Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-04-01
From !SehOuier's Letters.
A London Brewery,

from s>ch0ht(F 5 L<ctteTS.
A London Brewery.
intended to have written to-day a brief descrp.
ton Of my visit to the Colosseum and the wax works
of Madam Tussaud, but have concluded to change
my ground and give you account of visit |
made the other day to the great Brewery of Messrs
Barclay g. Perkins, which is perhaps, after ALL
Of the greatest wonders Of London. This
Brewery is situated what is called the Surrey
side ofthe Thames, about FIVE miles walk from Lon.
don Bridge
l have been with friend down to ST. Cath
crimes docks, TO see the shipping; aud on my re-
turn crossed over the bridge and made my way to
the Brewery. This immense establishment covers
fifteen acres Of ground. every foot OF which is worth
two or threc.dolars. Ipresen,ed myself the office
with written permit, and after waiting about ten
minutes, was conducted by person who is engaged
for the purpose Of showing visitors around the
works, all over the establishment II occupied
good hour and half and felt tired enough when
got through. The wafer used for making Beer
and Porter is taken from the Thames which Just
this vicinity is not Of the purest description
The water used for making the Pale Ale is taken
from well in the yard, which is there hundred
and sixty-seven feet in depth. In one department
they have FIVE copper boilers, which hold four
hundred and sixty barrels each. Then they have
immense cis,erns called coolers into which the Ii.
quor when hot is drawn and kept until cooled of.
direction with iron pipes, through which cold water
is forced, which assists to cool the hot liquor In
each of these watts coach and four could turn
round, so the guide told me, and my judgment
does not conflict with his assertion. In another
department there was great number OF immense
cisierns, not sunken in the ground but standing on
the surface of the floor which we're all filled with
Beer or Porter, and kept alright Seven Of the
largest of these watts each thirty-six feet in d.
ameter at the top fortyth feet the bottom aud
are twenty feet deep-each vat holds three thou
sand fue hundred barrels of Ale; indeed, there is
little bigger than the rest, which holds four
thousand barrels The stout iron hoops around
each vat weigh seventeen tons. They on an
average every day in the year hundred and sixty
sacks Of malt, and they have now on hand four
hundred thousand sacks-a sack holds four bushels,
which makes the stock Of malt hand one
million six hundred thousand bushels; and the
stock Of hops now on hand is in proportion TO the
stock OF malt. In the summer months they brew
in this establishment two thousand barrels Of beer
every day during eight months in the year they
brew three thousand barrels OF beer every day
You may ask, what in the world becomes of all
this liquor (which. however, when we consider
how many more establishments are Of similar char
acter in Great Britain TO say nothing Of the quantity
"home-brewed," is but drop in the ocean The
fact is John Bull is beer-drinking animal. thirs
ty soul. Barclay g. Perkins send their Ale and
IOIteT all over Tue CNlflZeu WOfu-muCu OF u
finds market in the colonial possessions OF En-
gland, particularly in the East aud West Indies
The great bulk, however, is sold at home, and nc
small proportion Of it is sold ia the city of London
as you may see from this fact: know not how
many licensed alehouses and tap rooms there are
in this immense place, but they are legion. Well
Barclay g. Perkins supply a vast many Of then
with the liquor they SELL They agree to receive
in payment for the same, one third in gold, one
third in silver. and third in copper coin and 81
extensive is the sale, that two men each with
stout horse and cart, do nothing from Monday NOR
ming till Saturday night from January to December
but go round to the customers and gather in thu
pennies, which are tied up in small bags, and whcl
contain each couple hundred pennies Whel
the collector has his horse-load be drives back t
the counting room, deposits his burihen and goe
of for more. Others are engaged TO bring in tn
silver and gold.
There are employed in this establishment abou
400 men, and 1877 horses, immense animals. Obi
as brewers horse" has long since passed into
proverb in England. One ofthe greatest curiositie
in the works was the stable where these animal
are kept. Most Of them we're in their stalls when
went in. We have no such horses in America
Where the breed comes from Pm sure don
know. Each horse is valued at sixly-fye pound
about 800 dollars. The largest horse Of the lot
Is l-2 hands high, and is large every way accorG
ingly, and the men who drive these horses seem
have been selected upon the principle "of the etc
nal fitness of things" for they are as large an
stout for men, as the horses are for horses. The
dress is also Uniform. They all wear brown line
frocks, with a sort Of crown embroidered aroOu
the collar aud in front They wear corduroy bre
ches fastened al the knee with half dozen bra
buttons. Their stockings white cotton, al
their feet adorned with a pair OF thick sole
booees, laced up IN front with leather string
They are indeed bold, brawny samples of hea
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