Let us all hope the good doctor took all the secrets of lite beer to the grave with him!
The "secret" to lite beer is to use less malt and a yeast that metabolizes more of the sugars in the malt. A longer brew time at a lower temperature is also important. Lite beer is not just watered down regular beer.
Doesn't matter. The result is bad beer.
I still raise my glass to Mr. Owades. He was a brewer/chemist of the first order.