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                                    492000, Harries expanded Buffalo Bill%u2019s into the space next door and built a patio, more than doubling the size of the brewpub.140 Throughout the 1990s Owens continued selling Buffalo Bill%u2019s Alimony Ale and Buffalo Bill%u2019s Pumpkin Ale across the country. He said, %u201csales is a fulltime job. You can%u2019t be running a brewery, brewpub, and doing packaging at the same time.%u201d141 Part of the agreement with keeping the labels was that Owens would print a map to Buffalo Bill%u2019s Brewery in Hayward, California on the bottom of six-pack holders. The intent was so drinkers purchasing the beer at a store would visit the brewpub. In 1997, a shipment of older holders without the map was sent out to retailers.142 This breach of agreement led to arbitration where Harries won a small settlement and the rights to the labels back.143 Buffalo Bill%u2019s brewpub and contract brewing were under the same roof once more. Though Owens was out of the brewing business, he was not yet out of the brewing industry.
                                
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