Horst Dornbusch

Horst Dornbusch (* 1947 in Düsseldorf ) is an international brewery consultant , brewer and specialist author .

At the age of 22, Horst Dornbusch went to the USA in 1969 on a Fulbright scholarship. After studying sociology and political science at Reed College in Oregon and at Brandeis University in Massachusetts , he lived in Montreal / Canada, where he initially worked as a news editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . After that, Dornbusch worked for almost a decade as the editor of travel books for Reader's Digest of Canada. In 1984 he moved back to Massachusetts and headed the technical editing department at Siemens Medical Solutions for ten years .

Dornbusch was already brewing his first beer privately in the early 1970s, although this was still illegal in the USA at the time. It wasn't until the fall of 1978 that President Jimmy Carter legalized hobby brewing. In addition to his job, Dornbusch familiarized himself with the subject, brewed countless types of beer at home and finally worked in a craft brewery on weekends . He then went into business for himself and founded his own brewery, with which he even won a bronze medal for an Altbier at the Great American Beer Festival.

The theoretical and practical experience he gained ultimately led to numerous book publications and extensive, worldwide travel activities as a brewery consultant and beer expert. His book "Dark Lagers", published together with Thomas Kraus-Weyermann, received the silver medal in the beer category at the 24th International Gourmand Awards 2019 in Macau .

Horst Dornbusch lives in West Newbury / Massachusetts and has both German and American citizenship.

Publications

• Bottom up! The Story of German Beer . Brewers Publications Boulder / Colorado 1997. ISBN 978-0-937381-55-7
• Altbier. History, Brewing Technics, Recipes . Brewers Publications Boulder / Colorado 1998. ISBN 978-0-937381-62-5
• Bavarian Helles. History, Brewing Technics, Recipes . Brewers Publications Boulder / Colorado 2000. ISBN 978-0-937381-73-1
• The Ultimate Almanac of World Beer Recipes. A Practical Guide for the Professional Brewer to the World's Classic Beer Styles from A to Z . Cerevisia Communications 2010. ISBN 978-0984444908
• Beer Styles from Around the World: Stories, Ingredients & Recipes. Cerevisia Communications 2015. ISBN 978-0984444922
• The beers of the BRAUWELT. Your stories & recipes. Fachverlag Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 1916. ISBN 978-3-418-00126-5
• The large BRAUWELT lexicon of beer types . Fachverlag Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2017. ISBN 978-3-418-00131-9
• Dark Lagers. History, mystery, brewing technics, recipes . By Thomas Kraus-Weyermann and Horst Dornbusch. AACC International 2018. ISBN 978-0978772680

Web links

Literature by and about Horst Dornbusch in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Author portrait of Horst Dornbusch in: Das große Brauwelt Lexikon der Biersorten, Nuremberg 2017
2. ↑ Brochure “Gourmet Awards 2019” on page 100, available as a PDF at cookbook-fair.com