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Beer Birthday: Chris Nelson

January 20, 2017 By Jay Brooks

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Today is the 51st birthday of Chris Nelson, better known as The Beer Geek. Chris and his wife, Merideth Canham-Nelson, recently completed an around the world beer festival tour, but are still traveling the globe searching for great beer. A few years ago his wife also published Teachings From the Tap, her account of the year they spent circling the globe visiting beer destinations. Join me in wishing Chris a very happy birthday.

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The first “official meeting” of the Bay Area Beer Bloggers. From left: Merideth Canham-Nelson, me, Chris, JJ (the Thirsty Hopster), and Gail Ann Williams and Steve Shapiro, both from Beer by BART.

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In front of the Rocky statue in downtown Philadelphia during our trip to the first Philly Beer Week.

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At the OBF media tasting: Rick Sellers, from Pacific Brew News, Merideth and Chris Nelson, The Beer Geek, and Meagan Flynn (at right) with her assistant, Annalou, former publishers of Beer NW during the 2007 Oregon Brewers Festival.

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Chris, at right, with Shaun O’Sullivan, Merideth, and Jeff White in Pub Talk Radio in Monterey in September of last year.

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Chris and Merideth at Pangea in 2012 (photo “borrowed” from Facebook, by Virginia Vasquez)

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Comments

  1. Chris says

    January 20, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Thanks Jay…

  2. Jim says

    January 20, 2011 at 9:05 am

    happy birthday Chris, keep up the good work!

  3. fraggle says

    January 20, 2011 at 9:30 am

    happy bornday chris!!!!!!
    do i get half a beer for your “ufo” picture?

  4. Dean says

    January 21, 2017 at 8:40 am

    I ran into Chris and Meredith in the parking lot at Calicraft in Walnut Creek a few months back. They were very nice to take a few minutes to chat with me before they went in. Happy Birthday Beer Geek!

  5. Leslie Patino says

    January 22, 2017 at 10:07 am

    Chris and Merideth are definitely two of the nicest beer people here on the Monterey Peninsula. Discretion Brewing was lucky to snag Chris as their beer ambassador in November.

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