Pabst, don’t subcontract your beer.
Pabst, it really was not so good to know you.
They can solve it over a beer?
Hey Pabst: The old Olympia Brewing is vacant and ready to start producing cheap beer again - why not buy that and actually make some beer yourselves?
Flexing their monopoly position in a regulated industry.
Pabst vs Miller
I choose Genny Cream Ale. :)
Sounds like Pabst is screwed. Miller/Coors contract is up 2020. Don’t think Miller/Coors can be forced to brew for Pabst.
Pabst is definitely the best of the cheaper standard american beers. I have to admit it’s been a few years since i had one though
There are some truly awful, horrible beers being discussed here.
None of these named beverages are worthy.
Subcontracting beer, from a competitor,
then complains when competitor acts like a competitor
The dirt is in the contract details...
They also make Schlitz. Mmmm.
why does’t Pabst just brew its own beer?
Why would a brewery pay competitive brewery to make its products, then whine about it?
That would be as ridiculous as the United States paying Russia to produce engines for our space rockets.
(Oh... wait)
The old names in American brewing are not the worst examples one could use to point out how the third generation scuttles a family business.
From what I understand, Pabst stopped brewing its own beer and contracted with Millers/Coors to brew their beer for them.
Now Millers/Coors wants to use their own factories to brew their own beers when the contract with Pabst expires. Pabst is suing have a court force their competitor to continue brewing beer for them.
I’m long past the point where I’d rather have a 6 pack of cheap beer than one or two nice beers, so I don’t have a dog in this fight. But Millers/Coors position seems very reasonable, even it means the end of PBRs.
A Special an egg and a schooner will set you back about 10 bucks including a tip for the bar tender. For years they served PBR, always tasted great in a frozen schooner and alongside old friends or new ones.
Been going there since 1972. Still great but not the same as it used to be.
Now they have 10 different beers of all types on tap or bottles kids birthday parties, wedding parties (an old tradition actually), and way too many trendy types. Still love the place, though:
How does PBR become a hipster favorite?
I grew up drinking PBR and Schlitz beer, as well as Goebells and Stroh’s Bohemian.
But they are finally starting to return to their roots. Their new thought process is creating a step away from the counter culture of the 70’s and 80’s that introduced urban hipsters as the spotlight consumers of the product.
But in the 2000’s they have converted their marketing to the sponsorship of indie music, local businesses, facial hair clubs (RVA Beard League), post-collegiate sports teams,[ dive bars and radio programming like National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. The company encourages fan art to be submitted online, which is subsequently shown on the beer’s official Facebook page.
Since 1844, Pabst Brewing Company has been American-owned and operated, and is North America’s largest privately held brewing company. Pabst’s portfolio includes iconic brands with deep ties to America’s heritage, including its flagship Pabst Blue Ribbon and others such as Lone Star, Rainier, Ballantine IPA, Schlitz, Old Style, National Bohemian, Stag, Stroh’s, and Old Milwaukee.
Pabst and it’s other brands are brewed in different countries in the world. For instance In Canada, Pabst Blue Ribbon is brewed by Sleeman Breweries of Guelph, Ontario (although credited as ‘Stroh Canada’ on the labeling. They make two different beers there that contain a 4.9% and a 5.9% alcohol level. In China, the Pabst brewery is located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. They produce a beer called Pabst Blue Ribbon 1844 at that location.
So with their new marketing programs and increased efforts to contact with a more diverse group, they have rebounded. And they are doing it the old fashioned way, they are earning it. And that is how capitalism actually works. It’s called better products and service through competition. I’m not a big fan of their product, and Rainier is a major product brewed in the area I live in, but I appreciate their efforts to succeed.
rwood
If your contract is up, or it has a clause that one party can terminate, and you have no contingency plans in place, that’s your mismanagement.
Sounds like Pabst put itself in the Walmart dependency situation...