Garrett Oliver

Garrett Oliver is the brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery (since 1994), the author of “The Brewmaster’s Table” and the editor-in-chief of “The Oxford Companion to Beer.” Oliver served on the founding board of Slow Food USA and served five years on the Slow Food International Council. He is a winner of the James Beard Award, the Semper Ardens Pris and the Andre Simon Award. Oliver is well known internationally for his television and video appearances since the 1980s and for hosting more than 1,000 events and dinners in 17 countries. In 2020, he founded the Michael James Jackson Foundation for Brewing and Distilling (MJF), which grants scholarship awards for technical education in brewing and distilling production for people of color.