Charles Bamforth

Charles Bamforth at an IBD meeting in London 2016.

Charles William Bamforth , (born June 13, 1952 in Upholland ), also known as Charlie Bamforth , is an English scientist who specializes in malting and brewing beer . He is an Anheuser-Busch- sponsored professor of malting and brewing science at the University of California, Davis .

life and work

Charles Bamforth was born in Great Britain in 1952 , grew up in Lancashire and attended Upholland Grammar School. He studied biochemistry at the University of Hull , where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1973 and a Ph. D in 1977 . The following year he joined the Brewing Research Foundation. In 1983 he became head of research and quality assurance at Bass Brewers. Bamforth became Director of Research at Brewing Research International in 1991 and received a Doctor of Science from the University of Hull two years later . Since 1999 he has held a professorship for malting and brewing science at UC Davis , sponsored by Anheuser-Busch . He is an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham and was visiting professor of brewing at Heriot-Watt University , from which he received his Doctor of Science degree in 2015.

Bamforth was chairman of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) from 2014 to 2016 . He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology , the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists . Charles Bamforth is married and has three children.

research

Bamforth's research interests include the investigation of the taste and foam stability of beer , the influence of chemical composition on sensory perception, the composition and decomposition of the cell walls of barley during malting, and the role of beer in a healthy diet.

Awards

• Cambridge Prize of the Institute of Brewing (1984)
• Award of Distinction from the American Society of Brewing Chemists (2011)

Publications (selection)

• Grape vs. Grain: A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer . Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-84937-1 .
• Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing . Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-530542-5 .
• Beer Is Proof God Loves Us . FT Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-13-706507-3 .
• Foam . In: American Society of Brewing Chemists (Ed.): Practical Guides for Beer Quality . ASBC, 2012, ISBN 978-1-938119-00-2 .
• Flavor . In: American Society of Brewing Chemists (Ed.): Practical Guides for Beer Quality . ASBC, 2014, ISBN 978-1-881696-23-0 .

As editor:

• Brewing: New Technologies . Woodhead Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84569-003-6 .
• Beer: A Quality Perspective . Academic Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-08-092609-4 .
• with Robert E. Ward: The Oxford Handbook of Food Fermentations . Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-974270-7 .

Web links

• University of California: Charlie Bamforth

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles W. Bamforth: Beer Is Proof God Loves Us. The Craft, Culture, and Ethos of Brewing, Portable Documents . FT Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-13-217299-8 , pp. 194 ( books.google.de ).
2. ^ ^{A b} Garrett Oliver: The Oxford Companion to Beer . Oxford University Press , New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-536713-3 , pp. 83 f .
3. ^ ^{A b} The Council of the Institute of Brewing: Cambridge Prize . In: Journal of the Institute of Brewing . 90, No. 3, May 6, 1984, p. 125. doi : 10.1002 / j.2050-0416.1984.tb04250.x .
4. ↑ ^{a b} Charles W. Bamforth. (No longer available online.) In: UC Davis - Food Science and Technology. November 19, 2015, archived from the original on November 8, 2016 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Charlie Bamforth: CHARLIE BAMFORTH. (No longer available online.) In: University of California - Food Science and Technology. October 26, 2015, archived from the original on December 7, 2016 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ The Institute of Brewing & Distilling: MINUTES of the Twelfth (12th) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Statutory) of The Institute of Brewing & Distilling. (PDF) September 5, 2016, accessed on November 12, 2016 (English). 
7. ^ Charles Bamforth: Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing . 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, New York 2003, ISBN 978-0-19-515479-5 , pp. xvi .
8. ^ Charlie Bamforth: Research focus. (No longer available online.) In: University of California - Food Science and Technology. December 20, 2012, archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.