Beer Writer Fred Eckhardt Dies at Age 89
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Published: August 11, 2015
| Updated: April 9, 2025
From Wikipedia:
Fred Eckhardt (born 1926, died August 10th, 2015) was an American brewer, homebrewing advocate and publicist. He wrote about brewed beverages—beer and sake, and wrote the 1989 book, The Essentials of Beer Style. He is identified as a "beer writer,"[1] a "beer historian,"[2] and as a "beer critic."[3] He was a local celebrity in Portland, Oregon, which Eckhardt described as "the brewing capital of the world."[4]
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