Joseph Owades

Joseph Owades (born July 9, 1919 in New York , NY , USA , † December 16, 2005 in Sonoma , California ) was an American brewing scientist. It is the invention of diet beer attributed.

Life

Owades first studied at New York City High School, then received a master's and doctorate from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute . He studied brewing at Fleischmann's Yeast. At the Rheingold Brewery in New York, where he was promoted to technical director and later vice president , he managed to remove the starch from beer. This invention reduced the carbohydrates and energy content of beer. In 1967 his diet beer called Gablinger’s was introduced. With the approval of his boss, he shared his procedure with a friend from the Chicago brewery Meister Brau, which soon came out with Meister Brau Lite . The Miller brewery bought the brewing process of the diet beer from Meister Brau in 1970 and had sensational success. Even when Gablinger's did not find eager customers, Owades was regarded as the father of diet beer. He became an international advisor in the beer business and continued to work at his Institute for Brewing Studies. He moved to Boston in the early 1980s .

Joseph Owades married Ruth Markowitz in 1969, who founded Calyx & Corolla Luxury Bouquets, which has since been renamed Calyx Flowers. He had two sons.

Web links

• Calyx Flowers website

literature

• Adam Bernstein: Joseph Owades Dies at 86; The Father of Light Beer . In: The Washington Post . December 21, 2005 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed February 23, 2017]).