As bad as Blue Ribbon might be, it is still better than Colorado Kool Aid. PBR is actually brewed by Miller, as are all the other beer brands owned by Pabst, which include Old Milwaukee, Carling, Schlitz, Blatz, Strohs, Ballantine, and many more whose names presently escape me. The "Ballantine" of 2day bears no resemblance whatever to the wonderfully hoppy brew made by the original company, and later by Falstaff. Pabst 2day is a "paper company," the owner of umpteen labels, but the actual brewer of none of them. The tip off is found on the label of any Pabst-owned brand: the address on all of them reads "P.O. Box 739, Milwaukee, WI." The big beer buzz du jour in Ohio is the availability here now of some of the Yeungling brews from Pottsville, PA, tho the best of them - the Porter and Lord Chesterfield Ale - are not yet being "exported" across the PA/OH border. Several years ago, A-B tried to buy D.G. Yeungling, but Mr. Y told them to go back to St. Louis and leave him alone. So, A-B bought Rolling Rock, closed the Latrobe brewery, and moved RR production to someplace in N.J. So, it pays to read the fine print on the labels. One more example: the Harp Lager sold in the U.S. now comes from Canada, not the Emerald Isle. Still says "imported" on the label, though. As I say, gotta read the small print................
