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.
Unfortunately the movie The Last of the Little Breweries is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Frank Binney | Director |
| Sound | John Mills | Music |
| Production | Judy Dale | Location Manager |
| Sound | Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Frank Binney | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Joel Goldblatt | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Cecelie Spoetzl A. Sedlmeyer | Consulting Producer |
