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I did not start out with a clear theme in mind for this issue, but very quickly, one appeared in front of me. I actually think the idea is best captured by something Barb Baker (aka the “Siren of Stout”) said during our interview: “Wherever you go, you belong.” It is a belief that has propelled her forward in her life and helped land her in an industry she now loves, that of course being the beer industry. I thought about it as I spoke to and heard from South Africans who traveled abroad this year, to the US and Europe, to judge at worldrenowned beer festivals, carrying the South African age idea reappeared for me while reading about South African brewers who have taken up leadership positions at breweries across the globe, from Indonesia to Scotland, and have made for themselves a new home in the beer communities there.