Description
“Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty. You’ll never crack open a six again with out thinking of this book.”
—John Sayles, Director of Eight Men Out and writer of A Moment within the Sun
The creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is likely one of the wealthiest, so much colorful and enduring circle of relatives dynasties within the history of American commerce. In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist William Knoedelseder tells the riveting, continuously scandalous saga of the upward push and fall of the dysfunctional Busch circle of relatives—an epic tale of prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the dark consequences of good fortune that spans three centuries, from the open salvos of the Civil War to the current day.