Pabst Brewing Company

The Pabst Brewing Company 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 is currently a holding company which contracts the brewing of over two dozen brands of beer and malt liquor: these include its own flagship Pabst Blue Ribbon, as well as brands from now defunct breweries including:

• P. Ballantine and Sons Brewing Company,
• G. Heileman Brewing Company,
• Lone Star Brewing Company,
• Pearl Brewing Company,
• Piels Bros.,
• Valentin Blatz Brewing Company,
• National Brewing Company,
• Olympia Brewing Company,
• Falstaff Brewing Corporation,
• Primo Brewing & Malting Company,
• Rainier Brewing Company,
• F & M Schaefer Brewing Company,
• Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company,
• Christian Schmidt Brewing Company,
• Jacob Schmidt Brewing Company, and
• Stroh Brewery Company.