Dr. Joseph Owades
Dr. Joseph Owades is a biochemist who has worked for Fleischmann's Yeast in the Bronx, Rheingold Breweries in Brooklyn, Carling Brewing Co. In Boston and Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. For the past 30 years he has been the premier brewing consultant to breweries large and small, here and abroad. He has published 50 papers on beer and fermentation. Dr. Owades teaches the only graduate course in brewing, and his students have come from all of the major breweries in the world.
This renowned brewmaster is credited with developing the first low calorie or "light" beer in 1967. He trumped this first light beer milestone when he developed Edison. Dr. Owades and New Century Brewing Co. hold a patent on Edison's unique brewing process.
Dr. Owades received a BS from City College of New York, and an MS and PhD from Polytechnic Institute of New York. He was honored with the Award of Merit of the Master Brewers Association of the Americas in 1994, and is a member of the Institute of Brewing (London) and of the leading brewing organizations in the United States.