Morton W. Coutts

Morton W. Coutts was a New Zealand brewer and inventor best known for developing continuous fermentation for beer production while working at Dominion Breweries. Developed in 1953 and patented in 1956, the process replaced traditional batch brewing with a continuous system and became his defining technical contribution. He also helped establish Waitemata Brewery and was an early experimenter in radio and television broadcasting in New Zealand.