Pabst Brewing Company

Calling the new Blast by Colt 45 beverage a drinking "binge-in-a-can," 16 state attorneys general called on Pabst Brewing Co. to cut the alcohol content in its malt beverage and change its marketing for the drink. Blast is a malt beverage that comes in four fruit flavors -- strawberry lemonade,...

Pabst Blue Ribbon may be on the fast-track to an extreme makeover. The super-cheap beer brand was recently bought by C. Dean Metropoulos, an investor who is renowned for his ability to reinvigorate tired brands, including Chef Boyardee and Bumble Bee.

The new Bud Light commercial, introduced online Wednesday, features pudgy, naked male flesh. It is the latest in down-market brewing's glorious history of using nudity to sell beer. Only instead of buxom babes, we get 60 seconds of office drones stripping frantically because the company clothing...