A man on a mission to make us all into beer geeks

Former Brooklyn Brewery charge, Sam Merritt, has been spreading beer knowledge far and wide since the mid-aughts. Asylum.com did this recent piece about what he’s been up to.

‘Civilization of Beer’ Founder Pairs Craft Beer With Food

Mar 29th, 2010 by Jeremy Taylor

“…In 2006 Sam Merritt founded Civilization of Beer, which aims to “promote, through education and appreciation, the responsible enjoyment of high-quality craft beer in the context of our rapidly changing culinary landscape.”

To reach this goal, the Civilization of Beer offers training to culinary professionals, consulting to restaurants and bars, and corporate and private beer appreciate events. Merritt is also one of only 95 people to have been officially certified as a beer cicerone.

A beer cicerone is analogous to a wine sommelier. That in mind, we asked Merritt if he could educate our readership on some simple beer and food pairings. 

Read on to see what he came up with.”