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About the Author

Brian Yaeger

Brian Yaeger is the author of Oregon Breweries and Red, White, and Brew: An American Beer Odyssey. He contributed to the Oxford Companion to Beer and is frequently published by All About Beer, Draft Magazine, CraftBeer.com, CRAFT and The New School. Yaeger has appeared on NPR's Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and The Brewing Network. He earned a Master in Professional Writing (with a thesis on beer). He runs Inn Beervana Bed & Beer in Portland along with his wife Half Pint, son IPYae, and dog Dunkel. Follow him on Twitter at @Yaeger and @OregonBreweries.

A Taste of (All) of Oregon’s Breweries

December 5, 2014
Editor's note: the following is an excerpt from the new book Oregon Breweries, a guidebook to all of Oregon's 200 breweries (and counting). Check Brian's website for updated book signing events around the state. (Excerpt copyright 2014 Stackpole Books) Why Beer? Why Oregon? How to put this even-handedly? All across the United States, from coast to coast,… More
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