Russia now owns PBR

[OleBrewing]

Just saw on the interweb that a Russian firm Oasis Beverages will be acquiring Pabst Blue Ribbon.

 

[Hello]

Gotta link for those of us who don't google?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

So, does this mean it will now be NBP?

 

[dtgrdn]

http://2paragraphs.com/2014/09/russians-buy-pbr-the-hipster-beer-of-choice/

 

[cernst151]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/pbr-russian_n_5849262.html

 

[Chris7687]

Pabst Red Ribbon now!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/pbr-russian_n_5849262.html

 

[unionrdr]

There goes Stroh's too. I could never get them to give me the recipe for their bock beer we all loved back in the 70's.

 

[steveoatley]

Detroit boy sad to see the Russki's get the Stroh's brand as well !

But other than that - take it !
Never been a fan of PBR

 

[soccerdad]

Damn. Putin is taking over the world. Bastard!

 

[unionrdr]

The Stroh's recipe has changed since the old days. but their bock was the shiz! I still miss getting some Stroh's now & then...Good old Bohemian style beer.

 

[Teromous]

There's a hipster joke in here somewhere...

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

There's a hipster joke in here somewhere...

What, that they're all wannabe socialists anyway, so it won't make much difference?

 

[OleBrewing]

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/20...old-to-eastern-european-beverage-company.html


Here's a link. Didn't think google was all that hard with todays web.

Hopefully they don't change anything. Pbr and schlitz are my daily bread.

Not sure the company affiliates with but might have to find another local brand.

 

[dc1225]

Just saw on the interweb that a Russian firm Oasis Beverages will be acquiring Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Putin will wipe out the entire hipster population with this. Apparently the sanctions aren't working.

If ISIS decides to buy Marlboro lights box, I'm totally screwed!

 

[MaxStout]

Just saw on the interweb that a Russian firm Oasis Beverages will be acquiring Pabst Blue Ribbon.

In America, beer makes oasis.
In Soviet Russia, Oasis makes beer!

 

[masskrug]

So fitting. The only ones who drink it here in the states are communists anyway.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Shouldn't America be buying vodka companies? Sad times.

 

[idylldon]

PBR is perhaps one of the last true bastions of swill on the planet, so let the Russians (and hipsters!) have it. I wouldn't marinate meat with that s**t.

Cheers,
--
Don

 

[podz]

So, does this mean it will now be NBP?

That's got to be the funniest thing I've read in a while!

Actually, though, russians do very frequently transliterate foreign words into cyrillic characters i.e. learn the character set and you can read a whole lot of "russian" because it's transliterated english.

 

[podz]

Shouldn't America be buying vodka companies? Sad times.

The french own most of the vodka, not the russians.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

The french own most of the vodka, not the russians.

Lorsque la marque de vodka française, les Russes rouler dans leurs tombes.... I have no idea if that makes sense btw I am surprised but assume you're right

 

[fimpster]

Oh NO! What will the hispsters do?

Still drink PBR I guess.

 

[ChelisHubby]

Dmaned I can't believe some one bought that. I guess if it opens up the maker to them it might work.

 

[dc1225]

Oh NO! What will the hispsters do?

Still drink PBR I guess.

I dunno is doggystyle style still around?

 

[MaddBaggins]

In Mother Russia, the beer drinks you.

 

[Gerhard]

The new owner is a US citizen...immigrated to the US when he was 6 years old.

 

[Homercidal]

Dang. Stroh's and Schlitz ain't too bad since they brought back the older recipes (so they say...)

 

[jekeane]

In Soviet Russia beer drinks you!


I can't believe this is only the second yakov smirnoff joke...

 

[FiddlersGreen87]

First Crimea... now PBR!

 

[Hobbitfeet65]

I wonder if they will continue to contract the brewing through MillerCoors. Could spell the end for Miller if not.