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Neil Fisher is the cofounder and head brewer for Weldwerks Brewing in Greeley, Colorado. His Medianoche barrel-aged imperial stout won gold in the Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Stout category at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival.

John Holl is the senior editor of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine®. A journalist since 1996, his work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and more. He’s the author of the American Craft Beer Cookbook and other books. On Twitter @John_holl.

Jeffers Richardson is Director of the Firestone Walker Barrelworks (aka “The Barrelmeister”). Previously he was an olive oil marketing and blending consultant. He has been a professional brewer since 1993.

Josh Weikert 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).

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.

Jester Goldman has almost 30 years of homebrewing experience, from extract and all-grain beers to meads. He loves sharing his knowledge through writing and being active in his local homebrew club, but he’s also driven to keep learning more.