The Beer Professor, aka Neil Reid, is Professor of Geography and Planning at The University of Toledo. He studies, writes, and lectures about the beer industry. He has presented lectures on the beer industry to international audiences in Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark,  Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Neil grew up in the small village of Tarbet in the Scottish Highlands. After completing his undergraduate degree in geography at the University of Glasgow in 1987, he moved to the United States to pursue his graduate studies – first completing his MA in geography from Miami University in Oxford, OH and then his PhD in geography from Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. He lives in Toledo, OH with his wife Lori. Neil and Lori have two adult daughters. Kirsty lives in Cincinnati, OH and Fiona lives in Toledo, OH.

If you would like The Beer Professor give a talk to your group, please contact him at neil.reid@utoledo.edu.