Thirsty Thieves Make Off With 50,000 Cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon in ‘Biggest Beer Heist Ever’ * The Gateway Pundit * by Ben Kew

Somewhere in California, somebody is preparing for one hell of a party.

Police are investigating after thieves allegedly made off with a truck carrying roughly 40,000 pounds, around 50,000 cans, of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

The enormous haul was stolen August 17 from an Anheuser-Busch distribution facility in Montclair, California.

According to police, a shipment worth approximately $45,000 was picked up around 10 a.m. for delivery to Tucson, Arizona.

It never arrived.

A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair in what may be the biggest beer heist ever. The stolen truck was loaded with what is equivalent to more than 50,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. https://t.co/sWE5lfi1Y0 pic.twitter.com/oyEJpeaFPc

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) August 28, 2026

About an hour later, a company claiming to be a subcontractor allegedly used fraudulent paperwork to collect another $25,000 worth of Anheuser-Busch and Pabst products.

Investigators later discovered discrepancies involving the trucking companies, drivers and vehicles involved and believe the two thefts are connected.

Altogether, around $70,000 worth of beer vanished in a single morning, in what many believe is the biggest beer heist in history.

A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair, California, in what may be the biggest beer heist ever.https://t.co/0c4ANhSLs5 pic.twitter.com/Kti6mQ8yLF

— ABC News (@ABC) August 29, 2026

Pabst Blue Ribbon has responded to the unusual crime with a sense of humor.

The company acknowledged that possessing such an enormous quantity of PBR would give somebody serious bragging rights, but said it wished the thieves had acquired it “the honorable way.”

Pabst offered the culprits exactly 18 days and 44 minutes to return the truck with no questions asked.

This was apparently a reference to 1844, the year the company was founded.

As the clock ticked down, Pabst warned that the “beer is getting warmer” while appealing for information about the truck’s whereabouts.

The company has also offered an unspecified reward and clarified that the disappearance is not a marketing stunt.

Social media users inevitably joined the fun, with one suggesting the thieves were planning “a huge house party.”

Even Kit Kat’s official account chimed in: “I know a thing or two about these kinds of things,” referencing the theft of 12 tons of Kit Kat bars in Italy earlier this year.

Help us find them. Use the Stolen KitKat Tracker. Link in bio. pic.twitter.com/VLknwiHbGf

— KITKAT (@KITKAT) April 1, 2026

So far, police have identified no suspects and the whereabouts of the roughly 50,000 cans of PBR remain a mystery.