I bless you and your family for your essential contribution in making BrewingTechniques the great magazine it was and for your ongoing support over the years. I and the many people you touched thank you. I am proud to have been able to serve this great community of bright, creative people we call brewers. I take some measure of reassurance from the saying that all good things come to an end. Despite the financial loss, I feel great satisfaction from the magazine's very human successes.
Brewing is an ancient and noble art, with roots that run long and deep.
It is humbling to think of ourselves through the telescope of that kind of continuity, but at the same time we are the vanguard that sustains the art for future generations. As I take my leave I bow in honor of all the brewers on whose shoulders I have been able to stand and to all the brewers with whom I have had the privilege of working. I wish you well in all your future brewing endeavors.