Meeting Speaker for February 13, 2012 - Professor Charlie Bamforth

Professor Charlie Bamforth—Beer Evangelist, Speaks about the Magic Elixir
Monday, 13 February   Double Tree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way

Dr. Charlie Bamforth is the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences at UC Davis’ Robert Mondavi Institute.

He has been part of the brewing industry for some 33 years. Bamforth teaches the second most popular class at UC Davis. He is an Honorary Professor in the School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham, England and was previously Visiting Professor of Brewing at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Bamforth is Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, is on the editorial boards of several other journals and has published innumerable papers, articles and books on beer and brewing – and also written prolifically on soccer. In October 2010 he was on The Honor Roll as one of the 20 professors who are changing the classroom in the US according to Playboy magazine. Charlie has been featured extensively in the media, including by the BBC, Discovery Channel, NPR’s Science Friday, PBS, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Science and many more. He has presented at innumerable venues including Google, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Bohemian Club, the National Press Club and the Rotary Club of Sacramento. He is the author of six books about the art of beer making.

Chair for the Day:  David Eastis