Beer Birthday: Chris White

July 1, 2026 By Jay Brooks 1 Comment

Today is the 58th birthday of Chris White. Chris founded the yeast company White Labs in 1995 and he’s also on the faculty of the Siebel Institute. He’s also a fixture at virtually every brewing industry and homebrewing conference, and was kind enough to talk to my SSU beer appreciation class about yeast. Join me in wishing Chris a very happy birthday.

Chris and his brother Mike bookending Chuck, then from Green Flash Brewing, Natalie Cilurzo, from Russian River Brewing, John Harris, then from Full Sail Brewing, and Vinnie Cilurzo, also from Russian River, at CBC in Austin, Texas in 2007.

Chris at the new White Labs taproom during the 2012 Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego.

Me and Chris at CBC in Minneapolis in 2022.

chris-white-2 — Surly brewer Todd Haug with Chris.

chris-white-1 — Chris with Technical Sales and Marketing Coordinator Ashley Paulsworth at the NHC.

[Note: last two photos purloined from Facebook.]

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Jeff Bearer says
July 1, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Don’t forget that he also won this year’s AHA Governing Committee Recognition Award two nights ago. Cheers!
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