Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer
by William Knoedelseder, 416 pgs.
Knoedelseder tells the history of the Anheuser-Busch family, and the scandal that follows five generations of the “kings of beer”. Formerly an investigative reporter, Knoedelseder is very good at weaving a story that is both fascinating and informative -- an impressive feat for such a dense collection of historical accounts. When you boil their story down, the A-B family is not so different from the rest of us. They just have more money, guns, and exotic animals.
