, 1881-12-18
MUNICH EOFBRAUHAUS.
Daily Scenes mt the Royal Brewery
Where IL Hecr-DrinkIag City Qucuciles


one OF the sights OF the city which should III
- he missed or overlooked. So Il morning {
= two after my arrival inquired Of the proprfeto
u ! OF the hotel where I WAS stopping where tn
y celebrated Hofbrauhaus, which l undessroo
: tlnd been famous Cor over two centuries, wus
Q bc found, go down the Muxilnllianstrasse,
h lie snid, until you arrive ut the Hotel ver Juh
t reszeiten. LII front of this hotel you will sec
o Harrow strevt eudlng. in nn opposit direction
0 turn down this street 'nnd join tho thrunr
+ people who nre going after their beer; you will
i be sure to bring up ut the Hnfbrauhaus."
| found the locality without any difficulty, ant
found the crowd or people, which was pourtns
III a steady strcam down the narrow thorough
fares Joined in tho procession Of beer pil,
grin1s, aud hustened on with them to their desti.
: nation. The further proceeded tho larger The
crowd became. Side and cross streets were add
ing fresh recruits OF stout, lusty Germans of ai
clusses, some n stirtsleeycs and coarse biouses
ana Others III bluck broadcoths and black
beavers. 1t happened to to just midday. when
shopkeepers and mechanics had sturted on
their mornings The locality wus anything but
fashionRbie or : inSitlng; the buildings
were old and clumsy, and the narrow street fuit
OF bad odoEs FROM its open cutters and sewers.
l needed no one to tell me When arrived ut tho
uofhsunrei. An immense. long, low building
looking like mn old prison, or one Of the infantry
barracks, Or stables built for tho Kings horses
III ancient times. which We 50 often sec in this
country, was before ME. One end ut the built-
Ing, wing evidently reaching far to the rear,
WIS Ut nm extra hight, with an open wooden
roof, from which WAS escaping clouds OF
stean aud smoke that were ;tnpregnnting the
air of the whole neishborhood With u strong
| aroma OF hops aud malt In process
I of fermentation. Il long line Of tiroskys und
| the fa!nouS bccr, stuod IA front Of the building
! fur UP aud down the street, every driver ns fur
ns could Observe. With II !ur.e white enrtheu
mug of beer In his hand. With which he was be-
/ quilting the waiting moments Many of the car
| rlngcs nad TWO, three and four occupants, who
! were also drinking the tavort beverage from
the EHtnc peculiar White tnrthen mugs. Eyi-
ient!y they were not abio to lind Sitting Or
standing aeso~"odat'ops to drink their
1rom the sidewalk, the procession which
! hnd Joined entered lon. opuu
| which must be nearly 3Ou feet long and seventy
or eighty fect wide, was full Of brend-shoudercd
Ger'natis Standing iu groups or singly, some
secuted Oh the cnds OF empty beer casks, some
1cAning buck against tho stone-waits OF the
hiildtng fur support, and occasionally fat
Teutop-whose legs had become weak with the
excessive load they had to carry. WAS sluAtted
down. on the cobblestone pavement; but
noticed that every tnal. In the court was grasp
had one within his reach trim which he was
taking long und frequent drnuxntsof the extract
OF. hops. The scene, The crowd. the habel Of
tong:es. remind ms OF an English hustngs or
an election day In Atnerlca.
hut this was only tile outside show, a mere
prelude TO the interior performance. THE men
in the court were only those who could not find
st:.t or standing plnce 70 drink their beer
Within tho building. As soon .a could passed
was tue main entrance from the ct'urr to tho !
celebrated beer ha,ls within. Through this |
TONERS passlns in with empty bcer-mugs and !!
coming tut with thom overtnwing. The first |
F vas where ss beer being
nge. its dim light from two snlall windows, and |
its tioor OF ciny, it reminded INC Of !, basemcnt |
hall in some descrted castle. Behind rough !
counter six meu in shirt sleeves were plying
every nerve, in filling frou. six beer barrels /
pefened on Eon in the 1esE the beer
them. Under one Of the low windows
wl1s IL lurse stone water-tank, supplied
which newcomers were crowding and wash
ing out the mugs which they hau been fortunate
enough to find not lii use Every bcer-lrinker
must look out for himself and nrlcnd TO his ow.
wants in being served. Hit must hunt around
and find III empty beet-lnuE. OF wait the first
opportunity to seize the mug Ut some departing
customer. AS soon us procured, he prOceed5 to ]
give it n thorough rtnsll1g in the tank and with
it fails In line Of the beer proccssiol which is !
front Of the bcef-countcr Tic 5eer-inugs @ arc 70
identified with tho establishment by their pc
en|iar shps sze and co!or ",'a !e to be fpnd
each, IL little cver quart, ure made OF light
brown cay With met!s g {; s eeyerS, 2 On which ure
noticed TINT there were no halt-sizc.i mugs In
use Every man. evidently, was expected to
At the head Of tho beer counter stood the
cashier, whose whole attention WIS absorbed iii !
receiving pay OF the customers they filed past
price; every secncd to be fa1nillar with the
AMOUNT he was to pay, and tor thoae who had
my doubts or we're in complete tgnorarce the
orice Ut u pfenngs-About six ceufs-wa3
:haiked In plain characters IN II piece of board
,ycr tho cashiers head. Near ut hand WIS
nan whose solc occupation was to receive the !
from thUSC who had mild ftfs | =
'aI,iuiy buck to be filled The cashier wns h,y- J
ny Il busy time, and ncyer saw !, mnn work :
owartl httlt I'LL tile while with silver md copper !
Z different values l whicl. hc w:.s exal,in-
Ierful cceriiy. There WIS no GO. confusion. s'
lie iine of bccr-arnkers w4s W Loving lsoving :
Gene, which was odd and peculiar ind st, | y
ntircly new TO a stranger that l must ndmit 1 :
hut there was certain fascination tn Standing y
y un, watching it, reminded me uf Il box-oiicc +
snnlc theatrc or opera-hni1se when there WIS u
rush to see some fsvorit actor or pri,na donna:
rom pressing against thc line as 1t pissed By -
he cashier usnd bccr-coutiter. AS entered tic -
pom there must have been ut lcast 1U men i'll q
nc line aud rs 1nany more waiting for ii chance "
} fan IN. Every one had tn empty tecr-mug ! tt
! his baud, and those who hau advanced near =,
,ur mugs eucb, which they were kindly taking Sc
long to bc titled for those who had not the time ei
r patience tu go through the tuutlcl tt
1t wis IL novel sight to Ws.tcu the rnpldity with u
hich the 1nen filled the mugs from the barrels u
ony practice hNu- made them adopts at the ht
usiUess. l. Was told TINT they could ill On IN b,
rcrage six ut the heer mugs i minute. The
re,,tns OF beer which were rushing through the II
rsc fnucets Of tho burrcls appeared never III In
shut Of. The men would grasp with Que hand vi
Om the counter three. four, aud often Inuuy Sc
six mugs by the bundles ut tte same TING ! is
hfch they would clap under the runnn. | Or
reutn and fill them in Ntwinkling, and then | SC
ISIS theln back to the thirsty customers There | hs
Us nu cessnttec, uu waiting III this purt Of the 1t
lsess. As soon u3 Il bArrel bee,zle empty tr
i'd Il full one WAS not over fifteen or twenty nd
fnutes in being s:Nhsusred-it .wns pushed | au
ide, and prcsto Change! fresh barr.:l takes | tn
place us II by 1nugic. Two three sharp wi
pa from mt!let drive. the fnucGt home, nno, | pu
ticker thnn can write the wurts, the barrel or
Oh tap, and the frcsh beer Isl flowing into ! 50
ugs and disappearing over tho COURIER | th
lcre was an extra iide-cpuntcr in the room rr
serving customers Of IL different class from | au
osc have been describing, and this was for | ct,
q accommodation OF buys und girls, maids and Of
>tnen servants, who were sent iU fruu bon rl- III
:houses and families living 1t, the nefghLor- tin
3D. and who could not be expected to ret their fol
eE By Joining the line uf Ipen- 4 continuous br
t OF these were coming and xoiu9, bringing lie
cfr own mugs glusses and often lnrse- sized MI
chers uud lugot6 to be tjled. l snw little | rs
rs and girls OF. 6 OR tugrtuE away wicker | uG
skcts, holding from 6lx TO dozen mugs of | litl
Er each. ! nh
)peuinE out Of this beer room where the beer rnt