Julia Herz , Craft Beer Program director at the Brewers Association, and co-author of CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course as well as the forthcoming book Beer Pairing and Chef Adam Dulye, executive chef for the Brewers Association and CraftBeer.com met up with Fred during Big Beers Festival in Vail. They shared their wide perspective and unique stories of discovering food and beer, as well as how they go about sharing their discoveries with the world.
The Drinks: Pilgrim’s Dole Wheatwine, 2014, Zeppelin Bend Malt Whiskey - 10 year, Cold River Gin, Knickerbocker Gin Mule
The Music: Sunnyside, courtesy of and © Megan Dooley 2015
Guest Bios
Julia Herz, Julia is craft beer program director at the Brewers Association and publisher of CraftBeer.com. She is a BJCP beer judge, award-winning homebrewer, Certified Cicerone® and co-author of the CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course. In her role at the BA she serves as an advocate for and educator about U.S. craft brewers and as a spokesperson for the association.
Chef Adam Dulye (pronounced “doo-lee”) is executive chef for the Brewers Association and CraftBeer.com. Dulye is a Culinary Institute of America graduate who has helmed kitchens with a craft beer focus from the mountains of Colorado to San Francisco, California. Dulye also oversees culinary side of SAVOR®: An American Craft Beer and Food Experience, Paired at the Great American Beer Festival®, and the World Beer Cup® and is co-author of the CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course.
Chef Dale Beaubien has been working in restaurants on and off since he was sixteen. After studying at Northern Michigan University, he devoted himself to his culinary education by working in some of the most educationally advantageous kitchens. He’s worked alongside several James Beard Award-nominated chefs and spent some time as an adjunct faculty member in the culinary department at Secchia Center for Culinary Studies, to pay some of that knowledge forward. He is fascinated by the traditions, seasonality and purity of food and drink, spending his free time outdoors and vinyl record collecting.