Written by Elizabeth Flock for USNews
For the last six generations, beer has defined Jim Koch’s family.
And for much of that time, his family’s story has criss-crossed that of another brewing company, Anheuser-Busch. Koch’s great-great grandfather founded their family’s brewery the same year Anheuser opened its doors. Both were housed in St. Louis. Koch’s grandfather even worked as a brewmaster at the Anheuser brewery post-Prohibition.
But in the years since, the Anheuser and Koch breweries have taken very different paths, ones that have led them to become more foes than friends.
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