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Old 07-15-2014, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Coors, Miller, Anheuser-Busch - these are the leading names in beer. But there used to be another brewing powerhouse near the top of the list: Stroh’s. At one point, the Stroh family was one of the richest in America. Now, that fortune is all but wiped out. So what went wrong? Forbes reporter Kerry Dolan spoke with members of the Stroh family to find out what happened to what could have been a $9 billion fortune.

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Old 07-15-2014, 07:00 PM
 
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They should've just stuck to making really cr*ppy beer designed for the unsophisticated American beer 'palate', as evidenced by the unfathomable success of Bud, Miller, Coors, etc.
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Old 07-15-2014, 07:02 PM
 
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You got an early copy. The headline was later changed to $9 billion.
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