RAHR AND SONS BREWING COMPANY
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The Rahr and Sons Brewing Company based in Fort Worth, Texas in USA was established in 2004 by Fredrick Rahr. Rahr studied brewing in Texas Christian University and later worked with a railroad company after which he built his own brewing company with the help of his family and friends. Rahr’s wife Erin was a great influence to Rahr’s decision to carry on with beer brewing which was a family tradition. The company initially began production on small scale and its products were not bottled. Jason Courtney was the head brewer at that time. He came up with most of the initial resumes that were being used in production. He preceded James Hudec who held the same position for six months. At first, the company was in-charge of distribution of its products. Rahr kicked off his brewing business with two brands, the Rahr Red amber lager, which was named after himand the ‘Blonde Lager’. A third beer followed these in December, 2004. It was bottled in July 2005.
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In a period of nine years, Rahr has been able expand the beer brewing business greatly. It has increased from two thousand barrels of beer annually to twenty thousand beer barrels per year. The Rahr and Sons Brewing Company has been a significant phenomenon in the beer-brewing sector, where it has acquired over
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This happened during spring. Summertime Wheat followed bucking Bock in July and later, Winter Warmer in November. Winter Warmer was the only non-German beer that Rahr had produced by then. For the short period of time that the Rahr and Sons Brewing Company has been in business, it has managed to divide its products such that various brands sell during specific times of the year. The company has beer that sell all round the year such as Rahr’s Blonde Lager and seasonal beers such as Iron
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