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The Pabst Brewing Company (/ ˈ p æ p s t /) is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and was, by 1889, named after Frederick Pabst. It outsources the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor.
Old Milwaukee is a brand of American dry lager owned by the Pabst Brewing Company. The brand currently consists of three different brews: Old Milwaukee Lager, Old Milwaukee Light, and Old Milwaukee Non-Alcoholic.
Pabst Blue Ribbon concession stand at Progressive Field in Cleveland. In the mid-1940s, the brand was the titular sponsor of the radio comedy show Blue Ribbon Town, starring Groucho Marx. Between 1946 and 1949, Pabst sponsored The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show. It later was a sponsor of the radio mystery show Night Beat in the early 1950s.
Lone Star beer was the company's main brand. The beer is still marketed as "The National Beer of Texas." The Lone Star name is now owned by Pabst Brewing Company. Production of Lone Star is currently contracted out to Miller Brewing Company in Fort Worth.
The company was bought in April 1975 by the S&P Company, owned by Paul Kalmanovitz. In the interim, Chicago White Sox announcer Harry Caray endorsed the brew in live TV commercials, many times with a glass of beer in his hand and sipping it. [citation needed] Kalmanovitz also owned General Brewing, Pabst, Pearl, Olympia, and Stroh's. [4]
By far, Pabst's largest agreement is with Miller Brewing Company, which produces Pabst's major brands, as well as Pearl and Lone Star. [32] Although Pabst's more popular beers such as Colt 45, Stroh's, and Pabst Blue Ribbon are produced at virtually every Miller facility, Pearl is only brewed at the Ft. Worth location. [32]
Competing brands that are actually owned by the same company. Cheapism. September 26, 2018 at 1:34 PM.
Its flagship brewery in La Crosse is owned and operated by the City Brewing Company, which purchased it from Pabst in 1999. City chose to use Heileman's name from 1858–1872. It does not have ownership rights over the intellectual property, including beer brand names, associated with the G. Heileman Brewing Company.