Audio only
Bitter Brew
The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of BeerBy William KnoedelsederNarrated by Peter BerkrotLength12h 12m
About this audiobook
The engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce—a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success.
From countless bar signs, stadium scoreboards, magazine ads, TV commercials, and roadside billboards, the name Budweiser has been burned into the American consciousness as the ""King of Beers."" Over a span of more than a century, the company behind it, Anheuser-Busch, has attained legendary status. A jewel of the American Industrial Revolution, in the hands of its founders—the sometimes reckless and always boisterous Busch family of St. Louis, Missouri—it grew into one of the most fearsome marketing machines in modern times. In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist Knoedelseder paints a fascinating portrait of immense wealth and power accompanied by a barrelful of scandal, heartbreak, tragedy, and untimely death.
This engrossing, vivid narrative captures the Busch saga through five generations. At the same time, it weaves a broader story of American progress and decline over the past 150 years. It's a cautionary tale of prosperity, hubris, and loss.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Business and Economics
Length12 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byPeter Berkrot
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateNov 6, 2012
LanguageEnglish
More from William Knoedelseder
Left for DeadEbony Canion5h 34m$17
Invisible StormJason Kander6h 48m$24 · $0.00
Forever BoyKate Swenson9h 27m$29 · $0.00
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m$7 · $0.00
MotherlandJulia Ioffe17h 52m$40 · $0.00
Evidence Not SeenDarlene Deibler Rose11h 11m$29 · $0.00
A Bridge Not Too FarDeepak Ohri4h 55m$15
Where Cowards Go to DieBenjamin Sledge8h 42m$20 · $0.00
Will You Love Me?Cathy Glass9h 5m$29 · $0.00
Designing Terry Pratchett’s DiscworldPaul Kidby3h 52m$20 · $0.00
HostageEli Sharabi5h 25m$24 · $0.00
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller (The Complete Four-Volume Edition)George Müller43h 37m$2 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m5 (2)$29 · $0.00
Scandal Between the Sheets & Stranded with the Tempting StrangerBrenda Jackson9h 22m$24 · $0.00
The Boys and MeMark Miller8h 32m$23
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m5 (1)$20 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m$26 · $0.00
The Lives of BrianBrian Johnson9h 45m$29 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h$8 · $0.00
The Stocks & ETF Compass: A Guide to Wealth, High Standard of Living, and Secure Retirement through Intelligent Investment in the Stock Market and Passive Income – Including Starter GuideJens Hattermann4h 9m$20 · $0.00
Eat It!Jordan Syatt, Michael Vacanti4h 40m$20 · $0.00
Progress and Poverty, Volumes I and II (Annotated)Henry George20h 24m$2 · $0.00
Not Everything Counts but Everything Matters: The powerful and inspirational new book about leadership and achieving success from the visionary multi-premiership winning Panthers coachIvan Cleary6h 1m$24 · $0.00
Leads MachineFrancis Rodino6h 30m$27 · $0.00
CAPITAL (Complete 3 Volume Edition)Karl Marx111h 13m$2 · $0.00
BuildTony Fadell11h 5m$8 · $0.00
The Joys Of CompoundingGautam Baid17h 34m$18 · $0.00
The Entrepreneur Roller CoasterDarren Hardy7h 8m$17
The Law of Success in Sixteen LessonsNapoleon Hill1h 31m$2 · $0.00
Poor Charlie’s AlmanackGrover Gardener, Charles T. Munger13h 9m$18 · $0.00
The Ambuja StoryNarotam Sekhsaria13h 59m$33 · $0.00
Military Culture ShiftCorie Weathers13h 13m$25 · $0.00
Saving Social CareNeil Eastwood4h 54m$18 · $0.00
Big TrustShadé Zahrai, Fayçal Sekkouah8h 36m$26 · $0.00
SocialismLudwig von Mises24h 8m$30
The Intelligent Investor Third EditionBenjamin Graham, Jason Zweig20h$46 · $0.00
Being EssentialDain Dunston4h 13m$15 · $0.00
Purposeful PerformanceJonathan Stanley10h 14m$25
Bottle of LiesKatherine Eban14h 25m$33 · $0.00
You may also like
The Master Rogue: The Confessions of a CroesusDavid Graham Phillips4h 40m$2 · $0.00
Vanity Fair: October–December 2013 IssueVanity Fair15h 40m$20
Fall of the FloriosStefania Auci13h 54m$33 · $0.00
A Mormon in the White House?Hugh Hewitt9h 48m$20 · $0.00
Born TrumpEmily Jane Fox11h 58m$29 · $0.00
Adivasi Will Not Dance, TheHansda Sowvendra Shekhar5h 20m$8
Vanity Fair: January–April 2015 IssueVanity Fair20h 23m$25
Free and Other StoriesTheodore Dreiser13h 15m$23
The SuccessorPaddy Manning12h 54m$23
IntellectualsPaul Johnson18h 18m$28
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ÉMILE ZOLAÉmile Zola539h 1m$1 · $0.00
Black Harvest: Cursed BloodJakob Melander11h 3m$12 · $0.00
Plays : First SeriesJohn Galsworthy7h 22m$1 · $0.00
The Silent CEOJade Stone1h 9m5 (1)$18 · $0.00
Vanity Fair: December 2015 IssueVanity Fair4h 48m$14
TitanRon Chernow35h 1m$30
Business-Englisch lernen Audio - Höfliche E-MailsIan McMaster1h 4m$15
Tech BrosJohn Stensholt, Perry Williams9h 12m$29 · $0.00
Vanity Fair: January–April 2014 IssueVanity Fair21h 35m$23
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's WivesLola Shoneyin9h 29m$29 · $0.00