Morton William Coutts OBE (7 February 1904 – 25 June 2004)[1] was a New Zealand inventor who revolutionised the science of brewing beer.
Coutts' German grandfather, Frederick Joseph Kühtze, began brewing beer in Otago, New Zealand in the late 19th century.
[citation needed] The brewery was inherited by William Joseph Kühtze, who changed the family name to Coutts during World War I to sound more British.
When William Kühtze became seriously ill as a result of the Spanish flu in 1918, Morton Coutts took over the brewery at age 17 with the aid of his mentor, Conor W.
In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours, Coutts was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the brewing industry.