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Charles James Koch (/ k ʊ k / KUUK; born May 27, 1949) [1] [2] [3] is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Koch is widely considered to be a founding father of the American craft brewing movement. [4]
Samuel Adams (often shortened to Sam Adams) is the flagship brand of the Boston Beer Company. It is named after US Founding Father Samuel Adams, who inherited his father's brewery on Boston's King Street (modern day State Street) and worked as a brewer or maltster.
Sep 29, 2024 · September 29, 2024, 2:00 AM PDT. The secret to brewing up a $3 billion business idea: a beloved family recipe, a bootstrapped business plan, and a briefcase full of beer. Those are just some of the...
Jan 27, 2015 · Samuel Adams Tried the Beer Business. It’s unclear if Adams himself was a brewer, but colonial records reveal that he was at least a maltster and involved in the beer business.
Dec 29, 2021 · When it came time to name the beer, Koch thought about Boston-born, Harvard-educated, founding father Samuel Adams. Adams was a Revolutionary War hero who assisted in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and eventually signed the document. Coincidentally, Adams was also a brewer.
4 days ago · Jim Koch created Samuel Adams beer in 1984. Now chairman, he's known as a founding father of the American craft brewery movement. A Harvard graduate, Koch quit his consulting job and began...
Our Story. Our passion for never settling, and brewing quality, flavorful beers started with our founder, Jim Koch. He brewed the first batch of Boston Lager in his kitchen – a recipe that belonged to his great great grandfather that he found in his father’s attic back in the early 1980’s.
