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Milwaukee's Schlitz Beer says goodbye after 177 years

Pabst Brewing has stopped producing Schlitz beer. Schlitz is known as "the beer that made Milwaukee famous" and has a 177-year history.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the weekend host of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine show, she interviews newsmakers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.

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