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Today is Rich Norgrove’s birthday. He’s the owner and brewer at Bear Republic Brewing Co. in Healdsburg, California. Rich won big a few years ago at GABF, winning the award for Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year, and he recently opened a new production brewery in Cloverdale. Join me in wishing him a very happy 41th birthday.
At an unknown beer festival with his daughter a few years back.
Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River and Rich Norgrove at Drake’s Summit Hop Festival several summers ago.
Jeremy Cowan (He’Brew) and Rich Norgrove at Falling Rock in Denver.
Rich Norgrove and the Team from Healdsburg, California won four awards and the big award for Small Brewery Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year in 2006.
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Happy Birthday to a genuine person and fantastic brewer. He and his father (and Jode?) gave a gang of us the most relentless tour of their facility last February. Spent hours with us when he clearly could have been doing something more constructive.
Hats off to the Norgroves and Best of Luck to BR in 2007.
Cheers!
And a great race car driver, too, don’t forget …
Cheers to the Norgrove clan and happy belated birthday to Ricardo!
One really great brewer and a really great guy! Happy Birthday Ricardo!
Happy Birthday Ricardo, Wish I was sitting at the Brewery right now sharing an Ale with you! Thank you for being a sincere, real, Brewer, who always strives for the BEST! It was an honor to serve your beer at Lyon’s Brewery. Cheers and Hoppy Brew Year! Judy