This page exists to complement my two official beer resource websites (see bottom of 'About Me' for links). It's less formal than those, so expect more about me and what I do rather than mainly reference material.
BEER DEMYSTIFIER - NEW YORK CITY - 2008-2009 is online HERE .
BEER DEMYSTIFIER - NEW YORK CITY - 2008-2009 is online HERE .
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Age: 40Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, USA - in NYC since 1999.Native city: Brighton, England.Employment: Eastern US rep for UK Brewing Supplies. If you're after any cask equipment or cask knowledge, please get in contact! From late 2008: Part of the team starting Nomad Brewing Company.Previous employment: Cellarman at The Evening Star, Brighton, England (brewpub, later brewery tap; home of The Dark Star Brewing Company), 1992-1999.Other: Founder and editor (co-editor from issue 6) of The Independent Imbiber, 1993-2003.Founder, editor, and publisher of The Gotham Imbiber, 2003-2006. The Gotham Imbiber has been a full beer resource website, rather than a magazine, since then.Regular cask ale columnist, Ale Street News, 2004-date.Co-founder, co-ordinator, and cellarman for the Glastonwick Beer, Music, Poetry, and More Beer Festival (2009's will be at Coombes, near Brighton, England, first weekend of June), 1996-date. Glastonwick was, for a time, the largest independently-organised cask ale festival in the UK (excluding CAMRA and pub events).Co-founder, co-organiser, 'Cask Head' Tri-Annual Cask Ale Festival, The Brazen Head, Brooklyn, New York, 2003-date.Co-founder, co-organiser, Bi-Annual Manhattan Cask Ale Festival at Chelsea Brewing Company, Pier 59, New York City, 2008-date.President of The Malted Barley Appreciation Society of New York City, 2006.Current member of The British Guild of Beer Writers.Part of the small team opening Nomad Brewing Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.LINKS TO MY BEER RESOURCE WEBSITES:
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Forthcoming beer events that I am co-organising are listed below...1st-3rd May 2009 18th Cask Head Cask Ale Festival, The Brazen Head, 228 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. About 30 casks, no entry fee. See www.gotham-imbiber.com.
5th-7th June 2009 Glastonwick '09, Coombes, near Brighton, United Kingdom. 65 rare British cask ales, 15 'real' farmouse ciders and perries, 22 quality musical acts from around the world. Prices are as rock-bottom as we can get away with. Book early or be disappointed. 35 miles from London Gatwick Airport. See www.cask-ale.co.uk nearer the time, or now for 2008's festival.
11th-13th September 2009 Save the date, details soon...
