Today is the 50th birthday — The Big 5-O — of Edu Villegas, who is the founder and Director General of Academia Mexicana De Eno-Gastronomía, which trains beer professionals in Mexico. He also founded the Great Mexican Brewers Competition and Professional Beer tasting committee, and is a representative of Mexico from Doemens and Unionbirrai Beer Taster. Edu is also on the same international beer judging circuit as O am, and that’s how we met, but I got to know him better when we were both invited on a press trip in Belgium two years ago, visiting newer breweries there. Edu also created International Beer Sommelier Day, which is celebrated the first Friday in July. Join me in wishing Edu Villegas a very happy birthday.