St. Stephen porter beer - The good catch!

Biczó András

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Beschreibung

Size: Pre-war 1 Sheet (cca. 95 x 63 cm). In August of 2015 Hungarian beer fans were greatly surprised by good news the St Stephen porter beer became available again after 100 years The bishop of Sz kesfeh rv r announced ceremonially after the Votal Holy Mass that the one time Hungarian beer speciality is produced again The bishopric reconstructed the traditional recipe and employs modern methods for the production While one can taste the flavours of the past by trying the old new beverage this original vintage commercial poster evokes the historical atmosphere of the elder days by its visuality Andr s Bicz s graphics advertised the St Stephen porter beer in 1927 Although the porter dark beer type was originated from London it soon appeared in other countries The St Stephen porter beer was also a classic favourite in Hungary for a long while with its malty bittersweet flavour The product was one of the most popular ones of the K b nyai Polg ri S rf zde Civilian Brewery of K b nya The brewery was founded by Vilmos Freud T szeghy 1847 1910 and the factory was operating from 1894 Several other fine beers were produced from the beginning such as the St Stephen Double Malt the Friend the King etc They soon became favourites of consumers in addition they were awarded with the honorary diploma of the Millennium Exhibition in 1896 by Franz Joseph Austrian Hungarian emperor The company started to export its products which led to international recognition the beers won the Golden Medal of the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 A stock limited company was established by a union with another factory in 1922 but this giant company was first nationalised and then split up after the World War II The creator of this poster Andr s Bicz was a popular poster artist of the time with his typically playful and humorous works His joyous and colourful compositions were designed in a realist style which resulted in charming light hearted posters He illustrated numerous books designed covers and created several posters between the 1920s and the 1940s He often created folksy designs with a historical character and he liked following the taste of the given period This work is also typical of him It precisely depicts the St Stephen porter beer in its original look the dark brown bottle with a specific graphical packaging design The bottle is held by a strong male hand and the whole composition appears in front of a bright yellow background At the top the slogan reads The good catch while the name of the product is written at the bottom of the poster in a red and brown typographic design The appearance of the original packaging is really interesting The colourful graphics of the bottle label shows an old paper reel in the centre with the following script St Stephen Porter Beer Enjoyment and medical beer speciality Produced by the Civilian Brewery of K b nya Original manufactured filling It was designed in a Gothic typography with decorated initial letters There was a male figure on the left side and a female figure on the right side of bottle labels but the latter figure hardly appears here Both figures are wearing traditional folksy costumes the clothing of the male figure can remind of the husz r hussar a specific Hungarian combat arm soldier military attire He is holding a huge old style metal beer stein with cover Under the old paper reel a hilly landscape can be seen with a castle At the bottom of the label the trademark of the product is placed in the middle it is pictured as the red wax stamp of the old paper reel with the image of St Stephen The name of St Stephen can sound familiar for several people However while internationally it is mostly used for the first martyr of Christianity in Hungary Saint Stephen was the name of the first Hungarian king He was crowned in 1000 or 1001 and ruled until his death in 1038 He spread Christianity in the country and also protected the independence of his kingdom from the invading troops of the Holy Roman Emperor. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2397

Bibliografische Details

Titel: St. Stephen porter beer - The good catch!

Erscheinungsdatum: 1927

Einband: Paper, stone lithography.