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In 1985, the brewery was bought by Paul Kalmanovitz, a self-made beer and real-estate baron. While other big brewers were spending to build national, image-based brands, Kalmanovitz's idea, apparently, was to buy up ailing ales, slash all associated costs and let them "decline profitably." Kalmanovitz died in 1987; Pabst is owned by the charitable foundation he left behind, and its current portfolio of has-been brews includes Schlitz, Falstaff, Stroh's and Colt 45.

Huh, interesting. (The article is behind a subscription wall; I pulled it out of one of the DBs MPL subscribes to.)

Speaking of failure, my application for that legislative assistant job was rejected without an interview. Huzzah.