The Last of the Little Breweries (1976) - dir. Frank Binney

The Last of the Little Breweries, a student film documenting the history of the Spoetzel Brewery in Lavaca County, Texas, was produced and directed by University of Texas at Austin student Frank Binney (later a professor in the Radio-Television-Film Department) in 1976. Tracing Bavarian-born brewmaster Kosmos Spoetzel's journey through Egypt, Canada, and San Francisco before landing in Shiner, Texas, in 1915, it won an Achievement Award in documentary at the 4th Annual Student Film Awards (now known as the Student Academy Awards) in 1977.
The documentary interviews many of Spoetzl's employees, friends, and acquaintances, who describe his generosity and love for beer. Though Mr. Spoetzel restricted the distribution area for his beer to a 100-mile radius, the Shiner brand has in recent years seen rapid growth and expansion of the beer lineup beyond the flagship Shiner Bock. Today Spoetzel Brewery is both the fourth-largest craft brewery in the U.S. and the oldest independent brewery in Texas.
Collection: Austin Community Television Recordings Collection (AR.2007.015)
Item #: AR-2007-015-little-breweries

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This is a great video. “Nothings finer than a swig of shiner”