About
At this point in my career, I am the author of five books on beer and brewing, starting in 1991.
I was trained as a graphic designer and worked in advertising as a creative director. As a freelance designer for 35 years, I specialized in craft beer branding and packaging, but I also designed and/or illustrated three of my books.
I teach some classes at Chicago's Siebel Institute brewing school, and have judged beer and lectured around the world.
My newest book is called Your Tasting Brain: A sensory Approach to Wine, Beer and Other Pleasures, to be published by The University of Chicago Press, with a release date of May 16, 2026. I spent six years on this deep dive into the realm of the chemical senses, reading an estimated five million words of scientific papers.
There's more about me at my website, randymosher.com
Featured Work
Your Tasting Brain: A Sensory Approach to Wine, Beer and Other Delights
From the publisher's marketing copy:
A scintillating invitation to enrich our culinary pursuits by understanding how our bodies turn a taste into emotion, meaning and action
Our foodscape has never been more adventurous, but fully experiencing the subtleties of complex cheeses, wines, or cocktails can be a challenge. No longer! In Your Tasting Brain, bestselling food writer Randy Mosher assures us that we can all become master tasters by learning more about the brilliant ways our bodies translate smell, taste, and mouthfeel into flavor—without needing to know everything about terroir, varietals, or exotic ingredients.
In Your Tasting Brain, Mosher shares a roadmap to send you on your tasting journey, one that connects the worlds of science and art. Our bodies are more finely tuned tasting machines than we realize, Mosher explains. Even a simple grasp of how our senses interact with the world can enhance our culinary delight—and Mosher offers us a tantalizing place to begin: from how our brain processes, categorizes, and rewards (or punishes) encounters with chemicals in food all the way to how aromas and flavors spur us to language, emotion, and creativity. Overflowing with scientific insight and practical advice, Your Tasting Brain is an appetizing guide for anyone looking to enhance the pleasures they find in food through attention, curiosity, and practice.
