BEN MCFARLAND and TOM SANDHAM are leading drinks experts, writers and performers. Together they co-founded www.thethinkingdrinkers.com, and they regularly perform, talk and write as The Thinking Drinkers. Ben McFarland has been named the British Guild of Beer Writers' Beer Writer of the Year on three occasions, the first time in 2004 as the youngest ever recipient. He is the author of three books, including World's Best Beers and Boutique Beer for Jacqui Small. Tom Sandham is the successful author of World's Best Cocktails and an expert on all kinds of spirit drinks. Both authors write regularly for a wide range of consumer and specialist magazines, including Jamie Oliver Magazine, The Guardian, Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, Imbibe, Draft Magazine and Time Out. 2014 will be the third year that the duo have taken their sell-out show to both the Edinburgh Fringe and the Soho Theatre, London.