Experts
Each issue of Beer Star News introduces members of the international expert jury.

Magdalena Müller
Foodtechnologist | GER After studying food technology in Weihenstephan, Müller went to South America and finally returned to the Technical University in Freising, where she

Elisa Raus
PR Expert | GER | The reigning beer sommelier world champion hails from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where she still works today. After her studies of European media science,

Horst Dornbusch
Journalist | USA | The “pioneer of the new brewing industry” had founded his Microbrew long before Jimmy Carter legalized home brewing in 1978. The

Tao Rex Sha
Chief Tasting Officer | CHN | My name is Sha Tao. Sha is the surname and Tao is the first name. My English name is

Andrea Kalrait
GER | The business economist has been working for NürnbergMesse since 1992 and for BrauBeviale since 1994. “Which means more than a good portion of lifeblood”.

Simonmattia Riva
ITA | The man from Bergamo, Italy, did already like drinking beer during his studies of philosophy. In 2015 he won the World Championship of

Andreas Urban
Master brewer | AUT | Born and raised in Vienna, Andreas Urban is Brewery Manager in Schwechat, chairman of the “Bund Österreichischer Braumeister und Brauereitechniker”, the Federation

Norbert Schmidl
Journalist and beer sommelier | GER | An editor with the Ingolstadt daily Donaukurier, he has been a beer sommelier since 2008 and one of

Victoria Schubert-Rapp
Brewery Owner Brauerei Karg | GER | A brewer, maltster, beverage business economist and beer sommelier, Viktoria Schubert-Rapp has been running the Karg Brewery with her

Deborah Wood
Product Developer | CAN In my childhood I spent plenty of time hanging around with my father in his lab. This ‘’scientific’’ playtime prepared me

Pavel Borowiec
Publicist Pivo Bier & Ale | CZE | Beer was a hobby for Pavel Borowiec for the longest time in his life. In the service of

Stefan Grauvogl
Entrepreneur Arte Bier | GER | In 1994, Grauvogl founded Arte Bier as a young brewmaster. He began by commissioning breweries. Soon, he became a consultant

Bernhard Sitter
Hotel owner and beer sommelier | GER | Passau-born, this man stands out thanks to his unique style. He sports lederhosen all year round, and

Georg L. Bucher
Brewery owner and master brewer | GER | Since 2010 Georg Bucher has been managing Günzburger Radbrauerei, a brewery with roots reaching as far back

Walter Hufnagel
Executive Director BrauBeviale (retired) | GER | In the German trade fair business, it is still true today that you leave quickly – or stay forever.