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Historic Beer Birthday: Jim Parker

December 13, 2024 By Jay Brooks

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Today would have been the 64th birthday of Jim Parker, who had been a fixture in the national, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington beer scenes for over 25 years. He founded the Mountain Tap Tavern in 1992, in Colorado, and also worked for the IBS (formerly part of the Brewers Association), was director of the American Homebrewers Association, editor-in-chief of Zymurgy and New Brewer, Executive Director of the Oregon Brewers Guild, as well as starting and working at many different breweries. Jim was also the first person I know to put Tot-chos on a menu, and for that alone he gets into heaven in my book. Jim was a terrific person and very passionate about beer. In November of 2018, Jim suffered a severe stroke and passed away in February of the following year. Please join me in raising a toast to Jim’s memory.

jim-parker-and-meJim and me over ten years ago at the Full Sail Smoker during OBF.

jim-parker-stackingLate night adventures in New Orleans, when the Craft Brewers Conference was there in 2003, stacking burger boxes at a local fast food joint.

jim-parker-oaks-tAt a different Full Sail Smoker, talking with Dave Hopwood, whose birthday is also today.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: Colorado, Oregon, Washington



Comments

  1. Judy Ashworth says

    December 14, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    Happy Birthday my friend. Wishing you a full recovery.

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