| 1844/00/00 |
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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. |
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Milwaukee |
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| 1876/10/00 |
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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. |
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Centennial Exposition |
| 1882/00/00 |
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Pabst's begins hand-tying a blue silk ribbon around the neck of each Best Select beer. |
Pabst Brewing Company Complex |
Milwaukee |
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| 1892/00/00 |
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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 |
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| 1893/07/00 |
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Pabst's Best Select wins the top beer award at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1898/00/00 |
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Pabst brewery produces one million barrels and renames Best Select to Pabst Blue Ribbon. |
Pabst Brewing Company Complex |
Milwaukee |
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| 1916/00/00 |
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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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