OK, maybe they're holding onto past glory... maybe the beer's namesake (Blue Ribbon) is in fact based off of an award they won, um, 112 years ago... but the beer is a staple of moderately priced* and refreshing** American lager, it helped a lot of us get through college, and, sadly, from the 18th Amendment on for some fifty years, it was the only kinda beer a lot of Uh'mericans knew. So let's give it a look.

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