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Beer Birthday: Kurt Widmer

December 29, 2024 By Jay Brooks

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Today is Kurt Widmer’s 72nd birthday. Kurt is, of course, one of the bros in Widmer Brothers. He and his brother Rob helped found the Oregon Brewers Festival, created the style American Hefeweizen and are one of the few small brewers that have managed to retain their spirit and reputation as they’ve grown much larger. A few years ago, Kurt announced that he would be retiring, which hopefully he’s enjoying to the fullest. Join me in wishing Kurt a very happy birthday.

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Kurt (at left) and Rob Widmer with their wives at the Oregon Brewers Festival several years ago.

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Kurt and Rob after their win for Mid-Size Brewing Company of the Year at GABF in 2002.

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Gary Fish, Kurt and beer writer Fred Eckhardt at Don Younger’s memorial (photo by Tom Dalldorf).

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Rob and Kurt Widmer accepting the gavel in July 2007 from Jack Joyce and John Maier from Rogue, for 2008 when that next year they hosted OBF.

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Ray, Kurt and Ron Widmer at the start of the brewery.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: Oregon, Portland



Comments

  1. Bryan Alar says

    December 29, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    Happy Birthday Kurt!! A Prost: To Birthdays and Beer, and Many More of Each!

  2. Sandy Mattthews says

    December 29, 2011 at 1:06 pm

    Happy Birthday Kurt! Say hello to your wonderful wife for me!

  3. jim says

    December 31, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    Happy Birthday Kurt
    Great photo of you guys with your wives

  4. Adam says

    January 2, 2012 at 9:28 am

    “…one of the few small brewers that have managed to retain their spirit and reputation as they’ve grown much larger.” I don’t know if being part of CBA, AB-InBev ownership and being publicly traded would really lead to that well–that is unless it was more about a corporate growth and profits vision than that of craft one.
    Never really cared for their beer I’ve tried. Next to the light lager categories, American wheat has proved to be one of my least favorite–and I love wheat beers.
    Good for him to make it to 60 and for what he and his brother have created though.

  5. Michael Bowe says

    December 29, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    Kurt,
    Happy Birthday Brother!
    I miss hanging with you at the CBC!

    Hope to see you,
    Michael Bowe

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