Today at around 2 p.m.; Ragi – my brewing partner and friend for over 35 years (seen here wearing a really ugly shirt and complaining about something) was wheeled into an operating room and got himself a new pair of lungs. He has a long road of recovery but the operation went without a hitch. Now we wait to see if the lungs will cooperate. I’m amazed at the strides medicine has made but also at the courage that he and his family have shown during all of this. Tonight I’m drinking a good IPA and toasting my buddy.