Beer Birthday: Marty Nachel

Today is the 67th birthday of beer writer Marty Nachel, author of Beer For Dummies and Homebrewing For Dummies. I’ve gotten to know Marty better over the last few years, judging the finals of the Longshot Homebrew competition and the World Beer Awards, and he’s a great person to share a pint with. This week, we also judging together in South Africa. And more recently he’s founded the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame, and they’ve recently announced the first class of members. Join me in wishing Marty a very happy birthday.

Last beers before we would begin judging the next day in Toronto for the first Canadian Beer Cup.

win-bassett-1 — Marty, me and a few others judging the finals of the Longshot Homebrew Competition at Samuel Adams HQ in Boson in 2013.

Marty-Nachel-and-Drew — Marty and Drew Nachel enjoying a beer in Northern Italy.

Marty-Nachel-and-Diane — Marty with his older sister Diane in, maybe, the late 1970s. [Note: Last two photos purloined from Facebook.]