Birthdays

Beer Birthday: Abram Goldman-Armstrong

April 28, 2012

Today is the 34th birthday of Abram Goldman-Armstrong, a Portland-based beer writer who does a column for Northwest Brewing News and also writes online at Brewsville. Abe also is the organizer of the North American Organic Brewers Festival and by day works in construction. When Abe was writing for the Celebrator Beer News several years [...]

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Beer Birthday: John Maier

April 27, 2012

Today is John Maier’s 57th birthday. John has been the head brewer at Rogue Ales for as long as I can remember. He’s won countless awards, pioneered numerous new styles and been instrumental in the rise of the Pacific Northwest’s beer scene. Join me in wishing John a very happy birthday. At the Sasquatch Beer [...]

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Beer Birthday: Stephen Beaumont

April 25, 2012

Today is my good friend and colleague Stephen Beaumont’s 48th birthday. In addition to his World of Beer, he also blogs online at On the House and That’s the Spirit. And when you’re in Toronto, be sure to stop in at his beer bistro. Join me in wishing Stephen a very happy birthday. Stephen with [...]

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Beer Birthday: Suzanne Woods

April 24, 2012

Today is Suzanne Woods’ 34th birthday. I first met her during my trip to Philadelphia for Philly Beer Week its inaugural year. She writes online as the Beer Lass and by day is the mid-atlantic salesperson for Allagash, though when I first met her she worked for Sly Fox Brewing outside of Philadelphia. Check out [...]

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Beer Birthday: Jeremy Cowan

April 24, 2012

Today is also Jeremy Cowan’s 43rd birthday. Jeremy owns Shmaltz Brewing, makers of He’Brew. Jeremy is a good friend and we’ve known one another since he first pitched He’Brew to me at BevMo over thirteen years ago (which is detailed in Jeremy’s memoir Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah). Though Jeremy splits his time between San Francisco [...]

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Beer Birthday: Christian Kazakoff

April 23, 2012

Today is Christian Kazakoff’s 41st birthday. Christian is the head brewer at Iron Springs Pub & Brewery in Fairfax, California. I’ve gotten to know Christian much better since we shared a room for a week in London a few years ago to attend the Old Ale Festival at the White Horse on Parson’s Green. Besides [...]

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Beer Birthday: Amy Dalton

April 22, 2012

Today is the 29+15th birthday of Amy Dalton. Amy is the Advertising Manager for All About Beer magazine. As evidenced by the fact that none of the photos below feature Amy alone, she’s a consummate people person. A veteran of the newspaper industry, she’s been selling ads to the beer world now for several years [...]

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Beer Birthday: Steve Parkes

April 21, 2012

Today is the birthday of Steve Parkes. Steve owns and runs the American Brewers Guild, which trains brewers. I’ve known Steve for a number of years now and he’s one of my favorite Brits in the industry. I had the pleasure of writing a profile of him for Beer Advocate magazine a couple of years [...]

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Beer Birthday: Drew Beechum

April 20, 2012

Today is the 38th birthday of Drew Beechum, who’s a past president of the Maltose Falcons homebrewing club and its current webmeister. He’s also the author of The Everything Homebrewing Book: All you need to brew the best beer at home! and write a regular column for Beer Advocate magazine. Join me in wishing Drew [...]

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Beer Birthday: Neil Miller

April 18, 2012

Today is the birthday of New Zealand beer writer Neil Miller. He writes regularly for Beer and Brewer magazine, the beer blog at Real Beer NZ and the Malthouse Blog. Though born in the UK — Broxburn — he now calls Wellington his home. I met Neil when he was vising the states with Luke [...]

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Beer Birthday: Alan McLeod

April 18, 2012

Today is beer blogger extraordinaire Alan McLeod’s 49th birthday. Alan runs a good beer blog, called — curiously enough — A Good Beer Blog. I’m not sure what came first, the goodness or the blog. Anyway, though I’ve yet to meet Alan in person I feel as if he’s already a great, not just good, [...]

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Beer & Women By Anonymous

April 16, 2012

Today is the birthday of the late Alan Eames, one of the first Americans who wrote extensively about beer, especially in a serious way, mining history and culture for his topics. I never met Alan, though I talked to him on the phone a few times. When he passed away a couple of years ago, [...]

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Beer Birthday: Ray McCoy

April 13, 2012

If you’re on the national beer festival circuit, you’ve no doubt seen Ray McCoy, whose birthday is today. In 2003, Ray was crowned “Beer Drinker of the Year” in the contest sponsored by Wynkoop. Ray and his wife, Cornelia Corey (herself a 2001 BDOTY, making them the only couple to have won) travel from their [...]

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Beer Birthday: Julie Johnson

April 13, 2012

Today is the birthday of Julie Johnson, who until very recently was the editor of All About Beer magazine, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. Julie is without a doubt one of the nicest people in the industry and a pleasure to work with. Plus she likes odd little German trolls almost as much as I [...]

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Beer Birthday: Gambrinus

April 11, 2012

Today is the traditional birthday of Gambrinus, sometimes called King Gambrinus, considered to be the patron saint of beer, brewing and/or Belgian beer. Not an “official” saint, at least not in the catholic church, but a legendary figure. Regardless, join me in drinking a toast to King Gambrinus today. Here’s the overview at Wikipedia: Gambrinus [...]

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Beer Birthday: Lester Jones

April 5, 2012

Today is also the 45th birthday of Lester Jones, the Chief Economist for the Beer Institute. As a fan of the dismal science, I’ve gotten to know Lester a little bit over the last few years and appreciate all the numbers he crunches to help promote beer through the Beer Institute. Join me in wishing [...]

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