Julia Herz is the Craft Beer Program director at the Brewers Association, publisher of BrewersAssociation.org and CraftBeer.com, and a spokesperson for the BA. She is a BJCP-certified beer judge, an award-winning homebrewer, a Certified Cicerone®, and a beer educator. She has been featured by The Splendid Table, Food Network’s Unwrapped, CNBC’s Closing Bell, and Good Morning America Live. She is a blogger for HuffPost Taste and is co-author of the free CraftBeer.com Beer & Food Course and the recently released book Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros.