<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Beer: News &amp; Videos about Beer - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Beer</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Beer from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:44:27 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Beer: News &amp; Videos about Beer - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Beer</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Beer from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Learning to drink like a local in Qingdao</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/24/intl.china.qingdao/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/24/intl.china.qingdao/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Another round of toasts and exclamations of "hajiu" sounded out around me. I took a sip and set down my small glass of Tsingtao beer as my new friends downed theirs and refilled. Our seafood dinner, perched on the single cluttered table of a tiny antique shop, was punctuated regularly by such moments.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Learning to drink like a local in Qingdao, China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/15/china.qingdao/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/15/china.qingdao/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Another round of toasts and exclamations of "hajiu" sounded out around me. I took a sip and set down my small glass of Tsingtao beer as my new friends downed theirs and refilled. Our seafood dinner, perched on the single cluttered table of a tiny antique shop, was punctuated regularly by such moments.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Raise a glass to 'beer country'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/08/27/beer.country.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/08/27/beer.country.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When it comes to taking spirited vacations, wandering a vineyard falls flat in the face of handcrafted brew. With more than 1,500 breweries across the United States, beer is not just a drink -- it's a destination.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strange brew: Beer and office democracy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/03/smallbusiness/beer_and_the_workplace.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/03/smallbusiness/beer_and_the_workplace.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>New Belgium Brewing Co. likes to do things differently.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In Midwest, jobs for brewers, nurses and chocolate makers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/midwest.economy.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/midwest.economy.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With thousands of jobs lost in the manufacturing sector and some of the highest unemployment rates in the country, the Midwest has taken an especially hard hit during this economic recession.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What's brewing in St. Louis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/01/09/st.louis.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/01/09/st.louis.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The St. Louis beer scene has evolved from its Budweiser roots and now centers on atmospheric pubs that brew their own beer for patrons and, sometimes, local retailers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Copenhagen: Where to be seen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/07/30/cph.seen/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/07/30/cph.seen/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Like the Danes themselves, Copenhagen's nightlife is generally relaxed, although not without its surprises.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Seattle: Where to be seen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/10/30/seattle.seen/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/10/30/seattle.seen/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Whether you're into exclusive bars, dingy dives or the dubious pleasures of a sweaty moshpit, Seattle has plenty to keep you entertained.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>(Distributed) power to the people</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/28/magazines/fortune/tech/gunther_fuelcell.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/28/magazines/fortune/tech/gunther_fuelcell.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Starwood's Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Manhattan, Verizon's call center on Long Island, the Sierra Nevada brewery in northern California and a Whole Foods Market in Connecticut have little in common except this - all are powered by fuel cells that turn hydrogen into electricity, saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Belgium paradise for beer lovers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/08/22/belgium.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/08/22/belgium.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The other night I found my way home, a little tipsy after an evening in the Belgian town of Bruges. I'd been at my favorite bar in town, the 't Brugs Beertje, where not only did I get schooled in the many varieties of local beer, but also learned a few things about modern-day Belgian life.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recession? Eat, Drink, Smoke and Be Merry
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831824,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831824,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Sin stocks, ranging from gambling to liquor, are usually a safe bet in hard times</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Meet the new King of Beers</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/magazines/fortune/beer_koch.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/magazines/fortune/beer_koch.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>The pending acquisition of Anheuser-Busch has left some Americans crying in their beer over the loss of iconic brands like Budweiser to Belgian-based InBev. But the $52 billion acquisition is in keeping with this quarter's surge of international companies buying U.S. players. In the second quarter, acquisitions of American-owned companies by foreign businesses tallied $130.2 billion, making it the highest total for any second quarter recorded and 29 percent higher than the 2007 period, according to research firm Dealogic.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beers With More Alcohol Catch On</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1826878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1826878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>High-alcohol brews, known in the trade as big or extreme beers, are among many craft beers that are grabbing a growing market share in the United States</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bud Brewer Braced for Change</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1822811,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1822811,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ruthless cost-cutting is what made Belgium-based InBev the world's biggest brewer 

</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreign-owned Bud a wound to Americana</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/busch.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/14/busch.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Philip McClary was grilling out at his home in suburban St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday night when he heard hometown brewer Anheuser-Busch would be bought by the Belgian company InBev.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A native's guide to San Jose</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/07/03/san.jose/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/07/03/san.jose/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A century ago, what's now Silicon Valley, California, was called the Valley of Heart's Delight because of the region's mineral-rich soil and temperate climate (San Jose gets 300 days of sunshine a year). By the time I left for college in 1997, however, most of the cherry orchards had been gobbled up by office complexes. San Jose was in the hopeful early stages of the Internet boom, and although I didn't have an e-mail account yet, the technological advances that would change the world were already making their mark on my hometown.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Beer's Eve: Happy days were here again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/07/new.beers.eve/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/04/07/new.beers.eve/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At the stroke of midnight, American beer drinkers were no longer breaking the law when they broke open a beer.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interview with Vijay Mallya</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/talkasia.mallya/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/talkasia.mallya/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Anjali Rao: He's dubbed the "King of Good Times." The billionaire tycoon casts a long shadow in India with high-profile launches and lavish parties. Vijay Mallya inherited an empire of different businesses at the tender age of 27, streamlining the operation and founding the Kingfisher brand. Today, his holding company United Breweries is worth $5 billion.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>This Bud's for you</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/25/markets/spotlight_bud/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/25/markets/spotlight_bud/index.htm</guid><description>It's almost time for the Super Bowl, and you know what that means... lots of Anheuser-Busch ads. And while a high-profile spot might get you to purchase a few cold Buds, what about shares in the company itself?</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Drinking stories that put yours to shame</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.drinking.storries/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/10/26/mf.drinking.storries/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turns out, the best drinking stories in history are actually, well, historical. So raise a glass to your forefathers and marvel at these tales.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>With fall nearing, beer lovers celebrate brewing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/09/20/living.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/09/20/living.beer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sometimes, a hobby can take on a life of its own. That's what happened to Sam Calagione of Lewes, Delaware. He began brewing beer at home in 1993. Two years later, that avocation blossomed into a full-fledged business: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia breweries dry up</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/28/smbusiness/Georgia_beer_business.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/28/smbusiness/Georgia_beer_business.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Colorado boasts 44 independent breweries.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Famed 'beer hunter' dies </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/08/31/beer.hunter.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/08/31/beer.hunter.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bears eat man at beer festival </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/bear.death.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/20/bear.death.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SABMiller's beer baron opens up</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/31/news/newsmakers/pluggedin_boyle_SABMiller.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/31/news/newsmakers/pluggedin_boyle_SABMiller.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Nearly 30 years ago Graham Mackay joined the South African Breweries - now called SABMiller since its acquisition of American brewer Miller in 2002. The world's second-largest brewer (by volume) boosted revenue and operating profits by more than 20 percent last fiscal year, despite another lackluster performance by its U.S. operations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 21:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A creepy sea hag legend sells beer</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/03/magazines/fsb/old_dogs_beer.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/03/magazines/fsb/old_dogs_beer.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Produce TV spot pairing beautiful woman with beer-swilling schmo. Have schmo ditch woman for cold beer. Presto! Instant (and yawningly typical) beer marketing campaign. "In general the beer industry doesn't get too clever," says Harry Schuhmacher, publisher of Beer Business Daily (beernet.com), an online trade journal. Indeed, the U.S. beer industry has been flat, shipping 181 million barrels of brew in 2006, virtually the same as a decade ago.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 21:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Old Dogs, New Tricks</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/05/01/100003814/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/05/01/100003814/index.htm</guid><description>Warren Buffett famously remarked that when brilliant management tackles an industry with terrible economics, it's usually the reputation of the industry that remains intact. His insight helps expla... </description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building a better beer glass</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401280/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401280/index.htm</guid><description>Most Americans drink beer in V-shaped "shaker" glasses (so named because they're shaped like a cocktail shaker), whose main attribute is durability and ease of stacking behind a bar.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>London market a shopping and dining haven</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/02/05/borough.market/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/02/05/borough.market/index.html</guid><description>On weekends Borough Market draws some 70 organic farmers, artisanal producers, world-class bakers and gourmet food importers from all over the world.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Golden brews</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fsb/golden_brews/index.html</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fsb/golden_brews/index.html</guid><description>Every fall the nation's best beer-tasting room is at Denver's Great American Beer Festival. Here are three little guys who won gold medals.By Matthew Terranova, FSB Magazine</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Small breweries, big beer</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/12/01/8395133/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/12/01/8395133/index.htm</guid><description>Normally, I don't drink beer before 5 on a workday. But it's Tuesday at 3:30, and I'm making an exception. Not because the world is too much - isn't it always? - but because FSB has tasked me with ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>"Small breweries, big beer"</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fsb/big_beer/index.html</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/fsb/big_beer/index.html</guid><description>FSB gets a taste of why business is booming at craft breweries.By Christopher S. Stewart, FSB Magazine</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>6 best beers for this fall</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/27/lifestyle/octoberfest.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/09/27/lifestyle/octoberfest.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>As baseball gives way to football and local Oktoberfests start springing up all over the country, autumn becomes yet another good time to break open a beer.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Selling green beer to Mormons</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/09/01/8384905/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/09/01/8384905/index.htm</guid><description>Downtown Salt Lake City is not the world's easiest place to operate a bar. Mormons dominate the population, and although some Mormons do consume alcohol, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sa... </description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Six of the best</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/05/britain.beerreview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/05/britain.beerreview/index.html</guid><description>Six ales were selected as finalists in this year's Great British Beer festival. Here Roger Protz, editor of the Good Beer Guide and one of the chief judges, gives his appraisal of the winners.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beer eye for the straight guy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/05/britain.beer/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/05/britain.beer/index.html</guid><description>"It's a resiny, floral, spicy hymn to the hop," says Roger Protz, reverentially holding his glass at eye level, so that the light of a London summer evening sparkles through the liquid.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beer for life</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/13/news/funny/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/13/news/funny/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</guid><description>With St. Patrick's Day and March Madness soon upon us, Americans probably don't need any more reasons to toss back a few beers. But we'll give you some anyway.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A taste of Utopia: The ultimate beer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/10/ultimate.beer/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/10/ultimate.beer/index.html</guid><description>"Probably the most intense and serious beer I have ever tried," enthuses one blogger. "Unique in every possible way," raves another. "You can smell it a mile away! This stuff is psycho!" trumpets a third.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>$100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/01/01/8368102/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/01/01/8368102/index.htm</guid><description>First there were macrobrews.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Family-run brewery serves up GM beer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/07/15/gm.foods/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/07/15/gm.foods/index.html</guid><description>The Kenth brewery in Ystad, Sweden, is anything but a giant corporation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top 50: Best brewers ranked</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/24/pf/goodlife/best_beer/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/24/pf/goodlife/best_beer/index.htm</guid><description>For centuries, the beer faithful have made pilgrimages to places like London, Brussels and Munich in search of the perfect pint.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heineken serving up new suds</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/11/news/international/heineken/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/11/news/international/heineken/index.htm</guid><description>Heineken said Friday that it will introduce a new light beer, with fewer calories and carbohydrates, to compete in the highly spirited U.S. beer market.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE NEW KING OF BEERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/10/18/8188059/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/10/18/8188059/index.htm</guid><description>There's a new No. 1 in the world of beer, and it's a strange brew--part Belgian, part Brazilian, with a Mississippi CEO who has little experience in the business and a leading brand named Stella, n...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New ideas brewing in beer industry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/11/explorers.beer/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/11/explorers.beer/index.html</guid><description>After 30 years of hard work and trial and error, brewmaster Axel Heiliger says he has come up with a way to save the beer industry time and money.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Time for Oktoberfest</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/pf/goodlife/oktoberfests/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/22/pf/goodlife/oktoberfests/index.htm</guid><description>Ah, autumn, when a man's thoughts turn to drink.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beer sales go flat</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news/fortune500/beer_market/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/20/news/fortune500/beer_market/index.htm</guid><description>Whether it's because of low-carb diets, cool summers or a switch to cocktails and wine, the beer market is going flat.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jim Koch</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/09/01/8184687/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/09/01/8184687/index.htm</guid><description>For five generations, the men in the Koch family became brewmasters. Koch began his career as a consultant, but in 1984 he founded Boston Beer Co., maker of Samuel Adams. 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To create award-winning beer, start with         </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/06/01/346429/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/06/01/346429/index.htm</guid><description>When engineer Jeff Lebesch and his wife, Kim Jordan, a social worker, quit their jobs in 1992 to start a brewery, they had several goals. Chief among them were to make great beer and to become lead...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Was He Drinking? How the founder of Sam Adams spawned--then fueled--hostility.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/11/01/331974/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/11/01/331974/index.htm</guid><description>Maybe we expect too much from our business leaders. 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APRIL 22, 1938</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/02/71458/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/01/02/71458/index.htm</guid><description>BIG, EXPANSIVE Alan Bond -- Australia's grand acquisitor -- said ''g'day'' in 1988 to anything that wasn't nailed down. First he bought Bell Group, a broad-based conglomerate in Perth, in part from...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rating the Buzzless Beers Our experts find no-alcohol brews surprisingly acceptable. Two imported entries win by a head.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/08/01/84615/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/08/01/84615/index.htm</guid><description>The heat is equatorial, your gullet is a mini-Sahara and you'd give your right Reebok for an ice-cold beer. 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