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Beer Birthday: Christian Ettinger
Today is the 53rd birthday of Christian Ettinger, founder of Hopworks Urban Brewery, or HUB, in Portland, Oregon. I first met Christian when was the head brewer at Laurelwood, also in Portland. A few years later, having won several medals and awards, he struck out on his own in 2007, and it’s been forever now. […]
by Jay Brooks1 viewbirthdaysoregonportland - news
Beer Birthday: Max Finnance
Today is the 41st birthday of Max Finnance. Max who until quite recently was the Senior Manager, Education & Training at Artisanal Brewing Ventures, the group that owns Sixpoint Brewing, Southern Tier and Victory Brewing. He’s also an Advanced Cicerone. I first got to know Max through Emily Sauter, and have now spent enough time […]
by Jay Brooks0 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-funconnecticut - news
Beer Birthday: Tom Kehoe
Today is the 62nd birthday of Tom Kehoe, founder of Yards Brewing, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tom’s been a fixture of the Philly beer scene as long as I can remember, at at least since 1996. He’s one of those people that you feel like you’ve known for years, even when you first meet him. And […]
by Jay Brooks0 viewsbirthdayspennsylvaniaphiladelphia - news
Historic Beer Birthday: William F. Weber
Today is the birthday of William F. Weber (July 2, 1853-October 19, 1909). He was born in Detroit, Michigan, but moved to Saginaw as a young man, marrying Bertha Raquet, whose father Peter Raquet founded the P. & J. Raquet Brewery in 1870, renaming it the National Brewery a few years later. When his father-in-law […]
by Jay Brooks1 viewbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funmichigan - news
Historic Beer Birthday: James Younger
Today is the birthday of James Younger (July 1, 1763-February 19, 1809). He was the son of George Younger, who founded the brewery George Younger & Son. James was the “Son” in the name. I was unable to find any portraits of James, or much else unfortunately. Here’s a short account from the Scottish Antiquary. […]
by Jay Brooks0 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funhistoryscotland - news
Beer Birthday: Chris White
Today is the 58th birthday of Chris White. Chris founded the yeast company White Labs in 1995 and he’s also on the faculty of the Siebel Institute. He’s also a fixture at virtually every brewing industry and homebrewing conference, and was kind enough to talk to my SSU beer appreciation class about yeast. Join me […]
by Jay Brooks1 viewbirthdayscaliforniaingredientssan-diegosouthern-californiayeast - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Pedro Rodenbach
Today is the birthday of Pedro Rodenbach (June 8, 1794-January 20, 1848). He was a military officer and fought in the Battle of Waterloo. When he left the army in 1818, he married a brewer’s daughter, Regina Wauters, who was from Mechelen in Belgium. After Pedro’s father died, he and his brothers, Alexander, Ferdinand and […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-funbelgiumhistory - news
Beer Saints: St. Medard of Noyon
Today is the feast day of St. Medard of Noyon, who was also known as St. Medardus (c. 456–545). “He was the Bishop of Noyon. He moved the seat of the diocese from Vermand to Noviomagus Veromanduorum (modern Noyon) in northern France. Medardus was one of the most honored bishops of his time, often depicted […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbeersbirthdaysbreweriesrelated-pleasuresbeer-saintsreligion-beer - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Johann George Moerlein
Today is the birthday of Johann George Moerlein, who went by “George” (June 8, 1852-August 31, 1891). He was the son of Christian Moerlein, who founded the Christian Moerlein Brewery in 1853, when his son was one year old. He later joined the firm and was the vice-president at the time of his untimely death at 39. […]
by Jay Brooks3 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funhistoryohiotravel - news
Beer Birthday: Van Havig
Today is the 56th birthday of Van Havig, co-founder and master brewer at Gigantic Brewing in Portland, Oregon. Van used to be the brewer at Rock Bottom in Portland, but left shortly after the merger between Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch, when some offhand remarks got him the boot. That’s when I first became aware […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-funoregonportland - news
Beer & Whiskey Birthday: John Hansell
Today is the 66th birthday of John Hansell, who is the creator and publisher of Malt Advocate, the whisky magazine in America, which also puts on WhiskyFest in several cities, including San Francisco. In 2010, he sold the magazine to M. SHanken, who rebranded it as Whiskey Advocate. John’s a terrific person I don’t see […]
by Jay Brooks2 viewsbirthdayscraft-spiritspennsylvania - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Charles Voegtle
Today is the birthday of Charles Voegtle (June 7, 1841-September 27, 1914). He was born in Rothwell, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S. just as the Civil War was ending, in 1865, initially settling in Illinois. He started work in a brewery there and was promoted to foreman after five years. In 1869, he married […]
by Jay Brooks3 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funcoloradogermanyhistory - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Ernest G.W. Woerz
Today is the birthday of Ernest Gottlieb Wilhelm Woerz (June 6, 1834-May 9, 1916). He was born in Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, but emigrated to the U.S. as a young man and immediately started working in the brewing business, spending a dozen years at the Yuengling Brewery before becoming brewmaster at New York City’s […]
by Jay Brooks0 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-funhistorynew-york - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Mathias Leinenkugel
Today is the birthday of Mathias (sometimes spelled Matthias) Leinenkugel (April 16, 1866-June 3, 1927). He was the oldest child of Jacob Leinenkugel, who in 1867, along with John Miller, co-founded the Spring Brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. In 1884, Jacob bought out Miller and the name was changed to the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funhistorywisconsin - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Emil Schandein
Today is the birthday of Emil Schandein (April 15, 1840-July 22, 1888). He was born in Bavaria, Germany, but emigrated to America when he was sixteen, in 1856. Arriving first in New York, he moved shortly thereafter to Philadelphia, and moved around quite a bit, until finally settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1866 where he […]
by Jay Brooks5 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-fungermanyhistorywisconsin - news
Historic Beer Birthday: William Leonard Hoerber
Today is the birthday of William Leonard Hoerber (April 5, 1849-May 7, 1933). He was the son of German-born John L. Hoerber, who founded the John L. Hoerber Brewery in 1858, after emigrating to Chicago, Illinois. William was brought up in the family business and took over the brewery after his father passed away in […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funchicagohistoryillinois - news
Historic Beer Birthday: Richard Katzenmayer
Today is the birthday of Richard Katzenmayer (April 15, 1839-October 3, 1893). He came with his family to America from the Bodensee, the European lake that borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They settled in New York City, and his father, John Katzenmayer, was a bookkeeper for a brewery there, A. Schmid & Co. John Katzenmayer […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysjust-for-funbrewers-associationhistorynew-york - news
Historic Beer Birthday: August Krug
Today is the birthday of August Krug (April 15, 1815-December 30, 1856). Krug was born in Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany, but when he was 33, in 1848, emigrated to the U.S. and settle in central Wisconsin. He opened a restaurant and the following year, 1849, added a brewery, which was known then as the August Krug […]
by Jay Brooks5 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-fungermanyhistorywisconsin - news
Historic Beer Birthday: William Cullen
Today is the birthday of William Cullen (April 15, 1710-February 5, 1790). He “was a Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist, and one of the most important professors at the Edinburgh Medical School, during its hay-day as the leading center of medical education in the English-speaking world. Cullen was also a central figure in the Scottish […]
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Historic Beer Birthday: George Schmitt
Today is the birthday of George Schmitt (April 14, 1869-July 31, 1898). There’s very little about him that I could find, though I suspect the fact that he died when he was only 29 might have something to do with that. He was trained as a brewer at his father’s brewery, worked at a malt […]
by Jay Brooks4 viewsbirthdaysbreweriesjust-for-funhistorynew-york