Considerada a principal competição cervejeira do mundo, a World Beer Cup 2018 divulgou a lista dos jurados que farão as avaliações técnicas das mais de 8 mil cervejas concorrentes de todo o planeta. Concurso que acontece a cada dois anos, a edição que acontecerá no próximo mês de maio terá como palco a cidade americana de Nashville.
Entre os quase 300 jurados internacionais selecionados pela Brewers Association, estão 14 profissionais brasileiros (incluindo este escriba, pela terceira vez). Veja quem são eles:
ALEXANDRE BAZZO (Cervejaria Bamberg)
ALEXANDER MORAES (Instituto da Cerveja Brasil)
ALFREDO FERREIRA (Instituto da Cerveja Brasil)
AMANDA REITENBACH (Science of Beer Institute)
ANA PAULA ALMEIDA (Novozymes Latin America)
DANIEL WOLFF (Rede de franquias Mestre Cervejeiro)
DOUGLAS MERLO (Italian Beer Tasters Association)
FABIANA ARREGUY (Jornalista e sommelière de cervejas)
GABRIELA MONTANDON (Fermentis)
KATHIA ZANATTA (Instituto da Cerveja Brasil)
MAURICIO BELTRAMELLI (Autor cervejeiro e editor do site BREJAS)
PAULO SCHIAVETO (Mestre cervejeiro)
RENE ADUAN JUNIOR (Sommelier de cervejas)
RUBENS MATTOS (Heineken Brasil)
Veja também todos os demais jurados da competição, separados por nacionalidade:
| First Name | Last Name | Company | Country |
| Ricardo | Aftyka | Juguetes Perdidos Brewing Co. | Argentina |
| Martín | Boan | BA-Malt SA | Argentina |
| Hernan | Castellani | Somos Cerveceros | Argentina |
| Diego | Castro | Independent Beer Consultant | Argentina |
| Diego | Collini | Centro de Cata de Cerveza | Argentina |
| Leonardo | Ferrari | Antares Brewery | Argentina |
| Emilio | Ghirardi | Old Brewer Srl. | Argentina |
| Lucas Hernan | Lico | Grunge Brewing Co. | Argentina |
| Daniel | Llinas | Cerveceria Palo y Hueso | Argentina |
| Ricardo | Muhape | Buller & Brewing Argentina | Argentina |
| Carolina | Perez | BA-Malt SA; Centro de Cata de Cerveza | Argentina |
| Gabriel | Reynoso | La Paloma Brewing | Argentina |
| David | Bonighton | Mountain Goat Brewery | Australia |
| Michael | Capaldo | Hop Products Australia | Australia |
| Brennan | Fielding | Burleigh Brewing Co. | Australia |
| Paul | Holgate | Holgate Brewhouse | Australia |
| David | Hollyoak | Redoak Brewery | Australia |
| Tony | Jones | TJ Beer Consulting | Australia |
| Jayne | Lewis | Two Birds Brewing | Australia |
| Lachlan | MacBean | Grainfed Brewing Co. | Australia |
| Dermot | O’Donnell | Ratebeer.com | Australia |
| Tina | Panoutsos | Carlton & United Breweries | Australia |
| Bruce | Peachey | Peachey Consulting Services Pty Ltd | Australia |
| Brendan | Varis | Feral Brewing Co. | Australia |
| Caolan | Vaughan | Stone and Wood Brewing Co. | Australia |
| Richard | Watkins | BentSpoke Brewing Co | Australia |
| Markus | Betz | R. Ammersin GesmbH | Austria |
| Hubert | Hanghofer | netbeer.org | Austria |
| Clemens | Kainradl | Bierfracht eU | Austria |
| Conrad | Seidl | Bierpapst | Austria |
| Andreas | Urban | Brau Union Österreich | Austria |
| Marion | Weinberger | Brau Union Österreich AG | Austria |
| Frank | Boon | Brouwerij Boon nv | Belgium |
| Yvan | De Baets | Brasserie de la Senne | Belgium |
| Luc | De Raedemaeker | Brussels Beer Challenge | Belgium |
| An | De Ryck | Brouwerij de Ryck | Belgium |
| Rudi | Ghequire | Palm Breweries | Belgium |
| Manu | Gouwy | Meura S.A. | Belgium |
| Carl | Kins | European Beer Consumers Union | Belgium |
| Krishan | Maudgal | Maudgal Int. ltd. | Belgium |
| Roger | Mussche | Div: Belgian Fine Beers Int. | Belgium |
| Hedwig | Neven | Duvel Moortgat nv | Belgium |
| Bert | Van Hecke | BOMBrewery | Belgium |
| Willem | Van Herreweghen | Brewing Consultancy Belgium | Belgium |
| Andreas | Moerl | The Cayman Island Brewery | British West Indies |
| Mirella | Amato | Beerology | Canada |
| Luc | Bellerive | Brasserie Artisanale Le Trou du Diable | Canada |
| Dominic | Charbonneau | Brasseurs du Monde | Canada |
| Paul | Dickey | Cheshire Valley Brewing Co. | Canada |
| Rob | Liedl | Newlands Brewing Systems | Canada |
| Dean | McLeod | Macaloney Brewers and Distillers | Canada |
| Brad | McQuhae | Newlands Brewing Systems | Canada |
| Josh | Oakes | Odell Brewing Company | Canada |
| André | Trudel | Micro-brasserie le Trou du Diable | Canada |
| Bill | White | Ontario Craft Brewers | Canada |
| Deborah | Wood | BSG Canada | Canada |
| Leonardo | Caiafa | Cervecería Kross | Chile |
| Chris | Flaskamp | Cervecería Principal / Tübinger Craft Beer | Chile |
| Asbjorn | Gerlach | Cervecería Kross | Chile |
| Jaime | Ojeda | Ginga Kogen Beer Co. | Chile |
| Tom | Ashton | Beersmith Brewery | China |
| Leon | Mickelson | ABinbev | China |
| Juan Camilo | Riveros | BJCP | Colombia |
| Václav | Berka | Plze?ský Prazdroj | Czech Republic |
| Adam | Brož | Bud?jovický Budvar | Czech Republic |
| Ivan | Chramosil | Starom?stský pivovar U Supa | Czech Republic |
| Aleš | Dvo?ák | Bud?jovický Budvar | Czech Republic |
| Petr | Janik | PIVO Praha, Ltd. | Czech Republic |
| Honza | Kocka | Letajici pivovar Nomad | Czech Republic |
| Jan | Suran | PIVO Praha, Ltd. | Czech Republic |
| Anders | Kissmeyer | Kissmeyer Beer & Brewing | Denmark |
| Torben | Steenholdt | Indslev Bryggeri A/S | Denmark |
| Jacob | Storm | Amager Bryghus | Denmark |
| Marjorie | Jacobi | Brasserie Le Paradis | France |
| Hervé | Loux | Beer Journalist | France |
| Gabriela | Montandon | Fermentis | France |
| Roland | Andre | Distelhäuser Brauerei, Ernst Bauer GmbH | Germany |
| Alexander | Büch | Müllerbräu Pfaffenhofen | Germany |
| Georg | Drexler | Barth Innovations Ltd. | Germany |
| Hans-Peter | Drexler | Brauerei G. Schneider & Sohn | Germany |
| Cornelius | Faust | Brauhaus Faust OHG | Germany |
| Andreas | Gahr | Hopfenveredlung St. Johann GmbH | Germany |
| Sandra | Ganzenmüller | kommunikation.pur | Germany |
| Werner | Gloßner | Doemens Academy GmbH | Germany |
| Stefan | Grauvogl | Arte-Bier | Germany |
| Stefan | Hanke | Bitburger Braugruppe GmbH | Germany |
| Denise | Jones | Weyermann Specialty Malting Co. | Germany |
| Lydia | Junkersfeld | Fachverlag Hans Carl GmbH | Germany |
| Andrea | Kalrait | NürnbergMesse GmbH | Germany |
| Dietmar | Kaltner | BayWa | Germany |
| Tibor | Kantor | Red Hot | Germany |
| Michael | König | Brauerei Gebr. Maisel | Germany |
| Walter | König | Bayerischer Brauerbund e.V. | Germany |
| Sylvia | Kopp | Brewers Association | Germany |
| Florian | Kuplent | Urban Chestnut Hallertauer Brauerei | Germany |
| Marie-Pierre | Locher | Locher Hopfen GbR | Germany |
| Markus | Lohner | BrauKon GmbH | Germany |
| Anton | Miller | Spitalbrauerei Regensburg | Germany |
| Michael | Plank | Brauerei Michael Plank | Germany |
| Norbert | Schmidl | Donaukurier | Germany |
| Josef | Schmidt | Krones AG Freising | Germany |
| Victoria | Schubert | Brauerei Karg GmbH | Germany |
| Florian | Schüll | HVG Germany | Germany |
| Bernhard | Sitter | Bayerischer Brauerbund | Germany |
| Max | Spielmann | Weldebräu GmbH & Co KG | Germany |
| Stefan | Stang | Institut Romeis Bad Kissingen GmbH | Germany |
| Joe | Stange | Independent Journalist | Germany |
| Detlev | Stegbauer | Städtischen Berufsschule München | Germany |
| Wolfgang | Stempfl | Doemens e.V. | Germany |
| Stefan | Stretz | Schanzenbräu GmbH | Germany |
| Eric | Toft | Private Landbrauerei Schoenram | Germany |
| Oliver | Wesseloh | Kehrwieder Kreativbrauerei | Germany |
| Mark | Zunkel | Barth-Haas Group | Germany |
| Kjetil | Jikiun | Grapes and Gratification IKE | Greece |
| Guðmundur Mar | Magnússon | Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson ehf. | Iceland |
| Gad | Deviri | Beer-D | Israel |
| Flavio | Boero | Carlsberg Italia SpA | Italy |
| Giovanni | Campari | Birrificio del Ducato | Italy |
| Lorenzo | Dabove | Italian Beer Consumers Union (MoBI) | Italy |
| Dario | Elia | LIMBA institute of Sensory Analysis | Italy |
| Luca | Giaccone | Slow Food | Italy |
| Marco | Giannasso | Draco’s Beer Cave | Italy |
| Darja | Lesnik | LIMBA institute of Sensory Analysis | Italy |
| Maurizio | Maestrelli | Freelance | Italy |
| Giorgio Angelo | Marconi | Unionbirrai Beer Taster, MoBi, Slowfood, La Compagnia del Luppolo | Italy |
| Simonmattia | Riva | Unionbirrai | Italy |
| Ry | Beville | Japan Beer Times | Japan |
| Hiroyuki | Fujiwara | Beer Kingdom | Japan |
| Tetsuya | Kojima | Craft Beer Association | Japan |
| Yuichi | Kumagai | The Japan Beer Times, CBA (Craft Beer Association, Japan) | Japan |
| Masafumi | Morita | Yo-Ho Brewing Co. | Japan |
| Satoshi | Murabayashi | The Craft Beer Association | Japan |
| Nori | Oka | Devils Backbone Brewing Co. | Japan |
| Tomoko | Sonoda | Harvestmoon Brewery | Japan |
| Shinya | Suzuki | Yokohama Bay Brewing Co. | Japan |
| Yasuhiro | Tani | Japan Craft Beer Association | Japan |
| Rodolfo | Andreu | Primus Brewery Mexico | Mexico |
| Jose | Ruiz | MI CerveSA | Mexico |
| Jos | Brouwer | EBCU | Netherlands |
| Theo | Flissebaalje | PINT | Netherlands |
| Rick | Kempen | Bier&cO | Netherlands |
| Henri | Reuchlin | BIERburo | Netherlands |
| Derek | Walsh | B.I.E.R.+ | Netherlands |
| Doug | Donelan | New Zealand Hops Ltd. | New Zealand |
| Geoff | Griggs | New Zealand | |
| Colin | Mallon | Malthouse | New Zealand |
| Greig | McGill | Brewaucracy Ltd. | New Zealand |
| Shane | Morley | Steam Brewing | New Zealand |
| Stephen | Plowman | Hallertau Brewery | New Zealand |
| Kelly | Ryan | Fork Brewing | New Zealand |
| Brian | Watson | Contract Brewing International Ltd | New Zealand |
| Joseph | Wood | Liberty Brewing Company | New Zealand |
| Olaug | Flakne | Ringnes Supply Company | Norway |
| Christian | Ødegård | Asahi Premium Beverages | Norway |
| Håkon | Skurtveit | Vinmonopolet AS | Norway |
| Brad | Kraus | Cerveceria La Rana Dorada | Panama |
| Michael | Kopik | Kingpin Brewery | Poland |
| Tomasz | Kopyra | Browar Kopyra | Poland |
| Rafa? | Kowalczyk | JABEERWOCKY Craft Beer Pubs | Poland |
| Monica | Mandrutiu | Ursus Breweries, Romania | Romania |
| Lucy | Corne | On Tap Magazine | South Africa |
| Frieda | Dehrmann | ABinbev | South Africa |
| Boris | de Mesones | Boris Brewery – Jeju Brewery | South Korea |
| Junghoon | Yoon | Platinum Craft Brewing Co. | South Korea |
| Fernando | Campoy Osset | Cervezas Domus | Spain |
| David | Castro | Cervezas La Cibeles | Spain |
| Mateo | Sanz de Santos | Cerveza SanFrutos | Spain |
| Jan gnoff | Berglund | Swedish Homebrewers Association | Sweden |
| Svante | Ekelin | Humlegårdens Ekolager | Sweden |
| Jessica | Heidrich | Sweden | |
| Peter | Högström | Humlegårdens Ekolager | Sweden |
| Patrick | Holmqvist | Nils Oscar AB | Sweden |
| Dan | Ihrelius | Cask Sweden AB | Sweden |
| Jan-Erik | Svensson | Beer Writer | Sweden |
| Laurent | Mousson | Independent Beer Activist | Switzerland |
| Raimer | Schramm | Heineken Switzerland | Switzerland |
| Paul Peng | Wang | Indedpendent Beer/Wine/Spirits | Taiwan |
| Alex | Barlow | Sentinel Brewing Co. | UK |
| Antony | Barron | BrewDog | UK |
| Don | Burgess | Demon Brewing | UK |
| Paul | Buttrick | Beer Dimensions | UK |
| Rudilynn | Coetzee | Lovibonds Brewer Ltd | UK |
| Melissa | Cole | Beer Writer & sommALEier | UK |
| Paul | Corbett | Charles Faram & Co. Ltd. | UK |
| Stefano | Cossi | Burton Brewery – Molson Coors | UK |
| Des | de Moor | Freelance Beer Writer | UK |
| Richard | Dinwoodie | Utobeer | UK |
| Mark | Dorber | The Anchor | UK |
| Mark | Dredge | Beer Writer | UK |
| Peter | Eells | Eells Consulting | UK |
| Andreas | Fält | Veritcal Drinks | UK |
| Dan | Fox | Craft Locals | UK |
| Sean | Franklin | HopsAndSensory.com | UK |
| Ciaran | Giblin | Meantime Brewing Co. Ltd | UK |
| Stephen | Holt | AVC Ltd | UK |
| Ian | Hornsey | The Brewer & Distiller International | UK |
| John | Keeling | Fuller Smith and Turner | UK |
| Robert | Lovatt | Thornbridge Brewery | UK |
| Anna | Managò | ByVolume LTD | UK |
| Amaey | Mundkur | Cara Technology | UK |
| Colin | Paige | Butcombe Brewery Ltd | UK |
| Jeff | Rosenmeier | Lovibonds Brewery Ltd | UK |
| Roger | Ryman | St Austell Brewery | UK |
| Peter | Scholey | Ridgeway Brewing | UK |
| Giada Maria | Simioni | Molson Coors Europe | UK |
| William | Simmons | One-Solution Consultancy Ltd | UK |
| Rachel | Sutherland | Heriot-Watt University | UK |
| William | Thorburn | UK | |
| Alex | Troncoso | Lost and Grounded Brewers | UK |
| Richard | Yarnell | Mitchells & Butlers | UK |
| Fal | Allen | Anderson Valley Brewing Company | USA |
| David | Anderson | Dave’s BrewFarm-A Farmhouse Brewery | USA |
| Patricia | Aron | Rahr Malting | USA |
| Tomme | Arthur | Port Brewing Co. & The Lost Abbey | USA |
| Kimberly | Bacigalupo | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | USA |
| Jeff | Bagby | Bagby Beer Co. | USA |
| Lindsay | Barr | New Belgium Brewing Co. | USA |
| Bob | Beckwith | BJCP | USA |
| Elizabeth | Belden | Kansas City Bier Co. | USA |
| Amanda | Benson | Deschutes Brewery | USA |
| Christopher | Bird | Bird Brewery Consulting | USA |
| Peter | Bouckaert | Purpose Brewing Co. | USA |
| Jay | Brooks | Brookston Beer Bulletin | USA |
| Matthew | Brynildson | Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | USA |
| Fred | Bueltmann | This Craft Nation | USA |
| Cory | Buenning | Gravely Brewing Co. | USA |
| Dick | Cantwell | Brewery In Planning | USA |
| Sandy | Cockerham | BJCP MidWest Representative | USA |
| Gwen | Conley | Cutwater Spirits | USA |
| Tonya | Cornett | 10 Barrel Brewing Co. | USA |
| Melody | Daversa Crisp | Coronado Brewing Co. | USA |
| Rodger | Davis | Faction Brewing Co. | USA |
| Steve | Dresler | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | USA |
| Jason | Ebel | Two Brothers Brewing Co. | USA |
| Chris | Erickson | Snake River Brewing Co. | USA |
| Teri | Fahrendorf | Great Western Malting Company | USA |
| Phil | Farrell | BJCP | USA |
| Jamie | Floyd | Ninkasi Brewing Co. | USA |
| Annette | Fritsch | Boston Beer Co. | USA |
| Nick | Funnell | BSG Craft Brewing | USA |
| Paul | Gatza | Brewers Association | USA |
| Tim | Gossack | Bell’s Brewery, Inc. | USA |
| Jon | Graber | Micro-Matic | USA |
| John | Haggerty | Warped Wing Brewing Co. | USA |
| Tom | Hail | MillerCoors | USA |
| John | Hall | Metazoa Brewing Co. | USA |
| Mark | Henion | Boneyard Beer | USA |
| Curtis | Holmes | Alaskan Brewing Co. | USA |
| Larry | Horwitz | Four String Brewing Co. | USA |
| Tom | Kehoe | Yards Brewing Co. | USA |
| Finn | Knudsen | Knudsen Beverage Consulting | USA |
| Lyn | Kruger | USA | |
| Lauren | Limbach | New Belgium Brewing Co. | USA |
| David | Logsdon | Logsdon Farmhouse Ales | USA |
| Steve | Luke | Cloudburst Brewing Co. | USA |
| John | Mallett | Bell’s Brewery Inc. | USA |
| Will | Meyers | Cambridge Brewing Co. | USA |
| Marty | Nachel | BeerExam.com | USA |
| Tom | Nielsen | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | USA |
| Richard | Norgrove | Bear Republic Brewing Co. | USA |
| Shaun | O’Sullivan | Ringnes AS | USA |
| Doug | Odell | Loom Brewpub | USA |
| Jason | Oliver | 21st Amendment Brewery | USA |
| Megan | Parisi | Boston Beer Co. | USA |
| Steve | Parkes | American Brewers Guild | USA |
| Steven | Pauwels | Boulevard Brewing Co. | USA |
| Mary | Pellettieri | La Pavia Beverage Inc. | USA |
| Bill | Pengelly | Brewmaster – Retired | USA |
| George | Reisch | Brewmaster – Retired | USA |
| Steve | Schmidt | Smuttynose Brewing Co. | USA |
| Tony | Simmons | Pagosa Brewing & Grill | USA |
| Chuck | Skypeck | Brewers Association | USA |
| Pete | Slosberg | USA | |
| Gregg | Smith | InteGrow Malt | USA |
| Lisa | Smith | NABA | USA |
| Mitch | Steele | New Realm Brewing Co. | USA |
| Matt | Stinchfield | Ploughshare Brewing Co. | USA |
| Jim | Stinson | USA | |
| Jennifer | Talley | Auburn Alehouse | USA |
| Kevin | Templin | Redrock Brewing Co. | USA |
| Mark | Thompson | Brewing Tree Beer Co. | USA |
| Sue | Thompson | Molson Coors | USA |
| Rich | Tucciarone | Mountain Tap Brewery | USA |
| Matt | Van Wyk | Alesong Brewing and Blending | USA |
| Marty | Velas | Fanatic Brewing Co. | USA |
| Alex | Vigil | Deep Rock-Denver | USA |
| Keith | Villa | Blue Moon Brewing Co. | USA |
| Brock | Wagner | Saint Arnold Brewing Co. | USA |
| Eric | Warner | Karbach Brewing Company | USA |
| Marty | Watz | USA | |
| Darron | Welch | Pelican Pub and Brewery | USA |
| Neil | Witte | Craft Quality Solutions | USA |
| Travis | Zeilstra | Black Tooth Brewing Company | USA |
Fonte: Brewers Association
