Today is also the birthday of Aaron Mateychuk, former brewmaster of Watch City Brewing in Waltham, Massachusetts. I met Aaron during CBC week when the Craft Brewers Conference was in Boston in 2009, and we almost got together when he was in San Francisco a couple of years ago, but kept crossing paths instead. More recently, Aaron’s running the Lookout Farm Brewing & Hard Cider Co. in Natick, Massachusetts. Join me in wishing Aaron a very happy birthday.

Giving a tour in 2009 during the Craft Brewers Conference in Boston.

Aaron with his wife Jennifer, in a Toronado t-shirt.

And at the Toronado.

Aaron at his new gig.

Note: The second and third photos purloined from Facebook, and the last is from Lookout’s website.