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28th January 2022

David Jesudason shares his journey from bartender to Board director with the Wellcome Collection

Earlier this month, David Jesudason wrote a piece for the Wellcome Collection called “An Emotional Journey Through Drink.”

“David Jesudason’s relationship with alcohol is complicated. He’s faced racism in pubs and felt othered at festivals, while his father struggled with alcoholism. Yet David’s love of beer has also provided both pleasure and employment – he’s worked as a bartender and is now a director at the Beer Writers’ Guild as well as an Instagram ale diarist. Here he explores how booze can shape our behaviour, describing how he’s matured from underage drinker to cask-ale connoisseur.”

Read the post in full here: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/YbdOZhEAACMAa_4g