Company offering reward for safe return of truckload of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer

Key Points:

• Pabst Brewing Company is seeking public assistance on social media to locate 40,000 pounds of Blue Ribbon beer stolen from an Anheuser-Busch distribution centre in Montclair, California, with the shipment valued at $25,000.
• The theft involved the use of fraudulent documentation to pick up the beer, and it was the second similar incident at the same distribution centre on the same day, with police investigating a possible connection between the two.
• The first theft involved a $45,000 shipment destined for Tucson, Arizona, which had not arrived two weeks after pickup, and discrepancies in trucking company, driver, and vehicle information are under investigation.
• Anheuser-Busch brews Pabst Blue Ribbon under contract, and a company spokesperson confirmed the thief impersonated the authorized pickup person before driving off with the beer.
• Pabst has issued a public message to the thief, offering an 18-day and 44-minute deadline to return the stolen beer without questions, referencing the company's founding year, 1844, and is offering a reward for information leading to recovery.