Jim Dykstra

Jim Dykstra

Jim joined The Beer Connoisseur® in 2014 as an Editorial Assistant, holding varying editorial roles since. In 2025, he returned to a Managing Editor role for The Beer Connoisseur Magazine. Exploring the world of beer became a gateway to exploring the world, and story research has led him to five of the seven continents. He sees beer as a tool to break down barriers between cultures, and within oneself. Jim graduated from Kennesaw State University in 2013, with a bachelor’s degree in Communications with a Journalism focus. When not behind the editor’s desk, Jim can be found drumming, biking, or hiking wherever the next story leads. Scroll down for a full list of Jim’s stories. Contact Jim: Email Us

AUTHOR’S CONTENT

  • Book Review: So You Want to Start a Brewery?

    Book Review: So You Want to Start a Brewery?

    Check out this beer book review for your beer-related reading adventures! This time it’s So You Want To Start A…

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  • Partner David White (left) with Brewery Production Manager Jason Salas (middle) and Brett VanderKamp dipping 20th Anniversary bottles into wax.

    Industry Outlook With Brett VanderKamp of New Holland

    Celebrating its 20th year in the American craft beer industry, New Holland Brewing Co. has become a shining example of…

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  • Trappist Brewery Koningshoeven - Netherlands

    Five European Breweries To Visit In 2018

    Brewing tradition is one of Europe’s many historic crown jewels. Blending beauty, function, and family heritage, the breweries within which…

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  • Sebastian Priller-Riegele

    Sebastian Priller-Riegele of Brauhaus Riegele

    Germany’s Brauhaus Riegele holds the distinction as one of the world’s oldest businesses, tracing its operations back to 1386. At…

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  • In just a few short years

    Jekyll Brewing Makes Historically Good Beer (Issue 32)

    Jekyll Brewing founder and president Michael Lundmark drew upon local Southern history to build Alpharetta, Georgia’s first brewery. Just four…

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