Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-12

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rels may be made for the present year.
About one-twsntistb part of the ale manu-
factured by ogfale brewers,is consumed
here, and a ready market is found for the
great bulk of hs stock principally in5the
west aud alor the rivers between this
city and Memphis. For every barrel of
ale manufactured q tax of one dollar is
paid to the Gegssnnsnt; so that if the
amount manufactured during the present
year should not fail short of, the estimate
of our informantths Government will re.
ceive revenues 70, 600 from that source
alone {
Thereis about 10000 kegs of beer-or
$1,000 barrels manufactured annually,
four.ffth of which p sold and consumed
in the city, and sth1 article is always in
demand. Dufi6g lgst summer the manu-.
factqrsrs III 81 found irpossible to supply the
S'ams ~ -l4.ss.ss 80 =2eeeS1Fy estimated that
there is capital of not less than $3.50, 900
employed in the manufacture of beer.
Besides the fomented malt liquors, some
ofthe brewing establishments are supplied
with stills, and about fifty barrels of malt
whisky are manufactured. This whisky
is made from damaged or "slack" malt,
which may be rendered unfit for use in
the manufacture of ale, and is preferred
by many persons to the whisky extracted
from corn or rye.
GEO. W. SMITH & co.
First in the list of ale brewing establish.
ments is that of Geo. W. Smith L Co.,
which has been successfully conducted
here for long series of years, by the
senior member of the firm, who has re-
gently associated with himself in the man.
agement of the business Mr.. John Teece
and Mr.. John Gibson, both of whom have
had considerable experience in the manu-
facture of ale. Mr.. Smith possesses per
feet knowledge of the business, in all it's
details, aud the ups and downs of its his
tory. he has been extensively engaged
in the manufacture of ale in Pittsburgh,
in Canada and elsewhere, and his name
and his ale are we'll and favorably known
everywhere in the country where ale is
consumed as beverage. The capacity Of
this establishment is greater than that of
any similar house in the city, and its every
department is large and commodious, and
appears to have been built with that judg-
ment and adaptation to the business which
could only have been suggested by long
experience and thorough knowledge Of
it's wants. We took walk through the
large cellars yesterday, into which no
streak of daylight ever peeps, and which
q tr0uusuu
barrels of ale. The cellar r6om is nearly
as large as the lot upon which the brewery
stands, and is filled with arched chambers
running east aud westand north and south,
well lighted with gas manufactured by
Mr.. Smith himself, he having erected some
years ago, as a matter of economy, gas
works by which his whole establishment
is abundantly supplied at a cost consider
ably less than the article could be furnished
by the Gas Company. This establishment
also does a large mailing business, for
which it is well prepared in all respects,
aud makes considerably more malt than it
is able to consume. There is also large
bottling celia. connected with the house
which has lately been much improved and
made to conform to the wants of that
branch of the business, In short, there is
prevalent sense of thrift, and convent
ence and enterprise every where observable,
which betokeus the best of management
and the highest degree of prosperity.
n. 20 EUsToN & STOREY.
Next comes the establishment of Euston
& Storey, which is situated iu Ritchie-
town. This brewery is quite small but it
is constantly worked to its fullest capacity,
and the proprietors manage to manufac-
ture and sell a much greater quantity of
ale than casual observer would suppose.
1t appears to be full of that sort of in
dustry that would like to; leap over
the bounds by which it is cir
cumscribed-as it, in short, it were 'too
big for its breeches." This house has
succeeded in establishing quite large and
reliable trade, and their ales are beginning
to be we'll and favorably known abroad
Euston & Storey occupy the large cellars
under the new Touring mill of Mr.. Pol
lock, corner of Market and Quincy streets,
and also have an Office in the same build
ing.
JOHN REED 90.
We have lately derived much pleasure
from an examination of the new brewery
of John Reed b Co., John Reed, John
Amick, and John KinghOrn,) which has
recently been erected near the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad depot. Being new be-
ginuers, they are of course, not mauufactu-
ring, as yet, anything like the quantity Of
/ ale ruhinh they will turn ont when they