horrible 😊😊😊

[@simonkevnorris]

If you drink too much of it your poo turns dark!

[@FatNorthernBigot]

If you're playing "spot the ethnic minority", Burt Kwouk is in there somewhere.😂

[@RetroSteveUK]

British Burt Kwouk is in the Carlsberg ad at 08:46. Born in Lancashire, England in 1930 to Chinese parents. Fun fact .. the population of China is around 1.4 billion; more than most of the western world combined.