Brew Skies Happy Hour
Crack open a cold one and join brewer Bret Kollmann Baker and beer historian Michael D. Morgan as they explore how America went from fewer than 100 breweries in the late 1970's to more than 10,000 today.
Brew Skies Happy Hour
10: A Photographer, America’s First Brewpub, and New Styles of Beer
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Bret Kollmann Baker and Mike Morgan
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Season 1
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Episode 10
Bill Owens found success and national acclaim for his photojournalism, particularly his capture of suburban northern California in the 1970s. Then things took a turn. When he found his career in peril and his marriage in divorce court, Owens decided to open America’s first brewpub. Not content to brew what everyone else was making, Bill is also credited (for good or ill) with inventing the beer styles: Pumpkin Ale, Amber Ale, and American IPA. He may also be crazy.