RogerProtz is well known as a full-time writer on beer and pubs. He was the editor of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide from 2000-2018 and a columnist for What's Brewing and BEER magazine. He is the twice winner of the Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year award and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the British Guild of Beer Writers and the Society of Independent Brewers. He is also a frequent broadcaster, and in August 2016 a BBC Radio 4 food program devoted an entire edition to his work as a beer writer. He lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire.