CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS ISSUE |
Emily Hutto is a Colorado-born travel writer with an affinity for fermented beverages. She’s the author of Colorado’s Top Brewers and a contributor at many craft-beer and food-centric publications. Find her ethnography at emilyhutto.com. Stan Hieronymus has been writing about beer for more than twenty years, including three books popular with home brewers—for the Love of Hops, Brew Like a Monk, and Brewing with Wheat. His most recent book, Brewing Local: American-grown Beer, is a field guide to brewing with foraged ingredients. Brad Smith started Beersmith, LLC in 2003 and has grown his business to be the most utilized brewing software in the world. He is the author of Home Brewing with Beersmith, and he is the developer of the Beersmith Brewing software. Brad is an expert homebrewer with an MBA, MS, and PHD in Engineering. John M. Verive is a Southern California native and freelance writer dedicated to growing the craft-beer scene in L.A. He’s the founder of Beer of Tomorrow (Beerof Tomorrow.com) and the former editor of Beer Paper LA (a monthly print newspaper). He covers the beer beat for the Los Angeles Times and is a Certified Cicerone. Paul Mathews is a chef/ consultant based in Wyoming. Originally from Boulder, Paul has been cooking professionally for 10 years. In 2014, Paul helped open Shamrocks gastropub in Tumon, Guam, which features a beer-infused pub-style menu paired with a selection of craft beers. He is a proud exponent of sustainable and ethical food production. Josh Weikert took up homebrewing in 2007 as a way to stay sane during graduate school. He is a founding member of the Stoney Creek Homebrewers, has medaled in every BJCP beer style, is a BJCP Grand Master Judge and Certified Cicerone, and is a two-time Eastern Pennsylvania Homebrewer of the Year. He leads a double life as the jet-setting author of the Beer: Simple blog (beer-simple.com).