About the Author

Gordon Strong is the only three-time winner of the coveted National Homebrew Competition Ninkasi Award. He is president and the highest ranking judge in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), and principal author of the BJCP Style Guidelines. Strong is a technical editor and commercial calibration panelist for Zymurgy magazine and is a frequent contributor to other brewing and beer publications. Strong is also author of Brewing Better Beer: Master Lessons for Advanced Homebrewers and resides in Beavercreek, Ohio.