[Pabst Blue Ribbon] was originally named Select, but people kept
asking for the "Blue Ribbon" beer when Pabst brewing started
tying blue-silk ribbons to the bottles in 1882. "Blue Ribbon"
became part of the name in 1895. Pabst also put beer in cans for
the first time in 1934 and called it Export when sold by can.
The can included a picture of a can opener on the side with
instructions on how to open the can, obviously with a can
opener. Pabst painted cans olive drab in World War II, and all
canned beer went to the military. Pabst wasn’t sold to civilians
in cans during the war because of tin rationing. After reading
that I decided to hit up Wikipedia to what they might have. Of
course, since Wikipedia is awesome, it had the details from the
column I quote above and some more: - The practice of tying the
blue ribbon to the bottle lasted from 1882 to 1916. - Pabst
started using caps on bottles instead of corks in 1906. - Not
only did Pabst start canning beer in 1934 (Wikipedia lists
1935), but they were the fir