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Colin Joliat
Staff Writer | Columnist
@boozist
Colin Joliat is a freelance writer and editor in Chi-
cago who specializes in the lifestyle side of the
food and booze industries. Articles typically con-
tain a 2:1:1 ratio of info, comedy, and questionable
judgment. His work has appeared on Guyism and
BroBible, and he is now the proprietor of the up-
coming Boozist.com. When not writing, he is the
Manager of Magic for the Chicago non-profit,
Open Heart Magic.
Maggie Campbell
Staff Writer | @halfpintmaggie
Maggie is a current Masters of Wine Student
and Head Distiller - Vice President at Privateer
Rum. She was the founder of the Denver Brewer’s
League, currently serves on the Board of Directors
of the American Craft Spirit Association and co-
chairs their Education Committee. She first be-
came interested in learning distilling in 2004 on a
trip to Scotland and has since received her Diplo-
ma in Craft Distilling Technologies from the Sieb-
el Institute, her Level IV Diploma from the Wine
and Spirits Education Trust, and won the Denver
Brewsters Women’s brewing competition. She
previously worked as assistant distiller at Ger-
main-Robin. Her advice: ”Read all the books you
can and knock on every distillery door you can get
to. Having mentors with different philosophies
gives you a whole world of tools to pull from.”
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