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Ruvani de Silva

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Ruvani de Silva (she/her) is a British Sri Lankan beverage and food writer based in Austin TX, with bylines including the Washington Post, Good Beer Hunting, Hop Culture, Texas Highways, Texas Monthly, Gastro Obscura, Modern Farmer, Punch, and VinePair. She writes about food and drink in Central Texas and beyond and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion, sustainability and local businesses, covering subjects ranging from fire-brewing and foraged yeast to Texan Chartreuse and South Asian brewery owners.

In 2025 Ruvani was named Best Emerging Voice in PR/Corporate Communications by the North American Guild of Beer Writers. She won The Michael Jackson Award for Beer Writer of the Year 2024 from the British Guild of Beer Writers, in addition to four gold awards at the 2024 ceremony in the categories of sustainability, diversity, communication, and travel. Furthermore, she won Best Travel Writing 2024 from the North American Guild of Beer Writers for the piece My Father, Lion Lager, & Home published in Final Gravity. Ruvani featured in the Hop Culture article The Top 14 People to Watch in Craft Beer in 2025. 

Her speaking engagements have included the Smithsonian Food History Weekend’s Last Call and the Beer Culture Summit. As a queer British South Asian woman living in Texas, Ruvani brings a unique voice to beverage and food writing. She is also the founder of #SouthAsianBeerClub. Find her online as @amethyst_heels
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The Washington Post

Good Beer Hunting

Pellicle

PUNCH

VinePair

InsideHook

Modern Farmer

Hop Culture

SIBA

Final Gravity

My Father, Lion Lager, & Home

Ruvani de Silva

Final Gravity, 2023

Texas Highways

Texas Monthly

Houston Chron

Austin Monthly

Austin Woman

Atlas Obscura

Cuisine Noir

Alcohol Professor

Craft Spirits

Beer Is for Everyone

Cider Review

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