Birthdays

Today is the 52nd birthday of Ken Kelley, brewer at North Coast Brewing in Fort Bragg. Ken is the guy you see at the majority of beer festivals that North Coast participates in, as well as even some of the ones that they don’t. He’s a terrific ambassador for the brewery, and for craft beer [...]

Today is the 46th birthday of Lars Larson, brewmaster of Trumer Brauerei in Berkeley, California. Larsen studied brewing in Germany and was the prefect person to recreate Trumer Pils in the United States, one of the best pilsners made in California, or indeed anywhere, foreign or domestic. I got to know Lars much better a [...]

Today is the 41st birthdays of Diane & Elaine Klimaszewski, better known as the “Coors Light Twins,” so I thought today was the day to feature a few of their ads. The first Coors Light ad is from 2003 and uses a football theme. These last two are from the year before, 2002. The first [...]

Today is the 37th birthday of Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, founder of the Danish gypsy brewery Mikkeller. I first met Mikkel in Burton-on-Trent in 2008, during I trip when I accompanied Matt Brynildson to Marston’s where he was doing a collaboration beer. And I most recently ran into him at the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival [...]

Alright, you caught me. It’s not the birthday of the beer style, Porter. Strictly speaking, this isn’t really a beer post but it’s my son’s 11th birthday today, but since his name is Porter I figured people wouldn’t feel too duped by the title. It is accurate, after all. One day soon, we’ll brew a [...]

Today is the 45th birthday of Terence Sullivan, the Field Educator and assistant brewmaster at Sierra Nevada Brewing. He’s been with the brewery nearly forever, and in recent years has become one of their ambassadors, traveling the country representing the brewery at numerous events, as well as coordinating Beer Camp. He’s also a terrific person [...]

Today is the birthday of Jim Woods, founder of MateVeza, an organic brewer headquartered in San Francisco. I first met Jim when we were classmates at U.C. Davis for the brewing short course before he launched his unique business. All Jim’s beers are made with Yerba Mate, a South American herb that’s similar to tea. [...]

Today in 1960, Côte d’Ivoire gained their Independence from France. Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire Breweries Societe de Limonaderies et Brasseries (SOLIBRA) Societe des Brasseries de la Cote d’Ivoire (BRACODI) Nouvelle Brasserie de Côte d’Ivoire Societe des Brasseries de Bouake Côte d’Ivoire Brewery Guides Beer Advocate Beer Me Rate Beer Other Guides CIA World Factbook Official [...]

Today is the 60th birthday of Steve Grossman, the Beer Ambassador at Sierra Nevada, and co-founder Ken Grossman’s older brother. “Steve grew up in Southern California, where he and his younger brother Ken learned about the art of home brewing. Steve continued to homebrew throughout college, and when Ken founded Sierra Nevada in 1980, Steve’s [...]