Jon Abernathy Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Jon Abernathy
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak
Interview Date: September 11, 2018
Location: Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon
Duration: 2:10:43
 

Jon Abernathy is an author and beer blogger. In his interview, Abernathy shares family stories, his experiences growing up in Alfalfa (10 miles from Bend), going to school in Redmond, and continuing his education at Central Oregon Community College and Eastern Washington University, where he obtained a BA in French. While attending university, he worked at a call center, a job that transitioned into data management and computer systems. Abernathy talks about early computer programming and website development, his jobs in that field, his interest in home brewing, and starting his own beer blog in 2004. Abernathy discusses beer in Bend, his 2014 book on the subject and ways the industry has changed in the 4 years since its publication, and his experiences as a beer writer. Abernathy concludes his interview with rumination on creative beer ingredients.

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Title

Jon Abernathy Oral History Interview

Description

Jon Abernathy is an author and beer blogger. In his interview, Abernathy shares family stories, his experiences growing up in Alfalfa (10 miles from Bend), going to school in Redmond, and continuing his education at Central Oregon Community College and Eastern Washington University, where he obtained a BA in French. While attending university, he worked at a call center, a job that transitioned into data management and computer systems. Abernathy talks about early computer programming and website development, his jobs in that field, his interest in home brewing, and starting his own beer blog in 2004. Abernathy discusses beer in Bend, his 2014 book on the subject and ways the industry has changed in the 4 years since its publication, and his experiences as a beer writer. Abernathy concludes his interview with rumination on creative beer ingredients.

Creator

Jon Abernathy

Source

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

September 11, 2018

Contributor

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak

Format

Born Digital Video

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh35-abernathy-jon-20180911

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak

Interviewee

Jon Abernathy

Location

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital Video

Duration

2:10:43

OHMS Object

Interview Format

video