Sylvia Kop
Bierbotschaft, Berlin
The internationally renowned Beer-Sommelière works as author, speaker and educator on the subject of the global changing beer culture. She teaches sensory evaluation and the study of styles, serves as long-term judge at international beer competitions such as World Beer Cup (USA), European Beer Star (Munich) and Brussels Beer Challenge. Her book “Barley & Hops” appeared 2014 with Gestalten (German: Das Craft-Bier-Buch, Italian: Malto & Luppolo). In 2015 the Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers, appointed her Ambassador of American Craft Beer in Europe. Ever since she gives seminars and workshops across Europe. Sylvia Kopp lives in Berlin.