Pabst Blue Ribbon offers up to $20,000 reward for recovery of stolen beer

Pabst Brewing Co. announced a reward of up to $20,000 for tips that result in the recovery of 1,602 cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon and non-alcoholic Old Milwaukee beer taken in a theft on Aug. 17. The stolen inventory, valued at about $70,000, was taken from an Anheuser-Busch distribution center near Montclair, California, in two separate incidents. Police said the first haul, worth roughly $45,000, was intended for delivery to Tucson, Arizona, but never arrived. An hour later, a group posing as a subcontractor used falsified paperwork to take an additional $25,000 worth of product.

The total loss amounted to 40,000 pounds of beer. Pabst’s chief executive, Greig DeBow, posted on TikTok that the company wants the beer returned by Sept. 9 and urged anyone with information to contact a dedicated hotline. The theft follows a series of recent high-profile food robberies in the United States.

"We want it back," DeBow said in the TikTok message.

Anyone with relevant information is asked to email the company at the address provided in the announcement.