Since 2000, I’ve turned my curiosity and appetites into a far-ranging career writing about food and drinks for dozens of newspapers, magazines, and websites including The New York Times, Bon Appétit, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, New York, Saveur, Food & Wine, Men’s Health, VinePair, Wine Enthusiast and Imbibe, where I’m a contributing editor in charge of beer coverage. Additionally, I’m a contributing editor for SevenFifty Daily and a contributing writer to Men’s Journal.

These days, I primarily write about beer, cider, and other beverages, focusing on how they foster cultural, economic, agrarian, and creative intersections. Drinks are people! I’ve also written about driving a broken-down car from London to Mongolia, helping John Fetterman roof a house, those uncomfortable chairs at every bar and restaurant, and sipping tiny bottles of Diet Pepsi with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. Seriously.

I also wrote six books on beer. In 2011, Sterling Epicure published Brewed Awakening, my deeply reported take on the global craft beer revolution. Sterling released the follow-up, The Complete Beer Course, in 2013. It’s sold more than 100,000 copies and been translated into foreign editions for China, Japan, and South Korea. Sterling published Complete IPA in 2016, followed by Homebrew World in 2018 and Drink Better Beer in 2019. The 10th-anniversary edition of The Complete Beer Course was released in 2023 by Union Square & Co. Phew. I’ve written so many words.

Once upon a time, I also made zines and worked as an editor and a copy editor at magazines including ELLE, Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, and Blender. I like proper punctuation and can be counted on to deliver clean copy and make the lives of editors just a little bit easier.

I spent a quarter-century living in Brooklyn, New York, but now I call Columbus, Ohio, home with my wife and daughter. Come visit and we’ll ride bikes, eat really good Chinese food, see a concert, and crush a few beers. It’s fun here in the Midwest.