Charlie Papazian schedules retirement for Jan. 23, 2019
The Boulder, Colo.-based Brewers Association (BA) announced that founder and past president Charlie Papazian will retire from the BA on Jan. 23, 2019, which also marks his 70th birthday and 40 years building the craft brewing community.
“We are all here today because of Charlie Papazian,” said Bob Pease, president and chief executive officer of the BA, in a statement. “His influence on the homebrewing and craft brewing community is immeasurable. Who could have predicted that a simple wooden spoon, ingenuity and passion would spawn a community of more than 1 million homebrewers and 6,000 small and independent U.S. craft breweries?”