The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-04


Is one OF the very greatest importance bolh IN
England and on the Continent, and we nave
lately had 70 little manifestation OF interest
about the substitution Of foreign bitter mate
rails il the place of hops IL us manu- 'ctufe'
The most scientific men Of the country have
given their attention to the subject, and as
the beer-drinking population OF America IS
large and G. instantly on the increase, nave
thought q few items in connection with these
adultera,ions may prove interes ing 10 the
readers of an American journal, particularly
in New Orleans, where there are so many Ger
mans Germany is perhaps tho gre.tes'
country extant for beer, and when there Is
anv question raised IN which the interest OF
beer drinkers or beer producers, - con-
earned Il Is sure 10 receive the most profound
attention.
1t has not been very long since there was
great riot in Munich, Oh account OF q trlilins
rise in the retail price Of beer, III which two
breweries were sacked and destroyed, and II
is fair to presume that the same would occur
AGAIN in any city, when an increase IN the
for although the Germans rs rule are the
most quiet, Inv abiding people imaginable,
they become reused to the highest pitch OF
indignation at The thought Of being imposed
upon hv those who furnish them with their
treat standard drink; therefore when the
question Of adulteration WIS raised, the most
skillful chemists at oEce undertook the labor
Of anal zing various specimens Of beer 500
in Germany, aud about the same time large
and HIGHLY respectable deputation waite
upon q prominent member OF the English Par
lament, and begged that the governme nt
would interest itself in the matter, 1t beng
one in which the whole nation was concerned
One of the most satisfactory reports Ct the
scientific processes of analysis IN this part OF
Germany appe red in one of the Cologne
papers not long since, which, asst Is short
and quite simple, have tran slated and sub
Join in full This translated article Is an eX-
tract from the official reports OF learned
society composed OF prof ssors and other SCI
entific gentlemen, and coming from ceie-
brat professor Of the University OF Bonn Is
deserving OF special attention. Professor
BipZ the gentleman in question, IS well
known on this side of the Atlantic as the
founder Of some new and important themes
about TIE en. ct of alcoholic drinks upon
the human system, which drinks, he
affirms, have u tendency to lower the
Temperature of the b,dy instead OF raising
it. and his experiments may ba considered a.
having pretty well established bis doctrine,
strange a. il may seem: lhefti lore "nrh
he SD ike on the mt resting subj .ct ct adnl-
of : ~
with prof ,,lna at ntion, aud were Suisse
nuentIy published in ,he Cologne papers for
general Instruction. The following Is a close
translation Of tie report which appeared III
the hatnishe Zetlmg:
LOWER EHEAI5u SOCIETY FOR NATURAL. AID
MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Prof BInz spoke Of the
adulterltion Of beer through the addition 1t
foreign hi,tcr stutlS IN pltce 81 hops. DE-
Seigtred had examined IN the laboratory 81
the speaker nine separate spfc meas Of beer,
folio Ming fr .he most part method pre-
scrbad by Dragendort, II Dorpat.
..Ine simple course Of this process is rs
follows: Tae beer il first heated u certain
length of time, until al ths carbonic acid
and alcohol have es aped and Is then pre-
cipitatel by the mldti II of basic acetate OF
lead, The supeitlnlty 81 len is next removed
by means of strong snlphurc ned. and the
superliuous acid by hydrate OF barium. The
neutral liquid that remslnS, alter being III
tered, should contain non. Of the added sub
stances in any appreciate quantity Now, II
We try 10y tasting strong ana pure aeco
of hops which has been submitted 10 thls
process, we fad that the bitter taste Is en-
iircly cone. rom which it folloas that o beer
which still tastes bitter after tho above pro
cess with great probability contains either 10
hons ut ala or ytry hear II, and that lnstead
there II d foreign bit Ell subs ltute Is pre- sen
A cnntrt-eXpprimeu with he nuch-uscd bit
ter of the willow bank Ul alkaloia salic'n,
shows clearly that tie sane Is nos preclpi-
tatei 10y tho b ,aic ACETATE 81 ad
Besides hops. there arr, LoEever. bitter
subs III .eS us Il spr tons purpose. tEo w'lcl
share ia the ana toui,gc action toward head,
so that u reverse conclusion EN- nos be ar
rived Mt with anso ne cartalnty. These t%o
substances the names Of Whica are natural y
omitted her. 20 fir rs yet known DO no.
belong t, the list OF po'sons; Therefore. AS
reg rtis this point oI aaul teratlon we can
safely atsiynats rs harmless . beer which
becomes t.,telasa al err passing 7 rongh the
above described process. Gu OF the nne
specimens II geer 10 examined, el8ut hclHt'
in this manner, while enc tanned lis hi ter
taste fer thu most part and therefore CON
tained. aside from hops, some iorei9u insre'
dent.
"A more complete isolation of this foreign
ingredient VS. attempted, winch after bolilpA
down the liquid and 'N'rtctiig the butt
principle from the residue vi i chl' roiofb
and then eyapor tong the chlorotnrm. WIS n
length etfe ted. Ev his moaus ou5 Of q IL
"a uipD II tie drink al VI OIL 10 lriins) ~
n brown substance aNin5 \ intensely ON q
taste was 10 he outafntd. + Wa not Fos-in!'
to determine ITS pre- DENY ton, sHce IA.
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