Beer Podcaster · Creative Strategist
Chatty Girija
30+ years in advertising and a deep passion for craft beer. Brings the stories, the branding and the business of beer to every session.
About Ankur
Ankur built his brewing career in research and development at United Breweries, SABMiller and AB InBev, where he worked as a Master Brewer. He learned brewing where the numbers have to hold at scale. He teaches the way the brewhouse actually runs: what the numbers say and what the floor tells you when they are wrong.
He then moved into data. After Mathesis Labs he returned to AB InBev as a data scientist, working on AI and GenAI for its global business units. He then worked in operations and digital transformation at iWort. Today he is Growth Officer at Disruptive Advantage.
He holds an MSc in Brewing Science and Technology and an MSc in Data Science and AI. His sessions join classic brewing science to the tools a modern brewery uses to measure, predict and improve. He is a Microsoft Certified Fabric Analytics Engineer and has taught at Craft Beer School since 2021.
Teaches
- Brewing science
- Brewery operations
- Data and AI for breweries
- Digital transformation
Courses
Career
- 2026 to nowGrowth OfficerDisruptive Advantage
- 2023 to 2026Operations and Digital TransformationiWort
- 2022 to 2023Data Scientist, AI and GenAIAB InBev, global business units
- 2020 to 2022Senior Data AnalystMathesis Labs
- 2011 to 2020R&D Brewer and Master BrewerSABMiller and AB InBev
- R&D BrewerUnited Breweries
Education
- 2021 to 2023MSc Data Science and AILiverpool John Moores University
- PG Diploma in Data Analytics and Business IntelligenceIIIT Bangalore
- 2013 to 2015MSc Brewing Science and TechnologySavitribai Phule Pune University
- BTech BiotechnologyMaharshi Dayanand University
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)Microsoft
Your mentors
Meet the rest of the team.
Head of Strategy & Operations
Anu Rao
15+ years across social responsibility, education and operations, keeping every cohort running smoothly, grain to glass.
Brewing Science Instructor · Delhi & North India
Rahul Baliyan
German-style Brewmaster trained at Weihenstephan, TU Munich, with an M.Tech. in Food Biotechnology. A decade as Consultant Brew Master for JW Marriott Chandigarh and Rockmann Beer Island, India's first German brewery, from start-up and excise to yield and sourcing.