The British Guild of Beer Writers has announced the judging panel for its 2024 awards, to be chaired by the 2024 beer writer of the year, David Jesudason.
The panel comprises:
- Sir Geoff Palmer, professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University;
- Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery;
- Melissa Thompson, award-winning food writer;
- Rosalind Erskine, food and drink editor at The Scotsman;
- Georgina Young, brewing director at St Austell Brewery;
- Nicky Kong, owner of The Cat in the Glass;
- Helen Anne Smith, co-editor of Burum Collective;
- Ross Clarke, an acclaimed travel, food, and wine writer; and
- Natalya Watson, WSET beer educator.
To ensure an unbiased judging process, judges are selected by an external company (Tipple Marketing this year) and approved by the Guild board. They are prohibited from entering the awards, and any judge with conflicts of interest will be reassigned to a different category.
Winners will be unveiled on Wednesday, 27th November, at an awards dinner at Big Penny Social, in London. For more information on the awards and to submit entries, visit beerguild.co.uk/awards-2024/. The deadline for entries is 25th August.
