The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-10
BEER DRINKING IN BdV.iRIA.
Startling Figures Sho wing the Capacity OF al
Abie.bodied BavnrIau.


Abie.bodied BavarlaU.
In report on tho history and present con.
dtion OF tho beer business in Bavaria. Consul
Hortsman says: There arc In Bavaria about
$3.50 breweries. using In tho aggregate II. SO2..
500 bushels Of malt. which arc converted into
about 8. go 900 barrels of beer. or these brew.
cries. 5.053 are owned by private persons. 10
are Joint stock companies. 357 bolong to COM
munities. and 81 sell all their beer to the con-
sumer on the premises: All breweres are
worked by steam power. 1854 by animal power.
and tho rost partly by water mower and by hand.
The largest breweries are In tho capital; the
principal one OF these lBrauerei yum Spaten)
used. 10 1881. 872.4OO bushels Of malt: next In
rank are four establishments using from l40.-
ono to 252. 900 bushels each. OF the remaining
5.475 breweries in Bavaria only 1870 use more
than II. 600 bushels annually. and Of those last
eleven are in Munich. There arc. further. llO6
breweries consuming from $500 to a. 900 bush
el so q malt and 2s9 brsweries using less than
Most OF the beer produced In Bavaria ia con.
sumsd in the country itself. only about per
cent cent OF the WHOLE prodnetion being exported
Soh IS 1sSy raT M 1f
md the United Ststesmsre Munich. Kulmbacl
the quantities OF beer consumed annually per
capita IN various countries, and says: A..
lead OF all nations IN It's consumption OF beer.
II 10 quite natural that the chief ehsracteristcs
Munich out beers ali bavaria. the annual annual con.
sumption there reaching the enormous figure
Of 70 quarts TO each person. or about ! 3
about one-tenth Of quart Is the daily require
ment per person. thus showing that the Munich
man drinks thirteen times as much beer as ono
In order 70 understand this great conssumr;
ton Of beer In Bavaria. II must DO explained
ha In hnnt drD tnu frfu, hn
cradle up Ii is looked upon not no a stimulant
or mere delicacy. but MS a necessary article OF
1T Is often styled the liquid bread Of tho
Beer is drunk all the year round aud at every
D'Tt Would " I'D n "s H lead mo into humor
GUS article but little suited for the stad rnge,
81 the capacity Of the lsavarians for the stow
Il: VII ysr n" Ss sss AlGaa M".s
s9Sp a. they DO milk ye. tho , Go
females. who. OF course. are moderate. accord.
Ing to their idoas) in the use Of beer, suppose
half or three quarts to each male over this age
course Of 'Yentyiour hoprs is ,ma amS"n ~
tho capacity Of 40 ordinary drnker. and s 81 an
accomplished drinker on festive occasions:
Sefo~ are t Ss11ea q men who drink their
| eight quarts regularly every day OF thar lives;
| and many who drink even more. One man told
me he had been drinking II quarts daily ior
many years. Another man was known 20 drink
he had taken through the day am almost
afraid 70 write how many quarts d" o uScI
away, but II In nevertheless an established TACT
| that q student cun drink and does drink ~
times 10 to l2 quarts ut sitting. In orner 10
put into our ordinary ive-cent giasscs filled az
| they usually are FOR II must be remeInherel
our glasses are onr-half fonml W" would hnNo
q row Of about 60 glasses waiting 10 hennrlinN.
=, Recently at M evening festival nj one ~ no
Munich brswerics which was attended ny
about 800 persons, tw"nty-nine hecplItrns 81
beer passed thoIr lips In ive or six hour. Ih''
averages about $40 quarts to each participant
But tho percentage OF alcohol IL BhVaiiau
beer Ii loss than In any other beer