Article: Stroh's uses family appeal in TV ads to sell product. (Stroh Brewery Co.)

Stroh's uses family appeal in TV ads to sell product

Peter W. Stroh, chairman, Stroh Brewery Co., is only one of four Stroh family members to talk about the qualities of fire-brewed Stroh's beer in four new television commercials.

The new campaign breaks away from traditional beer commercials, according to creator Hal Riney, by featuring the voices of Stroh family members, Peter, John II, and John III heard over film footage of the Bavarian countryside in Germany.

"We felt that the advertising campaigns of many other brewers had become essentially look-a-likes and indistinguishable from each other," Peter Stroh said. "At the same time, though, ...

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