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​Award of Merit​​

John Mallett retired from Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo & Comstock, Michigan in 2023 where he had worked since 2001. He was Vice President of Operations, and was responsible for logistics, brewing, packaging, and brewery capital projects. John served on many brewing Technical Committees and Boards including the​ Master Brewers Association of the Americas, the Brewers Association, the American Malting Barley Association, and the Hop Quality Group. He has written and taught extensively including at the Siebel Institute of Technology. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Institute for Brewing Studies Russell Schehrer Award for brewing innovation.

John has served in numerous capacities over his brewing career; he was a head brewer of Boston's Commonwealth Brewery, Brewmaster at the Old Dominion Brewing Co. in Ashburn, Virginia, and founder and President of SAAZ, an equipment and service provider for breweries both large and small.

He is also the author of Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse, the fourth installation in Brewers Publications’ Brewing Elements series.