JULIA BURKE is a freelance writer with a passion for beer, wine, and food. She grew up in Western New York, where she fell in love with the region's emerging craft beer industry and the Niagara Escarpment wine region. Her work has been featured in Great Lakes Brewing News; New York Cork Report; Skepchick.org; and Isthmus, the alternative weekly newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin, where she currently resides. The first beer she ever loved was Flying Bison's oatmeal stout.
