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In its 2013 annual report to shareholders,Boston Beer Company,Inc.included the following in a disclosure note:
E.Property,Plant and Equipment
Property,plant and equipment for the years ended December 28,2013,and December 29,2012,consisted of the following ($ in thousands):
The Company recorded depreciation related to these assets of $23,565 thousand in the 2013 fiscal year.
Also,Boston Beer reported the following information in the annual report ($ in thousands):

-Use a T- account to show the balances and changes during 2013 in Boston Beer's: Property,Plant and Equipment account and its Accumulated depreciation-Property,Plant & Equipment account.

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