Local man brews white beer

Anybody have an idea who this unnamed brewer is?

(Page 116, The World Guide to Beer, edited by Michael Jackson.)

Page 116, The World Guide to Beer, 1977

Please wait for the answer.

Here you go . . .

Pierre Celis had been brewing beer in Hoegaarden for more than 10 years when Jackson’s beer-changing book came out in 1977, so it is surprising that it appears Jackson knew of him but not his name. I happened to notice this because currently I am reading “Celis Beer: Born in Belgium, Brewed in Texas.”