Jay Misson, our friend and colleague, passed away on Monday, June 9, 2008.

These pages are the collected memories of his family, friends, and coworkers of his life and the many good times we had together.

Jay learned homebrewing for a high school science project in 1978, thus beginning a lifelong career in brewing. Lew Bryson wrote a brief professional bio of Jay in his blog, (350k PDF) and many of those who worked with Jay over the years posted their own memories of him as blog comments.

Jay was an avid fisherman, often rising before dawn to surf fish on the beach near his home in Bradley Beach, NJ before heading to work for the day. He joined the online community at StripersOnline.com and made many friends there. Here are their stories and memories of Jay.

This photo album contains a selection of photos of trips to France, Mexico, Germany, and of the guys from Stripers Online.

Note: We have more photos and a video that will be added to the these pages over the next few weeks.