Steve Hindy is the author of Beer School and co-founder, chairman and president of Brooklyn Brewery, one of America s top 20 breweries. A former journalist, he became interested in homebrewing while serving as a Beirut-based Middle East Correspondent for the Associated Press. He and Brooklyn Brewery have been featured in The New York Times, the New York Post, Crain s New York Business, New York magazine, CNN, The Huffington Post, and countless beer blogs and specialty publications. Hindy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Beer Institute and the Brewers Association. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.