Jennifer Breckner - Brooklyn Brewery

Jennifer Breckner is a writer, educator, event producer and speaker at the juncture of slow food, craft beer, art and culture. Most recently, she taught a sold-out hop-focused beer tasting session at the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. For the last five years she's conducted beer education workshops on behalf of Brooklyn Brewery in Chicago at venues such as Binny's Beverage Depot, Whole Foods and several restaurants, as well as team training sessions. She also assists in organizing the Chicago leg of Brooklyn’s international touring event, Beer Mansion. In 2017 she was thrilled to visit Elk Mountain Farms in Idaho to learn firsthand about hop farming and production. Selected as a 2014 U.S. delegate to Slow Food International's Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy, Jennifer participated in a host of international beer tasting workshops that initiated her interest in the culture, history and gastronomical potential of this beverage. What excites her most, though, is to engage the public through fun food and beer pairing events that focus on the culture, history, and taste of craft beer and where maybe, just maybe, she gets someone to try something new.