Red White & Blue Special Lager Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can

Red White & Blue Special Lager

Originally introduced by the Pabst Brewing Company in 1899 to celebrate the Fourth of July weekend, Red White & Blue became one of the brewery's staple value-oriented labels. Billed under the long-running slogan "honest beer for an honest price," the label provided an affordable, patriotic alternative to Pabst's flagship offerings.

The Red White & Blue Special Lager Beer 12 Oz Tab Top Can showcases the brand's bold red, white, and blue motif centered around classic American shield and eagle iconography. During the height of its distribution across the mid-to-late twentieth century, Pabst canned the beer at multiple company facilities, including its primary headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as well as plants in Peoria Heights, Newark, and Los Angeles.

For breweriana collectors, cans from this line exhibit distinct production variations. Depending on the specific canning run and era, examples differ in city mandatory statements, copyright inscriptions, and subtle typographic adjustments across the label graphics.

Although production transitioned through corporate acquisitions in the 1990s before the brand left retail shelves, it remains a memorable piece of twentieth-century domestic brewing history. Pabst recognized the enduring appeal of the label decades later by reviving the historic design and recipe for special releases at their Milwaukee taproom.