Ed Heethuis

One would be hard-pressed to find an area of the beer business untouched by Ed Heethuis (pronounced: Heat-House) in his 33+ years in the beer industry. Not only is he a Certified Cicerone®, he is also a graduate of the famous Siebel Institute of Technology’s Professional Beer Tasting Course. Ed’s personalized beer presentations convey the finer points of beer tasting without getting bogged down in ‘geekspeak’. A veteran participant of Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival for three consecutive years, Ed brings the perfect combination of humor and enlightenment to the novice beer lover as well as extraordinary insight to those who are incredibly serious about their suds. Ed is also co-founder of the Orange County Brew HaHa, the OC’s only dedicated craft beer festival. Now in its eleventh year of operation, the 2019 edition brought together over 3,700 beer lovers who were engaged by 80+ brewery's, two live bands, over a dozen food vendors and expert-level beer presentations. In March 2015, Ed was named as one of twelve 'Unsung Heroes of L.A. Beer' by Beer Paper LA. In addition to training the team at Spotlight 29 and wait staffs of countless Southern California restaurants, his column, Beer Behind the Orange Curtain was a regular feature in The Celebrator Beer News where he delighted readers from 2007 - 2012. You will thoroughly enjoy his take on the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage!