Company offering reward for safe return of truckload of beer

Pabst Brewing Company is seeking assistance to locate thousands of cans of its Blue Ribbon beer that were stolen from a distribution center in California. The company announced that the beer was stolen, but they do not fault the thief for wanting to brag to their friends about their PBR collection, as long as they obtained it legally.

The alleged thief provided false documentation at an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California, and stole a shipment worth $25,000 that was intended for San Diego. This incident was the second theft at the same distribution center on the same day, according to Montclair Police. Police are investigating whether these thefts were part of the same fraudulent cargo-theft operation.

The first theft involved a shipment worth $45,000 destined for Tucson, Arizona, which was picked up on August 17 but has not arrived at its destination two weeks later. Investigators found discrepancies in the information provided regarding the trucking company, driver, and vehicles involved in this incident. Anheuser-Busch, which has a contract to brew Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, is also involved in the investigation. The company clarified that the Arizona-bound shipment may or may not have contained Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

Pabst has taken a serious stance against the crime, stating that they "realise how ridiculous that sounds, but it's the truth." They offered a reward for the return of the stolen beer, with the deadline set at 18 days and 44 minutes from the announcement date - a nod to the company's founding year of 1844. The company is also offering an unspecified reward for the return of the shipment.