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Raymond Beauchemin
8140 Ogilvie St, La Salle, Quebec H8P 3R4 Canada
Home: 514.367.1143• Work: 514.987.2457 • Fax: 514.484.8971
E-Mail: hochelaga@sympatico.ca

Beer writer and foreign editor of The Gazette in Montreal. Author of Salut: Cooking with Quebec's Craft Beers (working title, due Fall 2001 from Véhicule Press in Montreal.

Robert Beckwith
726 North Highway 91, Firth, ID 83236 USA
Work: 208.533.4655 • Home: 208.346.6870 • Fax: 208.533.4358
E-Mail: bfirth@srv.net.

Julie Johnson Bradford
1627 Marion Avenue, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Home: 919.490.0589 • Work: 919.530.8150 • Fax: 919.530.8160
E-Mail: editor@allaboutbeer.com
Home Pages: www.allaboutbeer.com

Editor of All About Beer Magazine and weeklybeer columnist for the Raleigh, North Carolina News & Observer.

Freelance writer on beer, brewing, beer industry, and related topics, columnist for Fredericksburg Front Porch, with the column "Brown on Beer." BJCP National Judge. First judge in Virginia. Award-winning homebrewer since 1984, judge since 1986. Also make of, and writer about, mead. Founder and past president, Hampton Roads Brewing & Tasting Society, and Fredericksburg Area Brewing & Tasting Society. Co-founder, Escambia Bar Brewers.

Bobby Bush
651 25th Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601 USA
Home: 828.322.1044 • Work: 828.328.2213 x3407 • Fax: 828.328.2103
E-Mail: bobby@twave.net

The winner of Wynkoop Brewing Company's 1998 Beerdrinker of the Year contest, Bobby Bush writes a regular beer/brewing column for Celebrator Beer News and Ale Street News. He also authors a weekly beer column for an entertainment paper published in his hometown of Hickory, NC. Bush has visited over 500 different US microbreweries.

For a profile of Bobby and a library of his writing, visit his BEER & LOAFING site on the Real Beer Page.

Kerry Byrne
283 E. Main St. #15, Norton, MA 02766 USA
Home: 508.285.9968 • Work: 617.954.4567
E-Mail:

Named NAGBW Beer Writer of the Year in 2000. Beer writer for The Boston Herald since 1998. Have also written about beer for Esquire, Boston Magazine, America Online, The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.), The Sun Chronicle (Attleboro, Mass.), Celebrator Beer News, The WineTrader, The Greater Boston Restaurant and Wine Review, and other publications. Associate editor of Yankee Brew News from 1993 to 2000. A former news reporter, sports writer and columnist for several newspapers and current freelance contributor to a variety of publications.

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John Calen
100 Innis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 USA
Work: 914.454.3606 • Fax: 914.454.3606 (call first)
E-Mail: JCalen@aol.com

Freelance writer on beer, brewing and culture. Published in Brewing Techniques, Beer and Tavern Chronicle, Ale Street News. Brewer for Gentleman Jim's Bistro-Brewery. Committee member Hudson Valley Beer & Food Festival, Inc. (Tap New York!). Silver Quill and Tankard Award (1999 Feature, Culture). Public speaker on beer and brewing: Culinary Institue of America, Vassar College. GBBF judge 1997, 1998. Certificate from Brewlab (UK) 1995 short course in British Brewing Technology. BJCP National Judge.

Rick C. Calley
2 Wentworth Court, Trophy Club, TX 76262 USA
Home: 972.430.2141 • Work: 972.718.0730 • Fax: 972.718.7873
E-Mail: rickc@brewingnews.com

Freelance writer on brewpubs, microbrewery, and general interest articles. Beer-related feature stories have appeared in Southwest Brewing News. Roving beer reporter with bi-monthly north Texas Brewing Roundup column in Southwest Brewing News. Award winning home brewer with 15 year brewing experience, technical knowledge, and an extensive beer recipe collection.

Vince Capano
PO Box 959, Madison, NJ 07940 USA
Home/Office: 973.615.1116
E-Mail: VinceC@BeerFlavor.net
Web Page: www.BeerfFlavor.com

Freelance writer, beer lecturer, historian and consultant. Articles have appeared in Ale Street News; Regular essayist for BeerFlavor.com and moderator of the Flavor Forum; contributing editor of The Brewski --The NJ Hops Club Online Newsletter.

Don Cazentre
Syracuse Herald Journal, 200 Westminster Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA
Home: 315.475.9843 • Work: 315.470.2297 • Fax: 315.470.2142
E-Mail: dcazentre@syracuse.com or dcazentr@syr.edu

Writer and editor. Chris has written about all aspects of the brewing process, especially biology-related subjects and how to brew at home. Managing Editor of Brew Your Own.

Chuck Cook
206 Sir Richard Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 USA
Home/Work: 919.929.5210
Email: higrav1@nc.rr.com

Andy Crouch
20 Alton Pl, Suite 2, Brookline, MA 02446 USA
Home: 617.277.2109 •Work: 617.821.1395
Email: ascrouch@attbi.com

Steve De Rose
4821 W. Fletcher Street, Chicago, IL 60641-5113 USA
Phone/Fax: 773.545.4897
E-Mail: pudgym29@fastmail.fm
Home Page: http://www.originnet.net/users/pudgym/index.html

Independent writer on topics including brewing, marketing and operations, and travel. Articles published in Midwest Beer Notes, All About Beer, Inside Soccer, and Celebrator Beer News.

Horst D. Dornbusch
Cerevisia Communications
PO Box 719
747 Main Street, MA 01985
Voice and Fax: 978.255.2009 • 2nd Voice: 978.255.2006
E-Mail: dornbuschbeer@attbi.com

Expert writer on beer styles, beer history, brewing techniques, and the culture and enjoyment of beer. Seasoned magazine and book editor. Broadcast experience. Literary facility in English and German. Author of PROST! The Story of German Beer, as well as two volumes of the Classic Beer Style Series: Altbier (#12) and Bavarian Helles (#17). Regular columnist of Style Profile in Brew Your Own. Features in Zymurgy, Brew Your Own, Yankee Brew News, and AmericanBrewer.

Jim Dorsch
1202 S Washington St, #217 Alexandria, VA 22314 USA
Home: 703.567.1962 • Work: 703.548.6587 • Fax: 703.567.1963
E-Mail: jdorsch@mnsinc.com

Publisher, Mid-Atlantic Brewing News; freelance writer and consultant specializing in consumer and industry issues. Writer on Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter CD-ROMs. Credits include Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Market Watch, Bon Appetit and Washingtonian. Coordinator of beer classes for the Smithsonian Resident Associates Program. Winner of multiple Guild writing awards in 1996 and 1997. Immediate past co-chairman of the NAGBW.

Fred Eckhardt
35 NE Lombard St., Portland, OR 97211 USA
Phone: 503.289.7596
E-Mail: eckhardt@pcez.com

America's original award-winning beer writer since 1969. Freelance on beer and sake. Author of The Essentials of Beer Styles and Sake (USA). A major contributor, on beer styles, to the Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Beer. A senior writer for All About Beer Magazine and a regular Department in the Celebrator Beer News. Former beer columnist for the Oregonian (Portland) and the Seattle Times.

Kurt Epps
163 Water St., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 USA
phone: 732.826.8007
E-Mail: pubscout@cybernex.net

The Pub Scout -- freelance writer on East Coast brewpubs, microbreweries, and handcrafted beers. Articles in Ale Street News, Celebrator, Beer & Tavern Chronicle, and others. Featured beer writer at IN Jersey e-zine, NEO. "His casual style doesn't talk down to the reader," R. Orloff, IN Jersey. "Kurt loves beer and it shows in his writing!" T. Solomon, Ale Brewsgram. NAGBW Quill and Tankard Award winner.

Priscilla Estes
Zwartzusterstraat 18 B-2000 Antwerp Belgium
Home/Work/Fax: 32.03.475.29.62
E-Mail: pestes@pandora.be

Beer articles accepted by magazines, including All About Beer, American Brewer, Cheers, Massachusetts Beverage Business, and Mid-Atlantic Brewing News. BrewPub, and U.S. Airways Attaché. Monthly beer columnist for and associate editor at American Brewer. Winner of multiple Guild writing awards (trade, feature and news) in 2000. Other specialties: consumer health, travel and outdoors (New York Daily News, AMC Outdoors, Lehigh Valley Magazine, etc.). Currently on two-year assignment in Belgium. US address: Janssen Intl. Belgium, PO Box 950, New Brunswick, NJ 08933.

Gene Ford
4714 NE 50th St
Seattle, WA 98105
Home/Work: 206.525.0449 • Fax: 206.523.0379

Gene Ford Publications
Founding publisher and editor of the Moderation Reader and Healthy Drinking. Freelance writer and speaker on health/government policies regarding drinking. Author of Ford's Illustrated Guide to Wines, Brews, and Spirits; The Benefits of Moderate Drinking; The French Paradox; Drinking for Health. Publisher of the One Hour Wine Expert and One Hour Beer Expert videotapes.

Tony Forder
POB 1125, Maywood, NJ 07607 USA
Work: 201.368.9100 • Home: 201.712.7935 • Fax: 201.368.9101
E-mail: tony@alestreetnews.com
Web Page: www.alestreetnews.com

Editor and co-publisher of Ale Street News (circulation 100,000) columnist for the Bergen Record. Beer festival/event/tour organizer. Native English beer roots; former California resident; freelance writer/photographer. Homebrewer for 21 years. 1996 NAGBW Gold Tankard, editorial.

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"Beer Dave" Gausepohl
Wholesale Wine Spirits and Beer
3488 Ridgewood Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018 USA
Work: 859.750.4795

Louisville: 502.366.4575
Newport: 859.781.4040
Lexington: 800.467.9261
Owensboro: 800.482.1977

Gregg Glaser
35 Powder Horn Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897, USA
Work: 203.834.0800 • Home: 203.762.8453 • Fax: 815.333.1259
E-Mail: news@allaboutbeer.com
Web Page: www.allaboutbeer.com

News Editor: All About Beer Magazine. Columnist/Contributing Editor: Modern Brewery Age. Contributing Editor: Beverage Media Group. Associate Editor: Yankee Brew News. Correspondent: The Exchange (TV talk show). Correspondent: Side Dish (radio talk show). Director: Great International Beer Competition. Freelance writer: magazines and newspapers. Consultant: importers, breweries & restaurants. Public speaker. BJCP beer judge.

Mary Anne Gruber
Briess Malting, 625 S. Irish Rd., Chilton, WI 53014 USA
Work: 920.849.7711 • Fax: 920.849.4277
E-Mail: mgruber@briess.com

Technical Service Director at Briess Malting Company. Educator and instructor at professional brewing conferences. Speaker, lecturer, and writer.

Rob Haiber
Reilly Road, La Grangeville, NY 12540, USA
Work/Home: 914.223.3269 • Fax: 914.227.5520
E-Mail: Rob_BBC1@aol.com

Managing director, The Info Devel Inc; contributes to All About Beer Magazine; first beer-style columnist for Beer & Tavern Chronicle; co-author of A Short but Foamy History of Beer; editor of The Great Beer Safari; judge: Great British Beer Festival; co-founder of NAGBW; 1995 NAGBW Gold Tankard, beer history; CAMRA member; founding member of the International Federation of Beer Writers; industry consultant to large and small brewers.

Steve Hamburg
4735 N Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60640-4405 USA
Work/Home: 773.878.0177 • Fax: 773.878.9313
E-Mail: shamburg@shamburg.com
Home page: www.shamburg.com

Freelance writer and speaker on many beer subjects, including cask conditioning and cellarmanship, beer appreciation, styles, travel, homebrewing & judging. Co-founder and cellarmaster of the annual Chicago Real Ale Festival. Judge at the Great British Beer Festival. National judge in the BJCP and an Honorary Master Judge in Japan, where he taught beer appreciation and judging classes for several years. Formerly a columnist, now contributor to Great Lakes Brewing News. Articles in All About Beer Magazine, Zymurgy, Beer & Tavern Chronicle, and Chicagoland Brew News. 1997 Silver Tankard (Brewery Profile), 1999 Silver Tankard (Column). Guild Chairman and Webmaster.

Michael Hennick
Miller Brewing Co., 3939 W. Highland Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
Work: 414.931.4536 • Home: 414.238.1569 • Fax: 414.931.6352
E-Mail: mhennick@mbco.com

International communications director for Miller Brewing Company.

Stan Hieronymus & Daria Labinsky
200 Bensics Road, Corrales, NM 87048 USA
Home: 505.898.7971
Email: stan@realbeer.com
Web Page: www.realbeer.com

Stan was the 1999 NAGBW Beer Writer of the Year and is the Editor of Real Beer Page. He and Daria Labinsky are the authors of three beer books, the latest being The Beer Lover's Guide to the USA. They are co-travel editor for All About Beer and frequent contributors to several beer publications. Areas of special interest; beer and business, pubs and taverns. They also maintain the Beer Travelers website. Winners of many NAGBW Q&T awards.

Kent Hirschfelder
526 Bonhomme Woods Drive, St Louis, MO 63132 USA
Work: 314.725.8299 • Home: 314.997.1621 • Fax: 314.989.9393
E-Mail: kwhirschf@aol.com

Currently an Investment Banker. Retired restaurateur; owned four businesses, beginning in 1977, serving 100+ varieties of micro and import beers. Established Hospitality Brokerage Group, a commercial firm specializing in brokering restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Continues to judge competitions and teaches beer appreciation classes throughout the St. Louis area.

Lee Holland
108 Reliance Dr, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-1641 USA
Work: 570.825.8879 • Home: 570.825.5075 • Fax: call ahead (w)
E-Mail: asklee@epix.net

Management and PR consultant, freelance writer on industry matters, 48 years experience. Exec. Director, Brewers' Association of America (BAA) 1990-1992. V.P. Sales of two major brewing industry suppliers. Published in The New Brewer, American Brewer , and Healthy Drinking, among others. Quill & Tankard honorable mention (trade) 1998. MBAA member since 1960, 1970 graduate of the U.S. Brewers Academy.

Beezee Honan
19 Buena Vista Rd. Marblehead, MA 01945 USA
Work: 617.699.1516 • Home: 781.631.4167 • Fax: 781.631.0217
E-Mail: bhonan@peoplepc.com

Conducts public relations activities on behalf of the Celis Brewery and the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company.

Michael Jackson
23 Nasmyth Street, London W6 OHA UNITED KINGDOM
Work/Home: 020.8741.2034 • Fax: 020.8741.5267
E-Mail: beerhunter@compuserve.com

The Beer Hunter® (Discovery/PBS TV series; website; CD-ROMs). Author of Great Beer Guide, Pocket Guide to Beer (new editions, 2000), Ultimate Beer, Michael Jackson's Beer Companion, Great Beers of Belgium, Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch, Bar and Cocktail Companion. Has contributed to Playboy, Newsweek, Washington Post, Wine Spectator, and beer publications. Columnist, The Independent, London and All About Beer Magazine. Winner of many Guild awards, Glenfiddich Trophy; Andre Simon Award, Belgian Mercurius Award, etc. Director-at-Large of the NAGBW.

Peter Johnson
Brewers Association of America
501-H Washington St.
Durham, NC 27701
Work: 919.530.8140 • Home: 919.960.9187 • Fax: 919.530.8160
E-Mail: pjohnson@brewersadvocate.org

Program Director, Brewers' Association of America
Contributing Editor, Brewers' Advocate

Marty Jones
912 E. 20th Ave., Denver, CO 80205 USA
Home/Work: 303.860.7448 • Fax: 303.860.7872
E-Mail: martysjones@worldnet.com

Freelance journalist/copywriter based in Denver, Colorado. Jones' beer features have appeared in Celebrator, MSN's Denver City Search , the Virginian Pilot, Westword, and other print and web publications. Rocky Mountain correspondent for the Celebrator. Frontman & washtub bassist for alt-country group, Marty Jones & the Pork Boiling Poor Boys.

Jack Joyce
2320 Osu Drive, Newport, OR 97365 USA
Home: 541.265.4060 • Work: 541.867.3660 • Fax: 541.867.3260
E-Mail: roguedawg@rogueales.com
Web Page: www.rogueales.com

President, Rogue Ales / Oregon Brewing Company.

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Dave Kelley
1209 Bickler Rd. Austin, TX 78704 USA
Home: 512.447.7779 • Work: 512.442.5233 • Fax: 512.442.5712
Email:djkelley@mindspring.com

Freelance beer writer. Also specializing in golf, travel, food and spirits. Former columnist for Southern Draft, Southwest Brew News.

Bernie Kilkelly
One Samuel Place, Lynbrook, NY 11563 USA
Home: 516.593.1734 • Work: 212.303.4349 • Fax: 212.319.6171
E-Mail: kilkellycom@cs.com
Home Page: www.kilkelly.com

Editor and publisher of Kilkelly.com Beer and Wine Travel Guides, an online guide to brewpubs, microbreweries, beer bars, wineries and wine bars around the world. Also a frequent contributor to beer publications, including Ale Street News, specializing in reviews of brewpubs and beer bars. Winner of two Quill & Tankard awards in both 2001 (Bronze-Travel and Bronze-Brewery Profile) and 2000 (Bronze-Interview and Hon. Mention-Travel).

Greg Kitsock
1200 N. Rolfe St., Apt. 3,, Arlington, VA 22209 USA
Home: 703.312.7967 
E-Mail: gregkitsock@starpower.net

Specialist in beer in American history; Mid-Atlantic brewing history (PA, MD, DC, VA); breweriana; unusual beer styles. Editor, Mid-Atlantic Brewing News; assistant Senior editor, American Brewer. Currently researching book on the drinking habits of U.S. presidents. 1997, 1998, and 1999 NAGBW Writer of the Year, co-runner up.

Keith Klemp
203 1/2 East Trinity Ave., Durham, NC 27701 USA
Home: 919.687.4616 • Work: 919.490.0589 • Fax: 919.490.0865
E-mail: homebrewing@allaboutbeer.com
Web Page: www.allaboutbeer.com

Contributing writer for All About Beer Magazine and All About Beer Magazine website specializing in beer styles and homebrewing. Brewery coordinator for the World Beer Festival. Avid homebrewer of 14 years. Member of TRUB homebrew club in Durham, NC. Medical Research Analyst at Duke University.

Ray Klimovitz
Master Brewers Association of the Americas
9094 165th St., Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 USA
Work: 715.720.1523 • Home: 715.720.6884 • Fax: 715-720-7217
E-Mail: rklimovitz@aol.com

Technical Director, Master Brewers Association of the Americas; editor of the MBAA’s Technical Quarterly; technical editor, The New Brewer,1994-1997; member, editorial advisory board, Food Sanitation Magazine, 1985; published numerous technical papers in brewing journals.

Brad Kraus
2600 Agua Fria, Suite A., Santa Fe, NM 87501-8433 USA
Home/Work/Fax: 505.471.6472
E-Mail: krausbrew@aol.com

Brewer, consultant, and freelance writer of brewing news, style, humor, and brewery profiles. Articles have appeared in American Brewer, BrewPub, Zymurgy, Southwest Brewing News, and La Cocinita. Currently working on a history of brewing in New Mexico.

Peter La France
225 Adams Street, 3-H, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Home: 718.858.1174 • Work: 718.858.1174 • Fax: 718.858.1174
E-Mail: peter.lafrance@beerbasics.com
Home Page: www.beerbasics.com

Author of Beer Basics (Wiley, 1995), and Cooking and Eating with Beer (Wiley, 1997). Regular contributor to major consumer and trade publications. Television and radio experience. (tapes available). Over 150 articles published. Credits include contributing editor for Restaurant Management, Top Shelf, Beverage Media, New Brew, Beverage Dynamics, and All About Beer Magazine. Member of the: Authors Guild, American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Kim Lawrence
3 Ridge Way St., Apt. 1, Quincy, MA 02170 USA
Home: 617.689.0917 • Work: 781.829.4700• Fax: 781.829.0134
E-Mail: klawrence@griffinpublishing.net

Writer for Yankee Food Service.

Kimberley Lee
1184 Lakeshore Road West, RR 3, St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P9 Canada
Home: 905.937.4549
E-Mail: mediawks@niagara.com

Kimberley Lee was nicknamed "The Beer Girl" during her seven-year ownership of a microbrewery pub and restaurant. Her life as a beer girl includes writing a regular column, lecturing, homebrewing, organizing beer tastings, and searching for the perfect pint. She was proud to win a Quill and Tankard award (Gold, General/Short Items) in 2000.

Ashton Lewis
1032 E. University St., Springfield, MO USA
Home: 471.882.6915 • Work: 417.831.3232 • Fax: 417.831.0910
E-Mail: alelewis@muel.com

Brewer and technical advisor to Paul Mueller company's process engineering group by day, beer writer by night. Ashton has served as Technical Editor for Brew Your Own since 1995, is the author of a monthly column for that magazine, and has had numerous articles published in BYO, BrewPub, Zymurgy, and The New Brewer.

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