Dave Miller is a native of St. Louis, Mo., where he still lives with his wife and children. He brewed his first batch of beer in 1975. In 1981 he won the title Hombrewer of the Year when his Dutch Pilsner was judged Best of Show at the American Homebrewers Assocation national competition. That same year, his first book, Home Brewing for Americans, was published. This was the first American book to deal with advanced all-grain brewing techniques.
Dave is a charter member of the St. Louis Brews homebrewing club and served for two years as its vice president, designing brewing projects, making presentations, and writing a monthly column for the club newsletter. He credits his club members with inspiring him to write The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing, which was published in November 1988. He has also written several articles for zymurgy magazine.
A former teacher, Dave has most recently been involved in lobbying the Missouri legislature for passage of a bill legalizing brewpubs. With the recent enactment of that measure, his current project is to found the first St. Louis brewpub and become its brewmaster.