|CONTRIBUTORS IN THIS ISSUE |

Tara Nurin is a nationally published freelance journalist and beer columnist and a Cicerone Certified Beer Server. She runs Beer for Babes, New Jersey’s original beer appreciation group for women, and serves as publicity director for the Pink Boots Society. She leads tasting and pairing workshops through her company, Ferment Your Event. Joe Stange is a freelance journalist who coauthored, with Tim Webb, the seventh edition of Good Beer Guide Belgium. He also is author of Around Brussels in 80 Beers. A former Associated Press newsman, his articles and photos have appeared in the New York Times and many prominent beer publications. As Executive Chef for the Breckenridge-wynkoop dining concepts, Christopher Cina oversees and inspires the menus, operations, and culinary teams at all of the restaurant group’s properties. In addition to cooking, Christopher’s talents are also evident in his photography, where his favorite subject is, of course, food. 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. Patrick Dawson is the author of Vintage Beer, A Taster’s Guide to Brews That Improve over Time, a book that guides the taster through the apparent mysteries of cellaring beer. When not thinking or writing about beer, he is sleeping. Dave Carpenter is an avid hombrewer and freelance writer. His writing has appeared in Zymurgy, and he contributes regular Web-exclusive content on our website at beerandbrewing.com. He also develops curricula for our online homebrewing classes at learn.beerandbrewing.com.