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HE WAS A BIG MAN WITH A BIG
HEART AND A TALENT FOR CHOOSING
GOOD BEERS.
HE LEFT HIS MARK ON THE TWIN
CITIES BEER INDUSTRY BEFORE HE
DIED THIS MONTH.
HE IS SUCH A SMART GUY AND
HE JUST GOT IT.
AND HE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A
LOT OF GREAT BEER TO TASTE AND
TRY AND SHARE.
HE WAS KNOWN AS HANSI TO
CLIENTS AND FRIENDS.
HE HELPED BOOST BUSINESS FOR
CRAFT BREWERIES IN MINNESOTA.
HE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING A
FAMILY MAN.
Reporter: HANS HAD A
DISTINCTIVE LOOK.
TALL, BALD, A BIG BEARD AND BIG
SMILE.
HE WAS SCARY TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE, BUT ONCE THEY GOT TO
KNOW HIM, THEY LOVED HIM.
Reporter: HE SPENT HIS
ENTIRE CAREER IN THE BEER
INDUSTRY MEETING WITH BEER AND
BAR OWNERS TO RECOMMEND BEERS.
I WOULD BE OUT WITH HIM.
HE WOULD GET A TEXT FROM
SOMEONE SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY
ARE LIKE THEY HAVE THIS.
DOES THIS TASTE GOOD?
HE IS LIKE YEAH, YEAH, TRY
THAT.
HE WAS ALWAYS THE UNDER
PROMISED, NEVER DELIVER KIND OF
GUY.
HE NEVER TOLD YOU HE WOULD DO
SOMETHING AND DIDN'T DO IT.
Reporter: JOE REMEMBERS
MEETING HANS AS HE BEGAN HIS
OWN CAREER IN BEER SALES YEARS
AGO.
HE IS LIKE, YOU'VE GOT TO
MEET THIS GUY HANS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE HANS THIS, HANS
THAT.
I AM LIKE, OKAY, OKAY, LIKE,
MAN, PEOPLE WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT
THIS GUY.
Reporter: AT HOME HE WAS A
BIGGER HIT.
HIS WIFE SAYS HE EMBRACED
FATHERHOOD, SPENDING LOTS OF
TIME WITH THEIR YOUNG SON AND
DAUGHTER.
HANS LIKED TO GRILL FOR THEM
AND COOK MEALS.
EACH CHRISTMAS YOU COULD FIND
HIM DRESSED UP LIKE SANTA CLAUS
IN ST. PAUL.
HE KNEW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE.
HE TREATED EVERYBODY LIKE SO
WELL.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED AT
A 10 WITH HIM.
YOU WERE ALREADY AT A 10 WHEN
YOU FIRST MEET HIM.
YOU WERE ALREADY GOOD IN HIS
BOOK.
Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO
LOVED HANS IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
HIM BEING GONE.
HE IS A HUGE TEDDY.
THE ONLY THING BIGGER THAN HANS
WAS HIS HEART.
SUCH A LOVING GUY.
Reporter: IN HIS HONOR LIFT
BRIDGE BREWERY IN STILLWATER
CREATED AN EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR
HANS CHILDREN.
HE DIED ON OCTOBER 6 AFTER
HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
HE WAS 52 YEARS OLD.
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