The Gotham Imbiber was founded January 2003 by Alex Hall, a British native who moved to Brooklyn, New York, from Brighton, England in 1999. It was converted from magazine to online blog format in 2007.
Bio synopsis:
Age: 39
Employment: Eastern US rep for UK Brewing Supplies.
Previous employment: Cellarman at The Evening Star, Brighton, England (brewery tap of The Dark Star Brewing Company) from 1992-1999.
Other: Founder and editor (co-editor from issue 6) of The Independent Imbiber, 1993-2003.
Co-founder, coordinator, and cellarman for the Glastonwick Beer, Music, Poetry, and More Beer Festival (Shoreham-by-Sea, England), 1996-date.
Co-founder, co-organiser, 'Cask Head' Tri-Annual Cask Ale Festival, The Brazen Head, Brooklyn, 2003-date.
Regular cask ale columnist, Ale Street News, 2004 to date.
Author of BEER DEMYSTIFIER - NEW YORK CITY - 2008 (October 2007).
Member of The British Guild of Beer Writers.
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© Alex Hall, 2007.
Photo © Michael Lovullo.