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John Holl (born January 11, 1980) is an American writer, journalist and podcast host. He is the author of Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint, Editor, Co-Founder of Beer Edge and Contributing Editor for Wine Enthusiast.

Career
John is the Editor, Co-Founder of Beer Edge and Contributing Editor for Wine Enthusiast. John has authored a number of books including the craft beer book titled Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint.

John is a prolific podcaster and is currently co-host of the award-winning Steal This Beer podcast, host of BYO NANO podcast and co-hose of the Beer Edge podcast. John was the senior editor of Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine. John was an editor for the beer industry's leading magazine All About Beer, before leaving in 2018. He has worked for The New York Times, the New Jersey Monthly Magazine and the The Wall Street Journal

John is an international beer judge, and shared his experience in an article in the Daily Record.

He has participated as a judge The Brussels Beer Challenge, the International Beer Challenge, for the 2014-2016 Great American Beer Festivals and was a finalist judge for the 2010 - 2017 Samuel Adams LongShot Competition.

John often performs speaking engagements including appearances at the 2018 Alberta Small Brewers Conference, the 2017 Minnesota Brewers Guild Conference , the 2017 Craft Brewing Events Conference, and the 2014 New Zealand’s Brewers Guild Awards dinner.

John has contributed a number of entries to The Oxford Companion to Beer.

John has appeared on the New York NBC Today Weekend show and the New Jersey News 12 television show.

John's work has received a number of awards including Best Book, honorable mention for Best Beer Podcast/Broadcast and honorable mention for Best Technical Writing for the 2019 North American Guild of Beer Writers ceremony.

Publications

 * Indiana Breweries (Breweries Series) (with Nate Schweber), 2011 ISBN 978-0811706612
 * Massachusetts Breweries (Breweries Series) (with April Darcy), 2012 ISBN 978-0811710527
 * Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint, 2018 ISBN 978-0465095513.
 * Dishing Up® New Jersey: 150 Recipes from the Garden State (with Augie Carton, Amy Roth), 2016 ISBN 978-1612126661,
 * The American Craft Beer Cookbook: 155 Recipes from Your Favorite Brewpubs and Breweries (with Lara Ferroni), 2013 ISBN 978-1612120904
 * A Completely Serious Guide to Pairing Craft Beer with the Whitman’s Sampler, 2020
 * Op-Ed: When it comes to beer, ‘craft’ isn’t always synonym for ‘good’, 2018
 * Top Emerging Beer Styles for 2020, 2020
 * The Sunset of Seasonals, 2019
 * Drink Beer, Think Beer Talks at Google, 2019
 * Several Jersey Breweries Join Nationwide Collaborative Project to Save the Arts, 2020
 * The Rise and Fall of New Albion Brewing Led the Way for the American Craft Beer Revolution, 2011