Lew Bryson

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Lew Bryson
writes full-time about beer and spirits, since 1995.

wrote Virginia, Maryland, & Delaware Breweries, Stackpole Books, released in July 2005, a travelguide to the breweries and brewpubs of the three states and the District of Columbia, (and about 130 of the best bars in the area, just for fun), complete with maps, brewery logos, a glossary, and full index.

wrote Pennsylvania Breweries, Stackpole Books, 1998. This travelguide to the state’s breweries and bars received excellent reviews in trade and mainstream press. A second edition with 45% new material was released in August, 2000. The third edition is due out in September 2005 with lots of new breweries, a new section on regional foods, and new maps.

wrote New York Breweries, Stackpole Books, 2003, a travelguide to New York's 54 breweries and brewpubs (and 125 of the state's best bars to boot), complete with maps, brewery logos, a glossary, and full index. Sales are strong, and reviews are uniformly positive.

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appears in the television documentary Pennsylvania Breweries, released in August 2001 by WQLN-TV (Erie, PA) and since shown across Pennsylvania on public television stations; debuted in national release in 2005 through American Public Television. The show’s script is taken directly from the Pennsylvania Breweries book and features additional interviews with brewers and my own commentary (taped at Sullivan's Pub, in Erie). I have appeared in support of the show on public television fundraisers for WYBE (Philadelphia), WLVT (Bethlehem), and WHYY (Philadelphia/Wilmington).

works as Managing Editor, Malt Advocate, since 1996. My responsibilities at this quarterly magazine include story assignments, rough and finish edits, fact-checking, rewrites. Staff writer since 1994. My regular writing responsibilities include the New Products column, Whisky News news commentary column, and the annual beer awards. My published features include two which have won awards from the North American Guild of Beer Writers, and a series of "Making Whiskey" stories featured on the magazine's website.

writes regular monthly features for BeverAge magazine (Boston, MA). Over six years= worth of my monthly features on beer and whiskey, on topics such as Guinness, bourbon, flavored beers, Canadian imports, winter beers, Mexican imports, rye whiskey, and how good beer goes bad, are available in the Content Archives at their website.

reports on beer happenings in a regular Mid-Atlantic column in Ale Street News, a consumer beer tabloid (circulation 125,000). My writing has been featured in the paper since 1995, covering topics such as the beer distribution business, the decline in fruit beers, the romance of beer, non-alcoholic beers, and a long list of brewery profiles.

talks about beer to the steaming football masses weekly in my Brew With Lew column at the NFL commentary site Cold Hard Football Facts.

freelances regularly for Cheers, New Brewer, and American Brewer magazines.

comments on beer topics in various newspapers and magazines, the AP, ABC News, and others.

co-founded the New Jersey Association of Beerwriters (2000).

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