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Jim Dykstra
Associate Editor
Jim joined The Beer Connoisseur® in 2014 as an editorial assistant, fresh off of Kennesaw State University's journalism canning line. As editorial responsibilities grew, so too did an interest in new flavors and cultures.
Now mellowed with age, his interests have developed into a full blown love of "Blue Highway" travel and the expanded palate of experience it brings.
When not contributing to The Beer Connoisseur®, Jim writes and edits for video game publisher thatgamecompany, balancing his time at the desk with walking, biking, teaching drums and coaching ultimate frisbee.
You may reach Jim by email at:
jim (at) beerconnoisseuur (dot) com
My articles
One way or another, founder and owner of Alpine Beer Company Pat McIlhenney has spent most of his life fighting flames.
Retiring a captain after more...
BC: You seem to be the embodiment of "craft." How'd you get that way, and why are you so dedicated to it?
Bueltmann: My creativity was encouraged...
The city of Charleston was bound to become a craft beer haven. Equal parts college town and gentrified refuge, you get the impression that people...
It’s hard work opening a brewery, and even harder work keeping it open. There are more breweries in the U.S. now than ever before. As of 2015, there...
Brandon Fields may be the National Football League’s number one zythophile.
He was drafted in 2007 by the Miami Dolphins, around the same time he...
In another landmark deal for the increasingly contentious world of craft beer, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits has agreed to sell to...
Brauerei Gebr. Maisel has always been built around family. The brewery has been crafting quality ales and lagers since 1887, when it was founded in...
The age of Romanticism was defined by an emphasis on passion, individuality, and spontaneous creation over rote Industrialism. We’re in the Romantic...
The craft beer industry, generally, is a no bullshit zone – people place a premium on sincerity, and can sniff out BS in a conversation as easily as...