Biography

Pawel Mekarski has completed his MSc in Food Technology- Plant Products Specialization at the age of 25 years. His Master thesis pertained to Comparative evaluation of chosen physicochemical properties of malts from various cereal species and attempt to use them for the production of alcohol-free malt drink. Food Technology and Plant Products Specialization has been natural choice after growing up in the countryside and helping from early years of life in family Agri/Horticultural Business from crop to trade ."I wanted to find something like 'bridge'and what is happening with raw materials between Agri/Horticulture and shelves in groceries". During his studies he started interest at home brewing and spread knowledge about beer styles and production methods. Now, he is the Brewmaster in one of Zerodegrees Microbreweries and Restaurants branches - one of pioneers of Craft Brewing in United Kingdom. Before, he worked in a few breweries in Poland to gain experience and notice differences between craft/small breweries and industry in work organization and approach to beer production.

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Research Interest

'Agri' and 'Food' areas and impact of new technologies and start-ups for them.