Granny Smith: Redds Green Apple Ale: Ad Analysis

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In today’s beer market there is steep competition especially in the craft and flavor beer segments. The ad I selected this week is “ Granny Smith: Redds Green Apple ale”. This is the link to the ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXMtlktjmg0&list=PLcdp7aRD25al_WofJvE1_LilcTQzjXJE7&index=3.
The ad starts with two millennial men in a convenience store mulling over a beer purchase. The ad takes a unique angle from the inside of the beer cooler full of Redds Green and original Apple Ale looking out at the men in the store. Their thoughts are interrupted when one of the men is hit in the head with a granny smith apple. He falls to the ground and comes to his senses that “ he will get a Redds Green Apple Ale, of course.” The camera pans out to reveal …show more content…

The ad adheres to psychographic segmentation by matching the lifestyle of the millennial on the go and looking for a convenient fun beer to match their fun-loving lifestyle (Belch, 2015). The Redds Green Apple Ale ad plays off of the common sense technique that is still used today by V8 juices with their slogan “ Should have had a V8” is remarking similar to the apple hitting the protagonist in the head and then them exclaiming “ I will have a Redds Apple Ale”. It is a tried and true technique that is similar to V8 but not entirely obvious.
Slice Of Life is utilized to show the problem of not knowing what beer to choose and the apple hitting the main character over the head to remind him of Redds as a solution. By using Slice of Life the ad has a humorous undertone and matches well with the target consumers lifestyle. Personality symbol is done well with the “Granny Smith” character that is revealed at the end of the ad she is sweet and sassy like the new green apple beer. Redds does a nice job developing her character and “Fans can find Granny Smith in TV spots, social and digital advertising and learn more about her at

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