THE BREWERS FORUM

Jessica Young earned her undergraduate degree in Cell and Molecular Biology before learning to brew outside of Asheville, North Carolina. In 2017 she accepted a brewer position in Nashville, TN at Bearded Iris Brewing. She quickly rose through the ranks to become Cellar, Quality, and Sensory Manager. She has been featured on the MBAA podcast twice, published a method in the MBAA Technical Quarterly on Mid-fermentation yeast harvesting (Volume 58, no.2) and “Humulus lupulus and Microbes: Exploring Biotic Causes for Hop Creep” in the Journal of Food Microbiology (Spring 2023). She is now working on her PhD in Food Science with a brewing focus at the University of California, Davis. She enjoys breaking down complex ideas into digestible bites and solving problems, ideally sitting outside with a Czech pilsner and her English lab, Billie.