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Beer Birthday: Brian Hunt

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Today is iconoclastic brewer Brian Hunt’s 68th birthday. Brian owns and operates Moonlight Brewing in Sonoma County, California, which was almost a one-man show for most of its existence. If you’ve never had his “Death and Taxes,” “Twist of Fate Bitter,” “Bombay by Boat,” or his fresh hop ale, alternately called “Homegrown” or “Greenbud Ale,” then you’re really missing out on some of the most unique and wonderful beers around. Plus, Brian is one of the nicest curmudgeons you’ll ever meet, and one of my favorite people anywhere. Join me in wishing Brian a very happy birthday.

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Hildegard van Ostaden, Urthel’s brewster, one of only a very few female brewers working in Belgium, and Brian.

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Brian in his hopyard, with Russian River’s old assistant brewer Travis (who opened his own place, Societe Brewing), and Vinnie Cilurzo.

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Shaun O’Sullivan and Vinnie Cilurzo with Brian at the Bistro in Hayward, California.

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Brian at the Opening Gala for SF Beer Week a number of years back.



Comments

  1. Happy Birthday Brian!

    See ya soon…either on the West coast or East coast.

    Cheers

    Dave

  2. Happy Birthday old man. Hope by Late Afternoon some Cascades inflected Tart has reached your gullet.

    🙂

    Cheers my friend!

  3. Cheers to the Pride of Fulton! So glad to see your brews on tap at Finnegan’s here in Novato.

  4. Happy birthday, Brian. Thanks for continually forging your own path in beer and beyond.

  8. There will ALWAYS be Death & Taxes, and the legend of Brian Hunt.

    Happy Birthday Brian!

  13. Death & Taxes is one I’ve loved since 1st taste; ditto for Reality Czech (I’m 25% Czech & prefer the Czech Pils to the German versions). He’s one of the best “garage brewers” extant, so here’s to him providing our local taphouses w/more excellent suds for a long time!