Sometimes, there’s nothing better than an iced cold beer in the summer heat. Other times, there’s nothing more anxiety-inducing than trying to drink 4,496.33 gallons of beer before the police come knocking on your door.
That’s exactly what’s happening this week after Pabst Blue Ribbon made an announcement asking the public for help finding truckloads of beer stolen from a distribution center in Montclair, Calif.
“STOLEN— 40,000lbs of beer,” it posted on Instagram. “We don’t fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have, we just wish you obtained it the honorable way.”
The company gave the thieves a deadline of “18 days and 44 minutes” to return the beer with “no questions asked,” likely a nod to the brand’s 1844 founding (though the company hasn’t confirmed that). It also said it would offer a reward for information.
Montclair police referred Fortune to a press release detailing an investigation into two separate cargo thefts from the Anheuser-Busch distribution center, both occurring on Aug. 17.
