Today is the 59th birthday of Mike “Scoats” Scotese, who owned the Grey Lodge Public House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and as far as I know, he’s also still involved in the Hop Angel Brauhaus and Bonk’s Bar. Scoats is an awesome person, and I got to know him better when I took a trip to Belgium with a group of beer people from Philadelphia several years ago. He’s a terrific advocate for better beer, and helped make Philadelphia the great beer town it is today. Join me in wishing Scoats a very happy birthday.
Scoats at the Grey Lodge [photo by Danya Henninger for Philly.com].
Scoats at GABF with another of favorite beer people, Jaime Jurado of Abita Brewing.
Tapping a firkin.
That’s Scoats behind Tom Peters as I shared Belgian frites with everyone in Brussels a few years ago.
Thanks Jay! I’m not longer with Hop Angel or Bonks either. But I’m still in the beer biz.
My brand Lucky Cat Beer is one of the founding members of Mutual Respect Brewers Co-op in Bensalem, PA.
I hope we cross paths soon. Ideally in Belgium 🙂