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Beer Birthday: Steve Parkes

April 21, 2022 By Jay Brooks 6 Comments

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Today is the 62nd birthday of Steve Parkes. Steve owns and runs the American Brewers Guild, which trains brewers. I’ve known Steve for a number of years now and he’s one of my favorite Brits in the industry. I had the pleasure of writing a profile of him for Beer Advocate magazine a few years ago, from which I learned the following. Steve studied brewing sciences at Heriot-Wyatt University in Edinburgh and worked at several small UK breweries before moving to Maryland to open British Brewing (later known as Oxford Brewing). He then moved to California and created Red Nectar for Humboldt Brewing, which is also where he caught the teaching bug. Eventually buying the ABG school in 1999, several years ago making the leap to running the school full-time. In 2009, Steve was awarded the Russell Schehrer Award for Innovation in Brewing by the Brewers Association at CBC in Boston. Steve said at the time. “It’s gratifying when someone notices what you’re been doing every day. It just feels tremendous, like standing on the shoulder of giants. The willingness to share is the best part of this industry. I love being part of a working community that thinks like that. It makes you a better person.” Join me in wishing Steve a very happy birthday.

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Pete Brown and Steve at the GBBF in 2009.

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Steve at Cantillon in Brussels.

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Enjoying a Rodenbach.

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Words fail me. Happy birthday Steve. [Note: Last three Photos Purloined from Facebook.]

Filed Under: Birthdays Tagged With: Education, UK, Vermont



Comments

  1. Peter says

    April 21, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Happy Birthday Steve! And that chicken/rabbit thing provided hours of entertainment for us all at GABF last year!

    Reply
  2. Alec Moss says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:17 pm

    Happy Birthday Steve.

    Reply
  3. David Manka says

    April 21, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    Happy Birthday Steve. Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge!!
    I would order the fish and chips.

    Reply
  4. Chung Wen Ching says

    April 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    Happy Birthday Steve.

    Reply
  5. Daniel Del Grande says

    April 21, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Happy Birthday Steve!!!!!

    Reply
  6. Groucho says

    April 21, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    Happy birthday! You don’t know me but I owe my career to you and Raspberry wheat beer! You also very kindly relied to one of my queries on the brewers Association mailing list. Many happy returns!

    Reply

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