in november 2018, a lawsuit by pabst against millercoors reached trial stage. pabst argued that millercoors wanted to put it out of business by ending a longstanding contract through which millercoors brews pabst's beers. pabst said that millercoors is its only option for the 4 million to 4.5 million barrels brewed annually for the company, since anheuser-busch, which has the biggest u.s. market share, does not do contract brewing. the lawsuit was settled out of court, and the contract between the two companies was renewed.