diff --git a/components/Login/LoginForm.tsx b/components/Login/LoginForm.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12fb75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Login/LoginForm.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import sendLoginUserRequest from '@/requests/sendLoginUserRequest';
+import LoginValidationSchema from '@/services/user/schema/LoginValidationSchema';
+import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
+import { useForm, SubmitHandler } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import FormError from '../ui/forms/FormError';
+import FormInfo from '../ui/forms/FormInfo';
+import FormLabel from '../ui/forms/FormLabel';
+import FormSegment from '../ui/forms/FormSegment';
+import FormTextInput from '../ui/forms/FormTextInput';
+
+type LoginT = z.infer<typeof LoginValidationSchema>;
+const LoginForm = () => {
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const { register, handleSubmit, formState } = useForm<LoginT>({
+    resolver: zodResolver(LoginValidationSchema),
+    defaultValues: {
+      username: '',
+      password: '',
+    },
+  });
+
+  const { errors } = formState;
+
+  const onSubmit: SubmitHandler<LoginT> = async (data) => {
+    try {
+      const response = await sendLoginUserRequest(data);
+
+      router.push(`/users/${response.id}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(error);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form className="form-control w-9/12 space-y-5" onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
+      <div>
+        <FormInfo>
+          <FormLabel htmlFor="username">username</FormLabel>
+          <FormError>{errors.username?.message}</FormError>
+        </FormInfo>
+        <FormSegment>
+          <FormTextInput
+            id="username"
+            type="text"
+            formValidationSchema={register('username')}
+            error={!!errors.username}
+            placeholder="username"
+          />
+        </FormSegment>
+
+        <FormInfo>
+          <FormLabel htmlFor="password">password</FormLabel>
+          <FormError>{errors.password?.message}</FormError>
+        </FormInfo>
+        <FormSegment>
+          <FormTextInput
+            id="password"
+            type="password"
+            formValidationSchema={register('password')}
+            error={!!errors.password}
+            placeholder="password"
+          />
+        </FormSegment>
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="w-full">
+        <button type="submit" className="btn-primary btn w-full">
+          Login
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+export default LoginForm;
diff --git a/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser.ts b/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser.ts
index b827bac..d9142eb 100644
--- a/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser.ts
+++ b/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { NextHandler } from 'next-connect';
 import findUserById from '@/services/user/findUserById';
 import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
 import { getLoginSession } from '../session';
-import { ExtendedNextApiRequest } from '../types';
+import { UserExtendedNextApiRequest } from '../types';
 
 /** Get the current user from the session. Adds the user to the request object. */
 const getCurrentUser = async (
-  req: ExtendedNextApiRequest,
+  req: UserExtendedNextApiRequest,
   res: NextApiResponse,
   next: NextHandler,
 ) => {
diff --git a/config/auth/types.ts b/config/auth/types.ts
index 2c63ab8..ba8ecf5 100644
--- a/config/auth/types.ts
+++ b/config/auth/types.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const UserSessionSchema = BasicUserInfoSchema.merge(
   }),
 );
 
-export interface ExtendedNextApiRequest extends NextApiRequest {
+export interface UserExtendedNextApiRequest extends NextApiRequest {
   user?: z.infer<typeof GetUserSchema>;
 }
 
diff --git a/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest.ts b/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44531c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
+import { NextHandler } from 'next-connect';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+/**
+ * Middleware to validate the request body and/or query against a zod schema.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   const handler = nextConnect(NextConnectConfig).post(
+ *     validateRequest({ bodySchema: BeerPostValidationSchema }),
+ *     getCurrentUser,
+ *     createBeerPost,
+ *   );
+ *
+ * @param args
+ * @param args.bodySchema The body schema to validate against.
+ * @param args.querySchema The query schema to validate against.
+ * @throws ServerError with status code 400 if the request body or query is invalid.
+ */
+const validateRequest =
+  ({
+    bodySchema,
+    querySchema,
+  }: {
+    bodySchema?: z.ZodSchema<any>;
+    querySchema?: z.ZodSchema<any>;
+  }) =>
+  async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse, next: NextHandler) => {
+    if (bodySchema) {
+      const parsed = bodySchema.safeParse(req.body);
+      if (!parsed.success) {
+        throw new ServerError('Invalid request body.', 400);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (querySchema) {
+      const parsed = querySchema.safeParse(req.query);
+      if (!parsed.success) {
+        throw new ServerError(parsed.error.message, 400);
+      }
+      req.query = parsed.data;
+    }
+
+    next();
+  };
+
+export default validateRequest;
diff --git a/pages/api/beers/[id]/comments.ts b/pages/api/beers/[id]/comments.ts
index c140513..cba0521 100644
--- a/pages/api/beers/[id]/comments.ts
+++ b/pages/api/beers/[id]/comments.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
+import validateRequest from '@/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest';
+import APIResponseValidationSchema from '@/validation/APIResponseValidationSchema';
+import { UserExtendedNextApiRequest } from '@/config/auth/types';
 import NextConnectConfig from '@/config/nextConnect/NextConnectConfig';
-import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
 import createNewBeerComment from '@/services/BeerComment/createNewBeerComment';
 import { BeerCommentQueryResultT } from '@/services/BeerComment/schema/BeerCommentQueryResult';
 import BeerCommentValidationSchema from '@/services/BeerComment/schema/CreateBeerCommentValidationSchema';
-import APIResponseValidationSchema from '@/validation/APIResponseValidationSchema';
-import { NextApiHandler } from 'next';
+
 import nextConnect from 'next-connect';
 import { z } from 'zod';
+import getCurrentUser from '@/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser';
+import { NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 
-const createComment: NextApiHandler<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>> = async (
-  req,
-  res,
+interface CreateCommentRequest extends UserExtendedNextApiRequest {
+  body: z.infer<typeof BeerCommentValidationSchema>;
+}
+
+const createComment = async (
+  req: CreateCommentRequest,
+  res: NextApiResponse<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>>,
 ) => {
-  const cleanedReqBody = BeerCommentValidationSchema.safeParse(req.body);
-  if (!cleanedReqBody.success) {
-    throw new ServerError('Invalid request body', 400);
-  }
-  const { content, rating, beerPostId } = cleanedReqBody.data;
+  const { content, rating, beerPostId } = req.body;
 
   const newBeerComment: BeerCommentQueryResultT = await createNewBeerComment({
     content,
     rating,
     beerPostId,
+    userId: req.user!.id,
   });
 
   res.status(201).json({
@@ -32,6 +36,10 @@ const createComment: NextApiHandler<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>>
   });
 };
 
-const handler = nextConnect(NextConnectConfig).post(createComment);
+const handler = nextConnect(NextConnectConfig).post(
+  validateRequest({ bodySchema: BeerCommentValidationSchema }),
+  getCurrentUser,
+  createComment,
+);
 
 export default handler;
diff --git a/pages/api/beers/create.ts b/pages/api/beers/create.ts
index 2e50ad8..203ec85 100644
--- a/pages/api/beers/create.ts
+++ b/pages/api/beers/create.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
+import { UserExtendedNextApiRequest } from '@/config/auth/types';
+import validateRequest from '@/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest';
 import nextConnect from 'next-connect';
-import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
 import createNewBeerPost from '@/services/BeerPost/createNewBeerPost';
 import BeerPostValidationSchema from '@/services/BeerPost/schema/CreateBeerPostValidationSchema';
 import APIResponseValidationSchema from '@/validation/APIResponseValidationSchema';
-import { NextApiHandler } from 'next';
+import { NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import NextConnectConfig from '@/config/nextConnect/NextConnectConfig';
+import getCurrentUser from '@/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser';
 
-const createBeerPost: NextApiHandler<
-  z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>
-> = async (req, res) => {
-  const cleanedReqBody = BeerPostValidationSchema.safeParse(req.body);
-  if (!cleanedReqBody.success) {
-    throw new ServerError('Invalid request body', 400);
-  }
+interface CreateBeerPostRequest extends UserExtendedNextApiRequest {
+  body: z.infer<typeof BeerPostValidationSchema>;
+}
+
+const createBeerPost = async (
+  req: CreateBeerPostRequest,
+  res: NextApiResponse<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>>,
+) => {
+  const { name, description, typeId, abv, ibu, breweryId } = req.body;
 
-  const { name, description, typeId, abv, ibu, breweryId } = cleanedReqBody.data;
   const newBeerPost = await createNewBeerPost({
     name,
     description,
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ const createBeerPost: NextApiHandler<
     ibu,
     typeId,
     breweryId,
+    userId: req.user!.id,
   });
 
   res.status(201).json({
@@ -33,6 +37,10 @@ const createBeerPost: NextApiHandler<
   });
 };
 
-const handler = nextConnect(NextConnectConfig).post(createBeerPost);
+const handler = nextConnect(NextConnectConfig).post(
+  validateRequest({ bodySchema: BeerPostValidationSchema }),
+  getCurrentUser,
+  createBeerPost,
+);
 
 export default handler;
diff --git a/pages/api/users/current.ts b/pages/api/users/current.ts
index 4c2422d..3ad8558 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/current.ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/current.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import NextConnectConfig from '@/config/nextConnect/NextConnectConfig';
-import { ExtendedNextApiRequest } from '@/config/auth/types';
+import { UserExtendedNextApiRequest } from '@/config/auth/types';
 import APIResponseValidationSchema from '@/validation/APIResponseValidationSchema';
 import { NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import getCurrentUser from '@/config/auth/middleware/getCurrentUser';
 import nextConnect from 'next-connect';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-const sendCurrentUser = async (req: ExtendedNextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
+const sendCurrentUser = async (req: UserExtendedNextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   const { user } = req;
   res.status(200).json({
     message: `Currently logged in as ${user!.username}`,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const sendCurrentUser = async (req: ExtendedNextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse
 };
 
 const handler = nextConnect<
-  ExtendedNextApiRequest,
+  UserExtendedNextApiRequest,
   NextApiResponse<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>>
 >(NextConnectConfig).get(getCurrentUser, sendCurrentUser);
 
diff --git a/pages/api/users/login.ts b/pages/api/users/login.ts
index 4a60dff..cb62ddf 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/login.ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/login.ts
@@ -8,20 +8,19 @@ import { NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
 import LoginValidationSchema from '@/services/user/schema/LoginValidationSchema';
-import { ExtendedNextApiRequest } from '../../../config/auth/types';
+import { UserExtendedNextApiRequest } from '../../../config/auth/types';
 
 export default nextConnect<
-  ExtendedNextApiRequest,
+  UserExtendedNextApiRequest,
   NextApiResponse<z.infer<typeof APIResponseValidationSchema>>
 >(NextConnectConfig)
   .use(passport.initialize())
   .use(async (req, res, next) => {
-    passport.use(localStrat);
     const parsed = LoginValidationSchema.safeParse(req.body);
     if (!parsed.success) {
       throw new ServerError('Username and password are required.', 400);
     }
-
+    passport.use(localStrat);
     passport.authenticate('local', { session: false }, (error, token) => {
       if (error) {
         next(error);
diff --git a/pages/api/users/register.ts b/pages/api/users/register.ts
index 3088792..4607d85 100644
--- a/pages/api/users/register.ts
+++ b/pages/api/users/register.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,18 @@
 import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import ServerError from '@/config/util/ServerError';
-import nc, { NextHandler } from 'next-connect';
+import nc from 'next-connect';
 import createNewUser from '@/services/user/createNewUser';
 import CreateUserValidationSchema from '@/services/user/schema/CreateUserValidationSchema';
 import NextConnectConfig from '@/config/nextConnect/NextConnectConfig';
 import findUserByUsername from '@/services/user/findUserByUsername';
 import findUserByEmail from '@/services/user/findUserByEmail';
+import validateRequest from '@/config/zod/middleware/validateRequest';
 
 interface RegisterUserRequest extends NextApiRequest {
   body: z.infer<typeof CreateUserValidationSchema>;
 }
 
-const validateRequest =
-  ({
-    bodySchema,
-    querySchema,
-  }: {
-    bodySchema?: z.ZodSchema<any>;
-    querySchema?: z.ZodSchema<any>;
-  }) =>
-  async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse, next: NextHandler) => {
-    if (bodySchema) {
-      const parsed = bodySchema.safeParse(req.body);
-      if (!parsed.success) {
-        throw new ServerError('Invalid request body.', 400);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (querySchema) {
-      const parsed = querySchema.safeParse(req.query);
-      if (!parsed.success) {
-        throw new ServerError(parsed.error.message, 400);
-      }
-      req.query = parsed.data;
-    }
-
-    next();
-  };
-
 const registerUser = async (req: RegisterUserRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
   const [usernameTaken, emailTaken] = await Promise.all([
     findUserByUsername(req.body.username),
diff --git a/pages/login/index.tsx b/pages/login/index.tsx
index 73117a4..b564eea 100644
--- a/pages/login/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/login/index.tsx
@@ -1,82 +1,9 @@
 import { NextPage } from 'next';
-import { SubmitHandler, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
-import { z } from 'zod';
-import { zodResolver } from '@hookform/resolvers/zod';
-import FormError from '@/components/ui/forms/FormError';
-import FormInfo from '@/components/ui/forms/FormInfo';
-import FormLabel from '@/components/ui/forms/FormLabel';
-import FormSegment from '@/components/ui/forms/FormSegment';
-import FormTextInput from '@/components/ui/forms/FormTextInput';
 import Layout from '@/components/ui/Layout';
-import LoginValidationSchema from '@/services/user/schema/LoginValidationSchema';
-import sendLoginUserRequest from '@/requests/sendLoginUserRequest';
 import useUser from '@/hooks/useUser';
-
-type LoginT = z.infer<typeof LoginValidationSchema>;
-const LoginForm = () => {
-  const router = useRouter();
-  const { register, handleSubmit, formState } = useForm<LoginT>({
-    resolver: zodResolver(LoginValidationSchema),
-    defaultValues: {
-      username: '',
-      password: '',
-    },
-  });
-
-  const { errors } = formState;
-
-  const onSubmit: SubmitHandler<LoginT> = async (data) => {
-    try {
-      const response = await sendLoginUserRequest(data);
-
-      router.push(`/users/${response.id}`);
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error);
-    }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <form className="form-control w-9/12 space-y-5" onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
-      <div>
-        <FormInfo>
-          <FormLabel htmlFor="username">username</FormLabel>
-          <FormError>{errors.username?.message}</FormError>
-        </FormInfo>
-        <FormSegment>
-          <FormTextInput
-            id="username"
-            type="text"
-            formValidationSchema={register('username')}
-            error={!!errors.username}
-            placeholder="username"
-          />
-        </FormSegment>
-
-        <FormInfo>
-          <FormLabel htmlFor="password">password</FormLabel>
-          <FormError>{errors.password?.message}</FormError>
-        </FormInfo>
-        <FormSegment>
-          <FormTextInput
-            id="password"
-            type="password"
-            formValidationSchema={register('password')}
-            error={!!errors.password}
-            placeholder="password"
-          />
-        </FormSegment>
-      </div>
-
-      <div className="w-full">
-        <button type="submit" className="btn-primary btn w-full">
-          Login
-        </button>
-      </div>
-    </form>
-  );
-};
+import LoginForm from '@/components/Login/LoginForm';
 
 const LoginPage: NextPage = () => {
   const { user } = useUser();
@@ -88,7 +15,7 @@ const LoginPage: NextPage = () => {
     }
 
     router.push(`/user/current`);
-  }, [user]);
+  }, [user, router]);
 
   return (
     <Layout>
diff --git a/services/BeerComment/createNewBeerComment.ts b/services/BeerComment/createNewBeerComment.ts
index ec6b55e..169daa5 100644
--- a/services/BeerComment/createNewBeerComment.ts
+++ b/services/BeerComment/createNewBeerComment.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import BeerCommentValidationSchema from './schema/CreateBeerCommentValidationSchema';
 
+const CreateBeerCommentWithUserSchema = BeerCommentValidationSchema.extend({
+  userId: z.string().uuid(),
+});
 const createNewBeerComment = async ({
   content,
   rating,
   beerPostId,
-}: z.infer<typeof BeerCommentValidationSchema>) => {
-  const user = await DBClient.instance.user.findFirstOrThrow();
+  userId,
+}: z.infer<typeof CreateBeerCommentWithUserSchema>) => {
   return DBClient.instance.beerComment.create({
     data: {
       content,
       rating,
       beerPost: { connect: { id: beerPostId } },
-      postedBy: { connect: { id: user.id } },
+      postedBy: { connect: { id: userId } },
     },
     select: {
       id: true,
diff --git a/services/BeerPost/createNewBeerPost.ts b/services/BeerPost/createNewBeerPost.ts
index 64f9a54..afc2188 100644
--- a/services/BeerPost/createNewBeerPost.ts
+++ b/services/BeerPost/createNewBeerPost.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import DBClient from '@/prisma/DBClient';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import BeerPostValidationSchema from './schema/CreateBeerPostValidationSchema';
 
+const CreateBeerPostWithUserSchema = BeerPostValidationSchema.extend({
+  userId: z.string().uuid(),
+});
+
 const createNewBeerPost = async ({
   name,
   description,
@@ -9,9 +13,8 @@ const createNewBeerPost = async ({
   ibu,
   typeId,
   breweryId,
-}: z.infer<typeof BeerPostValidationSchema>) => {
-  const user = await DBClient.instance.user.findFirstOrThrow();
-
+  userId,
+}: z.infer<typeof CreateBeerPostWithUserSchema>) => {
   const newBeerPost = await DBClient.instance.beerPost.create({
     data: {
       name,
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ const createNewBeerPost = async ({
       abv,
       ibu,
       type: { connect: { id: typeId } },
-      postedBy: { connect: { id: user.id } },
+      postedBy: { connect: { id: userId } },
       brewery: { connect: { id: breweryId } },
     },
   });