Andy Hamilton lives with his family in Bristol. He runs brewing workshops and tasting sessions locally, grows ingredients for beer in his vertical hilltop garden and forages for ingredients for various alcoholic drinks in and around the parks and waste grounds of Bristol. He is also a member of the British Guild of Beer Writers and CAMRA and makes regular appearances on TV and radio talking about foraging and home-brewing.

He is the author of the award-winning and bestselling foraging/home-brewing book Booze for Free,