The Last of the Little Breweries

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.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

20 minutes

Director:

Frank Binney

Cast:
Edward Taborsky

Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Frank Binney

Director

John Mills

Music

Judy Dale

Location Manager

Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith

Sound Recordist

Frank Binney

Sound Recordist