How did I find the homebrewers in this book? Instead of typing “homebrewer” into Google and praying to the algorithm gods to deliver search-engine gold, I mined pretty much every beer-industry contact in my address book and ever so politely asked for help. A million billion thanks to Joe Stange, Stan Hieronymus, Matt Curtis, Joe Wiebe, Rory Lawton, Blake Stone-Banks, Carl Setzer, Brian Devine, Maree Shaw, Lee Reeve, Sigurdur Snorrason, John Preston, Mike Leupold, Lucy Corne, Nina Anika Klotz, Nora McGunnigle, Derek Walsh, and Ken Getty. You all have earned that next round.
John LaPolla and Douglas Amport deserve a round of applause for making sure the recipes are shipshape. Visit their homebrew shop, Bitter & Esters, next time you’re in Brooklyn.
Huge thanks to Team Sterling Publishing for turning this collection of vowels, consonants, and images into, you know, a book. Take a bow and a beer from the cooler, James Jayo, Stacey Stambaugh, Christine Heun, Igor Satanovsky, Scott Amerman, and Ben Brandstein.
Last but not least, a massive thanks to all the homebrewers who graciously shared their time, stories, and tasty recipes. May all your fermentations be fruitful.
