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Otto Frederick Eckhardt (May 10, 1926 – August 10, 2015) was an American brewer, homebrewing advocate, and writer. Eckhardt is best remembered as a pioneer in the field of beer journalism, publishing a series of articles and books on the topic, including the seminal 1989 tome, ''The Essentials of Beer Style.'' At the time of his death in 2015, Eckhardt was memorialized as "the Dean of American beer writers". Biography Early years Otto Fredrick Eckhardt, known to family and friends as "Fred", was born William Wright Cudahy on May 10, 1926 in San Francisco, California and adopted by a family from Everett, Washington.Abram Goldman-Armstrong, "In Memoriam: Fred Eckhardt, 1926-2015," ''Northwest Brewing News,'' Oct.-Nov. 2015, pg. 9. He didn't know he was adopted until he was a teenager. He was in a children's home from ages 10-15 and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp when he was 17, where he worked as a radio operator in Okinawa during WWII and the South Pacific during the Korean Wa ...
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Fred Eckhardt
Otto Frederick Eckhardt (May 10, 1926 – August 10, 2015) was an American brewer, homebrewing advocate, and writer. Eckhardt is best remembered as a pioneer in the field of beer journalism, publishing a series of articles and books on the topic, including the seminal 1989 tome, ''The Essentials of Beer Style.'' At the time of his death in 2015, Eckhardt was memorialized as "the Dean of American beer writers". Biography Early years Otto Fredrick Eckhardt, known to family and friends as "Fred", was born William Wright Cudahy on May 10, 1926 in San Francisco, California and adopted by a family from Everett, Washington.Abram Goldman-Armstrong, "In Memoriam: Fred Eckhardt, 1926-2015," ''Northwest Brewing News,'' Oct.-Nov. 2015, pg. 9. He didn't know he was adopted until he was a teenager. He was in a children's home from ages 10-15 and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp when he was 17, where he worked as a radio operator in Okinawa during WWII and the South Pacific during the Korean Wa ...
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Writers From Portland, Oregon
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