We are desperately sad to to hear that Martyn Cornell has passed away.
Martyn was a founding member of the Guild back in the late 1980s, and one of the world’s foremost beer historians.
Through his blog Zythophile, he has had a remarkable influence on modern discourse. Through diligent research and an endless fascination with how the British beer industry evolved, he illuminated countless murky areas of brewing history and corrected much misinformation on the way with his occasionally acerbic wit.
It’s fair to say that few writers have had so much influence on the way we talk about beer and the stories we tell, and the beer writing world will miss his counsel, knowledge and experience.