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Inventor of light beer is dead
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Posted on 12/20/2005 4:12:22 PM PST by lunarbicep

AP) SONOMA, Calif. The man who's given credit for inventing light beer has died.

SONOMA, Calif. The man who's given credit for inventing light beer has died.

Joseph Owades (oh-WAY'-deez) was 86 years old. His brother says he died Friday of heart failure at his home in Sonoma, California.

He worked for several beer companies, and ran a consulting firm that helped both Miller and Budweiser develop products.

In addition to light beer, he's credited with creating the formulas for some well-known brands, including Samuel Adams and Tuborg.


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KEYWORDS: beer; obituary
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To: lunarbicep

Do any of you brew your own beer? I know a guy who is passionate about the topic!!


61 posted on 12/20/2005 5:26:50 PM PST by lawnguy (Give me some of your tots!!!)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions

so many ways to go with this thread...I love light beer, and thus, I mourn this fellow; on the other hand, I'm drinkin' a pint of Fosters as I write this, so there's something to be said for "brand loyalty"...I too have always been a runner (enjoyed your bio) and I have burned off many a nights alcoholic celebration by "jogging" (more like falling at a rapid pace) home, which was usually some frickin' box up on the DMZ; and yes, I often lost my way, which usually was a fortunate thing...


62 posted on 12/20/2005 5:30:32 PM PST by nicko (CW3 (ret.) CPT, you need to just unass the AO; I know what I'm doing- Major, you're on your own.)
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To: lunarbicep
"Light Beer" was a bad idea that got popular.

I would like INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BEER. :)

No disrespect to the dearly departed. May he land in heaven an hour before the devil realizes he is dead.

A$$ first! :)

63 posted on 12/20/2005 5:31:21 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: dakine

Tastes great!


64 posted on 12/20/2005 5:32:02 PM PST by eddie willers
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To: MNJohnnie

I'm trying. It is hard to fight the Byrd$eed he spreads around the state. They just plain suck...


65 posted on 12/20/2005 5:32:45 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel.)
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To: lunarbicep

Only had to bury him four feet deep...


66 posted on 12/20/2005 5:33:07 PM PST by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: Petronski

I thought that was from Martin Luther.


67 posted on 12/20/2005 5:33:24 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: lunarbicep
Light beer is for people who don't like to drink,

They only like to pee.

68 posted on 12/20/2005 5:34:25 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Kennedy and Kerry, the two Commissars of the Peoples' Republic of Massachusetts!)
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To: frankjr
but light beer tastes like crap

There's nothing wrong with light beer. It just means it has less calories than regular beer, that's all. The alcohol & taste content remains the same.

69 posted on 12/20/2005 5:36:14 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (None genuine without my signature)
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To: lunarbicep

Dear Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold,
But the Ale-house is healthy & pleasant & warm:
Besides I can tell where I am use'd well,
Such usage in heaven will never do well.

But if at the Church they would give us some Ale.
And a pleasant fire, our souls to regale:
We'd sing and we'd pray all the live-long day:
Nor ever once wish from the Church to stray.

Then the Parson might preach & drink & sing.
And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring:
And modest dame Lurch, who is always at Church
Would not have bandy children nor fasting nor birch

And God like a father rejoicing to see.
His children as pleasant and happy as he:
Would have no more quarrel with the Devil or the Barrel
But kiss him & give him both drink and apparel.


70 posted on 12/20/2005 5:37:17 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Wagonboy
Chimay Ale Groaned Reserve
Say what??

Well, yeah, I've "Groaned" once or twice from a Chimay Bleue too many or two...

Chimay -- Peres Trappistes

71 posted on 12/20/2005 5:37:18 PM PST by nicollo (All economics are politics)
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To: Redleg Duke
I've always seen it attributed to Ben Franklin.

But in checking, I did find this:

It is better to think of church in the ale-house
than to think of the ale-house in church.

--- Martin Luther

72 posted on 12/20/2005 5:39:13 PM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: lunarbicep

I wonder if this man died knowing that, if anyone was to piss on his grave, the favor would be returned.


73 posted on 12/20/2005 5:39:50 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Dear "Two Beer" E.E.E. ;),

Light beer = less alcohol content.

"In fairness, ice beers aren't that much more alcoholic than the regular stuff--typically 5.6 percent, about the same as malt liquor, versus 5 percent. Some aren't higher at all. Anheuser-Busch doesn't filter out the ice crystals, so its Budweiser Ice Draft has the same alcohol content as regular Bud. For comparison, light beers range from 3.7 to 4.2 percent alcohol."

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a950901.html


74 posted on 12/20/2005 5:45:01 PM PST by frankjr
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To: WV Mountain Mama
Oh Well all any of us can do is try. Looks real good in Minnesota that we may replace the lunatic loser Dayton with a Republican named Mark Kennedy in 2006.

Merry Christmas WV Mountain Mama!

75 posted on 12/20/2005 5:46:28 PM PST by MNJohnnie (We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
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To: nicko

Yeah, I didn't mean to knock the guy or anything. Light beer still beats "wine coolers" (shudder). And nothing unmanly about going through, oh, 15+ light beers in a short evening and retaining coherency. Still, my staying in relatively good shape despite being an exercise-averse foodaholic requires less beer and more Scotch, vodka, and rum. But you could probably tell that from my bio (Russian, lawyer :)


76 posted on 12/20/2005 5:46:54 PM PST by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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To: frankjr

I was at a tour of a microbrewery (St. Arnold's, Houston, TX) where the founder, Brock Wagner, gave a demo on how to make light beer. First fill a glass halfway or two-thirds with beer, say a pils with not too much hops in it. Fill the rest of the glass with seltzer. There you have it, light beer.
Chase it down with something like Samichlaus (a Swiss Christmas beer with about 14% alcohol). Michael Jackson (the beer hunter, not the other dude) just announced that it is back in production.


77 posted on 12/20/2005 5:54:45 PM PST by Fred Hayek (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Iwentsouth
Some of my frinds drink light beer. They wanted to go see Brokeback Mountain last weekend.

You need to find some new friends!

78 posted on 12/20/2005 5:57:30 PM PST by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: DainBramage
Some of those girls that gave me a second look at closin time I got a second look at the next morning, you should be forever grateful for that .180 average.
79 posted on 12/20/2005 6:07:21 PM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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To: frankjr
I shall join you in that salute, I'll poor a pint of good whiskey on the ground just as soon as I strain it thru me kidney's.
80 posted on 12/20/2005 6:11:30 PM PST by kublia khan (Absolute war brings total victory)
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