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Beer Birthday: Alan Newman

January 1, 2025 By Jay Brooks

Today is the 79th birthday of Alan Newman. In addition to co-founding Gardener’s Supply Co. and Seventh Generation, for our purposes he’s best known for co-founding Magic Hat Brewing, an early microbrewery located in Burlington, Vermont. Newman opened the brewery in 1994, along with his partner Bob Johnson, the company’s original brewmaster. In 2005, they bought Pyramid Breweries, but today both, and others, are owned by Florida Ice & Farm Company (FIFCO), a food and beverages company located in Costa Rica. Newman later worked with Alchemy & Science, Boston Beer Company’s incubator business. I’ve only met Alan a few times, but he definitely had a great impact on the early craft beer days, especially on the East Coast. And he’s the only early beer pioneer I know of who frequently wore a cape. Join me in wishing Alan a very happy birthday.

Alan on the bottling line.
Alan’s Facebook profile photo.
The Magic Hat employees, c. 2000.
Alan’s autobiography “High on Business.”

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