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Mirella Amato is a bilingual Beer Consultant based in Toronto, Ontario, a foremost specialist on Beer in Canada. She was the first woman in Canada to become a Certified Cicerone and, she is one of very few judges in the Beer Judge Certification Program in Canada to have reached the National Level of certification.

In 2008, Amato founded Beerology, a company through which she offers guided beer tastings , staff training and consulting. Amato is the co-founder of the Toronto based cask ale advocacy group Cask! . She is also the founder and organizer of the Toronto Chapter of the women-only international beer-appreciation society, Barley’s Angels

Amato has appeared on CBC Radio, History Television , CityTV's Breakfast Television Canada.com and writes regularly for TAPS Magazine. She also contributed a number of entries to the Oxford Companions to Beer