Stan Hieronymus is a professional journalist and amateur brewer who has made beer his beat since 1993. The editor at Realbeer.com, Stan has written hundreds of articles for periodicals, written Brewing with Wheat (2010), Brew like a Monk (2005), and For the Love of Hops (2012) for Brewers Publications and contributed to several other publications, including 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die. His travels have taken him to breweries in every state in the country as well as behind the scenes in internationally famous breweries such as De Sint-Sixtusadij Westvleterten and Private Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn. Hieronymus lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife, Daria.