{"id":355108,"date":"2026-07-08T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/beer-birthday-christian-ettinger\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:00:38","slug":"beer-birthday-christian-ettinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=355108","title":{"rendered":"Beer Birthday: Christian Ettinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hub-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98127\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Today is the 53rd birthday of Christian Ettinger, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopworksbeer.com\/\">Hopworks Urban Brewery<\/a>, 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\u2019s been forever now. They started canning their beer in 2012, and also hard cider, and they make some wonderful beers. Join me in wishing Christian a very happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/8\/7392\/28037031826_b55526d945_c.jpg\" alt=\"P1000223\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/><br \/>Former HUB brewer Ben Love (now owner of Gigantic) with Christian on the brew system at HUB when it was still under construction in July of 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/2\/1699\/26537722296_f2a59ec7cf_c.jpg\" alt=\"P1090454\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"\/><br \/>At the HUB brunch after OBF in 2008: Assistant brewery Jeremy, Christian and brewer Ben Love.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5794-2048x1536.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former HUB brewer Ben Love, Charlie Papazian, and Christian receiving a World Beer Cup award in 2006.<\/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=\"460\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5793.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5793.png 460w, https:\/\/brookstonbeerbulletin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-5793-300x294.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saturday at OBF in 2006, relaxing behind the Celebrator\/Oregon Brewers Guild booth, Christian takes his son on a flying trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/2\/1553\/26290608950_26247bf228_z.jpg\" alt=\"P1090399\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Filling pints from a keg in the basement brewery at HUB, 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the 53rd birthday of Christian Ettinger, founder of Hopworks Urban Brewery, or HUB, in Portland, Oregon. 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