{"id":277734,"date":"2025-06-06T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/beer-birthday-big-mike-moore\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T19:39:06","slug":"beer-birthday-big-mike-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=277734","title":{"rendered":"Beer Birthday: Big Mike Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"48\" height=\"32\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3353\/3664503604_0374f7e83f_o.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Today is the 66th birthday of \u201cBig\u201d Mike Moore. Originally a pharmacist, Mike gave it all up for beer \u2026 thank goodness. Mike has been leading beer tours in Europe and a few years ago took over running the judging for, first the California State Fair Commercial Competition, and more recently, the CCBC, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccbc.beer\/\">California Craft Brewers Cup<\/a>, which was sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.californiacraftbeer.com\/\">CCBA<\/a>. I\u2019ve gotten to know Big Mike much better over the last few years, judging together on Celebrator Beer News panels, at competitions at The Bistro and other beery events. He\u2019s even stayed with us a few times in our guesthouse, where we\u2019ve introduced him to the pleasures of gin. Join me in wishing Big Mike a very happy birthday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2982.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big Mike at Augustiner in Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49166644696_d311f32985_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Klein (2nd from the left) and the Monk\u2019s Cellar crew with Big Mike and Tom McCormick at the Celebrator Anniversary Party in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1034-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1034-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1034-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1034.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big Mike with the 2018 inductees into the California Brewer\u2019s Hall of Fame, Pete Slosberg, Judy Ashworth, and Tom Dalldorf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2981.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2981.png 960w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2981-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2981-768x576.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the basement of The Bistro for Double IPA judging in 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 66th birthday of \u201cBig\u201d Mike Moore. 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