David Healey

Growing up in the North of England, Real ale (our British forerunner of craft beer) was a major part of my youthful college years with many early attempts at homebrewing on a student budget. As my career started taking me around the world, I encountered the craft beer scenes of many different countries in the Far East and Europe, often meeting with the brewers to gain tips for my own craft. In Cambodia, I even worked for a smaller brewery for a summer and in Ukraine was actively involved in a brewpub project. Now I find myself living in Egypt, a barren wasteland of beers, where brewing your own beer is the only option for a good beer. Fortunately, I have my good buddies from the USA on the local military camp who can assist with acquiring the malts and hops, all in return for a few pints of the amber nectar. Who knows, one day we may even get a craft beer scene going in Egypt….I won’t hold my breath though!”