BNET Industries

Market Cap:$418.3M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$341.6M
  • Public
  • US
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The Boston Beer Company is America's leading brewer of handcrafted, full-flavored beers. Founder and Brewer, Jim Koch, brews Samuel Adams beers using the time-honored, traditional four-vessel brewing process, and the world's finest all-natural ingredients. With 18 distinctive, award-winning styles of beer, Samuel Adams offers discerning beer drinkers a variety of brews. The brewery has won more awards in international beer-tasting competitions in the last five years than any other brewery in the world. Samuel Adams is an independent brewery and has half of a percent of the domestic beer market. The Company's flagship brand, Samuel Adams Boston Lager , is brewed using the same recipe and processes that Jim Koch's great-great grandfather used in the mid 1800s. The result is a beer renowned by drinkers for its full flavor, balance, complexity, and consistent quality. For more information, visit www.samueladams.com. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. 2007 Annual Shareholder Meeting will be held Thursday, May 31st.

Chief Executive Officer
Martin F. Roper
Number of Employees 775
Contact Information

75 Arlington St

Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3936

bostonbeer.com

(617) 368-5000

NAICS Code Breweries: 312120

Recent Events

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    9/02/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Boston Beer Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    8/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Martin F. Roper Chief Executive Officer
Jeff White Chief Operating Officer
William F. Urich Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
David L. Grinnell Vice President of Brewing
John Geist Vice President of Sales
Robert Hall V.P. of Brand Development
Thomas W. Lance Vice President of Operations
C. James Koch Clerk
Frederick H Grein General Counsel
Jeff Waldal
Peter Hartl
Jean-Michel Valette Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Pearson C. Cummin III Chair
Robert N. Hiatt Chairman
Charles Joseph Koch Board of Directors
Cummin Pearson Board of Directors
David A. Burwick Board of Directors
Gregg A. Tanner Board of Directors
Jay Margolis Board of Directors
Joseph Koch Charles Board of Directors

Mr. Roper was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in January 2001, after having served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since December 1999. Mr. Roper joined the Company as Vice President of Manufacturing and Business Development in September 1994 and became the Chief Operating Officer in April 1997.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. President Current
Internet Virtual Expo Systems, Inc. Advisory Board Member Current
Lumber-Liquidator.Com Director Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Jdmalpractice.Com Advisory Board Member Current
The Steelworks Corporation President Former
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
Blocksom & Company Executive Vice President Former
Cambridge University M.A. In Engineering Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Cambridge University B.A. In Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Vice President of Operations Former
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Director of Operations Former
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Distribution Manager Former

William F. Urich, was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company in September 2003. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Urich had been the Chief Financial Officer of Acirca, Inc., a producer of organic foods and beverages, from 2001 to 2003. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Urich served as Vice President Finance and Business Development for United Distillers & Vintners, a subsidiary of Diageo, PLC, and from 1995 to 1998 as its Vice President Finance and Treasurer.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Current
Acirca Chief Financial Officer Former

David L. Grinnell, joined The Boston Beer Company in 1988 as the Manager of Brewing Operations until he was promoted to Director of Brewing and Quality in January 2001. Mr. Grinnell held this position until he was promoted to the position of Vice President of Brewing in January 2008. Prior to coming to Boston Beer, Mr. Grinnell was one of the original brewers of the New Amsterdam Brewing Company.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Vice President of Brewing Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Manager of Brewing Operations Former

John C. Geist was appointed Vice President of Sales in February 2007, after having served as National Sales Manager of the Company since 1998. Mr. Geist came to the Company in 1997 from a large alcohol beverage distributor where he had been a sales manager.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Vice President of Sales Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Manager, Sales, Natl Former

Robert H. Hall, serves the Company as Vice President of Brand Development. Prior to joining the Company in June 2000, Mr. Hall had been employed by Kellogg Company from 1993 to 2000, where he held the positions of Vice President Marketing, US Natural and Functional Foods Division, and Vice President Global Cereal Innovation, North America.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. V.P. of Brand Development Current
Kellogg Company Former

Thomas W. Lance joined the Company in January 2007 after having served as Executive Vice President, Operations, of Ken's Foods of Marlborough, Massachusetts for more than five years. Prior to that, Mr. Lance held a number of positions in operations at Bausch & Lomb of Rochester, New York, following many years in operations at consumer food companies, namely, Welch's, General Mills and Quaker Oats.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Vice President of Operations Current
Ken's Foods, Inc. Executive Vice President Former

Jim Koch founded the Company in 1984 using his great-great grandfather's recipe and revolutionized the American beer industry. Samuel Adams Boston Lager® helped pave the way for the craft brewing movement, bringing rich full-flavored beer back to the American beer landscape. Mr. Koch began brewing in his kitchen and carrying his beer door-to-door to local bars in Boston. The beer caught on and today the Company brews over 18-distinctive styles of beers. Mr. Koch currently serves as the Chairman and Clerk of the Company. Until January 2001, Mr. Koch also served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Clerk Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chairman Current
Chemicals, Inc. Founder Former

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. General Counsel Current

Organization Position Status
Ceradyne, Inc. Vice President Current
Quest Technology LP Vice President and President of Ceradyne Semicon Associates Division Current
Jon-Jay Associates, Inc. Current
Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc. Current
Favrille, Inc. Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Current
Mindray Medical International Ltd. Current
Semicon Associates, Inc. President Former
Ceradyne, Inc. Quality Manager Former
Semicon Associates, Inc. quality manager Former
University of Kentucky B.A. In Business Management Former
Ladish Co., Inc. supervisor Former
Eastern Kentucky University M.B.A. Former
University of Kentucky B.A. In Business Management Former

Dr. Peter Hartl joined Ceradyne as the result of the Company's acquisition of the German technical ceramic corporation, ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG, completed in August 2004. Dr. Hartl is President of ESK and also heads ESK operations. He joined ESK in 1998 as Vice President in charge of boron compounds. Prior to joining ESK, Dr. Hartl spent 11 years at ESK's former parent company, Wacker Chemie, starting in Wacker's research department and moving to the chemical regulations department as part of a management development project. He became technical support manager in Wacker's silicone division and was later appointed regional manager for silicone sealants to establish sales, marketing, production, and service operations in Singapore.

Organization Position Status
Favrille, Inc. Current
Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc. Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Current
Ceradyne, Inc. President, ESK Ceramics & Vice President Former

Mr. Cummin served as a general partner of Consumer Venture Partners, a Greenwich, Connecticut based venture capital firm, from January 1986 to December 2002. Mr. Cummin also serves as a Director and a member of the Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees of Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chair Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Chairman Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Charles Joseph Koch, Jr., brewmaster, now retired, worked for many years brewing traditional full-flavored beers. He studied at the Siebel Institute for Brewing Studies at a time when there were more than 600 breweries in the United States, but he left the industry in the late 1950s as Americans’ taste for full-flavored beers waned. Mr. Koch founded Chemicals, Inc., a distribution company of brewing and industrial chemicals, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked until he retired. It was Charles Koch who gave his son, Jim, the recipe for the brew that became Samuel Adams Boston Lager®, a beer his great grandfather brewed in the middle of the 19th century.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Chemicals, Inc. Founder Former

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Burwick is the President of PepsiCo-QTG Canada. Prior to assuming that position in November 2005, he had served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Pepsico North America since 2003. Prior to that, he had been Vice President Marketing, Consumer Promotions Sports, a position he held since 1998.

Organization Position Status
PepsiCo, Inc. President Current
Pepsi-Cola North America Chief Marketing Officer Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PepsiCo, Inc. Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer Former
PepsiCo International Executive Vice President, Commercial Former
Pepsi-Cola Former

Tanner joined Dean Foods in November 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. Before joining our company, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Operations, at The Hershey Company. Prior to his role at Hershey, he worked as Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain at ConAgra Foods as well as various positions at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston Purina.

Organization Position Status
Dean Foods Company Chief Supply Chain Officer Current
Dean Foods Company Executive Vice President Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
ConAgra Foods, Inc. Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain Former

Mr. Margolis currently is an independent investor. He serves as a Director for MacGregor/Greg Norman Sports Apparel Company and Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. From October 2005 through July 2007, Mr. Margolis served as the President and CEO of the Apparel Group of Limited Brands. Before assuming that position, he had been President and Chief Operating Officer Reebok, Inc. since 2001.

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Limited Brands, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer, Apparel Former
Liz Claiborne, Inc. President Former
Reebok International Ltd. President & COO Former
Reebok President Former
Reebok Chief Operating Officer Former
Reebok International Ltd. Executive Vice President, Reebok's Specialty Business Groups Former
Liz Claiborne, Inc. Vice Chairman Former
Queens College B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. Chairman Current
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Director Current
Select Comfort Corporation Board of Directors Current
Robert Mondavi Corporation President Former
Robert Mondavi Corporation Managing Director Former
Select Comfort Corporation Director and Chairman Former
Tea, LLC Chairman Former
Robert Mondavi Corporation Chairman Former
Tea, LLC Member Former

Organization Position Status
Boston Beer Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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     SAM $41.24 +0.24 (0.59% )
Average Volume 75,021
Shares Outstanding 10.15M
Market Cap 418.6M
Year High 42.25
Year Low 17.5
Earnings Per Share 1.90
P/E Ratio 21.71
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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