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Dave Copeland, Brewing is still his craft; As Boston Beer marks 25 years, cofounder Jim Koch strives to get better. Boston Globe, Apr. 15, 2010.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/04/15/brewing_is_still_his_craft/

(1) Statistics in the print edition:

"1  Kind of beer sold in 1985
19  Year-round varieties offered now
2  Employees in 1985
770 Employees now
$120,000  First-year revenue
$440m  2009 revenue

Source: Boston Beer Co."


(2) Note:
(a) Samuel Adams (beer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams_(beer)
(produced by Boston Beer Company; "It is now the largest American-owned brewery;" The original recipe was developed in 1860 in St. Louis, Missouri by Louis Koch)

* The top three (in that order) are no longer WHOLLY owned by Americans.
(i) On Nov. 18, 2008 combination of InBev and Anheuser-Busch created Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. (AB InBev) with headquarters at Leuven, Belgium
(ii) On May 30, 2002 South African Brewries acquired Miller Brewing Company to form SABMiller, whose Its head office is in the City of Westminster, London.
(iii) Coors of United States and Molson of Canada merged on Feb. 9, 2005 to form Molson Coors Brewing Company whose headquarters are in both Montreal and Denver, Colorado.

(b) Patriots' Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day
("commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War" on Apr. 19, 1775; Boston Marathon)

(c) Massachusetts Route 128
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_128
(red in the map)
(d) Microbrewery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbrewery
("Craft Beer is an American term * * * and generally refers to beer that is brewed using traditional methods * * * with an eye to what's distinctive and flavorful rather than mass appeal. Whereas the term microbrewery is a term for a small scale brewery that produces a small volume of beer, craft brewery describes an approach to brewing, which in principle may be carried out on any scale. Most microbreweries are also craft breweries; however, 'craft' beer can certainly also be a product of a large brewery, and there are many such products coming to market as a result of increased consumer interest in traditional beer.")

(e) Pittsburgh Brewing Co, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(f) Jamaica Plain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Plain
(a neighborhood of Boston; a theory that "'Jamaica' is an Anglicization of the name of Kuchamakin, who was regent for the young Chickatawbut, sachem (chief) of the Massachusett tribe")

* Jamaica, Queens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica,_Queens
("The English took over in 1664, renamed it 'Jameco' (or Yamecah) after the name they gave to the local Native Americans that lived in the area")

** Jamaica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica
("Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the 'Land of Wood and Water,' or the 'Land of Springs'")

(g) MillerCoors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MillerCoors
("MillerCoors is a joint venture between SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company, announced on Oct. 9, 2007")

(h) Mike's Hard Lemonade Co.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%27s_Hard_Lemonade_Co.
(founded in 1999 by Anthony von Mandl; headquartered at Seattle since 2005)

(3) This report will be interesting, perhaps, to those who want to start up a brewery.

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