Mr. Clete and a cold one, art by Jo Buffalo

In the 1960s and ’70s, I kept a notebook of beer articles, clippings, ephemera, but I hadn’t opened it in 30 or 40 years, until this week. I found things I had long forgotten.

A keg label from Utica Club’s dark ale, a staple at Capt. Mac’s in Syracuse.

Art by S. Clay Wilson

A cameo by a bottle of Coors in a Playboy centerfold

In an era of light lagers, the arrival of bock beer season was a cause for celebration.

Beer in the arts; a clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Linoleum-block prints by Kihm Winship, circa 1971.

Hop pickers, Otsego County, N.Y.