Gordon is the current President of the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), the only Grand Master V beer judge, and one of the first certified Mead Judges. He was the principal author of the 2004 and 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines, and the Mead Exam Study Guide.
He is also an award-winning homebrewer and meadmaker. He won the AHA National Homebrew Competition’s Ninkasi Award in 2008 and 2009.
On top of all that, he’s a member of the AHA Governing Committee, the technical editor of Zymurgy, a panelist on the Commercial Calibration panel of Zymurgy, and author of several articles in Brew Your Own and Zymurgy. He has spoken at numerous conferences and festivals, has appeared on TV, and has been a guest on several internet podcasts.
He’s met a few Aussies at AHA conferences in the past and despite this still agreed to come and visit us!
