BierTalk English 30 – Talk with Bill Owens, founder of Buffalo Bill's Brewery from Hayward, California, USA

Bill Owens established Buffalo Bill’s Brewery as the first brewpub
in America since Prohibition on August 2, 1983. His book How to
Build a Small Brewery (1993) opened the door to the brewpub
movement and he kind of reinvented Pumpkin Ale. Owens sold Buffalo
Bill’s in 1994 continuing to publish American Brewer Magazine which
he sold in 2001. Owens used the proceeds from the magazine’s sale
to photograph America and this journey planted the seeds for his
next venture, the American Distilling Institute, and Distiller
Magazine. ADI was established in 2003 as a professional membership
organization and publishing house to promote the art of craft
distilling. Artifacts from Buffalo Bill’s Brew Pub were acquired by
the Smithsonian Institute and sit alongside Owens’ photographs
previously collected by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He has
received a Guggenheim Fellowship and two National Endowment for the
Arts grants. Bill’s current book is The Delco Years, a dystopian
novel of life after a pandemic kills everyone but people who drink
unpasteurized beer. He is also working on his memoir and a book of
his collected poetry...