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Dr. Kilderkin's Brewtology
MY FOUNDATION
Today, the idea of doctors prescribing alcohol to their patients seems absurd, so I decided to play on that craziness. I personified the beer brand with a fictional character named Dr. William Kilderkin. Soon after failing to sell his snake oil in the Wild West during the turn of the century, he decided to take up medicine because he still wanted to help people feel better somehow. After seeing how good beer made him feel, he decided it could help his patients as well. Many think he partakes in his own medications a bit too much, but he puts their concerns at ease when he says, “Trust me, I'm a doctor.”
MY PATH
Each beer label is a prescription for that particular ‘medication,’ all with a complete list of side effects and ailments that it cures. I started by looking at the medical prescription sheets that doctors used back then. Their Victorian typography and rich, warm color pallet helped shape the brand. To simulate the doctor typing his prescription, I used the typeface American Typewriter. He even includes a portrait of himself so that he patient can see how obviously professional and reputable his medical opinions much be. He is, after all, a doctor, so he must know what he's doing.











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