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A Russian beverage company said on Thursday that it was acquiring the Pabst Brewing Company, which makes the Pabst Blue Ribbon beer popular with barflies and hipsters alike and other brands like Colt 45 and Old Milwaukee. [snip] The buyer is Oasis Beverages, a Russian brewer and beverages distributor. Backing Oasis is TSG Consumer Partners, an American private equity firm focused on consumer goods, which will take a minority stake. “Pabst Blue Ribbon is the quintessential American brand – it represents individualism, egalitarianism and freedom of expression – all the things that make this country great,” Eugene Kashper, the chairman...

Hello, Davenport, Iowa! Will Ferrell wants you to drink Old Milwaukee beer, in classic American fashion. In a somewhat peculiar move, the comedian has surfaced to endorse the brew in three videos set in Davenport over the past month—spots that are reportedly airing only locally in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois. In the latest clip—a grainy, apparently viewer-recorded version of which hit YouTube last week—Ferrell begins to riff in his trademark yell on the virtues of Old Milwaukee, inspired by the spelling of Davenport's name. "D, for drinkability!" he cheers. "A, amber. Color of the beer!" Things start...

Introducing...the Swedish Bikini Team Published: 16th April 2007 16:03 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/7014/ They might be as Swedish as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but they have been flying the blue and yellow colours for more than fifteen years. This week's Introducing... gets up close and personal with the Swedish Bikini Team - Who are they and why are they famous? The Swedish Bikini Team stepped out of the sea and into the limelight in 1991. Once accurately described as 'vixens of beerdom', the swimwear Swedes quickly skedaddled off the scene and were last spotted dancing to rock music in a...