Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer

"Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty.

You'll never crack open a six again without thinking of this book." -John Sayles, Director of Eight Men Out and author of A Moment in the Sun The creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is one of the wealthiest, most colorful and enduring family dynasties in the history of American commerce.

In Bitter Brew , critically acclaimed journalist William Knoedelseder tells the riveting, often scandalous saga of the rise and fall of the dysfunctional Busch family-an epic tale of prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the dark consequences of success that spans three centuries, from the open salvos of the Civil War to the present day.