New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-03
LAGER BEER.
ITS MANUFACTURE AND CONSUMPTION IN
THE UNITED STATES.

THE UNITED STATES.
BrTR or ALE, asit ia sometimes called, ia fer
menied and still slowly fernentng extract Of sermi-
mated grain or malt. Strictly speaking, Beer IL made
from barley; but by common usage, the name applies
70 infusions OF many other substances Beer was I'M
doubtedly known TO the ancents, a. Herodotus and
Di.iorus Sicuus mention fermented decocton o!
barley az one of the ordinary beverages OF she Egyp
tians They called i; Zythos, or Kourmi, or Koarma
The Egyptian Kourmi not so strong as the Zy-
thos and was moreover mixed with honey to give It
milder flavor. The ancient Brtons and SPaniards
brcwed their beer from wheat and honey calling ii
Ceria or Celia. The early Greeks had beverage of
barley. which they called Pinon. The Thracian' had
drink brewed from barley. or from various kinds OF
fruit which they called Bruton The Gauls made beer
Of barley or of wheat the latter having dlsagreeable
taste and a goat-like smell. The Romans despised
all such beverages. They did not suit their more
refined taste. With the Teutonic people the Ger
mans and other Scandinayans, beer was the national
beverage. They brewed it from barley, wheat or
oats, and made i. more pungent and spicy by adding
the bark of the oak and since the eleventh century
hops This drink the Scandinayians called bjor, and
the ADgo-SaxOns beor; whence the English beer
which is almost the same in pronunciation With
the introduction Of hops as an essential Ingredient
began the manufacture Of the now widely
lager beer. The term lager implies that the beer
has been stored for some months, and is about equiv
slent TO the English stock ale. In 1924 the use
Of hops was introduced in the English breweres
Bavaria and Franconis then furnished all the hops
raised in Great Britain Weisbier, or white beer WAS
fret made from wheat by Low Dutchman, Hans
kram at Nuremberg, in 1871. Porter and ale were
first brewed in 1880. The Chinese have beverage
made of matted wheat and barley of very strong
nature. which is called tarasum. The japanese
make their beer called ssk of rice; the Mexicans OF
Indian corn; the Nubans and Abyssnians OF barley
and wheat called sa,ior, or durrsh.
Next to England Germany produces and consumes
the largest quantities OF beer. In Germany bavaria
may be called the land of brewers, and indeed the
BavLran beer enjoys vast reputation, thus far un
shaken by all the exertions of rival brewers in Aus
tria and the other parts of Germany. The beers OF
Frlangen Kelmbac. Bamberg and Munich are ex-
ported in large quantities to the East and North and
a patriotic beer-driuking German traveller will al
WAYS find his national beverage in the Cities OF Con
stantne Pcricles and Epaminondes, and even in the
capital of the Promised Land.
In Bavaria beer has become an imperative neces-
city for the laboIng classes. The hard working man
will content himself with meat only on holidays Prov
ded he can at all times get his usual quantity OF beer.
This quantity is by no means small and we 90 ho'
over rate IT, when we say that gallon per diem Il
the average allowance of frugal beer-drnker Mos,
Of the Woodworking mechanics live more on beer and
bread than on anything else. The Government has
been compelled more than once to diminish the malt
tax in order to prevent rise in the price oil beer
which has always been followed by serious riots aud
in 1874 even by a revolution. In Bavaria beer is
drank for and at breakfast for and at dnner-takes
the place Of coffee in the afternoon, and is poured
down at supper
In the Rhine Provinces Baden and Wurtemberg,
the consumption of wine is far greater than OF beer
As is well known, they make pslatable wine and
all classes prefer II 10 beer.
Northern Germany produces several kinds Of beer
but none OF them he compared with those OF Ba-
vara. The Northern beers are stronger and IN re-
gard to health more dangerous than any other. The
most known Of them are: KOesfrh. donJle Jeer very
strong. resembling the London pale ale BroyldhH
or white beer of Berlin piquant but fatulent bev-
erage; bocr of easel Mgmme, num-, beer Of
Brunswick, frst made in 1892, by Oh. Mumme, and
formerly exported even TO East India The " Mum
i. dark brown, thick very strong and Of sweet taste
II Is made of matted wheat barleynalt, hops, mo-
!Hsser' juniper DelIles' ui'ou F'"'A00 ""' S~'N'1
aromatic herbs.
Almostevery German province produces particular
kind of beer and its denomination is often curious AMI
even ridiculous The beer made al Bol,zenberg
Prussia s allied Bind Den kerl, tie the fellow the
beer of Brandenburg Aker Claus, Old Nick the
beer of Delitzsch Kuhschran- COW stall the beei
ofJens, Dortte.tel, village deyili) tie beer o
Kyritr, Mord und Todt,ctiag, murder and man
slaughter; the beer OF Wernigerode LH@Pe" teer
,rascals beer the beer of Wttenberg, kueEH'ek
cuckoo the beer Of Lubbock, Lsrdel, ana so on.
All these beers however, have been put aside b.
the conquering Bsvarisn bogsheads, and to many
the above-named sorts remain only the fac, that hei
names are recorded in the snnals OF beer production
The following is tabular analysis OF the bes'
known European and American beers
Pr cEyT.GE OF