| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1844/00/00 | German immigrant Jacob Best and his sons establish the Empire Brewery in Milwaukee, WI and produce 300 barrels of Best Select lager in their first year. | Pabst Brewing Company Complex | Milwaukee | |||
| 1876/10/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst's Best Select lager wins a gold medal at the Centennial Celebration, marking the first of many awards the beer will win throughout its history. | Centennial Exposition | ||
| 1882/00/00 | Pabst's begins hand-tying a blue silk ribbon around the neck of each Best Select beer. | Pabst Brewing Company Complex | Milwaukee | |||
| 1892/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst Brewing Company buys nearly 1 million feet of silk ribbon per year, which workers tie by hand around each bottle of Best Select. | Pabst Brewing Company Complex | Milwaukee | |
| 1893/07/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst's Best Select wins the top beer award at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||
| 1898/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst brewery produces one million barrels and renames Best Select to Pabst Blue Ribbon. | Pabst Brewing Company Complex | Milwaukee | |
| 1916/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | World War I leads to a worldwide silk shortage that puts an end to the practice of hand-tying blue silk ribbon around each bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon. | Pabst Brewing Company Complex | Milwaukee |
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| Food Category | Drink |
| Product Kind | Food |
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