Pabst History?

Well, Pabst history IS Falstaff's history once Kalmanovitz (owner of General/Falstaff) got ahold of the company in the mid-80's IIRC - (after it's bought by Heileman, striped of some beers and breweries, and then spun off again- supposed to stay ahead of the anti-trust fed squad). In some respects, the current Pabst company is really more S&P (Falstaff/General/Pearl) dba Pabst, and in most respects the "real" Pabst Brewing Company died with the Heileman purchase/spinoff/sale to S&P and certainly by the time of the eventual closing of the Milwaukee plant.

Pabst is one of the few breweries that had a history written of it while it was still active- THE PABST BREWING COMPANY- The History of an American Business by Thomas Cochran, 1948. Copies are easy enough to find (there's a half dozen for sale by individual dealers at $20-50 here-

) and you'll only have to fill in the

50's thru the 70's to get the whole tale. (Hint- it ain't a pretty story.)

Well, I drank a Pabst back in '63, and drank another one last week in

2006, also, I've got an ol' can of Pabst with church key holes in it, this one ain't made outta that cheap stuff, reckon it's worth anything, even if it is, i ain't sellin', I'll keep this ol' can.

i'm not sure but i'm drinking pabst right now. It's cheap and not bad.

actually i take it back it's some skunky piss beer.