Brian Yaeger is the author of Red, White, and Brew: An American Beer Odyssey and contributed to the Oxford Companion to Beer. His second book, Oregon Breweries, won bronze for a /Best Travel Writinga at the 2015 North American Guild of Beer Writers awards. Yaeger helps cover the beer front for Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, and DrinkPortland and is frequently published by All About Beer, Draft magazine, and CraftBeer.com. He earned a Master in Professional Writing (with a thesis on beer) from the University of Southern California. He runs Inn Beervana Bed & Beer (InnBeervana.com) in Portland along with his wife and son. Follow him at @Yaeger and @OregonBreweries and check out BrianYaeger.com.