, 1881-01-30
The Kind Of Barley and Hops That Should
Be Used by Honest Brewers to
Produce Good Beer.
Aalteratiou Said to b Largely Ptactited in Ctr-
lain Branches Of The Business By
Bad Hen.
Milwaukee Brewers Charged with Being
More Prone to Deceit than Their
Chicago Competitors.
eone Simple but Effective Methods Of Telling
Whether or MOI Your Beer Is
Poisoned.
Ccrcyisiam bibunt homfne%
An{ma{ia Caetera fQu{c1

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Cercyisiam bibunt horuineA
Antuualia Caetcra fon1c1
Webster defines beer rs follows: VA fer
nented liquor made from matted grain witt
hops and other bitter f3avoring natter Tht
old Romans called their beer "Ccrey1sfa," from
Ceres and vis,-the nutrjtive power of cereals
THIS explanation Of the word ccrcvfsia, or beer
1s not accepted by some, because Pliny tells Us
that the word '4cctevisia - is of Galc origin, ant
that the manufacture OF tho beverage had It's
home in beautiful Gallia- BE that as it u1ay,
VIC viii not quarrel over the old tradition that
the mythical King Gambrinus of Brabant was
the inventor Of the anber-oolored beverage
The fact however, cannot be disputed, that the
odd EgypGans prepared their beer from all
kinds OF cereals, chiefly barley and rice.
6ophocles and -Eschylus mention it under the
name OF ''bariey- wine.' The use Of hops was
unknown to them. They attributed the
invention Of beer to Osiris, and the
Greeks to Baechus. Besides their "cercyisia' ~
the anclents had several other kinds OF beer
made from barley. for instance, the Pinon and
the Brytou Both of them are mentioned by
Atheuaeus as very Intoxicating. The Greeks
also manufactured bccr-like beverage, which
they called Phokadion, or Phukas. Arabian writ
ers mention the same beverage under the names
OF A-Fuka, Faka, or Fucha- They also tell us
OF Fokun and OF Aazar; the former was brewed
from matted barley, with an addition Of pepper.
cloves, balsam OF rue, nard-roots, and mint;
the latter Was brcwcd from wheat-1nalt. To-
day there is brewcd in Upper Egypt beer from
air-dried malt, called Douza. Dioscorides writes
thar Kuvma, kuvmi, or Kamum was bSewed
from barley, and chiefly prepared and drank on
the island OF Crete. The same writer tells US OF
\ similar beverage to the Kamutn, principally
prepared in Britannia and Western Iberia, from
wheat. Posldonius speaks OF M admi1turc OF
honey TO this beer, making it very Intoxicating;
It WAS chiefly drank by the lower classes Tradi-
uon will have it that the best beer was brcwed
In the Egyptian city Of of Potassium, and it was
therefore called the Pelusiau drink. Pliny does
not seem to entertain very high opinion Of
beer: He calls It ruear+ abon1tnable drink,
which causes worse intoxicaton than wine.
nd Teutons had their meth (mcad. m.theg1in},
roots. Tie I'D sasons and Danes sst' were great eat
admirers Of the. sparkling bar1cy-juice. The
Greeks had their nectar and a,nbrcsia after
&eath: but the heroes Of Odin preferred above
~ other anitiSng 81 them in wahaa
Alenannt contained provision that every one
belonging TO a house OF worship had 10 con
During the rcign Of Charles the Great $50 |
years after Chrtst} the manufacture OF beer
entered Into new period. Then the beer Of
with the addition Of hops, assumed the place OF |
the beer Of the ancients Already Pliny de-
scNbes the plant; he calls it lupus sasutarjus
Of beer had became general as |
appears from the writings Of st. Hildeeardis. at
6t- Rupertus, near Rngen OH the Rhine- For a |
long time the art Of becr-brewing WIS
TIE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF THE MoSAs- !
TEIuEs.
Gradually the art came into the possession of /
the Inhabitants Of the cities. In l2sD the free
a .,FN
ordinance In which barley is prescribed for the
manufacture OF beer. and the use of oats, rye,
and wheat for the same purpose Is strongly pro-
a1htted- AS carly as the fifteenth century
Deer was orewed In German monasteties chilled
the patEcs- beer. which hrs much admired aud
Bought after. 1t was stroug, heavy beer, es-
pectaliy made for the use of the 'patres.' The
= frntres" had to console themselves with q
weaker decocuon, called the convent beer The
hrst Welss-bee white hecr) was brewed in |
Nhrnbcrg in the sixteenth century by Hans
hraene- The first BraunschweiEer Mummo was
brewed at the City OF Brunswick In l432 by Its
Inventor, Christian 3iumme. The HnnoycrIau |
Brothan was first brewed in 11,5 by Kurt Brpihan
Ia Hanover. at the snme time the celebrated
" "Gose was invented at Goslar. The world-re-
1oTncd porter is tho invention Of the English |
.actured By the ancient Dritons. The ..kuchle |
blonde" OF the Bcrolitlans,or Berlin wnitc- beer |
reserves t to oe mentioned; By the admixture OF
rcshtng, and pleasant taste. It is hardly net- |
ssary to refer tc those beers which received !
omc celebrity in particular localities only. such
s the D0rftcufei fsillagc-f]eyil.t tho kuhschwanz
sowstait}, and tie Hanslc dittle Hans, Of the I
,ity Of namberg. The book and salvator beers,
aadc IN MuEtch have u national reputation in |
fermany. The Erlangcr-beer, the kulmbncher s
7hlch owes fts singular taste to the peculiar
7ent ct the hops. They arc roasted before being I
or short time only, and ut low temperature :
here are tho Ltbotscnaner,t ,thn Kaiser, he Capt.
crsbruckcr, the Dresdcncr Waldschloeschen,- t
I OF them much admired BY tbs beer-drnking b
er1naus. The belgians have their Lnnlbik, a
ars, Faro. Dicst Locwen, Client beers and the
n2lish their ales, porters, ana brown stouts. ;,
The Importation Of European lascr- beer is -
lily increasing, and a synopsis Of their Alco- II
he beers bscwed ID the City OF Bertln contain i,
an average 3'' Of alcohol in 1000 parts: the b
nd o nrSns;ex xf Sasa Ho
4: Belgian, Sill; French, 524; Bayariap. 5I9: tt
,Tier. ,T. I'll; and ale, &.4- fl
" bat tremendous quantities of beer arc man 60
actured in Germany viii! become apparent 90 %
om the following: During tho year ls77-.s IL
totai to production q beer per captta amount in
res9 l%o sa6 :, H5rss; il sa1ony 70 nos u
remembered that these German beers arc eek ex t i
rted to all parts Of the globe The produc- as
. OF beer In tho United statcs per capita d,
4u0s as 1DnoNo. AcE0!utlE 10 Tue late census | us
population Of the United States and its co
rr1torics amounts u, a0,li,S ,StB. The beer pro- de
sdon IN the United States for the fiscal year su
leu May !, 1eo1' loots up l.SU,N]J barrclS or tn
tile more than thfrty-six litrcs per cupita -
1t must also be remembered TINT the United
tcs exports but very little beer; tho total
uc of the export for the year 1850 amounted no
'nly ,Uis, Us against s3lS,SS7 in 1873 Ac- -,
ding to these figures every mnra. woman, and | "a,
ID in the United Stntcs and Territories drank | - -.
ing the last fiscal yenr nearly eight gallons Iii
Is Flasses Ut the foamtng beverage. The IA
owing is ~,
LIST. OF BREWEElEs IN THE UNITED III
STATES; AlG
,f ++,e number of harra,s of heer r-od,,ca, Va
,n eacb S+a,a and rrarr;,or,, d,r511 ,ro t7ea, Il
IL 1r 7cen -. 80, .s WI.
enolie &aas i tooH oia "n'ea ta1 was Palo. ley
States Of Florida, Maine, Mississippi, and ! an