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Beer Birthday: Ken Grossman

by Jay Brooks on November 11, 2009 · 3 comments

in Birthdays

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Today is the 55th birthday of Ken Grossman, who founded Sierra Nevada Brewing in 1980. I can’t say too much about how much Ken has done and continues to do for the craft beer industry, while at the same time being wildly successful. Join me in wishing Ken a very happy birthday.

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Ken with two of his children, Brian and Sierra, both of whom work for the company. I took this in 2007 for an article I did for American Brewer on passing breweries from one generation to the next.

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At the Craft Brewers Conference in 2007, John Harris, from Full Sail, Ken’s daughter Sierra, Ken, and Garret Oliver, from Brooklyn Brewery.

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“Inside the Brewers Studio” at the 2006 GABF with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Co., Ken, Charlie Papazian, founder of what is now the Brewers Association, and moderator Tom Dalldorf of the Celebrator.

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Ken and Sam Calagione at the Life & Limb beer dinner Sunday evening.

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1 Aaron Goldfarb November 11, 2008 at 1:57 pm

Hi J,

Just discovered your beer site today and I have fallen in love with it, have been going through the archives all afternoon. Great stuff. Keep up the good work.

I write a beer blog myself:

http://www.theviceblog.com

Take care,

Aaron

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2 The Beer Wench November 11, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Thanks for the heads up about Ken’s birthday!!!

You were at the Life & Limb dinner on Sunday? So was I, but must have missed you! Damn it … you must have been with Jesse (beer and nosh). I missed out on meeting him as well.

We will have to meet up in or around the city some time for beers!

Ashley

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3 The Professor November 12, 2009 at 10:40 am

Add my Happy Birthday wishes to Ken, as well as thanks for the consistently great range of products made at SN.
In an industry rapidly becoming glutted with products of sometimes dubious quality that so often does not live up to the hype, it’s great and satisfying to see one of the great pioneer micros growing, thriving and maintaining the very high standards they started with so many years ago. Here’s to many more years for both Ken and SN.

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