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The Pabst Brewing Company’s CEO has offered up to $20,000 for information leading to the recovery of 1,602 missing cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, marking a unusual public reward in a corporate inventory mystery.
Pabst Brewing CEO Greig DeBow offers up to $20,000 for information to recover 1,602 cases of PBR stolen from a Montclair, California warehouse, part of the 'Great American Beer Heist,' with a Sept. 9 deadline and total missing value around $70,000 as investigators probe related cargo thefts.
Two thefts at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, Calif., on Aug. 17 drained about 40,000 pounds (roughly 34,000 cans) of Pabst Blue Ribbon and non-alcoholic Old Milwaukee beer, worth about $70,000. One haul was $45,000 worth destined for Tucson; a second $25,000 batch was allegedly claimed with fake documents. Police are investigating whether the incidents are connected, while Pabst has leaned into the caper with a lighthearted social-media promo.
Pabst Brewing Company is asking the public to help solve the theft of more than 40,000 pounds of beer from an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California, after two cargo thefts that involved fake documents and a shipment worth tens of thousands of dollars. The company is offering a reward and has publicly called for the beer’s return, noting that no trucks were stolen, only the beer inside. Investigators are linking the incidents and continuing the probe as roughly 34,000 cans were taken (about 33,984 cans).
Two separate thefts at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center near Los Angeles stole about 34,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee—valued at roughly $70,000—with one shipment to Tucson intercepted and a second load secured via fake paperwork; investigators are examining whether the incidents are connected, while Pabst responded with humor on social media and urged the cargo's return.
Pabst Brewing posted a reward after thieves used false documentation to steal 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer from a Montclair, California distribution center, a shipment valued at about $25,000; a separate $45,000 shipment bound for Tucson was stolen earlier the same day, and authorities are investigating possible ties between the two incidents as part of a fraudulent cargo operation.
Two cargo-theft incidents at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California involve a missing Pabst Blue Ribbon truck and about $70,000 in beer; police say the Aug. 17 thefts may be connected, with discrepancies in the trucking company, driver and vehicles. A first shipment (~$45K) bound for Tucson vanished, followed by a ~$25K fraudulent pickup; no suspects named yet. Pabst has urged tips and even set an unusual deadline to recover the truck as investigators probe potential links to a single operation.
A Montclair, CA, truck carrying about 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen. Pabst posted on social media setting an 18-day-44-minute deadline to return the vehicle, offering a reward and coordinating with authorities as the search continues.
Beer drinkers on Reddit have voted for the 12 worst-tasting beers, including Milwaukee's Best, Coors Light, Budweiser, and Pabst Blue Ribbon. The list also includes any pumpkin-flavored beer, Beer 30, Heineken, Icehouse, Rolling Rock, Kirkland Light, Iron City, and any India Pale Ale. Many of these beers are associated with college days and are considered bottom-of-the-barrel beverages in terms of quality.