Averie Swanson is a passionate mixed-culture fermentation brewer and the founder of Keeping Together—a brewery in Chicago, IL specializing in the Saison beer style. She is one of nineteen Master Cicerones® (the beer-world equivalent of wine’s Master Sommelier distinction), and is co-owner and former head brewer of world-renowned Jester King Brewery in Austin, TX. As a pioneer in American Wild and Spontaneous beer production, Averie has spoken at many beer and brewing conferences

around the world and continues to contribute to the beer industry at large through beer competition judging, teaching, and consulting.