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April 29 will be a hard day for Lisa Gjoraas.
It would be Tim Gjoraas 46th birthday, a Sioux Falls craft beer enthusiast and former Washington High School anatomy teacher who died from colon cancer in January.
But she won t be alone. It s his day, and even though he won t be there to celebrate with her, their friends and family, they ll still celebrate him. And they re doing it in the best way they know how, with a beer brewed specifically in his honor.
Two Sioux Falls breweries, WoodGrain Brewing Co. and Obscure Brewing Co., are releasing a collaborative brew to celebrate Tim s birthday. They re calling it Tim s Beer, and a portion of the profits will go toward cancer research.