[sidebar]

The portfolio of brands produced by S&P Industries is something out of the 1950s. Its beers were among some of the nation’s biggest regional breweries during the postwar era.

Now, the breweries are all gone. S&P’s beers exist in name only. Among its brands:

• Pabst Blue Ribbon – “What’ll you have? “
• Pearl – “Brewed in Eleven Hundred Springs, Texas. “
• Lone Star – “The national beer of Texas. “
• Old Milwaukee – “It just doesn’t get any better than this. “
• Schlitz – “When you’re out of Schlitz, you’re out of beer. “
• Narragansett – “Hi, neighbor! Have a ‘Gansett! “
• Rainier – “Naturally brewed mountain-fresh beer. “
• Schmidt – “One beautiful beer. “
• Schaefer – “When you’re having more than one. “
• Stroh – “Fire Brewed at 2000 degrees! “
• Old Style – “Heart of the heartland. “
• Falstaff – “The thirst slaker. “
• Ballantine – “Purity, body, flavor. “

It also produces several malt liquors and specialty brews, including:

• Colt 45 – “It works every time. “
• St. Ides – “It’ll blow you away. “
• Olde English 800 – “It’s the power. “
• Champale – “The Ultimate Experience! “
• Special Export – “Lets you drink how you feel: bold, confident and sexy.”