The Nevada journal., 1855-09-28
Lager Beer.

In every city or town where German fam
/ " Is found, there also may be found the lager
Deer, which is said to "cheer, but not inebri-
ate. Ihls drink appears to be the national
beverage OF the whole Teutouic race, and is
lmblbed morning, noon and night, and largely
on festive occasions and if we NAV believe
the statements of credible witnesses. there is nc
time of the day or night when beaker of this
fayorite beverage would come amiss to man
woman or child. even although previous pota-
tions may have been liberal Thus, a witness
at Buffalo said that himself with two German
comrades drank twenty-one quarts of lager
beer in one hour and three-quarters
quarts or f gallon and three-auarters to man
and after this, says the German, II went
home sparkling my girl as cool and sober as
ever | was" A witness in trial at Peters
burg, Va, said that he had known German
| ladies in New York and PHILADELPHIA to put
seventeen to twenty glasses (pints) under their
wristbands in one day, and never feel any bad
Effects 1t seems to be fact that admits of
no dispute, that the German population drink
lager beer just as farmers children drink milk,
and seemingly with just as little effect SO far as
lntoXlcation is concerned. 1t is said to be
equally as well settled, however, that Ameri-
cans can drink but small quantity of lager
beer without becoming intoxicated, or as it is
more appropriately termed "boozy;" for all
preparations OF malt and hops stupef7 rather
than intoXicate. We know not how to ac-
count for the difference, unless from the radical
difference of temperament, the German being
phlegmatlc, and the American sanguine and
nervous.
Lager hcer is compound of malt and hops,
mixed IN different proportions at different sea-
sons OF the year. Malt and hops put together
form beer, but when they are placed in a bar
rel lined with casing Of resin, and laid in a
cellar for a certain length of time, it derives
the name Of lager. or stock-and is conser
quently called lager beer, or stock ale This
appears to be the usual method of manufac-
turing lager beer, although different manufac.
tories pursue different methods and processes.
Barley and hops being the principal ingredi-
ents of drink so extensively used by so large
proportion of our citizens the growing of
these articles of course must form large item
In the agricultural wealth of The country.
In regard to the quantity of lager beer man
ufactured in this city, we are unable to give
any facts, but have reason to believe that a
large proportion of the beer used by the Ger.
mans OF this city, is manufactured here. The
amount consumed is very large, as the Ger
mans of this city probably drink as much of
their national beverage as do their brethren in
any other city. New York, Albany, Phila.
delphia, Chicago, and many places at the
West, are known to he largely engaged in the
manufacture OF lager beer, and perhaps the
statistics of the business in New York will af-
ford a criterion from which to Judge of the ex-
tent Of the trade. In New York and its i'm
mediate vicinity there are sixty breweries,
which in the aggregate manufacture annually
100000 barrels of lager beer In these brew.
cries are used 100000 bushels of barley lin
malt,) and 100000 lbs. of hops. The cost of
this enormous quantity Of beer is $l,155 900.
Of the business in other cities we have no ac-
curate information, but we think that the bus-
ness Of manufacturing lager beer in the whole
country should not be put down at less than
ten millions of dollars annually.
Whether prohibitory liquor laws apply to
lager beer is u mooted question. In some pla
ces judges have decided that this drink is not
Intoxicating. Even if the manufacture of the
article for sale should be stopped, the German
family could brew its own drink, and this is
the custom, we are told, to large extent
Boston Traveller