Jon Abernathy Oral History Interview

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.