Dr. Charles Bamforth is the Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of malting and brewing sciences at UC Davis in California. In addition to having been involved in the brewing industry for over 34 years, Charlie is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists and has himself published innumerable papers, articles and books on beer and brewing, including "Beer is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing" and "Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing".