Sapporo to acquire Anchor Brewing Co. : comparemela.com

Sapporo Holdings Limited has announced plans to acquire San Francisco's Anchor Brewing Co., which many consider the country's first craft brewery. The brewery, which was founded in 1896, was near bankruptcy when 27-year-old Fritz Maytag purchased a 51 percent share in the company on August 2, 1965. It was under Maytag's watch that the brewery

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