The Angie Oakins Recovery Support Group

Man, there’s nothing worse than coming back from vacation to find out one of your community members is hurting. I love all the taproom folks that I’ve met over the years, but Angie Oakins, who works at Kettlehouse Brewing Company, is one of my favorites. She’s one of the few who greets me by name every time I pop into either the northside or the southside, and I love that she hangs around and grabs a beer after a shift to chat with anyone who is around.

Angie was hurt in a skiiing accident April 4, and there is a Facebook group of friends and supporters sending messages and good vibes to one of our favorite taprooms people. Join up and send Angie your thoughts and prayers.

Prost,

GG

Happy Birthday Beer Man

My buddy, Dan de Carbonel, is celebrating his birthday today. Many years ago, he and I started the first ever newspaper craft beer blog at the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon. Rather than getting paid for our work, we would blog for beer, thus the name, “Will Blog for Beer.” The blog is long gone, along with many other innovations we pioneered back in the new digital days of journalism, but it remains one of my fondest memories of my journalism career. So, happy birthday Dan. I hope this finds you well wherever you may be.

Prost,

GG

A little piece of memorabilia from the early days of beer blogging.