Today, the United States craft beer industry employs over 100,000 individuals brewing more than 24 million barrels of beer per year, generating roughly $22.3 billion in retail sales. However in 1984, when Jim Koch decided to start a brewing company, that was not the case. In fact, it seemed like an unwinnable David and Goliath struggle: one guy against the mammoth American beer industry.

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