Topic: A Sip of Knowledge with Maria Pearman

Hosts: Lew Bryson and Liz Rhoades

What You’ll Learn: Join a duo of drink industry veterans in weekly conversation on whiskey, spirits, distilling, marketing, and the current state of the drink industry. This week, Maria Pearman, advisory principal at GHJ, join the group.

About Maria Pearman:

Maria Pearman, CPA, is an expert in the beverage alcohol and specializes in internal accounting processes, financial reviews, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, financial strategy and succession planning.

Maria is a featured speaker, author, and instructor on topics in the beverage alcohol space. She has taught courses at the University of Vermont and Portland State University.

She is also the author of Small Brewery Finance, published by the Brewers Association in 2019. She resides in Los Angeles.

About the Hosts: 

• Liz Rhoades, founder of Spirit Safe Consulting, former research scientist for DIAGEO, distilling consultant, spirits writer for The Whiskey Wash & presenter.

• Lew Bryson, former managing editor for Whisky Advocate Magazine for 20 years, whiskey author, beer/whiskey writer and presenter.