Fun running into the two Chris's —Swersey and Williams — at the World Beer Cup judges' reception at Other Half Brewing in Philadelphia tonight.

Beer In Ads #5225: Fabled Ambrosia Of The Ancients brookston.short.gy/Iu0tke

Beer in Art #1922 Brewerytown, Philadelphia, by Jessie Husband, 2017 (Pennsylvania, United States)

Historic Beer Birthday: William O. Poth brookston.short.gy/RYhJKw

Happy Birthday American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897–December 7, 1975)

Today's reason to drink? It's Feast of Random Walks, Haiku Day, Hex Sign Day, Hug a Cactus Day, Malbec World Day, Nat'l Cheese Ball Day, Nat'l Kickball Day, Pineapple Cheese Day, Saint Grotus’s Day, Tortoiseshell Cat Day & World Drum and Bass Day brookston.short.gy/RXEdIk

Beer In Ads #5224: Harvard Bock Beer brookston.short.gy/a4thaw

Historic Beer Birthday: Alan Eames brookston.short.gy/sRZ1K6

CBC Flashback 2006: Sharing 20-year old photos from CBC in Seattle. The opening event for CBC in 2006 was held at Hale's Ales, and this was a few of the folks attending. While everyone looks familiar, I can only identify the two on the right with absolute certainty, Chris Crabb and Tom Dalldorf.

Historic Beer Birthday: Mathias Leinenkugel brookston.short.gy/LSZVCe

Beer in Art #1921 Schmidt’s The Easy Beer, by Unknown In-House Artist, 1974 (Pennsylvania, United States)

Historic Beer Birthday: Emil Schandein bit.ly/4dNxXjX

Happy Birthday French poet, journalist, and novelist Anatole France (April 16, 1844–October 12, 1924)

Today's reason to drink? It's Brown Sugar Day, Dagwood Sandwich Day, Day of the Badger, Eggs Benedict Day, Get To Know Your Customers Day, High Five Day, Mushroom Day, National OK Day, National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day, Totoro Day; World Semicolon Day & World Voice Day tinyurl.com/e4c25ktj

Beer In Ads #5223: You Have Exhausted Our Goat tinyurl.com/bddkm2cv

Historic Beer Birthday: Richard Katzenmayer tinyurl.com/4cnctp7w

Today's Bock oddity is this tax day cartoon from 1964. The cartoon is "They'll Do It Every Time," by Jimmy Hatlo, where readers send in ideas for future comics.

Historic Beer Birthday: August Krug tinyurl.com/58drxbw5

Beer in Art #1920 Man with a Beer Jug, by Franz Hals, c. 1630 (The Netherlands)

Historic Beer Birthday: William Cullen tinyurl.com/2zd9dj9c

Happy Birthday American-British author Henry James (April 15, 1843–February 28, 1916)

Today's reason to drink? It's Anime Day, Fast Food Day, Fourth Dimension Day, Income Tax Pay Day, McDonald’s Day, National Banana Day , National Glazed Spiral Ham Day, National Takeout Day, Purple Up Day, Quantum Teleportation Day, That Sucks Day & World Art Day tinyurl.com/92kx22s7

Beer In Ads #5222: O'Keefe's Bock Beer tinyurl.com/27zznv4x

Historic Beer Birthday: George Schmitt tinyurl.com/bdzh33nh

Hose shot of the day, at Russian River Brewing, in Windsor, California. (April 13, 2026)

Beer In Ads #5221: Bowler Brothers' Bock tinyurl.com/5e83dcrb

Historic Beer Birthday: George W. Bashford tinyurl.com/st4jjvcv

Beer in Art #1918 Still Life with X Beer, by Gabriele Münter, 1914 (Germany)

Belated Beer Birthday: Ray McCoy tinyurl.com/4nwfh7zx

Happy Birthday American science fiction author Bruce Sterling (April 14, 1954- )

Today's reason to drink? It's American Dictionary Day, Cuckoo Day, Espresso Italiano Day, Iceberg Day, Look Up at the Sky Day, Meme Appreciation Day, National Grits Day, National Pecan Day, Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Day, Tannat Day, World Puffin Day & World Quantum Day tinyurl.com/mr3xce5d

Beer In Ads #5220: Hello People! I Am The Centlivre Bock Beer Goat tinyurl.com/yywb46nm

Beer Birthday: Andreas Fält tinyurl.com/yc8288wv

Fun Day at Russian River Brewery in Windsor, with friends from Paraguay, Francisco Montnaro Bertinat and Manoli Dacak, with a great lunch and long tour afterwards from Natalie, with the highlight being possibly these glasses of this year's Pliny the Younger from one of the few remaining kegs.

Beer Birthday: Julie Johnson tinyurl.com/24dne9jh

Historic Beer Birthday: Joseph Bramah tinyurl.com/bdz79suj

Happy Birthday French, Mauritian, and British writer and professor J.M.G. Le Clézio (April 13, 1940- )

Today's reason to drink? It's Believe in Fairies Day, Day to Give Thanks for Fish and Seafood, International Plant Appreciation Day, International Rock & Roll Day, National Hippy Day, National Make Lunch Count Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, Scrabble Day & World Microscope Day tinyurl.com/4z6ncpv4

Beer In Ads #5219: Good Old Point Special Bock Beer tinyurl.com/3dv7js8r

It's been raining a fair bit in Sonoma County the past few days, but today brought a brief respite and a beautiful rainbow. As the old song goes, "If you want the rainbow, you must have the rain." This is the version I know best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJcW...

Today's Bock oddity is another origin story for Bock Beer, this one entitled "It Is Now the Joyous Bock Beer Time," published in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 1093.

Beer in Art #1917 Irish Drinking Dragon, by Bruce Bolinger, 2001 (Pennsylvania, United States)

Beer In Ads #5218: The "Butter-In" Of The Season tinyurl.com/56a7c86t

Happy Birthday American poet, novelist, and memoirist Gary Soto (April 12, 1952- )

Today's reason to drink? It's Big Wind Day, Catch and Release Day, Human Spaceflight Day, National Buy a Loaf of Bread Day, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, National Hanging Out Day, National Licorice Day, Naughty Noodle Day & Walk On Your Wild Side Day tinyurl.com/mwf59nm

Beer In Ads #5217: The King Of All Beers tinyurl.com/mu223pbs

Historic Beer Birthday: Gambrinus tinyurl.com/ah56rrny

Beer in Art #1916 Gambrinus, by Unknown Artist from Van de Oirsprong Brewery, c. 2010s (The Netherlands)

Beer In Ads #5216: The Finest Bock, As Usual tinyurl.com/bdzatx94

Historic Beer Birthday: Anton Heeb tinyurl.com/4ys3k7vr