Beer Writers Yearbook 2011-12

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Contents 5 Welcome The British Guild of Beer Writers endeavours to improve the standards of beer writing and, as chairman Tim Hampson explains, encourage further coverage of the subject

7 Beer & journalism The 2010 Beer Writer of the Year, Simon Jenkins, laments the industry’s declining commitment to journalistic excellence, as evidenced by the death of the backbench subeditor

9 Beer & pubs The headlines have heralded the death of that greatest of British institutions, the pub. Not so fast, argues Alastair Gilmour – there’s life aplenty left for storytellers down at the local

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Chairman: Tim Hampson Treasurer: Paul Nunny

Our roll call of the best of the entries emerging from the latest BGBW awards, and our Beer Writers of the Year

Honorary Secretary: Adrian Tierney-Jones E: tierneyjones@btinternet.com

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What makes good beer writing? As evidenced by samples from our 2010 award winners, the answer lies in an insatiable curiosity in all that life encompasses

16 Call for entries 2011 Editor Larry Nelson Email: larry@advantagepublishing.co.uk

Are you writing, broadcasting, or blogging about beer, pubs, or a related subject? Here’s how to submit an entry in the Guild’s 2011 competition – and pointers on how to win

Commercial Development Manager Kamini Dickie E: kamini@advantagepublishing.co.uk

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If your audience is clamouring for more about beer – trust us, they are – the Guild’s diverse membership can satisfy the brief of any commissioning editor

55 Corporate members The BGBW welcomes brewers, maltsters, restaurateurs – all manner of industry with an interest in beer – to enter into dialogue with the membership

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W e l com e We must never underestimate the potency of our memories. Most remember a first day at school, a first kiss: these linger deep and long in our subconscious. Equally, many of us remember the taste of a first beer drunk or the beer served in the Students Union bar while at university.

We can recall the time spent with a parent in a pub and the beers each chose. And those lucky enough to live in a brewing town can never forget the elemental smell of the sweet malt being mashed, hanging softly in the air.

The tastes and smells of beers, as Marcel Proust might have said, “Remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.”

And it is these stories that members of the British Guild of Beer Writers want to tell. Whether we write about the art, science, craft or business of beer, we unite in wanting to tell the story of that marvellous creation of yeast, grain, hops and water – beer in all its fantastic life enhancing variations.

And it is within these pages of our new directory that you will find leading experts – the members of the British Guild of Beer Writers – who communicate about all the nuances of our beer culture. From its pre-historic routes to it being the drink of the iPad generation there are great stories to tell.

Since its inception the Guild’s objective has been to improve the standards of beer writing and broadcasting. From trade magazines to encyclopaedias, from national newspapers to blogs, tweets and videos, we embrace all elements of the media.

Our collective expertise grows and encompasses beer communicators from bloggers to trade journalists, consumer columnists to technical writers, scientists and historians. The Guild’s membership extends from tweeters to contributors to Oxford University Press’ Companion to Beer. They have a passion for our national drink and the desire to tell its story.

Beer is part of our way of life, and something that is deeply embedded in our culture, and it is this that we celebrate annually at our annual dinner and awards. Set for 1st December in the Park Plaza Riverbank, which overlooks the Thames and the House of Parliament, the event exemplifies our belief that beer is an equal and honourable companion to wine when it comes to holding banquets in modern, stylish surroundings to accompany fine food.

Tim Hampson Chairman British Guild of Beer Writers

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The wonder of it all Being a beer writer is both a pleasure and a privilege – and occasionally the source of some serious disbelief, as Simon Jenkins explains

When I tell people that I write about beer, it can take them a moment or two to absorb this lifechanging revelation.

Even when they get past the hackneyed “Do you actually get paid for going to the pub?” there can be some further ridicule. What could I possibly say about beer that hasn’t been said before? Surely people want to get drunk, not read about someone else drinking? You’re not a brewer, so how can your opinion be worth reading about?

Which is all rather irritating, yet on the last of these, they may have a tiny point. I remain as bewildered as I was last December at being named British Beer Writer of the Year – though I have now learned to moderate my language a little when questioned about it.

Rationalising my success in the competition – once you overlook my obvious charm, good looks and the phenomenal bribe I paid to judging panel chairman Pete Brown and his fellow judges – I’d say that it struck a blow for newspaper journalism at a time when the profession is under serious attack.

The previous two winners of the award were bloggers – bloody good ones as it goes – and as a committed, dyed-in-the-wool print journalist, I have reluctantly re-adjusted over recent years to a world where the web and the blogosphere have become for millions their prime source of information. Perhaps if I had the time, or the technical expertise, or anything to say which might be of interest to people living beyond the LS postcodes, I would probably set up a website myself. Pete got me into Twitter, though given the inane nature of my posts, he’s probably regretting it.

But for now I consider myself fortunate that my local newspaper, the Yorkshire Evening Post, continues to publish a regular pub column and allows me to write pretty much anything I want, so long as it runs to about 1,200

words and hits the inbox on time. It’s good to know that some of my fellow writers, notably Alastair Gilmour in Newcastle, Duncan Brodie in Suffolk and Gavin Aitchison in York are keeping the flame of beer writing alive in the regional press, though many local newspapers have dropped such columns. Of course their restaurant and wine slots largely survive.

One thing I am really looking forward to in judging this year’s awards is to see what else is being done in the regional press to promote beer and pubs.

I’m not a full-time beer writer.

Such positions are few and far between and are mostly held by people who know far more about the subject than I do. Rather than a specialist, I have always been more of a jobbing journalist who’s happy to turn his hand to any area of news or features, as the agenda of the time demands.

I’m not a full-time beer writer. Such positions are few and far between and are mostly held by people who know far more about the subject than I do. Rather than a specialist, I have always been more of a jobbing journalist who’s happy to turn his hand to any area of news or features, as the agenda of the time demands. So I’ve written about football, crime, opera, travel, politics, rock music, restaurants, working on different newspapers around the north for more than 20 years, initially as a reporter and then as a sub-editor.

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As newspapers have reacted to straitened economic circumstances, it has been the subs who have suffered the most; short-sighted bosses deciding they can largely do without these sharp-tongued, slightly cynical journalists holding up the production process.

Yet subs have long been the skilled surgeons of the newsroom, re-ordering, shortening and sharpening the copy while creating witty and interesting headlines and eye-catching design. And the fact they have acted as a last crucial filter to keep newspapers free of inaccuracy, libel, contempt and rank bad writing, seems, at least to those making the cuts, largely here nor there. Sad times.

The department I once worked in has been slashed to the bone. Pages are now simply pre-designed arrangements of boxes which reporters fill to order, writing their own headlines while they go. A lot of folk I worked with have either retired, or moved, or been shown the door; those who remain wear a hunted look as though they fear it is only a matter of time. It’s certainly not the place I remember.

I would like to be able say that I left because I saw the writing on the wall, but my departure from the newsroom was more to do with simply wanting to broaden my horizons and try my hand at something else. My working day is now spent in the University of Leeds, learning about and writing about the amazing research that goes on in our labs and our libraries and out in the field. It could be biology one day and Beethoven the next; economics or the environment; physical science, medical science, social science. Communicating this work – whether internally to colleagues or briefing journalists eager to write about our research – is continually fascinating and mind-expanding.

It pays the mortgage too. Even when I worked on the newspaper, my pub column was still a freelance activity, something I had to attend to in my spare time.

And yet I consider myself phenomenally lucky to be able to write about pubs, something that I enjoy with a passion.

Yorkshire is blessed with more than its fair share of good ones, and it remains a privilege, of course, to be paid to visit them.

Choosing favourite children When people learn that I write about pubs, another dumb question that I face on a regular basis is “Which is your favourite?” It’s a query akin to being asked to choose which of my children I love the most. There are plenty I like a lot, and of course the one you might pick to visit on a blazing summer afternoon might be somewhere you would steer clear of on a wintry night; the one where you meet your mates might not be the one you take your partner for a romantic date. Context is key to the choice.

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The licensed trade is such a broad church and its outlets so wonderfully diverse that there is usually at least one to suit every situation.

I’m currently drawing up a shortlist of Leeds bars and pubs to appear in a new guidebook. They range from grand Victorian drinking houses, all polished wood, etched mirrors, nooks, crannies and glinting copper, to minimalist one-room bars with music and modern art.

The common factor running through each of them is that they serve quality beer. For the vast majority, this means cask ale, though a couple have qualified for inclusion on the strength of their overseas beers, rare Belgians on draught, fridges stocked with fruit beers, richly bitter American India Pale Ales, crafted Czech lagers, wheat beers and stouts.

And where bar staff are sufficiently knowledgeable to talk about the range, to perhaps even suggest the ideal beer to accompany your choice of food, the absence of a serried rank of real ale hand pumps can be easily forgiven.

“What’s your favourite beer?” is another question which I face down with scarcely-disguised disdain, given that there are thousands in the world, and that my esteemed beer writing colleagues have laboured long and hard to choose their top 500, their personal favourites, their “300 (or 1,001) Beers To Try Before You Die”. To have a single favourite seems almost perverse.

While I lack the sheer beer-ticking fervour of those who plan their whole lives around the CAMRA festival calendar, I do still relish the experience of visiting a pub I’ve never been to before and trying an unfamiliar beer, or discovering some new nuance of flavour created by the genius of the brewer and the natural alchemy of the process.

Even after three decades of visiting, eating and drinking in, and writing about pubs, they still retain the capacity to delight and surprise. What wine writer could claim such an endless variety from a crisp Pinot Blanc or an opulent St Emilion?

You’re welcome to join me for a drink any time – I know heaps of good places, and loads of great beers. But please, no stupid questions.

Simon Jenkins is the BGBW Beer Writer of the Year 2010. While his day job is as a senior press officer at Leeds University, his Taverner column continues to appear weekly in the Yorkshire Evening Post.

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g n i k c i k & e v Ali There’s been so much negative coverage of the economic fortunes of Britain’s pubs of late that it’s easy to forget that there’s life aplenty left in this vibrant sector. Alastair Gilmour does the math and comes up with billions – yes, billions – of story ideas There are 54,818 pubs in Great Britain today. There are 55,584 supermarkets. Tomorrow there will be 54,814 pubs and the number of supermarkets will rise inexorably.

It’s an inevitable fact of living in straitened times, we’re losing four Red Lions a day and being offered Tesco Extras like some three-for-two pact with the devil. Statistics like these send shivers down the licensed trade’s spine and, on the surface, they don’t look good. We writers like them, though, because they make good copya.

Creaky old Queen Victoria with her attractive half-timbered frontage and overflowing window boxes being assaulted

by Big Bad Wolfco gets us going. And, if it wasn’t supermarkets that we used as a measure of our spending power it would be garden centres, although the Vic being battered by a bunch of dahlias and a bird box does not make as chilling a headline.

We’re a nation of shopkeepers, as Napoleon asserted, so measuring declining numbers of pubs against full shopping trollies gets the message over rather neatly; it’s a clever ploy. When the British Beer & Pub Association issued a statement that there were more supermarkets and convenience stores than pubs was proof the industry was at a “tipping point”, the newspapers were full of it.

“You don’t rush to celebrate a new job, new baby, engagement, wedding or your team winning the cup in the supermarket,” said a spokesman. “You can’t play darts, join the local football or cricket team, sing karaoke or do the quiz in the fruit and veg aisle.”

Nicely put, but you can actually buy a cabbage or a couple of leeks in the pub – at least you can on a Sunday lunchtime when the local tenders of allotments bring their booty to barter for beer. Sausage, cheese and game, too; they’re all readily available. (Perhaps there might be a story in that.)

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It’s not an entirely serious point, but it illustrates that the pub is far more outward bound than merely somewhere you can have a drink. The pub is the meeting place, the social hub, the cultural exchange, the pre-concert venue, the post-match sorrow-drowner, the lunch provider, the wanna-be-alone refuge and – if you’re a journalist – an extension of the office.

The pub is where news is discovered. The pub is where someone will approach you and start to tell you something you’d rather not know at that precise moment. They’ll not listen to your plea that you’re only here for a quick one with your wife before you go to the cinema and it’s something she’s been dying to see for ages and she’s had a hard day and she needs that gin and tonic Right Now while it’s still sharp and fizzy or else she’ll be in the sort of foul mood that even her long-term love-interest Gerard Depardieu couldn’t drag her out of even if he were to walk through that door at this very moment and sweep her up dans ses bras so please can it wait for another time when I promise to be all ears and to follow up all your suggestions oh please oh please.

Basically, you find stories in pubs and pubs make stories; lots of them, more than you’ll ever remember. There’s always something going on that even the most worldweary imagination can make a point out of. And, points mean prizes. Many of us make our living – or at least a chunk of it – out of writing about beer and pubs and the prize at the end of the day comes cheque-shaped.

Stories to be told Fortunately, there are other ways of looking at figures, so instead of moaning that the sky has fallen in and the pub is about to be consigned to history, let’s celebrate instead that we still have 54,818 pubs to visit (and what’s more, there were 54,822 yesterday).

We can make up our own stats and make them mean whatever we want them to mean. So, if it’s also true that there are 15 million regular pub-goers in this country, it means that there are 15 million times 54,818 reasons to be cheerful – customers multiplied by pubs – amounting to an incredible 842,270,000,000 stories waiting to be told, give or take a day or two.

However, some pubs are working at all sorts of initiatives in order to thrive – or even survive – and those are the ones making worthy column inches. They are not only brewing their own ale, for instance, but also importing wines directly from small vineyards. They bake their own bread, host regular festivals, experiment with beer and food matching, and they twin themselves with pubs in other countries. Publicans with wit and imagination are rustling up exciting menus and creative events, too.

The pub may be feeling the chill draught of recession but the pub-writing industry – and all that goes with it – is in rude health. Positive or negative, it offers fertile ground from every angle.

One started serving crispy pigs’ ears on a tapas-style bar menu but exhausted his local supply to the extent that they are now imported from France. Another organised a Beer & Sausage weekend. By the Sunday night the team had served 759 kilos of sausages (around 7,200 links) in flavour combinations ranging through wood pigeon with damson jam to black rabbit and Brooklyn Chocolate Stout.

Life at the pub: Fuller’s Red Lion, Charlton, Hants

We’d much rather it was all good news, but sadly bad news travels much better – and sells quicker.

Pubs create their own stories and stories can be created around what’s found in them. They are still feeling the effects of the smoking ban introduced in July 2007. They are under increasing pressure from local residents who object to the noise they make; they bubble with health and safety rules, they have under-age problems, binge drinking issues, discrimination accusations and outbreaks of antisocial behavior – but those angles dwell on the negatives and aren’t what we want to broadcast continually.

Not only did this pub do astonishing trade but the two others in the street also felt the benefit – one more than doubled its regular income while the other counted record takings before running out of beer. Local takeaways reported a rush, the newsagent had to call in extra staff, and the taxi firm has requested notice of the next festival, such was the demand for cabs. The resident journalist also got plenty of mileage out of it.

Another pub uses a carbon-neutral biomass boiler which has reduced fuel bills by £20,000, while produce from its vegetable garden goes straight into the kitchen – a tale with “legs” that develops seasonally. Yet another pub group has linked up with a concert hall to provide a regular shuttle-bus service for audiences. It works both ways – Sting and friends came back on one trip, did an impromptu gig, and sunk a few pints.

It was a gift for the journo-in-the-know and definitely one occasion that was worth setting up while the gin and tonic fizzled itself out and tempers rose.

Let’s remind ourselves; pubs make stories and stories lead to prizes – and what shape do prizes come in?

Alastair Gilmour is editor of Cheers magazine (cheersnortheast.co.uk). He has been named Beer Writer of the Year on four occasions.

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BGBW Writing Awards 2010 Since its formation in 1988 the BGBW has bestowed awards on beer writers annually, the fruits of its writing competition. The Guild also annually presents an award to the brewer deemed in its opinion to have contributed the most to beer and brewing during the year.

Judging chairman Pete Brown with Beer Writer of the Year Simon Jenkins

The BGBW committee: (from left) Pete Brown, Larry Nelson, Paul Nunny, Ros Shiel, Robert Humphreys, Adrian Tierney-Jones, Zak Avery and Tim Hampson

Brown with Brewer of the Year Stefano Cossi

Simon Jenkins

Gold Mark Dredge pencilandspoon.com Silver Jerry Bartlett

Will Beckett

Gold Zak Avery Silver Adrian Tierney-Jones

John Conen

Gold Simon Jenkins Yorkshire Evening Post Silver Duncan Brodie East Anglian Daily Times Gold Larry Nelson Brewers’ Guardian

Stefano Cossi Thornbridge Brewery

Silver Isla Whitcroft

Previous Beer Writers of the Year 2009 Pete Brown

2003 Martyn Cornell

1997 Roger Protz

1991 Michael Hardman

2008 Zak Avery

2002 Michael Jackson

1996 Michael Jackson

1990 Allan McLean

2007 Alastair Gilmour

2001 Jeff Evans

1995 Andrew Jefford

1989 Michael Jackson

2006 Ben McFarland

2000 Alastair Gilmour

1994 Roger Protz

1988 Allan McLean

2005 Alastair Gilmour

1999 Andrew Jefford

1993 Brian Glover

2004 Ben McFarland

1998 Alastair Gilmour

1992 Allan McLean

(Note that the Beer Writer of the Year routinely becomes the chairman of the award judges in the following year, and is thus ineligible for an award in that year.)

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g n i t i r w g n i n i Award-w Great writing about beer, in print or online, is in abundance. Presented here are award-winning tasters from the Guild’s 2010 competition.

Simon Jenkins Beer Writer of the Year

Echoes of sporting glories The Garden Gate is a ceramic palace, from the ornate brown and cream tiled exterior, to the greens of the pub’s long central corridor which divides little snugs, nooks and crannies from the two main drinking areas which are either side of a central bar.

The corridor is itself a gem, tiled from floor to ceiling, save for polished mahogany panels and panes of etched and decorated glass. The floor is an ornate tiled mosaic; a tiled archway arcs over the corridor.

Wood, mirrors and glass predominate in each room, though it’s the ceramic which makes this place truly special. No-one seems to know for sure, but it’s only a part-romantic notion that these tiles were Burmantofts Faience, a relic of the time when the east Leeds suburb was famed worldwide for its pottery.

There has been a pub here since 1833, and it was known as the Garden Gate from 1849, probably a reference to the nearby market gardens which were a source of significant local income at the time. The present building – a perfect example of late Victorian and early Edwardian architecture – dates from 1902, when pottery production at Burmantofts was still in full swing.

Even the cellar is tiled. It is untidy now, gleaming Leeds Brewery barrels side-by-side with heaps of detritus, accumulated over the careless years of decay. The new team are working through it, slowly.

In these bowels of white-faced brick is glimpsed another past; a time when every pub and club, factory and church fielded teams of men who carried their proud names across the whitewash. The Garden Gate had a fearsome reputation for rugby league. One can imagine great hulks of working men, stirred to the cause and striding into battle, local honour at stake.

Beyond the barrels, beyond the heaps of junk, arched doorways open onto abandoned changing rooms, a forgotten shrine to these local heroes. A leather table, where once a masseur would have pummelled players back into shape, stands forlorn in its midst.

The showers, the communal bath, are all still there, relics of this glorious past. Ghosts must hang here, echoes of these great men, stepping through the fine hot mist of the showers, nursing their wounds and cursing still.

Their sporting museum lies derelict, awaiting some love and attention.

Zak Avery Molson Coors Award for Best Writing in National Publications

The joy of hops There used to be something of a schism about hops in the world of brewing. There were the four classic European varieties (Saaz, Tettnang, Spalt and Hallertau, the so-called noble hops), understated British varieties (East Kent Golding, Fuggles, and the like), and exuberantly pungent American hops (Cascade, Chinook, et al). Each was viewed with suspicion by the other, and never the twain shall meet. Happily, those days of hop apartheid are over, and brewers all over the world merrily use hops from wherever best suits

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the style of beer that they want to make. I’ve had outstanding British bitter in St. Louis, Missouri, resinous American-style pale ale in Cornwall, and the best tasting pilsner ever from a brewery in northern Italy.

Hops are the spice of beer. They add zest and excitement to the stolid, sweet backbone that the malt provides. They are the chutney in a cheese sandwich, the jalapeños on a pile of cheesy nachos. The interplay between hops and malt is what makes beer interesting – in fact, it’s what makes beer beer.”

Larry Nelson Wells & Young’s Award for Best Writing in the Beer and Pub Trade

Our understanding of beer The brewing industry, burdened by centuries of tradition, is a slow-moving beast. Mind you, it’s a rare brand owner these days that believes appealing to tradition will motivate consumers to part with their hard earned cash. Brewers don’t sell heritage anymore; now it’s refreshment, taste and, providing your local advertising standards enforcers are in a generous mood, lifestyle.

It’s in the production of beer, the actual making of the stuff that has been dragging its heels behind marketing. But here’s something you need to be aware of – the pace of change has quickened considerably over the last two years.

These changes go beyond a revamp of production processes.

What’s astonishingly ground-breaking is the willingness of suppliers and brewers to think what has been previously unthinkable, to reshape the raw materials of beer. That simple dusty reassurance on the container of your favourite beer that “only the finest malt and hops have been used,” may no longer be the case. At the risk of sounding like one of those turgid professional self-help manuals, here are five recent developments that you need to know about.

John Conen Budweiser Budvar John White Travel Bursary

Franconia’s Keller culture In Franconia the term Bierkeller or Sommerkeller causes confusion to foreign or North German visitors. They are surprised to find that Kellers are not smoky dives situated in a cellar under a pub, but beer gardens that open on the hills outside towns in the summer months. The name originates in the days before refrigeration when beer was brewed in the winter months and stored or lagered in cool cellar caves in the hills for summer consumption. They are now one of the most delightful features of beer drinking in Franconia, and thankfully remain simple establishments with basic benches and tables, and rarely provide anything sophisticated in the way of food.

There are dozens of Kellers in the Franconian countryside owned by pubs that once used them to lager their own brew.

Most pubs that still brew have their own Keller although these days the beer is usually lagered in a refrigerated room at the brewery.

Most of Bamberg’s breweries had their own Keller mainly on the Stephansberg but in some cases on the Jakobsberg or Kaulberg. After brewing, the beer would be taken by the traditional beer wagon to the Keller for lagering.

Mark Dredge Brains SA Gold Award for the Best Online Communication

The trepidation of a Czech beer bath “Get naked, wrap in sheet, don’t shower.”

Either it’s a crudely simplified translation by Jan, our guide from Czech Tourism, or that’s what the Czech woman has just said as she passes around crisply folded, thin white sheets.

Heavy, clearly audible gulps drop around the tiny changing room as the door closes behind us. Grasping at the sheet and clinging to our soon-to-be-unnecessary clothes, we look around at each other trying to work out what’s happening, as if we’d just been told that we need to strip naked and sit in bath of... oh, yeah.

“We don’t wear shorts then?” I ask, gripping to a strange hope that the ones I’d packed would still be of use.

“No. Naked with the sheet.” Jan replies.

It’s as I slip off my shoes that I really wonder what I’m doing.

The promise was a beer bath. Put another way, it was a bath in

beer. Now we’re standing in a changing room, cold tiled floor beneath our feet, barely a stretched-out arm from each other as we silently and awkwardly undress, stuffing our clothes into a locker and wrapping our dignity beneath the seethrough sheet.

The Czech woman – short, rather dramatically made-up – returns to collect us, opening the door in a way which suggests she’s seen it all before and really doesn’t care. She leads us through to the baths, a small, open area with curtains closed around it, piped music playing quietly.

On top of the bath is thick foam spread across the water, quite literally like a giant pint of beer served in a silver tankard. My eyes immediately notice the golden glass of beer next to the bath, condensation dripping down the sides; a comfortingly recognisable beacon in the middle of a very unusual experience.

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ers Awards 2011 British Guild of Beer Writ The aim of the Guild of Beer Writers is ‘to extend the public knowledge and appreciation of beer and pubs.’ Our awards are more than a self-congratulatory pat on the back. They’re about helping beer and pubs gain the recognition they deserve.

There are seven categories. In the four categories for writing in specific media (e.g., national press), we present Gold and Silver awards. In the Beer and Food, Travel and Corporate Communications categories we make one Gold award.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best writing or broadcasting aimed at a general audience, published in the national (and international) press, consumer magazines, books, national television and radio.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best writing or broadcasting aimed at a specific local or regional audience, published in local and regional newspapers, magazines, radio, television and CAMRA newsletters.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best writing or broadcasting on the subject of beer and pubs in a trade, business-to-business or intra-company publication.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best use of blogs, websites and social media, whether that be writing or use of other tools such as video or social networking.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best writing or broadcasting on the subject of matching beer with food and/or cooking with beer. Entries can be from national, local or regional media, books, trade publications or online.

Prizes: Gold £1,000 & Silver £500 For the best travel-themed beer writing (or beer-themed travel writing) or broadcasting. Entries can be from national, local or regional media, books, trade publications or online.

For the best writing/communication in a corporate environment. Entries can be for in-house or customer magazines, internal or external websites, or corporate films/ video blogs. This is a new award for 2011 and has been introduced to recognise the excellent work to promote beer which is produced by or on behalf of brewers, pub companies and other related organisations.

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WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO WIN? It’s entirely up to the judging committee, comprised of a cross-section of beer writers, commissioning editors, and industry professionals, what wins, and no one can predict what will do well. That said, winning entries tend to have certain shared qualities: Passion If you’re not that interested in your subject, it’s doubtful you’ll persuade anyone else to be. We’re not saying you should rant and rave, but in the best writing, the love of beer and pubs is obvious – and infectious.

Originality This is relative, of course – the big themes in beer and pubs are written about year after year. But the awards reward fresh perspectives. Knowledge and authority about the subject might seem essential, but can be beaten by an inspiring cry from the heart from a new arrival to the world of beer.

Clarity and readability In order to communicate well, you need to communicate clearly. It helps enormously if you are clear, engaging and accessible.

WHO CAN ENTER? • The awards are open not just to writers, but to anyone who communicates about beer. This includes (but is not limited to) journalists, professional writers, authors, bloggers, poets, illustrators, filmmakers, broadcasters and photographers.

• You don’t have to be a member of the BGBW to enter.

• Most people enter their own work but if you’re an editor, publisher or other third party you can also enter someone else’s work on their behalf.

• The awards are not limited to work published in the United Kingdom.

HOW TO ENTER Number of entries.

Entries are limited to six pieces of work per category. You can enter as many categories as you want, but if you’re lucky enough to win one category, your work in other categories will not be judged – you can only win one. The judges reserve the right to move work between different categories if appropriate.

Quality, not quantity: please enter between one and six pieces of work in each category.

If you write a great deal, you’re encouraged to think about your very best work – one great piece stands a better chance than six averagely good ones. If you’re not prolific, don’t worry – in past years writers submitting one lone article have won a gold tankard. If you submit more than six, the judges will choose six pieces at random. If you are a blogger, the judges will look at the overall blog, but in line with the above guidelines, please provide printed copies of the six blog posts you feel are your strongest.

SUBMITTING ENTRIES Visit beerguild.co.uk to download the entry form. Please post this with TWO HARD COPIES of each piece of your work, which must have been published or broadcast in between 30 September 2010 and 31 August 2011, stating where it has been published.

Even if you’re entering the on-line category, we need print outs of your work – a list of URL cannot be accepted!

Similarly, we need two copies of DVD/CDs for any audio/ visual entries. Authors of books should send FOUR copies of the book.

Entries must be received by 9th September, to: British Guild of Beer Writers Annual Awards c/o ShielPorter Communications 44 Hurst Road Horsham West Sussex RH12 2EP For further information please contact Ros Shiel: Mobile: 07841 694137 Email: ros@shielporter.com Please note that entries can only be returned if accompanied with a self-addressed, stamped envelope or packaging.

The winners will be announced at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards dinner, to be held 1st December at the Park Plaza Riverbank, 18 Albert Embankment, London.

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s g n i t s i L r e b Mem A GAVIN AITCHISON

PETER ALEXANDER

The Press, 76-86 Walmgate, York YO1 9YN T: (w) 01904 567131 (m) 07791 626238 E: gavinaitchison@hotmail.com W: thepress.co.uk/pintsofview Twitter: @pintsofview

5 Stroud Close, Middleton, Manchester M24 1RA T: (h) 0161 6554002 (m) 07904 069580 E: peter@peteralexander.plus.com Blog: www.tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com

Gavin is pub columnist and news editor for The Press in York. His column, Pints of View, runs in print and online each Saturday. He also ran the paper’s 2009/10 pub awards and is currently Yorkshire Columnist of the Year. He writes about pubs and the pub trade in York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire.

Based in the north-west of England, Peter is chairman of CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury Branch, editor of the branch’s More Beer magazine and writer of UK top 10 beer blog, Tandleman’s Beer Blog. He has presented tutored beer tastings to corporate guests at the Great British Beer Festival and the National Winter Ales Festival, where he is deputy organiser. Specialist interests include cask beer, the British pub, German beer and beer industry comment.

PAUL AMBLER

MATT APPLEBY

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Golley Slater PR, Wharton Place, Wharton Street, Cardiff CF10 1GS T: (m) 07970 475479 E: mappleby@golleyslater.co.uk; mattappleby@btinternet.com Blog: easyteas.co.uk Twitter: @mattappleby

Skell View, Fountains, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3EA T: (h) 01765 620350 E: paul@ambler.plus.com Brewing consultant (retired operations director of Black Sheep Brewery plc). Writes technical articles for brewing magazines.

Food and drink PR consultant who has represented regional brewers for more than 10 years. Managing director of Golley Slater PR, Wales and CIPR Chartered PR practitioner. Real ale enthusiast and spare-time food blogger.

ANDREW ARNOLD

SOPHIE ATHERTON

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, PR

Expertise: FREELANCE, RADIO, PR

Rødlersvej 28, 2990 Nivå, Denmark T: (h) + 45 4914 0050 (m) + 45 2324 1770 E: Andrew.Arnold@LEGO.com Blog: lager-frenzy.com

T: (m) 07946 112025 E: sophieatherton@btinternet.com W: sophieatherton.co.uk; afemaleview.wordpress.com Twitter: @SophWrites

Andrew works as a PR and communications executive for the LEGO Group. He has 15 years’ experience writing for food and drink publications including The Grocer, Just-Drinks, World Drinks Report and Brewers’ Guardian. He worked at Carlsberg as a public relations consultant for six years where he helped launch Semper Ardens and the Jacobsen Brewhouse. He has contributed to Creating Nordic Capitalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) with a chapter on Carlsberg. Currently writing about the history of lager in the UK. Also contributed beer reviews to 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die.

Sophie is an experienced freelance journalist and real ale enthusiast with a background in radio, newspapers and PR. She has written about beer for The Times and regional magazines and also writes a blog called A Female View.

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Member Listings A

The members of the British Guild of Beer Writers are an eclectic lot, with a variety of talents and specialisations on offer capable of meeting the needs of any media outlet

Member Listings A-B

RONALD ATKINS

ZAK AVERY

Expertise: INDEPENDENT BREWERS

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, OFF-TRADE, TASTING/SPEAKING

16 Mount Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1HL T: (w)(h)(f) 01273 486787 E: ronaldatkins1@aol.com Subjects are beer, breweries and pubs in general, with a particular interest in brewpubs and the new small breweries.

Author of GEM Beer. Editor of The New Imbiber.

15 Cross Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS26 0DG T: (m) 07958 320362 (w) 0113 393 4199 E: zak@thebeerboy.co.uk W: thebeerboy.co.uk Currently a freelance journalist and independent retailer (but has been many other things; a chef, a recording artist and a sculptor’s assistant, to name the more interesting ones), Zak is an enthusiast of all global styles of beer, of enjoying it with food, and of talking about it. He shares his enthusiasm via his website — which is also his springboard for organising beer tasting events. A regular columnist for Off Licence News, Zak has also written for various other publications, both extant and deceased. BGBW Beer Writer of the Year 2008. First book 500 Beers published March 2010.

B DAVE BAILEY

SALLY BAIRSTOW

Hardknott Brewery, 10a Devonshire Road Trading Estate, Millon, Cumbria LA18 4JS T: 019467 23230 E: woolpackdave@googlemail.com Blog: hardknott.blogspot.com

Expertise: FREELANCE

Owner of the Hardknott Brewery. Authors an award-winning blog. Advises how to avoid making the same mistakes that he did when entering the licensed trade.

Freelance journalist, specialising in food and drink in the offand on-trade. Former news editor on the Morning Advertiser and editor of BSKYB’s The Pub Channel.

MARTIN BARFOOT

ALEX BARLOW

Expertise: GRAPHICS

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, TASTING/SPEAKING

12 Greenacres, Lower Kingswood, Surrey KT20 7EL T: 01737 888144 (m) 07973 674576 E: martin@brightsky.biz W: brightsky.biz

ALL BEER, PO Box 4431, Sheffield S10 9DS T: (w) 01142 667333 (m) 07783 555335 E: alex@allbeer.co.uk W: allbeer.co.uk; allbeerfinder.com

Freelance graphic designer and creative director of Brightsky Design. Specialising in advertising campaigns, book design, brand creation, brand guidelines and manuals, corporate identity, corporate and marketing brochures, exhibition design, logos, newsletters and magazines, packaging and websites.

Has produced designs for the following: Advantage Publishing, British Guild of Beer Writers, Brewers’ Guardian, The Brewery Manual, Wells, Diageo, Hogs Back Brewery and Hop Back Brewery.

Alex is a leading beer flavour presenter, consultant and Award-winning author of ALL BEER GUIDE. A qualified Master Brewer, he is passionately knowledgeable about beer styles, flavours, brewing and dispense. Alex exposes beer flavours with a distinctly involving and contemporary style.

Enthusiastic and experienced at beer and food matching, he regularly presents beer and food tasting events for public and industry professionals, corporate groups and press. ALL BEER EXPERIENCE is a uniquely interactive educational guide to beer styles and flavours. ALL BEER FINDER.com is an innovative website improving flavour, discovery and choice for consumers and trade.

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Sunnyside Cottage, Kings Lane, Slawston, Leicestershire LE16 7UF T: (w) (h) 01858 555678 (m) 07808 182259 E: sallybairstow@o2.co.uk

JACLYN BATEMAN

Expertise: BEER AND FOOD, POPULARISATION, SCANDINAVIA

Expertise: PR

1 White Lodge, Wych Hill Lane, Woking, Surrey GU22 0AD T: (m) 07884 354439 E: maltjerry@gmail.com Blog: thenightjar.posterous.com Twitter: @maltjerry

50 Broughton Road, Fulham, London SW6 2LA T: (w) 01754 880317 (h) (fax) 020 7736 4297 E: jaclynbateman@bateman.co.uk Marketing director for Bateman’s Brewery, Lincolnshire.

Freelance writer. Awarded runner-up BGBW Best Online Communication 2010, for thenightjar.posterous.com. Writing for people who like beer but who are keen to learn more.

Championing beer and food together. I have been a judge in the whisky competition at the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival since 1995

PAUL BAYLEY

LES BAYNTON

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Expertise: POETRY

85 Meadow View, Rolleston, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE13 9AL T: (h) 01283 814943 (m) 07900 862652 E: P.bayley585@btinternet.com

36 Eaton Court, Leaper Street, Derby DE1 3NX T: 01332 206734 E: lestb@o2.co.uk W: pintpotpoetry.co.uk

Retired professional brewer (Head brewer, Marston, Thompson and Evershed). Brewer of the Year 1996. Contributor and speaker on history of brewing and brewing technology with a particular focus on Burton. CAMRA member.

Author of three books of pub poetry: Pub Poems, Beer Lines and Inn Verse, all sponsored by pubs/small brewers. Performs at pubs and beer festivals as The Pub Poet. Runs a small press – Pint Pot Poetry

WILL BECKETT

JEREMY BLAKE

Hawksmoor, 157 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ T: (w) 020 3006 7639 (m) 07786 262335 E: will@thehawksmoor.com

Expertise: EUROPE

Author of beer books, occasional TV ‘beer appearance’ and column in Imbibe.

Farm Cottages, Melton Highwood, Barnetby, North Lincolnshire DN38 6AA T: (w) 01472 255500 (m) 07905 568343 E: jezb@live.co.uk Occasional brewer at Highwood Brewery (www.tom-wood. com) in North Lincolnshire, now mainly responsible for purchasing cask ales and producing a brochure for the company’s guest beer programme. Frequently contributes to US-based beer website www.ratebeer.com. Particular areas of interest: cask ale and the beers and breweries of Franconia, Belgium and Denmark.

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Member Listings B

JERRY BARTLETT

Member Listings B

NEIL BOWNESS

BILL BRADSHAW

Expertise: MARKETING, DESIGN, BRAND CONSULTANCY

Expertise: PHOTOGRAPHY

6 Aynam Place, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7DP T: 01539 733880 (m) 07891 508669 E: neil@plain-creative.co.uk W: plain-creative.co.uk

2, The Avenue, Langport, Somerset TA10 9SA T: (m) 07957 195699 E: info@billbradshaw.co.uk W: billbradshaw.co.uk Blog: iamcider.blogspot.com Twitter: @IAMCIDER

Over 20 years experience of working in marketing, design, print and online. Now partner at The Plain Creative Agency based in Kendal, work on projects up and down the country, in Europe and across the pond, too. Clients include specialist beer importers James Clay, Hardknott Brewery, Coniston Brewing Co and Duvel Moortgat UK. Also contributes to various beerrelated blogs and articles. Possibly out of his depth in such illustrious company...

Freelance photographer specialising in cider, having just completed a six year cider documentary called IAMCIDER. Currently building a library of images around beer/brewing, raw materials, and people. Loves farmhouse ciders, English ales and Belgium beers. Currently working on some creative projects exploring different avenues in the drinks and media industries. Bill lives in Somerset and is lucky to drink at one of the best local pubs ever!

JOHN BRICE

KATHY BRITTON

Expertise: RADIO

Oldershaw Brewery, Harrowby Hall Estate, Harrowby, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG31 9HB T: 01476 572135 E: info@oldershawbrewery.com W: oldershawbrewery.com

King George V, 1 Prospect Row, Brompton, Kent ME7 5AL T: (h) 01634 812218 (pub) 01634 842418 (m) 07768 717545 E: johnkgvbrice@hotmail.co.uk Works for BBC World Service radio news, organises beer festivals and runs two pubs. Winner of 1996 Guild award for the audio history of CAMRA’s first 25 years.

Owner and brewer at Oldershaw Brewery.

JOS BROUWER

PETE BROWN

Expertise: EUROPE

Expertise: FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, MARKETING, PUBS, TV

Spoorstraat 20, NL-6971 CA Brummen, Netherlands T: +31 6 13947343 E: jos.brouwer@ebcu.org; josbrouwer@gmail.com Member of the National Executive of PINT for 17 years, 1989-2006; member of the board of editors of PINT Nieuws 1987-1998, editor-in-chief of PINT Nieuws 1988-1998. Still contributing to PINT Nieuws and the PINT website. EBCU delegate for PINT since the founding of EBCU in 1990, till 2008, when elected as vice chairman of EBCU. International beer judge — World Beer Cup, European Beer Star, various other national competitions, including Birra dell’Anno, Italy and CBOB judging with CAMRA. Specialisms: European beer styles, specially German/mid-European beer styles.

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52 Bayston Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 7LT T: (w) (m) 07941 123048 E: petebrownsemail@googlemail.com Blog: petebrown.blogspot.com Freelance writer and beer marketing consultant. Author of Man Walks into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wind and Hops and Glory, and the annual Cask Report. Writes regularly for trade and consumer press on beer and pub culture in the UK and around the world, and the marketing and advertising of beer, and appears as a beery pundit on TV and radio. Awardwinning blog; Beer Writer of the Year 2009.

Member Listings A-B To discuss any AB InBev brands, including Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck’s, for any enquiries or articles you are writing, SOHDVH FRQWDFW RXU +HDG RI &RUSRUDWH $ƪDLUV 0LFKHOOH 1RUPDQ LQ WKH PHGLD WHDP

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Member Listings B-C

DON BURGESS

PAUL BUTTRICK

Help Me Through the World, Boxbush Road, Coleford, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester GL16 8DN T: (m) 07768 296360 E: gastronaut2001@yahoo.co.uk

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Don has been at the mash tun of British microbrewing since 1990. He has been involved with the development of beers and the promotion of new beers on paper and in the glass for much of his time in the industry, winning awards from CAMRA, the Q awards, and the National Hop Association.

As well as being an award winning brewer, Don is also a passionate about quality food and has enthusiastically worked on a local, national, and international basis to bring his insight and enthusiasm for British quality beers to a greater audience, while insisting that there is still plenty out there to learn about beer and food — and taking every “educational” opportunity that comes his way. Don is presently technical director of SIBA.

1 Ashworth Park, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 9DE T: (h) 01565 650381 (m) 07770 415630 E: paul.buttrick@beerdimensions.com W: beerdimensions.com Master brewer, previously head brewer at Boddingtons and Stella Artois brewmaster. Currently freelance consulting through Beer Dimensions. Regular contributing feature writer in Brewer & Distiller International, and other journals, mostly on technical aspects of the industry. Interests include: beer recipe/process development and optimisation, quality improvement, franchise and contract brewing. Also a keen interest in beer tasting and is a regular judge at the World Beer Cup, as well as judging at the Brewing Industry International Awards and Great American Beer Festival. One of only a handful of British brewers to have studied at the German brewing school at MunichWeihenstephan. Is also a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.

C RODNEY CHALLIS

PHIL CHILD

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: EUROPE

23 Ravensworth Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN1 2AS T: (w) (h) 01302 323933 E: rodneychallis@gmail.com

Wilhelminalaan 58, NL-6042 EP Roermond, The Netherlands T: +31 475 350 187 F: +31 475 350 188 E: phil.child@hetnet.nl

Writer on all aspects of beer production and consumption.

Frequently broadcasts on all aspects of European beer industry and regularly contributes to various beer related publications.

Has a special interest in the beers, breweries and cafés of the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg.

OZ CLARKE

CHRIS COBBOLD

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, TASTING/ SPEAKING, TV

Expertise: FREELANCE

34 Doria Road, London SW6 4UG Daily Telegraph and the BBC’s Food and Drink.

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25 Valens House, Upper Tulse Hill, London SW2 2RX T: (w) (h) 020 8674 0556 Occasional contributor to local press and organiser of the Battersea Beer Festival.

MARVERINE COLE

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, PUBS, TASTING/SPEAKING

Expertise: FREELANCE, RADIO, TASTING/SPEAKING, TV

c/o 14 Winchester Walk, London SE1 9AG T: (m) 07798 568400 E: melissa.cole@btopenworld.com Blog: girlsguidetobeer.blogspot.com

T: (m) 07896 000 827 E: hello@beerbeauty.co.uk W: beerbeauty.co.uk Twitter: @beerbeauty

Beer writer, columnist, speaker and international judge.

Specialising in no-nonsense beer appreciation, beer and food matching, staff training, tutored tastings and general industry commentary for the past 10 years. Partner in London’s only dedicated beer tasting business, lovebeer@borough, Melissa also contributes to the Guardian, Observer, LBC, Market Kitchen, The Host, Publican, Imbibe, www.stylebible.com and Eat Out to name but a few. She has judged at such prestigious competitions as the World Beer Cup, the Great British, American and Welsh Beer Festivals and SIBA competitions. She has contributed to 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die.

Marverine is a journalist, broadcaster and lover of real ale. On the TV news front, she’s a former anchor of World News and Business Report on Sky News in London, her background is as a TV News reporter with the BBC and ITV in the Midlands.

On the real ale front, she produced a BBC Inside Out feature about the importance of female customers to the beer and pub industry. She also runs real ale appreciation & beer-tasting nights for women, and a website called Beer Beauty which aims to spread the message to women nationwide about the beauty in beer.

JOHN CONEN

DAVID J CONSTABLE

Expertise: EUROPE

2 Park Villas, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 4AA T: (m) 07743 442928 E: dj.constable@hotmail.com W: davidjconstable.com

9 Scott Close, Farnham Common, Bucks SL2 3HT T: (h) 01753 645880 (m) 07718 536627 E: conen@btinternet.com Author of the award-winning Bamberg and Franconia: Germany’s Brewing Heartland; specialises in the beers and breweries of this region. CAMRA member for over 30 years, occasional contributor to CAMRA publications.

Freelance writer covering restaurants, food and drink, as well as interviews with chefs and industry critics. Newly anointed beer enthusiast.

JOANNA COPESTICK

MARTYN CORNELL

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, PUBS, RADIO, TASTING/SPEAKING, TV

2 Chene Mews, St Albans, Herts AL3 5QF T: (h) 01727 837926 (m) 07966 577262 E: jojocope@btinternet.com Associate publisher for Jacqui Small LLP, specialising in food, drink and interior design. Conceived and commissioned World’s Best Beers by Ben McFarland, now translated into five foreign language editions. Former head of publications for CAMRA and assistant editor of the Good Beer Guide, responsible for commissioning several bestselling and award-winning titles including Roger Protz’s 300 Beers To Try Before You Die!, Fiona and Will Beckett’s An Appetite for Ale and London Pub Walks.

179 Stanley Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8UF T: (h) 020 8288 0288 (m) 07950 291326 Skype: mcorn311 E: zythophile@blueyonder.co.uk Blog: zythophile.wordpress.com Leading authority on the history of beer and brewing, beer styles and their development. Author of Amber Gold and Black (History Press, 2010), a book about British beer styles and their history; Beer: the Story of the Pint (Hodder Headline, 2003), a history of brewing in Britain; The Business Guide to Cask Ale (Martin Information, 2002); and Beer Memorabilia (Apple Press, 2000). Winner, BGBW Beer Writer of the Year 2003, Bishops Finger Beer with Food award 2005, and Budweiser Budvar Travel Bursary 2000. Freelance writer on beer and food matching and the pub and brewing businesses.

Appearances on TV, radio and DVD talking about beer and beer history. Organiser of tutored tastings. Author of one of the best-read blogs in the UK on beer.

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Member Listings C

MELISSA COLE

Member Listings C

GARY CORRIN

PETER COULSON

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, TASTING/ SPEAKING

Expertise: LICENSING

56 Cornhill Terrace, Leith Links, Edinburgh EH6 8EL T: (m) 07775 514925 E: gary@caskliquidmarketing.com Head of beer for Cask Liquid Marketing who owns breweries in Czech Republic, Cornwall and Salisbury. Head of all sales and marketing of Zatecky Pivovar Beers, Wooden Hand and West Country in the UK.

PO Box 900, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP3 0RJ T: (w) 01442 834900 F: 01442 834901 E: licensing@aol.com Editor of Licensing Review and co-founder of the M&C Report, a bi-monthly analysis of the drinks industry. Legal editor of the Morning Advertiser. Legal consultant to the British Institute of Innkeeping, the British Institute of Club Management and the Club & Institute Union (CIU). Author of several books on licensing and club law (500 Points in Club Law published September 2006). Specialist in liquor licensing, pub tenancies and leases, entertainment and gaming laws, club management and whisky.

DENIS COX

STEPHEN CRAWLEY

Expertise: PR

42 Slateford Road, Edinburgh EH11 1PT T: (w) 0131 337 1286 E: stephen.crawley@caledonian-brewery.co.uk W: caledonian-brewery.co.uk

13 Eliot Vale, London SE3 0UW T: (w) 020 8297 1599 (m) 07860 719686 F: 020 8297 1601 E: denis.cox@budvaruk.com Public relations controller, Budweiser Budvar UK Ltd.

Managing director of the Caledonian Brewing Company.

Contributing writer on beer, brands and industry issues to trade publications and business journals.

CHRISTINE CRYNE

JOHN CRYNE

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: FREELANCE

10 Sneyd Road, London NW2 6AN T: (h) 020 8452 6965 (m) 07932 736827 E: c.cryne@btinternet.com

10 Sneyd Road, London NW2 6AN T: (h) 020 8452 6965 (m) 07802 174861 E: john.cryne2@googlemail.com

Ex-director of CAMRA (11 years) with posts of Great British Beer Festival organiser (1992-1995), Strategy director and publications director. Occasional contributor to What’s Brewing. Contributor to London Drinker and The Full Pint (both London CAMRA publications). Chair of CAMRA’s London tasting panel. Beer tasting presenter.

CAMRA National Chairman, 1989-1998. Great British Beer Festival organiser, 1984-1986. Contributor to CAMRA publications, providing feature articles and book reviews to London Drinker and The Full Pint (both London publications) and also a column for Fuller’s house magazine, The Griffin.

Beer tasting presenter.

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Member Listings D

D GLYNN DAVIS

DES DE MOOR

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: FREELANCE, TASTING/SPEAKING

58 Sydney Road, London N8 0EX T: (w) (h) 020 8340 2271 (m) 07788 106752 E: glynn@busicomm.co.uk W: retailinsider.com Blog: retailinsider.com

T: (m) 07816 058810 E: des@desdemoor.com W: desdemoor.co.uk Blog: desdemoor.blogspot.com

Business writer: successfully flogging the odd word to The Financial Times, The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, Brewers’ Guardian, RetailBulletin.com, Retail Week, The Grocer and Restaurant. Previously worked on Caterer & Hotelkeeper.

Specialise in industry trends and business reporting.

Author of The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars (2011), regular bottled beer reviewer and occasional feature writer for BEER magazine, contributor to 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die, editor of the Beer Culture website and the London underfoot walking blog. Other writing credits include UKTV (Blighty Ale Trails), Beers of the World, Fuller’s First Draught, walk magazine. Speaker and tutored tasting host. Specialisms/interests include British bottle conditioned beers, specialist beer retailing, beer in Belgium and the Netherlands, beer flavour, beer culture and the relation between beer and place, as well as walking, travel and psychogeography. Reads and translates Dutch and French, also sometime composer, performer and translator specialising in European musical cabaret and chanson.

TIM DEAKIN

MIKE DENNIS

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: OFF-TRADE

12 Ladygates, Betley, Crewe, Cheshire CW3 9AN T: (m) 07957 328575 E: tim.deakin@freelancejournalism.com

46 Collingwood Place, Station Avenue, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 1LU T: (w) 020 8253 8705 (h) 01932 223908 (m) 07711 960795 E: mike.dennis@metropolis.co.uk W: talkingretail.com

Freelance writer specialising in transport but with a strong interest in beer. Regular contributor to pubsinstaffordshire.com.

Former drinks editor of Supermarketing and Checkout magazines, now features editor on Independent Retail News and www.talkingretail.com

KAMINI DICKIE

MARK DORBER

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, TASTING/SPEAKING

Expertise: CELLARMANSHIP, FOOD & BEER

Braithwaite, London Lane, Cuckfield, West Sussex RH17 5BD T: (w) 01737 737 735721 (m) 07771 728668 E: kamini@advantagepublishing.co.uk W: brewersguardian.com; brewerymanual.com An expert in new product development, sensory evaluation (tasting), and consumer science research in beer. Formerly head of Flavour & Innovation at Brewing Research International (now Campden BRI) providing technical consultancy and managing consumer taste panel tests.

Today responsible for commercial development at Advantage Publishing Ltd - home to Brewers’ Guardian, The Brewery Manual and The Beer Writers Yearbook - also acting as the unofficial technical editor.

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The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk IP18 6UA T: 01502 722112 E: info@anchoratwalberswick.com Specialist interests: history of beer styles, beer tasting, sensory evaluation, cellarmanship and beer and food matching.

JOANNA DRING Expertise: PR

Awarded the New Media Writer of the Year in 2009 and 2010 — the youngest member of the Guild to win a silver tankard.

Now a freelance writer (regularly writing for the Guardian’s Word of Mouth along with magazines, trade and books), social media consultant and has worked with restaurants on their beer list. Loves food and beer and eats and drinks far too much but goes to the gym a lot to compensate. Uses the word ‘awesome’ too often. Likes to be a beer tourist.

Wells and Young’s Brewing Company, The Brewery, Havelock Street, Bedford MK40 4LU T: 01234 279209 E: joanna.dring@wellsandyoungs.co.uk Twitter: @jo_dring PR Manager for the UK’s largest private brewery, Wells and Young’s, covering internal, corporate, trade and brand communications. The brewery’s portfolio of award-wining beers includes the ‘Bang On’ Bombardier beer, Young’s and Courage, along with world lagers Estrella Damm from Barcelona and Kirin Ichiban from Japan.

E JEREMY EATON

JEFF EVANS

Vital Marketing, 14a Clarendon Ave, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5PZ T: (w) 01926 338811 F: 01926 338500 E: jeremy@thevitalagency.co.uk W: getvital.co.uk

Expertise: EDITORS, FREELANCE, OFF-TRADE, TASTING/SPEAKING

Communications consultant to Marston’s plc, including Marston’s Beer Company, Marston’s Pedigree, Marston’s Inns and Taverns (including Pitcher and Piano), Bank’s Beers, Marston’s FC, Marston’s Old Empire, Marston’s Pub Company, Jennings, Ringwood and Wychwood Breweries. Also Enterprise Inns plc. Publications: Eagle Eye (circ 9,000) and The Word (circ 17,000).

34 Crawford Place, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1XG E: jeff.evans@virgin.net W: insidebeer.com Professional beer writer for more than 20 years. Edits the website insidebeer.com. Editor of the Good Beer Guide 1991–98; author of the Good Bottled Beer Guide (seven editions); other books include A Beer a Day, The Book of Beer Knowledge and The CAMRA Beer and Pubs Quiz Book.

Resident taster for tastingbeers.com and All About Beer magazine. Has contributed regularly to numerous magazines and journals, including What’s Brewing, Beer, Off Licence News and Brewers’ Guardian, and to book collaborations such as The Oxford Companion to Beer and 1001 Beers You Must Try before You Die. Chairman of the judges for the International Beer Challenge, and judge for numerous other beer competitions in the UK and other countries. Hosts beer dinners and corporate or social tastings; contributes to radio and television programmes. Consultant for beer clubs, retailers and trade bodies. Beer Writer of the Year 2001 and winner of the Budvar Travel Bursary 2004, Coors Brewers National Journalism Award 2008 and Wells & Young’s Business to Business Journalism Award 2009.

F RUTH EVANS

DREW FErGUSON

Expertise: EDITORS

Expertise: EUROPE, FREELANCE, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE)

3 Brewery Road, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 4JT T: (w) 01902 422303 F: 01902 795744 E: ruthevans@bfbi.org.uk Head of trade association representing suppliers to the brewing industry. Produces annual directory and writes news pages in BDI and Food and Drink Business. Member of Dea Latis.

311 St. Louis Square, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 1A7 T: (w) +1 514 849 9635 E: ferguson@netaxis.ca Author and freelance journalist. Contributor to English and French newspapers, beer periodicals and financial publications in North America and Britain. Consultant to the small brewing industry. Former Chairman CAMRA Canada. Economics Professor at McGill University. Analyst of global economic trends in brewing industry.

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Member Listings D-E

MARK DREDGE 106 Courtfield Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME5 8QE E: markdredge@hotmail.co.uk Blog: pencilandspoon.com Twitter: @markdredge

Member Listings F-G

CATHARINE FERGUSSON

MARK FLETCHER

Expertise: EDITORS

Expertise: MARKETING, SOCIAL MEDIA

On Trade Media, The Ancient House, 2 Church Lane, London E17 9RW T: (w) 020 8521 6262 E: cat@ontrade.co.uk W: ontrade.co.uk

5 Middleton Close, Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS27 8BZ T: (m) 0779 313 2634 E: mark@real-ale-reviews.com Blog: real-ale-reviews.com

Editor and publisher of The OnTrade Preview, the unique guide to running a successful pub or bar, updated every year. The publication includes reviews, reports and profiles of quality beers, both British and imported, written by many of the world’s leading beer writers.

Editor of Real-Ale-Reviews.com, a website dedicated to providing accessible beer tasting and information for all beer lovers. The website is a co-operative venture based in Leeds between Mark and a group of beer lovers, brewers and writers from Yorkshire and across the UK. Mark is a qualified digital marketer with a passion for beers from all around the world.

Mark’s hobbies include — as well as drinking and writing about beer — photography, science and history reading and following Leeds United.

SUSANNA FORBES

CHRIS FREER

Expertise: FREELANCE, ON-TRADE, TOURISM

Expertise: FREELANCE, MARKETING

52 Shawley Way, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5PB T: (m) 07811 913971 E: susanna@drinkbritain.com W: DrinkBritain.com

13 Fosbrooke Drive, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1HJ T: (w) 0115 854 9349 (m) 07990 973267 E: cf@freerbutler-gds.co.uk W: freerbutler-gds.co.uk

Freelance drinks writer and editor, Susanna founded www.DrinkBritain.com to enable everyone to find a great drinks producer ready and willing to welcome them. She writes on drinks tourism for consumer publications and contributes frequently to Imbibe, the magazine for the on-trade, and is a member of Dea Latis.

Freelance journalist and partner in freerbutler graphic design, which produces bespoke promotional and marketing material for brewing companies, pub groups and drinks distributors/ wholesalers. The company specialises in creating corporate magazines including Castle Rock Times for Castle Rock Brewery and Witch News for Moorhouse’s. freerbutler also produces the SIBA Journal for Society of Independent Brewers, and product brochures for Libra Drinks, Preston Beer Company, George Bateman & Sons, National Drinks Distributors and several microbrewers. Websites created and maintained for SIBA, Castle Rock, Moorhouse’s and Moles. In his spare time (!) Chris writes a blog dedicated to the availability of good beer and veggie food in the proximity of Britain’s football stadia: http://flynn123.wordpress.com

G BRIAN GATES

ALASTAIR GILMOUR

Expertise: FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, OFF-TRADE, TASTING/SPEAKING

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, TASTING/ SPEAKING

Flat 1, 15 Seymour Road, Hampton Wick, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 4HN T: (m) 07791 067566 E: brian.gates@hotmail.co.uk W: zythumanthology.co.uk

11 Southfield Gardens, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne NE16 4QR T: (h) 0191 488 4756 (m) 07930 144846 E: alastair.gilmour@hotmail.com W: pressboxmedia.co.uk

Beer and wine writer for various magazines and publications, and has spent several years working in the beer retail and wholesale trade. New website zythum.yolasite.com is dedicated in covering a wide variety of areas relating to the world of beer and brewing.

The Guild’s writer of the year on four occasions and twice Glenfiddich Food & Drink Awards winner. He has contributed to four international beer books, including The Oxford Companion to Beer (published 2011), while his work has appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, the Prague Post, Food & Travel magazine, Brewers’ Guardian and more regularly in The Journal, Newcastle. Alastair has a BA Hons in the History of Modern Art, studies portraiture, and is a keen follower of Scottish football. Nobody, he says, is perfect.

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BRIAN GLOVER Expertise: FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY

Lacknergasse 70/12, A-1170, Vienna, Austria T: (m) +43 (0)664 19 44 543 E: Barbara.Gleiss@gmx.at

26 Windsor Avenue, Radyr, Cardiff CF15 8BY T: (w) 029 2024 3822 (h) 029 2041 9908 E: brian.glover@mediawales.co.uk

Historian with a special interest in the public house and its customers in 19th- and 20th-century England. PhD thesis Women in Public Houses. A Historic Analysis of the Social and Economic Role of Women Patronising English Public Houses, 1880s – 1970s (University of Vienna). Extensive MA thesis: The public house during its free-licensing period 1830-1874, with a particular emphasis on London (University of Vienna).

Writer on beer for newspapers and magazines. Author of many books including The World Encyclopedia of Beer (1997).

Specialist in brewing history. Winner of Guild gold and silver tankards. Guild National Beer Writer of the Year 2004.

ROB GRAS

DAVID GRIFFITHS

Expertise: PHOTOGRAPHY

E: olthwaite@googlemail.com Blog: ericolthwaite.blogspot.com

Jacob Canisstraat 96, 6521 H X Nijmegen, The Netherlands T: (h)(fax) +31 24 3227398 E: r.gras1@chello.nl

Sub-editor, proof reader, writer; contributes to Manchester Evening News’ supplement and website and City Life.

Professional photographer. Co-founder of PINT, the beer consumers’ organisation, and for 14 years final editor of PINT-Nieuws. Pictures and articles published in magazines and newspapers.

H JULIAN GROCOCK

ALEX HALL

23 Church Lane, Redmile, Nottingham NG13 0GE T: 01949 843136 (m) 07702 201582 E: julian.grocock@siba.co.uk

Expertise: EDITORS, FREELANCE

First chief executive, since August 2007, of SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers. Previously with Tynemill (now Castle Rock Brewery) 1984-2006 — from bar manager to managing director over 22½ years. Opened The Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough, and worked alongside Chris Holmes to build and develop a pub company that has been recognised three times as the Good Pub Guide’s pub chain of the year. Regular contributor to trade press and responsible for SIBA Local Brewing Industry Reports 2009, 2010, and 2011 (published February). History Honours graduate and qualified teacher.

1107 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn NY11222-6147, USA T: (m) +1 917 957 7623 E: alex@wanderingstarbrewing.com W: cask-ale.co.uk; gotham-imbiber.com; wanderingstarbrewing.com Craft beer journalist and event organizer, specialising in Britishstyle cask ale in America (regular cask columnist, Ale Street News; plus has two beer resource websites). 2006 President, the Malted Barley Appreciation Society. Founder and former co-editor, the Independent Imbiber.

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Member Listings G-H

BARBARA GLEISS Expertise: EUROPE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY

Member Listings H

SIMON HALL

TIM HAMPSON

Expertise: EDITORS

Expertise: FREELANCE, TASTING/SPEAKING

Campaign For Real Ale, 230 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 4LW T: (w) 01727 798457 E: simon@camra.org.uk W: camra.org.uk

76 North Hinksey Lane, Botley, Oxford OX2 0LY T: (h) 01865 245711 (f) 01865 790675 (m) 07768 614283 E: tim@infopub.co.uk Blog: beerandpubs.wordpress.com

Head of Publishing, CAMRA Books.

Chairman of British Guild of Beer Writers. Author and managing editor The Beer Book, published by Dorling Kindersley. Contributor Eyewitness Companion Beer. Author London’s Riverside Pubs, London’s Best Pubs. Work appears in Food and Travel magazine, Weekend Telegraph, What’s Brewing, Drinks International and American Brewer. Beer correspondent BBC Good Food Live and the Sky Pub Channel.

Specialist knowledge of the image of beer, beer and food, developing beer menus, and the structure of the brewing and pub industry. Author Room at the Inn.

MICHAEL HARDMAN

LISA HARLOW

Expertise: BREWING, BEER, FREELANCE, PUBS

Expertise: FREELANCE

T: (w) 01737 766345 (m) 07831 357501 E: hardmanmichael@msn.com

Chestnut Cottage, Silver Lane, Marchington, Staffs ST14 8LL T: (w) 01283 820776 (m) 07917 757860 E: lisa@lisaharlow.co.uk

Writes on brewing, beer and pubs for newspapers and magazines. Conducts tutored beer tastings for pubs, clubs, organisations, beer festivals and all kinds of events. Judges beer competitions, including CAMRA’s Champion Beer of Britain awards and the national and regional competitions organised by SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers. Joint founder in 1971 and chairman 1971-73 of CAMRA. Editor of the Good Beer Guide 1974-77 and What’s Brewing 1972-77.

Author of Beer Naturally 1977. Founder secretary of the Guild 1988-89. Appointed MBE in 2009 for services to the Campaign for Real Ale and the brewing industry.

Freelance writer and PR advisor for WaverleyTBS and Krombacher.

WILL HAWKES

PETER HAYDON

E: w.hawkes@independent.co.uk W: blogs.independent.co.uk/author/willhawkes

Expertise: EUROPE, FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, INDEPENDENT BREWERS, PUBS, TASTING/SPEAKING

Beer writer for The Independent. Also writes about cricket as part of his full-time role on the sports desk.

68b Elmwood Road, London SE24 9NR T: (m) 07973 465081 E: aheadahat@gmail.com Beer historian, freelance journalist, brewer, public speaker and organiser of beer tasting courses. Author of The English Pub: A History, reprinted as Beer & Britannia (Sutton). Author of London’s Best Pubs. Former editor of Which? Guide to Country Pubs. Former editor of The Grist and former General Secretary of the Society of Independent Brewers.

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Member Listings A-B Bill Dobson, Head Brewer, S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd.

www.sabrain.com

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Member Listings H-I

PAUL HEGARTY

JOHN HEIN

Expertise: PR

Expertise: FREELANCE

18 Footherley Road, Shenstone, Staffs WS14 0NJ T: (m) 07808 096250 E: Paul.K.Hegarty@googlemail.com

78 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh EH7 5JA T: (w) 0131 539 0666 (h) 0131 557 0412 (f) 0131 539 2999 (m) 07850 796727 E: johnhein@drink.demon.co.uk

Public affairs and communication consultant working with a special interest in promoting the responsible enjoyment of beer. Formerly head of communications at Molson Coors (UK) with responsibility for all aspects of MCBC communication in the UK including the Beer Naturally Campaign. Prior to joining the communications team, worked in various technical roles within the company. Author of over 30 brewing publications and a regular speaker at industry conferences. A former chairman of the Burton Section of the Institute of Brewing, the Midland Section of the International Brewers Guild and the IOB Research Committee.

Journalist. Publisher of Scots Gay Magazine.

STEVE HOBMAN

TIM HOLT

Expertise: FREELANCE, PR

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY

3 Rock Cottages, Tilston, Cheshire SY14 7DP T: (w) (h) (f) 01829 250502 (m) 07751 578605 E: shobman@rhinopr.freeserve.co.uk W: rhinopr.co.uk; beertoursuk.com

Flat 23, 54A Alkham Road, London N16 6XF T: (h) 020 8806 5583 E: journal@breweryhistory.com W: breweryhistory.com/journal

Public relations consultant and freelance writer, specialising in independent producers of cask ale. PR consultant to Moorhouse’s Brewery. Contributor to trade magazines and Northern consumer publications.

Editor of Brewery History, the journal of the Brewery History Society.

ALASTAIR HOOK

MICHEL HOOPER-IMMINS

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, FOOD & BEER

Expertise: FREELANCE, PUBS

4E St Johns Park, London SE3 7TG T: (w) 020 8293 1111 (m) 07976 717612 E: alastair@meantimebrewing.com Masterbrewer and owner of the the Meantime Brewing Company. Specialist brewer of Continental style beers.

Former editor of The Grist and occasional contributor to trade magazines.

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2 Waverley Court, Radipole, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 5EE T: (h) 01305 779705 (m) 07850 126349 E: hooperimmins@btopenworld.com Freelance West Country food and drink journalist who writes for Dorset Magazine and Somerset Life Magazine, as well as occasionally contributing to other national and regional publications. Occasional appearances on BBC South West and South television.

NIGEL HUDDLESTON Expertise: FREELANCE

Rua Felipe De Alcacova 59, Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, SP 05416-020 Brazil T: (Brazil) +55 (0)11 8017 8175 (UK) +44 (0)115 9327541 E: andre.rvr@consultant.com

14 Queens Park Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 0GL T: 01273 683390 (m) 07545 176762 E: nigel.huddleston@virginmedia.com Blog: nigelhuddleston.wordpress.com

Freelance journalist who has worked in Brazil for many years and is well informed on the traditional and emerging craft brewing sector in the country.

Regular contributor on beer to Off-Licence News, The Morning Advertiser, the late Beers of the World, the Grocer; rolling news writer for offlicencenews.co.uk — specialist contributor on beer to Imbibe Magazine.

JOHN HUMPHREYS

ROBERT HUMPHREYS

Expertise: PR

Expertise: PUBS

Shepherd Neame Ltd, The Faversham Brewery, 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AX T: 01795 542263 (m) 07703 717205 E: jhumphreys@shepherd-neame.co.uk W: shepherd-neame.co.uk

Pentre Farm, Pentre, Bucknell, Shropshire SY7 0BU T: 01547 520724 (f) 01547 520728 (m) 07831 270244 E: humphreyspr@parliament.uk; partybeergroup@btinternet.com

Communications manager at Shepherd Neame.

Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group at Westminster and of its sister group the British Pub & Beer Group in the European Parliament.

J SIMON J JACKSON

SIMON JENKINS

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

36 Allerton Grange Rise, Moortown, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS17 6LH T: (m) 07791 333229 E: s.w.jenkins@ntlworld.com

Institute of Brewing & Distilling, 33 Clarges Street, London W1J 7EE T: 020 7499 8144 E: simon.jackson@ibd.org.uk W: ibd.org.uk Executive director of the IBD. Is also a qualified brewer and spent 26 years with Scottish & Newcastle in both brewing and sales. As director of the IBD he co-ordinates all the activities of the IBD, including the Beer Academy — which works to raise awareness and understanding of beer amongst all beer lovers (and those still to be converted!). The IBD publishes the Brewer & Distiller International and Journal of the Institute of Brewing.

Journalist. Writer of weekly pub and beer column for the Yorkshire Evening Post and occasional contributor to the Yorkshire Post and other publications. Currently writing a comprehensive guide to the pubs of Leeds. Special interest in character of UK regional beers and breweries, and the beers of Belgium and the Czech Republic. Regional Journalism Gold Tankard winner in 2004 and 2010, silver in 2006. British Beer Writer of the Year 2010.

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Member Listings H-J

ANDREW HOWITT Expertise: EUROPE, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE)

Member Listings J-L

K GUSTAV JØRGENSEN

MARTIN KEMP

Expertise: EUROPE, FOOD & BEER, PHOTOGRAPHY, TASTING/SPEAKING

Pitfield Brewery, New House Farm, Little Laver Road, Moreton, Essex CM5 0JE

Huldreveien 36 a 3042 Drammen, Norway W: gustavjorgensen.no

T: (w) 0845 833 1492 E: pitfieldbrewery@yahoo.co.uk

Gustav has been writing about beer since 1997 in the food and drink magazine, Red & White and several other Norwegian newspaper and magazines. He frequently arranges beer tasting for companies. Author of the book: World’s Classical Beer Styles (2009, Bibere Forlag).

Specialist in British and imported bottled beers. British brewery and pub history, small and regional breweries, past and present, beer mat and label design.

L SYLVIA KOPP

IAIN LOE

Schlossteichstr. 4, 34131 Kassel, Germany T: +49 561 3168468 E: sylviakopp@bierbotschaft.de W: bierbotschaft.de

Expertise: EUROPE, FINANCE

Sylvia Kopp has been a freelance beer writer since 2007. She works for consumer magazines as well as for professional audiences writing in German as well as in English. She holds a Diploma as beer-sommelier from Doemens Academy, a brewing school near Munich, gives sensory trainings and tasting and judges beers in international contests like World Beer Cup (USA) and European Beer Star (Germany).

130a London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 1PQ T: (w) 01727 798449 (h) 01727 839586 (f) 01727 867670 (m) 07801 706607 E: iain.loe@camra.org.uk W: camra.org.uk Research and Information Manager for CAMRA and regular contributor to What’s Brewing. Interests include financial and industrial UK brewery news, EU legislation, foreign beers and breweries. Connections with beer societies in Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Austria, France, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Italy and Switzerland. Secretary of the European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) and chair of the Real Bread Campaign working party.

SHEA LUKE

JO LYNCH

Flat 20, Eastdown Court, 1-11 Eastdown Park, London SE13 5HU T: (m) 07960 034085 E: shealuke@gmail.com Blog: realalegirl.blogspot.com

Expertise: PR

Young female real ale enthusiast from South London who writes about her experiences online as the Real Ale Girl.

Runner-up in the Pete Brown/Publican/Budvar new beer writer competition, she also writes about pub life, beer festivals and real ale in London and on her travels, from a witty female perspective.

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Spring Cottage Offices, Spring Lane, Great Horwood, Buckinhamshire MK17 0QW T: 01296 714745 (m) 07919 923394 E: jo@elliottmarketingpr.com W: elliottmarketingpr.com Senior account manager with leading industry marketing and PR agency Elliott Marketing & PR, working predominantly with the Independent Family Brewers of Britain and many of its 29 members on an individual basis. Also a member of Dea Latis — a group dedicated to bringing beer to women.

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Member Listings A-B

PROUDLY BREWING

Member Listings M

M MAURIZIO MAESTRELLI

CHRISTOPHER MARCHBANKS

Expertise: EUROPE

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Viale Brianza 34/A, 20127 Milano, Italy T: (h) (f) +39 02 26118102 E: mmaestrelli@yahoo.it W: birragenda.blogspot.com

18 Brizlincote Lane, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE15 0PR T: (w) (h) 01283 561626 (f) 01283 561120 E: cjmarchbanks@aol.com

Food, wine and beer journalist. Winner of ‘Best article on Italian Craft Beer’ first edition 2007. Writer for Gambero Rosso, Il Mondo della Birra, Barbusiness, Il Luogo Ideale. Specialist in Italian microbreweries and pubs. Author of Birrerie d’Italia, first guide on pubs and brewpubs in Italy, and of Birra ai Fornelli, pubs cooking with beer.

Journeyman brewer and brewing technologist. Author of technical brewing articles/reports in brewing trade magazines, brewing journals and conference reports. Specialist in design and operation of micro-breweries and pub brewing. Interest in the history of brewing, the brewing process and brewing literature. Fellow of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.

BOB MASSEY

JAMES MCCRORIE

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, HOMEBREWING

Mallorn, 12 Lorien Gardens, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex CM3 7AQ T: (m) 07958 647505 E: bob@mallorn.net

74 Award Road, Stapehill, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NS T: (m) 07899 722369 E: james@craftbrewing.freeserve.co.uk W: craftbrewing.org.uk

Freelance writer and regular contributor to thebrewclub.com and also the founder and host of bobthebrit.net which seeks to demystify Britishness!

Private brewer (homebrewer). Founder of the Craft Brewing Association, the UK homebrewing organisation. Member of Durden Park Beer Circle. Publisher of Brewer’s Contact.

Researcher into, and brewer of, historical beers, particularly Original IPA, London Porter and Scottish ales. Consultant to modern commerical breweries regarding original styles. Media contact for UK homebrewing activities. Committed to a vain attempt to have beer writers understand how beer is spoilt by being bottled in clear or green bottles, thereby turning the hop aroma into the smell of skunk, or in UK terms ‘wet dog’.

BEN MCFARLAND

ALLAN MCLEAN

Expertise: FREELANCE

15 Mountcastle Bank, Edinburgh EH8 7TA T: (m) 07531 129892

77 Prebend Gardens, Chiswick, London W6 OXT T: (m) 07980 622437 E: mcfarlandben@btinternet.com Ben McFarland was the youngest ever winner of BGBW Beer Writer of the Year in 2004 at the age of 28. He won the award again in 2006. A columnist for Time Out London and Theme magazine, Ben also writes for a host of drinks titles, national newspapers, magazines and — away from drink — writes about sport for Guardian Unlimited. Ben is also the co-author for Good Beer Guide West Coast USA, published by CAMRA. He is also experienced in hosting beer talks, beer and food matching dinners, corporate beer tastings, judging and has appeared on radio and television on numerous occasions.

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Three times winner of the Guild’s Gold Tankard of the Year award for his former column in The Scotsman. Currently editor of the Journal of the Scottish Brewing Archive.

MARCIN MIlLER

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: PR

23 Viewfield Road, London SW18 5JD T: 020 8874 7643 E: CMidton@aol.com W: christophermiddleton.net

Quercus Communications Ltd, Netherconesford, King Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 1PW

Freelance for the past two decades, writing mainly for Daily and Sunday Telegraph. Member of Guild of Food Writers, enthusiastic consumer of beer (idyllic recent holiday at the Carolus Brewery, in Mechelen, Belgium), and pub reviewer for Saturday Telegraph’s Pint To Pint.

T: (w) 01603 631108 (m) 07795 057881 E: marcin@qcltd.co.uk W: qcltd.co.uk PR consultant for Harviestoun Brewery.

GRAEME MITCHELL

RICHARD MORRICE

Expertise: FREELANCE, MARKETING, PUBS

Expertise: PR

Mitchell Krause Brewing, PO Box 86, Workington, Cumbria CA14 1DD T: (m) 07825 580694 E: graeme@mkbrewing.co.uk W: mkbrewing.co.uk

People Energies, 106 Heworth Green, York YO31 7TQ T: (w) 08456 447660 (m) 07836 697660 E: richard@peopleenergies.co.uk W: peopleenergies.co.uk

Beer marketing consultant and ‘British Brewed Beers of the World’ craft brewer.

Committed to the promotion of interesting, enjoyable beer in imaginative ways. Organiser of the Fuller’s Fine Ale Club.

LAURENT MOUSSON

DAVID MUGGLETON

Expertise: EUROPE

Expertise: EDITORS, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, PUBS, TASTING/SPEAKING

Barkenweg 7, CH-2503 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland T: (h) +41 32 322 26 90 (m) +41 79 588 58 09 E: laurent.mousson@bluewin.ch Contributor to various French-language beer-related publications and websites, judge at beer competitions in Switzerland, Italy and the UK, translation work (English and German into French), tutored tastings, seminars, notably the beer course at the Ecole Suisse du Vin. Vice-chair since 2003 of EBCU, the European Beer Consumers Union, with numerous appearances on French-speaking Swiss press, radio and occasionally TV. Strong on the Swiss and European beer scene in general, including Britain.

3, The Argyle, Norfolk Square, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 2JD T: (h) 01243 863694 (m) 079909 41746 E: thequaffer@yahoo.co.uk Blog: the-quaffer.blogspot.com Professional academic and lecturer. Editor of CAMRA magazine The Sussex Drinker and contributing editor (on new breweries) to The New Imbiber. Writes under the name of The Quaffer.

Chairs local CAMRA judging panels. Member of the Pub History Society and the Brewery History Society.

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Member Listings M

CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON

Member Listings N

N LARRY NELSON

REBECCA NEWMAN

Expertise: EDITORS, BUSINESS, BREWING, MARKETING

Expertise: CELLARMANSHIP, PUBS

The Croft, 156 Peperharow Road, Godalming, Surrey GU7 2PW T: (w) 01737 221232 (m) 07961 396966 E: larry@advantagepublishing.co.uk W: brewersguardian.com; brewerymanual.com

Bricklayer’s Arms, 32 Waterman Street, Putney, London SW15 1DD T: (w) 020 8789 0222 (m) 07711 245445 E: becky@bricklayers-arms.co.uk W: bricklayers-arms.co.uk

Editor and publisher of Brewers’ Guardian, the international brewing industry magazine; editor and publisher of The Brewery Manual, the authoritative annual guide to the UK brewing industry. Publisher on behalf of the BGBW of The Beer Writers Yearbook. Occasional writing trophy recipient, most recently Wells & Young’s Award for the Beer and Pub Trade 2010.

Landlady of Bricklayer’s Arms. Created a real ale pub, which stocks the full range of Taylor’s beers and four handpumps that feature a lesser known brewery each week. Writes for London Drinker, What’s Brewing and Timothy Taylor Times.

DARREN NORBURY

FRAN NOWAK

Expertise: COPY WRITING, COPY EDITING, PR

Expertise: PHOTOGRAPHY

3 Curnows Road, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4RZ E: darren@beertoday.co.uk W: beertoday.co.uk

32 Marine Road, Oreston, Plymouth, Devon PL9 7NJ T: (w) (h) 01752 408659 E: SueNowak@aol.com

Editor of beertoday.co.uk and regular beer writer in the Cornishman, Cornish Guardian and West Briton newpapers — online at thisiscornwall.co.uk

Freelance beer, food and pub photographer. Work published in What’s Brewing and Beer Magazine, Morning Advertiser, Pub Chef; photography for Susan Nowak’s Beer Cooking.

SUSAN NOWAK

TONY NUNN

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE

74c Auckland Hill, West Norwood, London SE27 9QQ T: (w) (h) 020 8761 2855 E: maximus@bibendus.org.uk W: bibendus.org.uk

32 Marine Road, Oreston, Plymouth, Devon PL9 7NJ T: (w) (h) 01752 408659 E: SueNowak@aol.com Freelance beer and food writer specialising in pub food and cooking with beer, including origination of recipes and menus for beer meals, and matching beer to food. Writes for the national media; editor of all CAMRA’s Good Pub Food guides and Beer, Bed and Breakfast; author of recipe book The Beer Cook Book (Faber & Faber) and Pub Superchefs (CAMRA); is a regular columnist in What’s Brewing and Beer Magazine. Guild Silver Tankard winner 1995. Chairman of the Guild 1998-2000.

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Aka Maximus Bibendus, writer of Beer Matters column for the Ringing World, the weekly journal for church bell ringers (beer being a subject dear to most bellringers’ hearts).

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Watergate Bay, Cornwall

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O PAUL NUNNY

SU-LIN ONG

Expertise: MARKETING

Expertise: PR

5 Rawstorn Road, St Mary’s, Colchester, Essex CO3 3JF T: (m) 07768 614065 E: paul@nunny.fsbusiness.co.uk

T: 020 8747 4843 (m) 07973 519176 E: sulinong@slo-london.co.uk; sulinong@aol.com Twitter: @sloLondon

Chief executive of Cask Marque (cask-marque.co.uk), formed to improve the quality of cask ale and to promote its values.

Contributor to a wide range of journals on the subject of cask ale quality. Former director of Adnams & Co plc. Chartered Accountant by profession.

Independent PR, media relations, events and writing. Clients include beer retailers, beer events, beer brands, bars and restaurants.

KATE OPPENHEIM

TIMOTHY O’ROURKE

Expertise: TV

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, OVERSEAS (NONEUROPE), TASTING/SPEAKING

76 Kenilworth Avenue, London SW19 7LR E: kate@gabbani.co.uk Freelance journalist specialising in contract publishing, copywriting and video production. Formerly group publisher of BSkyB’s business customer magazines and channel editor (and launch editor) of BSkyB’s business-to-business television channel, The Pub Channel. Have held the post of editor of several leading weekly publications: The Publican, Off Licence News and Retail Week.

20 Downsmead, Baydon, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2LQ T: (w) 01672 540752 (f) 01672 540752 E: tim@brilliantbeer.com W: brilliantbeer.com A freelance writer and educator committed to enhancing the consumer’s enjoyment of beer. Specialist in recreating historical beer recipes and new product development, as well as exploring the origins and history of beer. Author of various articles and sections of books on brewing and related technology. Winner of the North American Guild of Beer Writers Feature, Profile Interview 1999.

P SAMUEL PARKER

RON PATTISON

Expertise: FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, PUBS

Expertise: EUROPE

47 Manston Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS15 8BL T: 0113 293 6850 (m) 07928 101783 E: samueltparker@googlemail.com Blog: lordofthebeers.blogspot.com

Warmondstraat 171 hs, 1058 KX Amsterdam, Netherlands T: +31 20 4081068 E: patto1ro@xs4all.nl

‘In demand’ blogger Sam writes for Mark Fletcher’s RealAle-Reviews — real-ale-reviews.com — as well as being the official CAMRA blogger for the JD Wetherspoon real ale website — jdwrealale.co.uk — and has set up his own site under the moniker of ‘Lord of the Beers’. He also writes pub, brewery, beer and beer festival reviews for various local publications and is a great promoter of local microbreweries.

A book about the history of pubs in Leeds is in the very early stages.

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Writes a website — europeanbeerguide.net — covering European breweries, pubs and other beer-related topics.

HELEN PEACOCKE

Expertise: BREWING AND RETAILING: GLOBAL AND LOCAL

Expertise: FOOD & BEER

c/o 14,Winchester Walk, London SE1 9AG T: (m) 07800 879699 (f) 020 7407 3630 E: enyapag@aol.com Beer buyer at Safeway from 1997 to 2004. Sales and marketing director at Meantime Brewing 2005 & 2006; share holder. Proprietor of Beer2Love and Beer-wolves-of-London.

Part owner of Pangea imports and distribution and lovebeer@ borough. Judge at Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup since 2002 and more competitions around the world.

Slow Food London activist and London correspondent of The Celebrator.

Rose Cottage, 43 Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxford OX29 4PF T: 01865 882130 E: helen@hpeacocke.demon.co.uk Food, beer and pub writer for The Oxford Times, The Oxford Mail, Witney Gazette and Herald series for 20 years. Now working freelance. Winner of Publican Media Award 1996 and Mansfield Media Award 1995.

BARRIE PEPPER

STEVE PEREIRA

Expertise: FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, PR, PUBS, RADIO, TASTING/SPEAKING, TV

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, HOMEBREWING

58 Elmete Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2NT T: (w) (h) 0113 265 8595 E: barrie.pepper@ntlworld.com Freelance journalist and author (19 books). Member of Guild since 1990 and Chairman from 1991-1998. Winner of six Guild awards, including a special award and two silver tankards; also runner-up in the Glenfiddich drinks book award 2003. Columnist for Inn Speak and also working for SIBA on obtaining a protected geographical indication for Yorkshire beer.

73 Cecil Road, Rochester, Kent ME1 2HS T: (m) 07714 004591 E: stevechrissie@hotmail.com Background in professional writing and editing, and in education. Administrator and regular article writer for ratebeer.com — home-brewing column in Beer.

JANE PEYTON

GEORGE PHILLISKIRK

Expertise: FREELANCE, PUBS, RADIO, TASTING/ SPEAKING, TV

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, TASTING/ SPEAKING

50 Rosebank, Holyport Road, London SW6 6LH T: (m) 07729 601590 E: jane@school-of-booze.com W: school-of-booze.com

4 Cherry Leys, Winshill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE15 0DS T: (h) 01283 567977 (m) 07771 938471 E: george@beeracademy.org

Principal of School of Booze. Beer tasting presenter, beer and food matching presenter, public speaking, radio and TV guest, events producer and host; author of several non-fiction books including Pub Scene; member of the Dea Latis group (aim — to encourage more women to drink beer).

Director of the Beer Academy. Writer for trade and technical brewing publications. Lecturer and conference speaker on technical issues and presenter of beer tasting events to trade and consumers. Passionate about beer!

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GLENN PAYNE

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JEFF PICKTHALL

CHRIS (PODGE) POLLARD

Expertise: EUROPE, FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, MARKETING, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE), PR, TASTING/ SPEAKING

Expertise: EUROPE, FREELANCE, PUBS

17 Stoneleigh Close, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA13 9UR T: (m) 07951 104083 E: jeff.pickthall@gmail.com Blog: jeffpickthall.blogspot.com Creator and former owner of ‘microbar’ specialist beer bar — microbar.org — beer seller with Utobeer. Columnist for Difford’s Guides; contributor to publications including What’s Brewing and Beers of the World; columnist for Cumbria Life. Specialist in craft beer selling, marketing and customer behaviour. Judge at 2004 Great American Beer Festival.

Freelance marketing advice and PR for micros and beerfocused freehouses. Currently fantasising about setting up a brewery — stranger things have happened! Also writes about music — jazz and related genres.

102 Mildmay Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 0EA T: (h) 01245 354677 E: podgehome@blueyonder.co.uk W: podgebeer.co.uk Full time organiser of Podge’s Belgian Beer Tours (Est. 1994), offering a varied programme of tours in Belgium and further afield for everyone from novice to expert. Co-author of Lambic(k)Land (2004), Around Bruges in 80 Beers (2006) and Around London in 80 Beers (2008). Over 25 year’s expertise in beer festival organisation and beer event management. Runs Belgian Beer Bars at major UK Beer Festivals. Specialist in pork scratchings and gourmet pickled eggs.

RUPERT PONSONBY

JOHN PORTER

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, PR, RADIO, TV

Expertise: FREELANCE, PR

R&R Teamwork, 754 Fulham Road, London SW6 5SH T: (w) 020 7384 1333 (f) 020 7384 0335 E: rupert@randr.co.uk

29 Byron Avenue, Sutton, Surrey SM1 3RA T: (m) 07734 054389 E: john@apieandapint.com W: aPieandaPint.com; shielporter.com Twitter: @pieandapint

Hop lover, barley farmer, joint founder of the Beer Academy – beeracademy.co.uk – and winner of a 2006 President’s award from the All Party Parliamentary Beer Club. Special interest in beer and food matching for all cuisines. Mission: To encourage restaurants, pubs and bars to create lip-smacking beer lists; and for farmers and MPs to understand and appreciate beer.

Never writes books.

Freelance food and drink writer, contributing news and features to B2B titles including Caterer & Hotelkeeper, The Grocer, The Morning Advertiser, Eat Out and The Host.

Former Food Editor of The Publican. Director of ShielPorter Communications, a PR consultancy specialising in the drinks and hospitality sector. Judging experience includes The Publican Awards, The Publican Food & Drink Awards, CAMRA Champion Beer of Britain, CAMRA Champion Cider & Perry of Britain, Society of Independent Brewers Awards, Tesco Drinks Awards and Honey Beer category at The National Honey Show.

Q ANDREW PRING

DAVID QUAIN

Expertise: FREELANCE, PUBS, RADIO, TASTING/ SPEAKING, TV

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

10 Knole Way, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3RS T: (m) 07711 844134 E: andrewpring100@btinternet.com Freelance journalist and pubs and drinks consultant and commentator. Morning Advertiser editor 2000-09. Editor of BII Business (since 2009). Editor McMullen News (since 2009). Corporate blogger. Chairman of the British Guild of Beer Writers 2003-05. Former editor of Accountancy Age, Contract Journal and Insurance Times, and worked on Caterer & Hotelkeeper and The Grocer. Editor of the Year (Britvic Food and Drinks Awards) 2002.

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Red-ts Ltd, 9 Wheatfield Court, Willington, Derbyshire DE65 6PT T: (w) 01283 702218 (m) 07808 096623 E: david.quain@red-ts.com W: red-ts.com Director at red-ts — a technical consultancy for the brewing industry. Co-author of the book Brewing Yeast and Fermentation (now in paperback) and regular contributor to Brewers’ Guardian together with the Brewer & Distiller International. Also (part-time) professor at the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling (ICBD) at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

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Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd

Bridge Wharf Brewery 6 Cliffe High Street Lewes Telephone: 01273 480209 !

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R EVAN RAIL

JONATHAN RAY

Expertise: EUROPE, FOOD & BEER, HISTORY PUB & BREWERY, RADIO, TV

Expertise: FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE

T: +420 605 834 242 E: evanrail@gmail.com

16 Park Crescent, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 3HA T: (m) 07944 278 567 E: johnnyray4@hotmail.com

The author of Good Beer Guide Prague and the Czech Republic (CAMRA Books), Evan Rail writes frequently about beer and travel for the New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Saveur, Budget Travel and other publications, and has spoken about Czech and European beer culture on the Discovery Channel, CNN, BBC World Service and the Travel Channel, among other venues.

Author and drinks writer. Wine and beer correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and frequent contributor to the Spectator and Imbibe, writing on beer, travel and other subjects. Also founding co-editor of Scoff!, a free-to-receive email newsletter on good food and drink (see gastronomail.com to subscribe).

Winner of the British Guild of Beer Writers Award for National Journalism 2005 & 2007.

MARK REID

GLYN ROBERTS

Expertise: FREELANCE

30a Gracefield Gardens, Streatham, London SW16, 2ST T: (m) 07900 433309 E: glynr@utobeer.co.uk; glynroberts0@excite.com Blog: rabidbarfly.blogspot.com Twitter: @Rabidbarfly

102 Leeds Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 8HB T: (w) (h) 01423 871750 (f) 01423 874751 (m) 07711 264019 E: mark.reid@innway.co.uk W: innway.co.uk Freelance writer. Author of The Inn Way... series of walking guidebooks. Specialist areas include walking/outdoor activities in the north of England as well as traditional pubs.

Manager of the multi-award winning beer bar, The Rake, has also judged for SIBA on a few occasions and writes the blog Rabid About Beer.

SAMANTHA ROBINSON-WILDMAN

JEFF ROSENMEIER

The Coastguard, The Bay, St Margarets Bay, Kent CT15 6DY T: 01304 851010 E: thecoastguard@talk21.com W: thecoastguard.co.uk

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, CELLARMANSHIP, HOMEBREWING, PR

Writer and broadcaster specialising in food history, British cheese and real ales. If you need a girl’s perspective on one of the last male bastions that is the humble pint — I’m your blonde.

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Lovibonds Brewery Ltd, Rear of 19-21 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 2AA T: (w) 01491 576596 (m) 07761 543987 E: jeff@lovibonds.com W: lovibonds.com Jeff is founder and chief zymurgist at Lovibonds Brewery.

He has contributed technical and beer travel articles to Brewer’s Contact (Craft Brewing Association) and Zymurgy (American Homebrewers Association). Jeff is also responsible for Lovibonds web development and other PR initiatives.

Jeff started home brewing in the USA in 1996 after being introduced to the hobby by a friend. In 2005 he packed in a lucrative IT career to follow his passion instead of his pension.

DON RUSSELL

c/o School of English, University of Liverpool, Liverpool T: 01695 768147 E: chris@chrisroutledge.co.uk W: chrisroutledge.co.uk

Expertise: EUROPE, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE)

Freeelance writer, editor and academic, beer podcaster on the Ormskirk Baron blog, and author of Cains: The Story of Liverpool in a Pint (Liverpool University Press, 2008), a history of Cains brewery.

PMB 120, 8500 Henry Ave., Philadelphia, PA, USA T: +1 215 500 4627 E: don@joesixpack.net W: joesixpack.net Author of the weekly Joe Sixpack beer reporter column in the Philadelphia Daily News. Winner of more than 20 Quill & Tankard awards from the North American Guild of Beer Writers, two-time American beer journalist of the year. Author of Joe Sixpack’s Philly Beer Guide (Camino Books) and Merry Christmas Beer: The Cheeriest, Tastiest, Most Unusual Holiday Brews (Rizzoli USA). Co-founder, organiser and executive director of annual Philly Beer Week, with more than 200 separate events celebrating the best beer-drinking town in America.

S SIMON RUSSELL

TOM SANDHAM

Expertise: FREELANCE, PR

Dwink Enterprise Ltd, 1st Floor, Voysey House, Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH T: (m) 07780 991443 E: tom@dwink.com W: dwink.co.uk

Media Centre, Abbeywood Business Park, Emma-Chris Way, Filton, Bristol BS34 7JU T: (w) 01179 066519 (m) 07879 402145 E: simon@swns.com W: insidemedia.uk.com; swns.com Formerly ran PR for Constellation/Matthew Clark now runs Inside Media, a PR agency that supports several drinks organisations, businesses and brands. Also writes on beer and other drinks for SWNS (press agency) and occasionally freelance. The spokesman for the National Association of Cider Makers and works with Sharps Brewery.

Tom Sandham has been a drinks writer for almost 10 years and picked up a number of awards along the way. A frequent contributor to all the influential industry titles, he has also written for a host of consumer magazines and newspapers including Esquire, the Independent, Observer and Times.

Formerly editor of CLASS Magazine, the leading magazine for premium bars, he has featured on radio and television around the world, presented industry awards ceremonies, hosted training and talks and consulted for the leading spirits companies. A contributing author on 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Buy he is also co-author of award-winning The Good Beer Guide West Coast USA and most importantly of all co-creator of Dwink, a company that broadens the imbibing lives of discerning drinkers everywhere.

CONRAD SEIDL

GILL SHAFFER

Expertise: EUROPE

Expertise: PR

Columbusgasse 20, A-1100 Vienna, Austria T: (w) +43 1 531 70 186 (h)(f) +43 1 604 49 51 (m) +43 676 30 20 89 E: Bierpapst@gmx.net W: www.bierpapst.cc

Mint Communications T: (m) 07958 989124 E: info@mintcomm.co.uk W: mintcomm.co.uk

Author of several books on beer styles, brewery-related travels, drinking cultures and brewing history. Conrad Seidl’s Bierkatechismus was published in German, Portuguese and Italian. Regular columns on beer in Getränkefachgroßhandel and Falstaff. Frequently published in German and American magazines, including Penthouse, All About Beer and Brewers’ Guardian. Seminars for connoisseurs and marketers. Founder of Kampagne für Gutes Bier (KGB) and editor of Conrad Seidl’s Bierguide, the good beer guide to Austria.

Was for over five years head of public relations for Fuller’s.

Set up Mint Communications in 2002, specialising in a broad range of drinks and beer products including mainstream and micro-breweries.

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CHRIS ROUTLEDGE

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STEVE SHARPLES

ALLYSON SHAW

Expertise: PHOTOGRAPHY

T: (m) 07880 601149 E: allyshaw@madasafish.com Blog: impymalting.wordpress.com

54 Platts Crescent, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4YZ T: (w) (h) 01384 376557 (f) 0870 056 1113 E: stevesharples@mac.com Freelance photographer and writer.

Author of blog Impy Malting and award-winning poet and fiction writer. Collaborator in CO-OP’s international brewing project, Something’s Brewing. Areas of interest include beer travel, women in beer, American craft brewing, slow food and the home brewing movement.

DAVID SHERMAN

ROS SHIEL

Expertise: FREELANCE

Expertise: PR

27 Pearce Manor, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 9XH T: (m) 07748 392965 E: david.sherman@dvla.gsi.gov.uk

44 Hurst Road, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 2EP T: (h) 01403 267971 (m) 07841 694137 E: ros@shielporter.com W: shielcomms.co.uk

Journalist. Interests: pub preservation; brewery buy-outs; mild; descriptive and analytical tasting. Contributor to several CAMRA guides and newsletters, and to local press and radio. Organiser of CAMRA’s Champion Beer of East Anglia competition. National Stouts and Porters Co-ordinator for CAMRA.

Director of ShielPorter Communications, a PR consultancy specialising in the drinks and hospitality sector — shielporter.com. Founder member of Dea Latis, an industry forum designed to enhance beer’s appeal to women (join us on Facebook).

JOHN SIMPSON

TIM SKELTON

Expertise: EUROPE, PUBS, TASTING/SPEAKING

Generaal Stedmanstraat 24, 5623HX Eindhoven, The Netherlands T: +31 40 244 8984 E: timskelton@hotmail.com W: timskelton.eu

56 Greenacres, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5WY W: simpson.uk.com/beers Operates website and email newletter (see above) that covers whole world but specialises in Belgian and European beers; gives talks and runs tastings.

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Freelance writer and editor. Specialist in beers of Benelux.

Author of Around Amsterdam In 80 Beers (2010).

Member Listings A-B Sorry about the down market pointy symbol above, we got a bit carried away.

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ANNABEL SMITH

Kelly Smith

Rock House Lodge, Westfield Road, Horbury, West Yorkshire WF4 6EXT T: (m) 07920 058500 E: annabel@cask-marque.co.uk

Expertise: FREELANCE, PUBS, DIGITAL MARKETING

National Account and Training Manager at Cask Marque — cask-marque.co.uk — formed to improve the quality of cask ale and to promote its values. Contributing writer to trade publications and business journals on beer and on-trade issues.

Experienced in hosting beer talks, beer and food matching events and has appeared on radio and television on many occasions. Founder member of Dea Latis, an industry group aiming to improve beer’s appeal to women.

T: (h) 02476 597615 (m) 07786 737363 E: kel.e@me.com Freelance feature writer and copywriter, experienced in both print and digital media. Has written for the trade press (Morning Advertiser, Off Licence News, Grocer) as well as national magazines, and has produced various internal trade publications.

NORMAN SPALDING

JOE STANGE

Sunnydene, Parfitts Hill, Bristol BS5 8BN T: (h) 0117 907 3798 E: normanspalding@blueyonder.co.uk

Expertise: EUROPE, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE)

Contributor to numerous CAMRA newsletters over the years, but currently writing for Pints West.

Escazú, Costa Rica T: +1 417 763 3755 W: thirstypilgrim.com Freelance writer and editor contributing to various magazines.

Specializing in Belgian ales, Brussels, North and Latin American craft beer, and beer travel in general. Co-author of Around Brussels in 80 Beers, published by Cogan & Mater.

ANDREW STROEHLEIN

MARC STROOBANDT

Brussels, Belgium T: +32 485 555 946 E: andrew.stroehlein@gmail.com W: 40beersat40.blogspot.com

Expertise: CELLARMANSHIP, EUROPE, FOOD & BEER, FREELANCE, OVERSEAS (NON-EUROPE), RADIO, TASTING/SPEAKING, TV

Andrew is a journalist who usually writes about miserable situations around the world, but to maintain his sanity also writes a humble blog about beer, “40 Beers at 40”.

The F&B Partnership H/O, The Engine House, Shenstone Station, Station Road, Shenstone, Staffordshire WS14 0NW T: 0844 800 2068 E: Marc@fandbpartnership.com W: fandbpartnership.com Marc Stroobandt is master beer sommelier and director of the F&B Partnership, global leaders in unlocking sensory and experiential food and drink marketing and training. Marc has considerable experience and expertise in live TV and radio both in Europe and the USA, and is renowned for engaging seminars, talks and training bringing a ‘rock and roll’ approach to beer appreciation and beer and food education. Marc is guest speaker at Aspen Food and Wine, Culinary Institute of America, Taste Festivals, Loose Goose Wine Festival and many more. Marc is also an honorary knight of the Order of the Mascher (awarded by the Chevalerie du Fourquet des Brasseurs of the Confederation of Belgian Brewers).

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NIGEL TARN

ARTHUR TAYLOR

3 Church Street, Skirwith, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 1RG T: 01768 88321 (m) 07903 745004 E: nigel.tarn@btinternet.com

Park House, Milnrow Road, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire OL2 8BL T: (w)(h) 01706 846126 E: arthur_r_taylor@hotmail.com

Freelance journalist and fulltime drinks marketeer, having worked for global giants, microbreweries and distilleries.

Specialising in British microbreweries and brewing, independent breweries, world beers, ciders, spirits, history of brewing and the great British pub.

Author of Pub Games (Mayflower 1976), The Guinness Book of Traditional Pub Games (1992) and Played at the Pub, in the Played in Britain series, published by English Heritage (2009).

The Guinness book was highly commended in the Guild Awards 1992. His CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Northern France (1998) was awarded the Guild’s Travel Bursary. Glenfiddich Drinks Writer of the Year 2001 for work for What’s Brewing.

Played at the Pub won the Guild’s National Journalism Award for 2009 and the Katherine Briggs Award from the Folklore Society for ‘the most significant contribution of the year towards Folklore Studies’ in 2010.

KEITH THOMAS

STEVE THOMAS

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

Expertise: EUROPE

Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sunderland, Chester Road, Sunderland SR1 3SD T: (w) 0191 515 2530 E: keith@brewlab.co.uk W: brewlab.co.uk

E: GermanBreweries@aol.com W: german-breweries.com Expert on the German brewing scene and the author of the groundbreaking Good Beer Guide Germany (CAMRA Books).

Technical writer for trade and popular press, including The Brewer International, Zymurgy, international publications, CAMRA publications and local newspapers. Specialisms include brewing technology, yeast and brewery microbiology, beer purity, flavour analysis and history of brewing technology.

Co-ordinator of training courses in brewing, dispense and flavour analysis. Winner of the Travel Bursary in the Guild’s Beer Writer of the Year Awards 2001.

GUY THORNTON

ADRIAN TIERNEY-JONES

Expertise: EUROPE

Expertise: EUROPE, FREELANCE, HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY, INDEPENDENT BREWERS, PUBS, RADIO, TASTING/SPEAKING

Postbus 6605, 1005 EP Amsterdam, Netherlands T: (w)(h)(f) +31 (0)20 6766569 (m)+31 (0)6 51 088 220 E: guy.thornton@inter.nl.net; guy.thornton@MCR 1.poptel.org.uk Journalist, translator, writer and broadcaster. Articles on beer (and food & wine) for several Dutch and Belgian papers and magazines. Contributor in-flight magazines, What’s Brewing, Wine & Spirit International, New Statesman. Specialist breweries and brewing industry in The Netherlands, Belgium and (Northern) Europe; also on cooking with beer. Lectures on beer styles and tastes.

Woodcote, 2 Jury Road, Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9DU T: (w)(h) 01398 324314 (m) 07807 925071 E: tierneyjones@btinternet.com Blog: maltworms.blogspot.com Twitter: @ATJbeer Freelance journalist whose work appears in the Daily Telegraph (regular reviews for Pint to Pint), All About Beer, Beer, Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Coast amongst many others.

Books: West Country Ales, Pubs for Families, Real Ale Record Book, Big Book of Beer and Britain’s Greatest Pubs (autumn 2011); also contributor to The Beer Book; produces tasting notes for various craft breweries. Editor of SIBA Southwest’s Brewers Herald. Expert taster and talker on the world of beer.

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PAUL TRAVIS

Expertise: GRAPHICS

Long High Top, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 7PF T: 01422 844437 (m) 07736 174505 E: paul@beerinnprint.co.uk W: beerinnprint.co.uk

170 Gwydir Street, Cambridge CB1 2LW T: 01223 573669 E: studio@daletomlinson.co.uk Freelance graphic designer specialising in publication design/ typography: books, magazines, brochures and newsletters etc; also logos, corporate identity, branding, marketing/publicity items and websites. Has designed books and campaign material for CAMRA, Cogan & Mater (see Tim Webb) in addition to books and logos for many other Guild members.

Retailing of beer books on all aspects of beer, brewing and pubs via Beer-Inn Print and distribution of magazine for the beer/brewery ‘collector’ (New Imbiber); booksale manager for the Brewery History Society.

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GEORGINA WALD

Expertise: FREELANCE, MARKETING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PUBS

Expertise: PR

c/o noSWeat journalism, 16 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AN T: (m) 07854 079540 E: beerblogger@hotmail.com W: beertester.blogspot.com

5 Florence Street, London NW4 1QG T: (m) 07831 299801 E: georgina@thehurns.plus.com Former Publican journalist and ex-PR manager for BII and Fuller’s. Now working for Dominos Pizza as corporate communications manager.

Author of established beer site, Ruth’s Real Ale Reviews, regular column in local magazine and first book in production.

CAMRA’s national mild co-ordinator responsible for Mild Month.

TIM WEBB

STEVE WELLINGTON

Expertise: CRAFT BEERS

Expertise: HISTORY - PUB & BREWERY

PO Box 1027 (Burwell), Cambridge CB25 0WR T: (m) 07966 032638 E: cogan.mater@booksaboutbeer.com W: booksaboutbeer.com

The Nook, Pipehay Lane, Draycott in the Clay, Derbyshire DE6 5BY T: (w)(m) 07836 794974 (h) 01283 820698 (f) 01283 820859 E: wellie@dsl.pipex.com

Author: The World Atlas of Beer (Mitchell Beazley, 2012); Good Beer Guide Belgium (CAMRA Books, 1992 to date); 100 Belgian Beers to Try (CAMRA Books 2007 to date); LambicLand (2004 to date). Magazine columnist: Beer Advocate (US: 2009 to date). Owner & managing editor of publishing hut Cogan & Mater Ltd & booksaboutbeer.com: LambicLand (sic) and Around Berlin / Amsterdam / Brussels / Bruges / London in 80 Beers (2008 to date). Chronicler of the craft beer revolution from CAMRA to coffee porter.

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Head brewer of the White Shield Brewery of Burton upon Trent with an interest in microbreweries, brewing history and deceased brands. Frequent contributor of articles to licensed trade press and associated publications.

ISLA WHITCROFT

Expertise: FREELANCE

31 Towcester Road, Litchborough, Northants NN12 8JA T: 01327 830222 E: islawhitcroft@btopenworld.com

26 Redcliffe Road, Mapperley Park, Nottingham NG3 5BW T: (w)(h) 0115 9623973 Regular contributor to CAMRA publications. Winner of the Budweiser Budvar travel bursary for 2003 and the Judges’ Award for Excellence 2006.

Isla, a widely respected national health writer, was recently commissioned by The Beer Academy to author the acclaimed report, Beer, the natural choice? Isla’s engaging and passionate writing on the wholesomeness of beer was commended with a runner up prize in the 2010 Wells & Young’s Award for Best Writing in the Beer and Pub Trade.

DAVID WICKETT

PHIL WILCOX

Expertise: FOOD & BEER

Expertise: BREWING TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE

23 Alma Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 8SA T: (w) 0114 249 4800 (h) 0114 263 0090 (f) 0114 249 4803 E: Dave@Wickett.co.uk

1 Mayland Hall Cottages, Mayland Hall, Mayland, Essex CM3 6EA T: (m) 07775 577982 E: beerbloke@btinternet.com

Micro-brewery owner and freehouse pub owner. Contributor to numerous trade and CAMRA publications.

Brewing correspondent for Brewer’s Contact. Having progressed from home brewing in the kitchen to garden shed and now to successful micro-brewing, has acquired a considerable and practical knowledge of the craft of brewing.

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GILLIAN WILLIAMS

27 Parkfield Avenue, East Sheen, London SW14 8DY T: (h) 020 8878 1391 (m) 07852 260955 E: beerjustice@aol.com Blog: beerjustice.blogspot.com

11 Autumn Grove, Chaddesden, Derby DE21 6PX T: (m) 07847 504074 E: gillian.williams1@yahoo.co.uk

CAMRA Regional Director for Greater London (2004-2009).

Contributor to various CAMRA and local publications.

Judge at Great American Beer Festival, Great British Beer Festival, International Beer Challenge, National Honey Show and various CAMRA and SIBA competitions. Member of CAMRA’s London tasting panel. Winner of London Ale Taster competition in 2010.

Extensive knowledge of real cider and perry. Tasting. Speaking.

Orchards. Producers. Outlets and pubs. Freelance. beer styles.

Ex-Director of CAMRA with specific remit for cider and perry campaigning. Has written articles regularly for CAMRA, the National Association of Cider Makers and local newsletters.

Contributed to two CAMRA Good Cider Guides and other cider publications. Hosted tastings and trained tasters. Passionate about sustainability and a positive experience in the pub (or point of purchase). Also loves beer in all its styles.

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The European Beer Star Award honours the best beers brewed in accordance with the european style across the globe. The competition is open to all brewers, small, regional and locally operating breweries in Europe and overseas.

CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS: 29TH AUGUST 2011

WHY NOT PARTICIPATE AND SUBMIT YOUR BEST BEERS FOR THE EUROPEAN BEER STAR AWARD COMPETITION 2011?

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A number of progressive brewers, brand owners and others support and encourage the aims of the BGBW by joining as corporate members and engaging in dialogue on matters of concern to the brewing industry

A AB InBev UK

Adnams plc

Porter Tun House, Capability Green, Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3LS T: 01582 391166 W: ab-inbev.co.uk

Sole Bay Brewery, Southwold, Suffolk IP18 6JW T: 01502 727200 W: adnams.co.uk

Head of corporate affairs: Michelle Norman E: media.relations@inbev.co.uk Anheuser-Busch InBev is the leading global brewer and one of the worlds top five global consumer products companies. AB InBev manages a portfolio of over 200 brands including Beck’s, Budweiser and Stella Artois

Head of corporate affairs: Emma Hibbert T: 01502 727256 (m) 07766 206203 E: emma.hibbert@adnams.co.uk Based in Southwold Suffolk, Adnams’ famous beers include Southwold Bitter, Broadside and Gunhill. Adnams has won many awards, not only for its beers and commitment to the environment and its community, but most recently for the spirits made in the newly-opened Adnams Copper House Distillery.

B The Beer Academy

Black Sheep Brewery

33 Clarges Street, London, W1J 7EE T: 020 7290 6087 W: beeracademy.co.uk

Wellgarth, Masham, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 4EN T: 01765 689227 W: blacksheepbrewery.co.uk

Beer Academy co-ordinator: Dan Cannas E: dan.cannas@beeracademy.co.uk The Beer Academy’s mission is to inspire, educate and enthuse people in their understanding and appreciation of beer. We run a series of entertaining and enjoyable courses, lasting from 30 minutes to two days, and a range of ‘taster’ sessions at exhibitions, trade and consumer shows.

Marketing executive: Jo Satariano E: jo.satariano@blacksheep.co.uk

S A Brain & Co Ltd

Brand Distribution & Development Ltd

The Cardiff Brewery, Crawshay Street, Cardiff CF10 1SP T: 02920 402060 W: sabrain.com Communications executive: Laura Overton T: 02920 334762 E: laura.overton@sabrain.com SA Brain & Co is Wales’ leading drinks and hospitality company. Brains has over 260 pubs and brews a wide range of award winning ales.

The Black Sheep Brewery was founded by Paul Theakston from the famous brewing family. Twice ‘Brewery of the Year’ in The Good Pub Guide, its award winning cask beers are now served through some 700 outlets across the UK.

Unit 33, Cumberland Business Park, 17 Cumberland Avenue, Park Royal, London NW10 7RT T: 020 8955 6878 E: admin@bdd.net W: bdd.net Contact: Maciej Hady or Laurence McCarthy Importers and distributors of Polish beers and spirits. Sole UK distributors for Grupa Zywiec, Lomza Brewery and Perla Brewery. Sole distributors for Polmos Lublin. Also stocks all other leading Polish beers and vodkas.

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British Beer & Pub Association

Budweiser Budvar UK

Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NQ T: 020 7627 9191 E: web@beerandpub.com W: beerandpub.com

Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BB T: 020 7554 8810 W: budweiserbudvar.co.uk

Communications manager: Neil Williams T: 020 7627 9156 E: nwilliams@beerandpub.com The British Beer & Pub Association is a national trade association representing the interests of Britain’s brewers and pub companies. The association is more than a century old having been originally founded as the Brewers’ Society in 1904. The BBPA supports the industry through policy development and analysis; dedicated lobbying and media handling; publishing guidance and supporting best practice; encouraging and promoting consumer activity; working collectively for environmental benefits; and investing in research and development.

PR controller: Denis Cox Tel: (m) 07860 719686 E: denis.cox@budvaruk.com A craft brewer with an international following Budweiser Budvar brews the ultimate lager conditioned beers at source using only natural local materials and no chemicals in a 100 day brewing cycle.

C Butcombe Brewery Cox’s Green, Wrington, N. Somerset BS40 5PA T: 01934 863963 W: butcombe.com Managing director: Guy Newell T: (w) 01934 863963 (m) 07966 112951 E: guy@butcombe.com Born in 1978, and brewers of the iconic Butcombe Bitter, currently pouring in over 1,000 pubs and clubs in the West Country. Butcombe also proudly owns 20 fabulous managed pubs…..and is always “Moving On!”

Caledonian Brewing Co 42 Slateford Road, Edinburgh EH11 1PH T: 0131 337 1286 W: caledonian-brewery.co.uk Head of marketing and sales operations: Tom Cannon T: (w) 0131 337 1286 (m) 07784 113443 E: tom.cannon@caledonian-brewery.co.uk Managing director: Stephen Crawley The Caledonian is the last survivor of over 40 breweries in Edinburgh, brewing award winning beer such as Deuchars IPA and Flying Dutchman, in the UK’s only direct-fired, open coppers.

Carlsberg UK

James Clay & Sons

Jacobsen House, 140 Bridge Street, Northampton NN1 1PZ T: 01604 668866 W: carlsberg.co.uk

Unit 1, Grove Mills, Elland, West Yorkshire HX5 9DZ T: 01422 377560 W: jamesclay.co.uk

Carlsberg UK is one of the country’s leading brewers, boasting a wide-ranging portfolio of beers. Its flagship brand – Carlsberg – is one of the few top ten beer brands in growth. It is seeing exciting results for its portfolio of World Beer brands, particularly San Miguel and Tuborg.

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Sales & marketing manager: Nigel Stevenson T: (m) 07974 195921 E: nigel.stevenson@virgin.net James Clay is a leading specialist importer of major beer brands.including Anchor, Bacchus, Brooklyn, Chimay, Duvel, Erdinger, Flying Dog, Goose Island, Kasteel, Liefmans, Schneider, Timmermans, Vedett, Nøgne-ø, and many more.

Crisp Malting Group

Everards Brewery

Great Ryburgh, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 7AS T: 01328 829391

Castle Acres, Narborough, Leicester LE19 1BY T: 0116 201 4100 W: everards.co.uk

Sales director: Gordon Tilley T: 01328 828337 E: gordon.tilley@crispmalt.com

Marketing manager: Erika Hardy T: 0116 201 4181 E: erikahardy@everards.co.uk

Crisp Malting Group, founded in 1870, operates maltings across the UK supplying a full range of malts and technical support to brewers and distillers both in the UK and around the world. Crisp Malting has modern sophisticated pneumatic malting plants working alongside one of the last fully operational floor maltings in England and is the only British owned & privately held malting company operating in Scotland.

Everards Brewery is an award winning company with over 170 tenanted pubs throughout the Midlands and a range of quality cask ales including flagship beer, Tiger. Everards developed the Cyclops tasting notes system and accredit beers onto the scheme. They also developed ‘Project William’ where they bring closed or dilapidated pubs back to life by working with a partner brewer to offer a great range of local ales on the bar.

F Exmoor Ales Golden Hill Brewery, Wiveliscombe, Somerset TA4 2NY T: 01984 623798 W: exmoorales.co.uk Managing director: Jonathan Price E: jonathan.price@exmoorales.co.uk A “first phase micro” today Somerset’s largest brewery. Range of ten ales, including Exmoor Gold 4.5%, the original and first Golden Ale; Exmoor Ale 3.8%, winner of the GBBF with only its 13th brew; and Exmoor Beast 6.6%, the legendary dark Porter.

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Fuller, Smith & Turner The Griffin Brewery, Chiswick, London W4 2QB T: 020 8996 2000 W: fullers.co.uk PR manager: Candice MacDonald T: 020 8996 2198 (m) 07789 396197 E: tony.johnson@fullers.co.uk Based at the historic Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, Fuller’s has been brewing quality beers and running excellent pubs since 1845. From our flagship London Pride to the exclusive Vintage Ale, they are crafted with pride and passion.

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Hall & Woodhouse

Abbot House, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 1QT T: 01284 763222 W: greeneking.co.uk

The Brewery, Blandford St Mary, Dorset DT11 9LS W: hall-woodhouse.co.uk

PR manager: Joanna Kreckler T: 01284 763222 (m) 07974 132635 E: joannakreckler@greeneking.co.uk

Brand manager: Anna Corbett T: 01252 452141 E: marketing@hall-woodhouse.co.uk

Following a 900 year old tradition in Bury St Edmunds, Greene King’s brewers use water from chalk wells deep below the town and best quality local barley to brew a great range of awardwinning ales. Founders of Cask Marque; the only brewers with Red Tractor for all their beers; and the first brewery to gain the Carbon Trust Standard, the Suffolk brewers champion quality ale.

Media enquiries: Nickie Davies, Positive PR T: 01935 389497 Hall & Woodhouse has been brewing in the heart of the Dorset countryside since 1777. As one of the leading independent brewers, Hall & Woodhouse is well-known for its range of award-winning Badger ales and its network of over 250 public houses across the South of England.

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Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd The Bridge Wharf Brewery, 6 Cliffe High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2AH T: 01273 480209 W: harveys.org.uk Head brewer and joint managing director: Miles Jenner T: 01273 486074 (m) 07717 377316 E: maj@harveys.org.uk Founded in 1790, Harveys is a fine example of a traditional local brewery producing a range of cask conditioned and bottled beers for distribution within a sixty mile radius of Lewes. They operate 48 tied houses.

Harviestoun Brewery Alva Industrial Estate, Alva, Clackmannanshire FK12 5DQ T: 01259 769100 W: harviestoun.com Media enquiries: Marcin Miller T: 01603 631108 (m) 07795 057881 E: marcin@qcltd.co.uk Managing director: Chris S Miller T: 01259 769100 (m) 07968 697019 E: chris@harviestoun.com Delicious beers, brewed with passion, including Bitter & Twisted, World’s Best Ale, and Ola Dubh, the ultimate dark beer aged in Highland Park whisky casks.

L Hook Norton Brewery Co

Lancaster Brewery Ltd

The Brewery, Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxon OX15 5NY T: 01608 737210 W: hooky.co.uk

Heartwick Brewery, Lancaster Leisure Park, Wysdale Road, Lancaster LA1 3LA T: 01524 848537 W: lancasterbrewery.co.uk

Managing director: James Clarke E: james@hook-norton-brewery.co.uk Established in 1849, Hook Norton is one of the country’s finest examples of a Victorian Tower brewery, and unique in that it is still driven by a steam engine

Operations manager: Mark Westall T: (m) 07769 901946 E: mark@lancasterbrewery.co.uk Lancaster Brewery was formed in May 2005 and is a leading player in the local leisure and tourism market. The brewery goes from strength to strength and is now officially one of the UK’s growing breweries thanks to its core portfolio of Lancaster Blonde (4.1% abv), Amber (3.7%), Black (4.6%), and Red (4.9%).

M JW Lees & (Brewers) Co Ltd Greengate Brewery, Middleton Junction, Manchester M24 2AX T: 0161 643 2487 W: jwlees.co.uk E: mail@jwlees.co.uk Our aim is to be the most exciting brewery in the North.

We have 170 pubs and over 180 years brewing experience producing cask ales we’re proud of.

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Marston’s Marston’s House, Brewery Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 4TJ T: 01902 711811 W: marstons.co.uk Company spokesperson: Jeremy Eaton T: 01926 338811 (m) 07973 333965 E: Jeremy@thevitalagency.co.uk Marston’s plc is the UK’s leading independent brewing and pub retailing business, producing some of the nation’s favourite cask beers such as Marston’s Pedigree, Wychwood Hobgoblin, Banks’s Mild and Ringwood Fortyniner. It operates five regional breweries: Jennings in the Lake District, Marston’s and Banks’s in the Midlands, Wychwood in Oxfordshire and Ringwood in Hampshire. Marston’s has a pub estate of more than 2,300 pubs across the country.

Molson Coors (UK & Ireland)

Oakham Ales

137 High Street, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 1JZ T: 01283 511000 W: molsoncoors.com

2 Maxwell Road, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 7JB T: 01733 370500 E: info@oakhamales.com W: oakhamales.com

Director of communications: Scott Wilson E: scott.wilson@molsoncoors.com

Managing director: Adrian Posnett E: adrian.posnett@oakhamales.com

Commercial communications partner: Kristy McCready E: Kristy.McCready@molsoncoors.com

Originally based in Rutland where brewing commenced in 1993. Since then this multi award-winning brewery continues to go from strength to strength with an ever-extending portfolio of quality ales.

Molson Coors Brewing Company is a leading global brewer delivering extraordinary brands that delight the world’s beer drinkers. In the UK and Ireland Molson Coors has over 2,000 employees and breweries in Burton on Trent, Alton and Tadcaster. Our portfolio includes Carling, the UK’s best selling lager for three decades, Coors Light, Cobra, Corona, Caffrey’s, Worthington’s Grolsch and a range of speciality beers.

In 2011 Molson Coors acquired Sharp’s Brewery, the largest brewer of cask ale in the South West.

P OKells Brewery

Purity Brewing Co

Kewaigue, Douglas, Isle of Man IM2 1QG T: 01624 699400 W: okells.co.uk

Upper Spernall Farm, Off Spernal Lane, Great Alne, Warwickshire B49 6JF T: 01789 488007 W: puritybrewing.com

Head brewer: Dr Mike Cowbourne E: mac@okells.co.uk

Managing director: Paul Halsey E: paul.halsey@puritybrewing.com

Okells Brewery, most recognised for their Dr. Okell’s IPA has been brewing on the Isle of Man under the unique Brewing Purity Laws since 1850. Pure drinking pleasure.

Founded in 2005, Purity Brewing Co. Is one of the fastest growing micros in the UK. This success stems from a very simple idea - create real ales of the highest standards which also appeal to the younger market. Using only the best natural ingredients we specialise in three of our own brews as well as importing our favourite beers from Europe. Purity is also proud to distribute two premium West Midlands’ ciders. We pride ourselves on eco-friendly brewing and revel in sharing and supporting the interests of our drinkers, supporting local arts, music and culture wherever possible.

Q The Quilon Restaurant, London 41 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AF T: 020 821 1899 W: quilon.co.uk Executive chef: Sriram Aylur Under the auspices of executive chef Sriram Aylur, this Michelin-starred restaurant specialising in southern Indian costal cuisine has become a champion in the matching of beer with food, offering five and eight course beer & food menus.

His championing of this happy marriage of tastes has been recognised this year by the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, naming Sriram as their Beer Drinker of the Year 2011.

S St Austell Brewery 63 Trevarthian Road, St Austell, Cornwall PL25 4BY T: 01726 74444 W: staustellbrewery.co.uk Marketing director: Jeremy Mitchell E: jeremy.mitchell@staustellbrewery.co.uk Brewer of Tribute, the South West’s favourite beer, also a pub operator and the largest wholesaler in the region. St Austell Brewery has enjoyed spectacular growth in beer sales over the last decade and is a leading light among independent regional family brewers. Follow us on Twitter @StAustellBrew

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St. Peter’s Brewery Co Ltd St. Peter’s Hall, St. Peter South Elmham, Bungay, Suffolk NR35 1NQ T: 01986 782322 W: stpetersbrewery.co.uk Managing director: Colin Cordy T: (m) 07768 718603 E: colin@stpetersbrewery.co.uk St. Peter’s produces a range of award winning beers and ales, over 50% of which are exported to 32 overseas markets.

Sharp’s Brewery Rock, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 6NU T: 01208 862121 W: sharpsbrewery.co.uk Marketing & business development manager: James Nicholls E: james@sharpsbrewery.co.uk Founded in 1994 Sharp’s Brewery is a modern brewer of cask conditioned beer based at Rock in Cornwall and has grown rapidly to become the largest brewer of cask beer in the South West and the owner of one of the UK’s fastest growing cask beer brands, Doom Bar. The brewery is one of the UK’s most sustainable and is an industry leader with water to beer conversion ratio of just 2.8 litres per litre of beer. Winner of Brewery of the Year, Good Pub Guide 2008 (2009).

Sharp’s Brewery was acquired by Molson Coors (UK & Ireland) in 2011.

Shepherd Neame Faversham Brewery, 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent ME13 7AX T: 01795 532206 W: shepherdneame.co.uk Communications manager: John Humphreys T: (w) 01795 542263 (m) 07703 717205 E: john.humphreys@shepherd-neame.co.uk Twitter trade: @MrJohnHumphreys Twitter consumer: @shepherdneame Press office: c/o Edwards Harvey T: 01622 604600 E: pressoffice@shepherd-neame.co.uk

Skinner’s Brewing Co Riverside, Newham, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DP T: 01872 271885 W: skinnersbrewery.co.uk Managing director: Steven Skinner E: info@skinnersbrewery.com Skinner’s was founded in July 1997 and is situated by the river in the centre of Truro. Conwall’s capital. It has won numerous awards for its beers, including Betty Stogs Bitter and Cornish Knocker. The brewery only uses Cornish barley for its beers.

Shepherd Neame is Britain’s oldest brewer and is based in Faversham, Kent. It brews traditional Kentish ales and international lagers and operates 370 pubs.

T Thornbridge Brewery Riverside Brewery, Buxton Road, Bakewell DE45 1GS Tel: 01629 641000 W: thornbridgebrewery.co.uk Chief operating officer: Simon Webster T: (m) 07764 288431 E: simon@thornbridgebrewery.co.uk At Thornbridge we pride ourselves on being ‘never ordinary’, we strive to stretch the boundaries of brewing and excite and challenge the drinker.

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U Utobeer 14 Winchester Walk, Borough Market, London SE1 9AG Tel: 020 7378 9461 W: utobeer.co.uk Director: Richard Dinwoodie T: 020 7378 9461 E: rwd@utobeer.co.uk Specialist wholesaler of craft beers and ciders from around the world. Beer retailers of Borough Market and owners of award winning specialty beer bar The Rake.

J D Wetherspoon

Wadworth & Co Ltd

Wetherspoon House, Central Park, Reeds Crescent, Watford WD24 4QL T: 01923 477777 W: jdwetherspoon.co.uk

Northgate Brewery, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 1JW T: 01380 723361 W: wadworth.co.uk; 6xale.co.uk

Company spokesman: Eddie Gershon T: 020 8352 5012 (m) 07956 392234 E: news@eddiegershon.com

Marketing director: Paul Sullivan T: (m) 07810 544012 E: paulS@wadworth.co.uk

From the opening of its first pub in 1979 J D Wetherspoon has become one of the UK’s most popular and successful chains of High Street free houses. There are now more than 800 Wetherspoon outlets spread across the country.

Founded in 1875, Wadworth’s today boasts a portfolio of premium cask ales, including 6X, Bishop’s Tipple, Horizon and Henry’s IPA.

Wells and Young’s Brewing Co

Williams Brothers Brewing Co

The Brewery, Havelock Street, Bedford MK40 4LU T: 01234 272766 W: wellsandyoungs.co.uk PR Manager: Joanna Dring T: 01234 279209 (m) 07814 717375 E: joanna.dring@wellsandyoungs.co.uk Wells and Young’s Brewing Company is the epitome of allround business excellence, demonstrating sustained growth for its beers and stockists whilst combining traditional family values with innovation and development. Firmly placed as the UK’s largest private brewing company, it is fiercely independent, and with an enviable portfolio of some of the UK’s most loved cask beers and speciality lager brands, including Wells Bombardier, Young’s, Courage, Kirin Ichiban and Estrella Damm.

The White Horse 1-3 Parsons Green, London SW6 4UL T: 020 7736 2115 E: info@whitehorsesw6.com W: whitehorsesw6.com

New Alloa Brewery, Eglinton, Kelliebank, Alloa FK10 1NT Tel: 01259 725511 W: williamsbrothersbrew.com E: fraoch@heatherale.co.uk Director: Scott Wiliams T: (m) 07730 989651 E: scott@heatherale.co.uk D: Bruce Williams Tel: (m) 07730 989650 E: bruce@heatherale.co.uk Williams Bros started commercial brewing in 1994 with Fraoch – Heather Ale which is still the flagship brand. A range of award winning esoteric beers are available nationally through UK retailers.

Woodforde’s Norfolk Ales Broadland Brewery, Woodbastwick, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 6SW T: 01603 720353 W: woodfordes.co.uk

General manager: Dan Fox E: dan@whitehorsesw6.com

Joint managing director: Mike Betts E: mike@woodfordes.co.uk

At the heart of London’s beer and food scene for decades, The White Horse continues to be an innovator in the industry, hosting numerous tastings, beer launches and world renowned festivals.

Marketing manager: Sharon Chatten E: sharon@woodfordes.co.uk Woodforde’s are a young and exciting brewery, leading real ale into the 21st Century; Woodforde’s beers are all about quality, flavour and maximum pleasure. Wherry and Nog have already been crowned Supreme Champion Beer of Britain, and Nelson’s Revenge is onthe cusp of greatness.

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ards 2011 w A g in it r W W B BG Each year the British Guild of Beer Writers is pleased to recognise the best writing about beer in the form of its annual awards. To enter, please turn to pages 16-17 for details.

In each of the media channel categories – National, Regional, Beer and Pub Trade and Online Communication – Gold and Silver Tankards are awarded. Gold Tankard winners receive £1,000 prizes; Silver Tankard winners receive £500 prizes.

In addition, prizes are awarded in specialist categories. Writing and Beer & Food - winners receive £1,000 prizes.

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The Guild’s annual dinner and awards presentation is set for this year at:

Park Place Riverbank, London 1st December 2011 For material published for the year to 31st August 2011. The entry deadline is is 9th September.

For further information, please contact: BGBW Annual Awards Ros Sheil Email: ros@sheilporter.com Tel: 07841 694137 www.beerwriters.co.uk

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