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Capitol Hill Man Slights Pabst Blue Ribbon

By Jason Dick
Posted June 10, 2013 at 9:42am

“Well, when you start drinking Pabst, that’s when I’ll start worrying, so give me a call.”

— Area man on his Capitol Hill stoop on his cell phone, apparently unaware that Pabst Blue Ribbon is no longer bound by its previous image as a cheapo beer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTVj5lIkxp4

So even before PBR was re-discovered by the young and urban, a pre-“Dirty Dancing” Patrick Swayze was hanging at the disco, twirling around with “Pabst Blue Ribbon on my mind.”

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