Guest Speaker - August 30, 2016

 
 
Dr. Charlie Bamforth holds the titles of Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting & Brewing Sciences and Distinguished Professor at UC Davis. He has been part of the brewing industry for over 35 years. He is formerly Deputy Director-General of Brewing Research International and Research Manager and Quality Assurance Manager of Bass Brewers. 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. Charlie is a Fellow of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling, Fellow of the Society of Biology and Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology.
 
Charlie is a rare breed of scientists who blends scientific rigor with a passion for teaching. He has a wonderful sense of humor and checks his ego at the door.  He has to have a great sense of humor because his brewing lab in located in the Robert Mondavi Institute!
His introduction to beer making is the most popular undergraduate course on the UC Davis. He has been honored by the students of UC Davis as one of the top three educators in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. In October 2010 he was on “The Honor Roll” as one of the 20 professors who are changing the classroom in the US (Playboy magazine).
 
Charlie has been part of the brewing industry since 1978. He was formerly Deputy Director-General of Brewing Research International and Research Manager and Quality Assurance Manager of Bass Brewers. His list of accolades is impressive and span the world. I will just mention a few…. In 2011 Charlie was honored by the Award of Distinction from the American Society of Brewing Chemists for “exceptional contributions and long diligent service to brewing science and the brewing industry”. In June 2014 he was elected President of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling. In January 2014, he was the star of the film that won the Food Awards gold medal in Hollywood for viewers’ choice, short documentary.