The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-10
L. A. G. II IL y T. Z II j.

Ibe Great brewery Of New YOrik-pescsip-
tion Of tho sasidipg WIKI IT'S Vast Cellar
vhs Process ny Watch Lager IL Made
Ouher Bre~yesi~s tn New YSrk--Is Lager
Intoxicating - Analysis Of the Chenaists-
Their Testimony.
The extensive establishment IN which lager beer
" made IN the Usi,sl States is the Lion Brewery OF
ta si,y, called from the ,rees. msaoractSry OF the
hind at Munich Bavaria I. 10 si,ua,ed sixteen acres
OF ground, between ,o7th and ios;h streets and Eehh
ana Ninth avenues just at the head OF toe Central Park
The huoing rs Of the most substantial kiad, and is
vcrv largo II neesures about 500 feet In front, rna
n 100 fees deep Two years igo the brothers Sgeyers,
sesmr vas quantities Of bad lager beer M demand, con
seiyed ,he IDEA erecting this brewery order 10 pro
duo. better article which they considered their large
capital the large quantity Of beer made together, their
suyeror maehiasry, The panuacore Of their mil.,
ana Der superior knowledge u the business, ycd
able beua 10 do. They oosh Germans, ba. one oI
then Albert has been eighteen twenty y1a-s In tais
country, which time ne has spent for the moss part,
trader among the Rocky Mountains, where he
adventures. 1T oae time, Sag'e HANDED aad Oh
foos 6shpg aud put.,ug digit ceyoa mounted Mexi
asp robbers who attempted ROB the mail, end at
p,her time with ten companions bebud his ssgoas,
sustaining conbss from sunrise % sunset, sgaiast
seventy Ave ssvages, leaving twenty ave dead the
held-an accoun, OF which appeared many yeara ago
She New YoRK Herald, copied from q Mexican joarn.L
This gsalemsn, with MIA brother and two other
friends, have 10 stated invested in the Lon Brewery
nearly half million Of dellrs. Inc hcidlg erec.
ID wi,hou, architect and without contractor, aud
gave about three hundred employ IN the bard
tisnse is ust Jear since they made the hist brew
ing ana nov they cannot supply the demand We have
sean an order fro house New Orleans for two thea
Band barrels fcr this season, 10 be forwarded by
by this estabhshmeu. Is found 10 stand the tropics,
every ether lager beer tried here having failed They
use only the hope which double the price orco
MOD and they manufacture their own mali and therefore
Gan be sure of The quality Their malt ia made from Cali
fornia barley (which Is OF q peculiarly long shaped
srain) English, Swedish and other imported barleys,
which found to be best adapted for the purpose.
While they get barley grown in this State FOR 10 50
cents per bushei, they pay 81 20 for imported. Here
barley is not grown specially for mating as II III EGG
land ana other countries To DE good for the parpose il
be grown either in virgin SOIL he produce Of which
h free nom any bad flavor, u must be grown laud
prepared with certain kinds Of manure and in certain
For instance, there is kind OF manure which
vcula give rank favor 10 ths malt That Il could not
used Ut all ia the uscture OF beer Tne brothers
ypeyers have port from Copenhagen so ooo bushels
Of barley Many other either purchase the malt
.
wnen the materials are OF good quality and tbs
is properly Manufactured requires adulteraon
70 make clear and creamy, such soia isngass and
resin injurious to the Kidneys; and fairly treated it
wiz sour much Of the lager does. We will
describe the nserior OF the buildag the machinery
and the process by which lager is made at the Lion
Brewery.
The building Ave stories hgh the lower pxr. OF sone
and the upper Of brick Each story has its appropriate
BeSsdes, there the cellar, vaults which
great curiosity, beng -four feet below the surface
sDd bewn out Of the solid granite rock.
On the lrst floor Is the steam engine Of twenty horse
power BY which tie machinery moved and the ws,er
heated Is required in the process Of pashiug and boiling
There TOO, the aashjss copper vat, With Us machine,
and tho monster copper kettle for boiling the
malt and another copper kettle for boiling the
hops On the lower story ia also tagged
Bpyouting rco, ]Eo fee. by loo where the barley
placed heaps gerlnae alter being stepped water
THIS ia for mid weather Tor cold slter weather there is
q the second story of exactly the din,sn-
II Is also tagged but has stoves mitigate the
cold On the lower floor also situated the 70
heating the krs 10 the two stores above On the second
Moor is the 81 nary where LIE barley stored ready for
e i part Of he process and that iE sleeping 1t in iron
ysu OF which there four, holding each 400 bushels.
II soaked from f,ry eight ~ seventy two hon-s the
water cerg oil the bottom three four times lest
). should grow sour and in craef to im2urty Il
s then let the oor below 10 grow ia heaps for
ssoa. ten days. I. ~ teen hosseG by nesas
Of 4 steam elevator 10 the fourth story, where
there arc open wioaows, il order to dry il by
degrees before being placed the kiln on the third oo
which has Lot hen. the kiln below, TO whica
s moved at the proper time. It remains on the Kilns
swo three days On the nioey OF ths process very
much depends. the barley is dried rapidly
ruoh, the mat ia INJURED IL it is net dried sufficiently is
equally injured. The speyers claim that there is paou-
hsxity their kim the only Of &e Kind IN the
try which prevents either Of those extremes snd nsurcs
the desired medium There four kins, which dry
each sec bushels The barley thus dried ia thea put
through cleaning Process After being kept for several
moa,ns lis ground 10 malt mill capable Of griD ding 2c1
bashel hour 1t 10 then removed to the MASKING vt
IN which hot water Of certain temperature is poured
IT, and here again great nicely is required the heat
be regulated to half degree. TIE malt ia mashed
AMI stirred about in thus immense vessel containing 400
barrels by Of machine, which has hve different
potons, all working in contrary directons TIE object
10 prevent burning force out the saccharne mat
Der, In which consists the strength and body OF the
Tie machine manufactured expressly for the Lion
Brewery, and there ia other like in the world. The
proprietora claim That is superior 10 that OF the cee
bratea Alsopp's, On this machine much depends
OT extracting the sacIharlLe juice from the malt as on
good barley in producing i. in large quantity The liquor
drsins of by fine seiye at the bottom, apd then is
pumped into the steam boiler malt ksttle which con.
tane ESQ barrels and this also vito peculisr
(he only in ire country, which is moved by
the steam engine, agitates the liquid, WORT 1t
s row called, and further ceyelopes the saccaa-
rine matter. IT ID put through this process
several s.mes, the heat being increased eech time,
tn raised 10 q certain degree, which is Of the
secrets of The art and cers different establishments.
1t is lnay billed ard boiled, ard then s mixed With
the liquor in the hop kettle, which s also prepared with
great care, the hops being rst Infused in small portion
Of the malt WORT and wards mixed with the whole Of
", after being strained. If the hops not sufficiently
boiled, enough Of bitter will not be exrsctsd in.y are
boiled TOO much the bitter viii be ia al the ex.
pence Of the aroma 1avcrust the case with tea
The bop kettle consans PEG barrels and tie Contents when
mixed with the contents o. the malt kettle are boiled
together again. and after being once more strained the
liquor pumped sixty feet high the upper story Of the