Toronto-based Mirella Amato Mirella is a driving force in the beer industry. She has been working in the beer education and sensory space beer for over 15 years, internationally. Her mission is to help grow the industry by promoting a better understanding of beer and its many qualities.

Mirella is Canada’s only Master Cicerone, as well as being an accredited beer sommelier in Germany (Doemens Biersommelier) and the UK (The Beer & Cider Academy Sommelier). She sits on the panel of top beer competitions internationally and is the only Grand Master BJCP Judge in the county. Mirella is the author of the award-winning book Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer...Even More and the created the online course Mastering Beer & Food Pairing brought to you by Beerology. 

She is the is the senior development manager of beer for the global drinks education organization, WSET, and contributed to the creation of their Level 1 and Level 2 WSET Beer awards, which were released last year.