Staff
Peter - The man who started all of this. Peter initially went to school to become a graphic designer and graduated with a BFA-Graphic Design from San Jose State University. While in college, Peter took up home brewing as a hobby inspired by an article he read in the college paper. Because of his experiences in home brewing, Peter discovered the world of real beer and grew out of macro lagers and into the world of micro and craft beers.
In addition to home brewing, Peter is also an Apprentice level Beer Judge. He is still awaiting his test results from the BJCP exam to see if he is ranked any higher. Two of Peter’s home brews just recently ranked (1st and 3rd place in two categories) in the Bay Area Brew Off home brew competition. You could say he’s an “award-winning” home brewer but that would be stretching it.
Peter is now hosting beer tasting events and/or beer and food pairing events. These events are two-fold in that he gets to educate non-discriminatory beer drinkers and non-beer drinkers on the virtues and complexity of good beers while elevating the status of beer through education, affiliation, and inebriation.
Samboun - Samboun is Peter’s wife. She also graduated from SJSU but with a masters in social work. She was never a huge fan of beer but being with Peter is giving her the opportunity to try a wide variety of beer. So far, her favorite styles are Belgians, Imperial IPAs, sour ales, barley wines and lambics. In particular, she has cultivated a taste for the fruit lambic, Framboise.
Peter believes her palette is slightly more refined than his own. In particular, her sense of smell is a bit more acute than his and he often asks for her opinion regarding the aroma of a beer if he’s having some trouble pulling a particular smell into distinction.
Judy - Judy is the BetterBeerBlog culinary consultant. She has studied at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. Despite her young age, she is an impressive cook with a high attention to detail and excels at creating new recipes.
Joanna - Joanna is the latest addition to the BetterBeerBlog team where she serves as our culinary Consultant. Joanna graduated from the Professional Culinary Institute (PCI) located in Campbell, California. In addition to her formal training, Joanna also has several years experience working professionally.
