The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-02
SUMMER BEVERAGES.

Manner
Rfbsd, and the Erect They Produce.
He indeed must be a curious specimen of the
Sents homo who knows not and cares not for
the daily query, "What shall we drink 2" This
Hstlessness at once demonstrates his gradually
Settling down into the hard or comfortable
traces of certain beverages, between or in.
eludipg the two great extremes-whisky and
water
This query tends not to draw forth either the
imaginative or speculative powers of confirmed
topers Entirely enshrouded in physical and
mental obtuseness to everything but the ardent,
they are innocent of Natures cooling draught
Their highest aspirations, their ideal concep-
tions and objects Of earnestdesire, are only seen
Vvhen surrounded by q halo OF sitting fumes
rolling up from some seething cup. To these
the question comes not. But all men are not
toner's and to them this question is of unusual
interest. When the hot July sun pours down
his scorching rays with unrelenting intensity,
making the streets spacious ovens and the
commissioners furnaces, next to the wish that
one might shuttle of this mortal coil, and have
fhe Httie whiffs of wind sign gently and coolly
through his ghostly frame, is the desire to take
a more practicable method of combating the
Overpowering simoom which Old Sol seemingly
manufactures for the sole purpose, tits believed,
OF Irritating and broiling all Philadelphian
denizens. This he does effectually. Topers
awake from their sonnambulent Incidence and
seek delusiyely for some burning distillation
WhereWtth to cool their bodies, only adding
thereby the CalOr1ucattOn OF the inner man to the
progressive roasting Of the outer Saloons are
thronged bar-rooms are filled; assiduously, yet
smilingly, the barkeepers work; glasses rattle
aa the healthy "iOrumsn mixed "tOddieS.O
cooling "beers," and stiff "brandies" cross the
oounterl While from far and near the huge, the
small, the fat the slim, the strong, the weak.
blowing and putting, with red faces made scarlet
by mopping and perspiration, increased by ex-
eftion-looking askant to that MONDAY tor
mentor-hurry forward through the swelterlng
crowds to the nearest soda fountain, where too
sudden bibulations cause endless sneezings,
Auafi hnf W q q a t1r Ibo
various decoctions in alphabetical order, or to
commence with that drink which has become
so popular, we would speak OF
Beer,
as having undoubted pre-emiHence in our
community. Our fathers knew not of this cu-
Tious beverage. II is comparatively snort
influx of that curious yet staple foreign ele-
ment the Germans, to this western country,
were so universally observed in the Fatherland.
And among all these the greatest peculiarity
certain tenets, the embodiments of like pecu-
harities, and inseparably welded to their own
familiar "beers," this advent of the Teutonic
beverage was new and strange. But to the
rising generation, who have kept pace with the
constant growing popularity Of beer, 1t is be-
coming almost as familiar, If not more so, than
natures own sweet cooling draught
HOW 1t Is Made.
There are two kinds of "lager beer" one for
winter and the other for summer use. The
former requires less brewing, and is ready for
market as soon as made; the latter must be
stored away for many months in cool places
before II becomes delectable to a German palate
To prepare this drink, a cold winter is desirable
In the fall of the year the malt is purchased,
and stored away until about the LIST of December
It is then placed in large mash-tubs, and soaked
for some time in cold water When sufficiently
softened and swelled, warm water is added. and
the temperature of the water increased graz
dually until the whole mass is almost boiling.
This process extracts all the saccharine matter
the "hull" This liquid is called a0urt. The
liquor is drawn off Il ON the mash tubs into
huge kettles. Hops are added and the seething
mass is kept boiling for two hours. 1t is then
carried into immense sheet-iron pans, termed
windows and doors are thrown wide open, and
soon the drafts OF wind cool the liquid II is then
drawn on 1nto Ia huge iermenung bnos where
tion. Here the beer remains from six 10 twelve
days. according to the Temperature, Of the atmo-
The beer then. in its purified state, is drawn
into large tanks, holding from twenty TO thirty
barrels, and stored away In immense cellars for
summer use. The process of manufacturing
lager beer occupies about one month, after
which it requires to stand about four months
before it is ready for use. The Winter beer is
similarly made, but does not require so much
STOCK and does not need TO stand so long before
Where 1t Is Kept.
II no other convenience is at hand, or if cir
camssnCes wi @ not r any any oIneT saS accom- o
with soil, which generally is made to have q
prolific covering OF veTd1re 70 protect The ROOF
by thesun. In many cases, brewers transform
rocky crevices intoSpacious halls, and by blast
ing and drilling often extend them far into the
bosom of the earth, in order that the susceptj-
BILE beverage may not be influenced by the
deleter1ous effects OF warm q atmosphere
The digging Of these immense stone-house
cellars is the great obstacle The brewers have to
contend with, and could they but obtain these
at less expense, the manufacture OF lager beer
would be doubled.
The Brewers Harvest
comes with the advent OF the sultry season.
When ,perspiring Teutons and sWelteTing man
generally seek for some cooling draught ITO get
them up" which 1t often does most ed6osually
trom the bowels of the earth--Wheee, during
the wmter and spring months they have beer
IN silent repose--come the barrels and kegs
alumbeTs, the beer carts rattle; each beer saloor
receives its complement, each German sooI
receives his glass. In this city more thar
200, 600 barrels of beer, of 81 gallons each, arr
ten gallons for each inhabIant, and an average
daily sale OF four quarter barrels by each saloor
in the city.
How 1t Is POpuIarized.
AS a sineQuanon 10 the use of "lager," sum
Iner gardens were erected, and at least l8 of thI
"a hours of the Sabbath laid under contribution
TO It's popularization. With the advent of thi
densD and ''beer establshments' sprang ul
like magic in every part OF the community
The influence of music the effect of the beer
the loud calls for more the geniality of al
nresept the songs of the "Fatherland," aud tn
fenacity of the salted "pretzelsn-all combine
n make these places paradislacal abodes 70
German delectation. Daily this decoction
Becoming more celebrated, and the enthusiast
contend that IL Will soon drive from the con
munity the stronger ana more lhtoxlcaun
beverages. -, .,,.o 80 o,o,h.aoD I'm,
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