State of Craft Beer

Presented by Brooklyn Brewery + First We Feast

As the leader of one of the country’s top craft breweries for twenty-six years, Brooklyn Brewery co-founder Steve Hindy brings keen insight to the beer industry as the craft beer revolution continues to boom. Steve will be moderating a discussion between world-famous beer writer Roger Protz; Jasper Cuppaidge, founder of Camden Town Brewery; Logan Plant, Founder and Brewer of Beavertown Brewery; John Holl, editor of All About Beer, and local craft beer stars covering the controversies and opportunities facing brewers today and how those situations might play out in the future.

Steve’s incisive wit and encyclopedic industry knowledge will leave no stone unturned as these beer experts tackle the issues faced by breweries around the country and worldwide. London-based beer writer Mark Dredge will introduce the evening's discussion.

You'll be able to revisit the evening's discussion and hear from brewers all over the world as Steve travels with the Mash through our friends at First We Feast. They'll be recording and releasing every State of Craft Beer as a podcast on their site and through iTunes so that beer drinkers around the world can find out what Steve, John and the movers and shakers of craft beer have to say about life on the front lines of the beer industry.

Your ticket for the night includes your first beer. The folks from Burger & Lobster will be on hand to keep your stomach from rumbling during the quiet parts of the conversation. We'll also have Big Green Book Shop on hand so you can pick up Beer School by Steve Hindy and Tom Potter, Craft Beer Revolution by Steve Hindy and The American Craft Beer Cookbook by John Holl before you hear them speak.

Roger Protz is the author of more than 20 books on beer, including the best-selling 300 Beers to Try Before You Die. He has edited more than 20 editions of the annual Good Beer Guide, published by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. He writes in the UK for What's Brewing, BEER and the Publican's Morning Advertiser and in the United States for All About Beer. He has travelled widely in pursuit of good beer and has lectured in such locations as the Czech Republic, Australia, Belgium, Latvia, Russia, the U.S. (including Friends of the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.) and on board the Queen Elizabeth II. Visit his website and follow him on Twitter @RogerProtzBeer.

Jasper Cuppaidge is the founder of Camden Town Brewery. He started his journey at the Horseshoe in Hampstead, North London, where he brewed beneath the pub. From there, Jasper started Camden Town Brewery with the aim of making lager better. Since 2010 they have been championing the style and using modern techniques to help bring great lager to a whole new generation of beer enthusiasts.

Logan Plant is the founder of Beavertown Brewing and Dukes Brew and Que. Inspired by a trip to Fette Sau while touring Brooklyn in a rock band, Logan fused his loves of craft beer and Southern-style barbecue into a single concept. Beavertown originated as the in-house brewery for Dukes before expanding to its own rapidly growing facility in 2013. Logan moved the brewery once again in 2014 to a larger facility in Tottenham, where his original 4-barrel brewpub system produces experimental batches next to its 30-barrel brewhouse "little brother" and a brand-new canning line.

John Holl is the editor of All About Beer Magazine and the author of the American Craft Beer Cookbook. An award winning journalist, he has visited more than 950 breweries around the world, conducting research for his beer-and-travel books as well as articles for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wine Enthusiast, the Washington Post, and many other publications. He has judged beer competitions around the world, regularly lectures on the culture of beer, and appears often on NBC’s Weekend Today in New York. Follow him @John_Holl on Twitter 

Steve Hindy (co-Founder and Chairman of The Brooklyn Brewery) founded one of America’s top 25 breweries. A former journalist, he became interested in home-brewing while serving as a Beirut-based Middle East Correspondent for The Associated Press. Back in the states as Newsday’s assistant foreign editor in 1988, he began brewing his own beer and persuaded his neighbor, banker Tom Potter,to start a brewery. Hindy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Beer Institute and The Brewers Association. He is a director of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Alliance, chairman of the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, former chair of Brooklyn’s Tourism Consortium and a former member of Community Board 1. Hindy also serves on the Board of Transportation Alternatives and the Alcohol Beverage Manufacturer’s Research Foundation. With Potter, Hindy co-authored Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery, Forward by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, published by John Wiley & Sons. His second book, The Craft Beer Revolution: How A Band Of Microbrewers Are Transforming The World’s Favorite Drink was released in the spring of 2014. You can follow Steve @SteveKHindy on Twitter.

Mark Dredge is an award-winning beer writer. He has written two books to date, Craft Beer World and Beer & Food. He travels the world drinking beer and visiting breweries, finishing 2014 with a grand total of 136 breweries visited in 15 countries across five continents. He also serves as a beer judge at competitions, contributes to international beer publications and writes the popular blog Pencil and Spoon.

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