The boost came from an $11.8bn purchase of Australia's Fosters beer, along with growth in Latin America.
Starting simply by importing Fosters' beer -- before the Polish beer industry, like so many others, took off -- he slowly built his company into the nation's largest distributor of beer, wine and spirits.
Outside of Fosters beer, Crocodile Dundee is your most famous export.
These were: Foster's (beer), Tia Maria (liqueur), Stella Artois (beer), Carling (beer) and Magners (cider).
> -wrap-foot> For all five alcohol brands studied, Foster's (beer), Tia Maria (liqueur), Stella Artois (beer), Carling (beer) and Magners (cider), we identified Facebook pages by following a link from the alcohol brand website or by the presence of marketer-generated content, such as competitions for brand products.
Rafter isn't one to cry in his Foster's beer, though.
The speakers, about as big as a Foster's beer can, offer a nearly magical way to extend your wireless speaker network and produce excellent music playback to boot.
The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild, a nonprofit created to foster craft beer in Los Angeles County, has just introduced a Consumer Enthusiast membership program.
The proliferation of boutique breweries has fostered several beer festivals in recent years: the Cape Town Festival of Beer (capetownfestivalofbeer.co.za), We Love Real Beer Festival (facebook.com/weloverealbeer), and the Clarens Craft Beer Festival (clarensbeerfestival.co.za).
News of the offer for Beringer by Foster, the Australian beer and wine company, came a day after another California wine producer, R. H. Phillips, said it would be purchased by Vincor International of Canada for $92 million.
