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Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster,
The Brooklyn Brewery
After years of amateur brewing inspired by beers he had
encountered during a year in England, Garrett Oliver began
brewing professionally at Manhattan Brewing Company in
1989. He was appointed head brewer there in 1993. He soon
became widely known both here and abroad for his flavorful
interpretations of traditional brewing styles and as an
avid and entertaining lecturer and writer on the subject
of fine beer. Garrett has hosted dozens of beer tastings
and dinners, writes regularly for beer and food-related
periodicals, and is internationally recognized as an expert
on traditional beer styles.
In 1994, Garrett joined The Brooklyn Brewery as Brewmaster
and partner. Over the past four years, he has commissioned
a new brewhouse and expanded Brooklyn Brewery's portfolio
from two beers to a dozen. Many of his beers have won
national awards. He has served as a judge for the Professional
Panel Blind Tasting of the Great American Beer Festival
for nine years, and has judged the prestigious Great British
Beer Festival competition five times. In 1995 he hosted
a tasting of British Beers for 400 people at the Smithsonian
Institute in Washington, D.C. In the United States, Garrett
has made numerous radio and television appearances as
a spokesman for craft brewing, including segments on NPR,
CNN, ABC, MSNBC, The History Channel and Television Food
Network's "Emeril Live". He is an official spokesman for
the American Dairy Association, matching craft-brewed
beer with American cheeses. Garrett's profile was featured
in the December 1999 issue of Gourmet magazine.
Garrett has hosted beer tastings and dinners at many of
the New York area's finest restaurants and cooking schools,
including four dinners at James Beard House, Oceana, The
Bull and Bear at the Waldorf-Astoria, the Slow Food Cheese
Festival and 2000 Salone del Gusto in Piedmonte, Italy,
The Association of Westchester Country Club Chefs, The
American Institute of Wine and Food, The Culinary Institute
of America, the Sommelier Society of America, Peter Kump's
New York Cooking School and the French Culinary Institute.
He was recently named to the Board of Directors of Slow
Food, USA.
Garrett's first book, The Good Beer Book, co-written
with Timothy Harper, was published in 1997 by Putnam/Berkley
Books. He is currently working on his second book, The
Brewmaster's Table. Garrett retired as Secretary of
the New York District of the Master Brewers Association
of the Americas in 1995 after three years of service,
and founded the Metropolitan Small Brewers Guild, which
he currently heads. Garrett is brewmaster and Vice President
for Production of the Brooklyn Brewery. He is a graduate
of Boston University, and holds a degree in Broadcasting
and Film. He is the recipient of the 1998 Russell Schehrer
Award for Innovation and Excellence in Brewing, granted
by the Institute for Brewing Studies. It is the highest
award given within the United States brewing profession.
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