Today is my friend Pete Slosberg’s 61st birthday. Pete is, of course, best known for Pete’s Wicked Ales. After that he toyed with the idea of making barbecue but decided instead to make some incredible chocolates and had a small company, Cocoa Pete’s. These days he’s doing a lot of traveling and just enjoying himself. Earlier this year I traveled to South America with Pete (where we took to calling him “El Pete“), where we both spoke and judged beer at a beer conference/competition in Argentina, the South Beer Cup, and then flew to Brazil to attend a pair of beer dinners Stephen Beaumont was hosting. Oh, and he was recently a grandfather, too. Join me wishing Pete a very happy birthday!
This was taken the first time I met Pete, over ten years ago at the KQED Beer and Food Festival in San Francisco, when I was more or less still a civilian. It was after I’d written a book on beer, but before I started working as the beer buyer for BevMo.
Pete with his wife Amy and Shaun O’Sullivan, from 21st Amendment, at one of Sean Paxton’s beer dinners during SF Beer Week earlier this year.
Working the bottling line at Russian River Brewing, with a bottle of Consecration.
Matt Bonney, from Brouwer’s, Stephen Beaumont, Sean Paxton, Pete and Rick Sellers, from Odonata at the Bistro Double IPA Festival.
Pete with his wife Amy and Celebrator publisher Tom Dalldorf at one of Bruce Paton’s beer dinners at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in February 2006.
Martin Boan, who organized and ran the South Beer Cup, with Pete in Buenos Aires.
Pete, with Edu Passarelli (owner of Melograno), Stephen Beaumont and me after a beer dinner at Edu’s place in Sao Paulo.
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Over ten years ago? When you were twelve maybe? And the picture from the dinner, although I remember it, I am not seeing it here. However it could be just me.
Cheers
Hello,
I am a homebrewer from Brazil and want to wish Pete a great birthday!
Also, we should thank him for his generosity in sharing with us all his knowledge.
Happy birthday, Pete!
Happy Birthday Pete!
I hope you are having a Wicked Good Time.
~Ed
Hey Pete,
Here’s to a great bday!!! Wish we’d known sooner!!! Thanks a bunch for all your help for our trip!!! We’re going to Halle, Dworp, Witkat Pater tour, etc.
We’ll touch base after we get back.
Happy Beerday!!!
Pete,
Happy belated birthday. Hopefully, you’ll find a good 60 BU beer to toast – one BU fo r every year you’ve been alive.
Keith Villa, Blue Moon Brewing Co.
Welcome to the LX club!! My 1st memories of you are from a Malts trip to your original brewery on the Peninsula (Redwood City?) in the early 80′s – I presume you got a taste of Ed Chainey’s “Emperor Norton” that day :)
Pete was here in Salvador, Bahia brasil for his birthday. Our home brew club (acerva bahia) and Karamuru Micro brewery threw him a bash. we drank some great home and micro brew on tap and a special 2 liter bottle of Karamuru IPA called Chefao. Pete made chocolate that was delicious. Pete and Amy are first class people. we had a great time. I have pics if anyone is intrested.
I just met Pete at the South Beer Cup festival in Buenos Aires last week. I thought he was 50. Goes to show there is nothing like good beer to keep you young.
Happy Birthday Pete.
Rick
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Happy Bornday Pete!
Happy b-day Pete! Thanks for all the help with Celebrator tastings and events. A long strange trip indeed. Really miss the sessions years ago at our office at the Hayward airport! Hope you and Amy are celebrating tonight.
Cheers, Tom
Hey Pete,
Thanks for advice on some new places to try in Belgium. Hope you’re drinking lots of great beers on your special day!
Cheers!
Hi Pete,
Wising you a belated Happy Birthday! Been busy this past week and completely missed this alert. I’m now GM at TMB Baking in South SF. Come by and see me sometime and enjoy some of the great breads made at San Francisco Baking Institute, our partners next door. Look forward to catching up!
Cheers,
Greg
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