New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-03
Lager.Reer.
,nnDEl- UNIT 81 SGrCE

Abont ago number Of brewers in NewYork associ.
aed purchase Mr. Hammers process OF brewing lager
and In doing they acted from earnest conviction Of being
able furnish the public by this new method an uniformly
good and better and pursr beer than possible
produce in the old way and thus TO vndcae at last the
principle progress and reform in the art of brewing
For lie fact well known to all those who are amisf
field for great improvements The usual method ofbrewins
had made for the last hy year, II had more
or less been matter OF routine aud que" WORK. soPs Ill
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Having insight into the operating and laws Of the
process the their effects without being able to
account for them that whenever disturbing Influences
inerfered with the formation OF the beer they were
get Tree At last from the shaekes Of ignorance we gave
the old method and bought that Of Mr. Hammer who through
long course of careful studies and ooservsons had finally
.uccsedrd discovering the laws to which the art a brewing
subject and IN nvenng such mechanical contrvsnce by
the application Of which both malt and hops are most per
fecy exhausted Of their useful ingredients. under tempera
which invariably the formation OF good and
wholesome beer without the application OF any ingredients
not used heretofore The hrst and cmet condion IN our
agreement with Mr. Hammer that nothing OF any KIND
injurious health should be used in his process. and MI
Hammer had recommended anything o. the kind our contract
with him would have been null aud void But in fact there
nothing used in brewing according to Mr. Hammer drrc
tons but what has st all times been ard s,i used m the
snnfature Of beer by whatever method may be brewed
Nevertheless. tho caumniou, and wholly unoundsd charge
that the beer contained deeerous Ingredient has from
selfish motives been stirred up by unprncped and interested
persons, and circulating through the newspapers spread
among the public the idea that the socaed patent beer
va. nothing bot bogus decocton Of various poison' In
order expose the grounde.sness OF ell such impgaons
once for all We refer the public the annexed certificate OF
several well known chemists Of NewYork Of high standing
reputation who have subjected the beer 70
Bot also IN point OF quality and taste the beer brewed
cordiug Mr. Hammers directions answerrd all iar de-
snd, although we will no, deny that the beer
furnished by some Of good the public had
right 20 expect This however hd nothing whatever 20 do
A aid process bat was principally owing the fact that
IN New ok well a. in the whole Of tue United
states coneqpence Of the quality OF hops and malt
lager beer generally had not been so good as In former
Moeover It Is eyiden, tbs. the excitement, and prejudice
a.ains, ,ocaed Patent Beer chiefly created and
kept u BY decryng Psen Beer any kind OF poor Deer
tia, c.ne the market Of no matter by what
method II had been brewed .,e. -,
chemist. will remove the preudces which have hitherto pre-
y,ied and that the pabic viii not any longer ssht gooa
article because ia not made AFTER the same a'hoh 'ha oui
grindiathers used TO make It.
In the name ofthe Brewers Association
A. sCHALK, President.
"''" NEW yoRK jan II. 1886
We the undersigned have made chemical analyses Of the
sosed Psient Beer Tor the purpose OF ascertanns u;
purity snd freedom from poison We personally ooained
no. At Nsw,rs n j. they taken a. option from
a large number Of casks stored 10 their vaults. ,
ten OF said beer to gd chemical analyses for foreign
substances. and uniedly agree .Iha Il pure aseroeer
nutritious shy beer 1t yields al the con
'taen,. Of good beer VIZ; Go. cn,, c.,ho,. ac,s
Alornnine Essential OIL Resinous aid Fatty matters
EI,raetive Saline matters
We al.o-as requrs,cd-ook samples II two Worts one
PREPARED by the ordinary method OF na.hrg and the other
aer the process, patented by Nj a. Hammer for the purpose
~
T folio ing are results IN ayoifdgpois cScG
lated to the ale gallon Of 23l cubic inches;
~ Wort by the Ordn,Ty Process
Sp: Gravity, ! .0+66 at 90 deg fahrenh;
Dry Mali Extract. ~ 90. Joy ot.
- Wort BY Hammers Process
Sp: Gravity. l.O7i2 al 90 deg fehfenh:
Dry Malt Fxtract......................I 2lelOW ofa
Starch Sugar oSV IVV oLs
Onr that the wort OF the heavier
sirasiiy when reduces BY
the specific syity of the other still Yields proper
oAely greatly Of Starch Sugar than 10
CONTAINED IN the obtained by the ordinary process
X. OGDEN DOREMUS. 81 ID.
Prof Chemistry and Toxicoogy ia Bellevue Hospital Med
ca College Professor Of Chemistry and fhyscs IN Free
Academy. .,.,,,.. - ,o,r,v a,
Late Of DR.. LAS r. Chiffon Co
TIL. SCHUMANN,
Chemist.
AFFIDAVIT.
IN. undersigned Adoph schsk. of the firm Of Schat
Brothers brewer. Newark n j. hereby certify that the
u beer taken out Of vault. and nnsyred by
Dr. Doemus Pohle. ard Mr. Schumann chemsi: Of New
York City brewed by all respects according to the
Instruction, OF A. Hammer, esq, OF New.forh ,o,,,,
Sworn end .nb,rribed 10 before me,
mi. sixteenth day of January, 1866.
c. THEo. ZIEGLER,
rs Notary Pubic