Alltech names recipients of lifetime and service awards

DUBLIN, Ireland – Alltech has announced the recipients of the awards for Outstanding Service in Brewing and Distilling and Lifetime Achievement in Craft Distilling, at the International Craft Brewing and Distilling Convention held in the Convention Centre Dublin, July 18-20.

Outstanding Service in Brewing and Distilling Education – Graham Stewart

Graham Stewart is professor emeritus in brewing and distilling at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and special professor in bioethanol fermentation at Nottingham University, England. He received his BSc in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Wales and his PhD and DSc degrees from Bath University. He was the director of the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University from 1994-2007. He held a number of positions with the Labatt Brewing Company in Canada, serving as technical director from 1986 to 1994. Since retirement, he has established a consulting company – GGStewart Associates, based in Cardiff, Wales.

Mr Stewart was president of the Institute of Brewing (now the Institute of Brewing and Distilling) in 1999 and 2000. He is a member of the American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC) and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA). He holds fellowships in the IBD, the Institute of Biology and the American Academy of Microbiology. He has more than 300 publications to his name. Honours include the Horace Brown Medal of the IBD (2009), the Award of Distinction of the ASBC (2008), the Presidential Award of the MBAA (1983, 1998) and its Award of Merit (2009) and the Charles Thom Award of the Society of Industrial Microbiology (1988).

Lifetime Achievement in Craft Distilling - Bill Owens

Bill Owens’ love of the craft goes all the waAir Jordan XIV Low