Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-05
BEHU.
The Development, Extent and Pres
ent Condition Of the Brew
Ing Industry.
sales for The Year Ending May !, 1885
An Increase Of Nearly $780,.
900 Barrels.
Popularity of tho Teutonio Boyernge 10
various States ana Citics-A iiig
Export Trade.

Bndstroet's, Nov. %; The develop
mcnt Of the brewing industry In this
country rs abnormal. IT. wonderful In
crease IN, Of course, largely due 20 the
Influx Of German immigrants, but IN q
considerable degree also ~ tho fact Tint
malt liquors are rapidly taking the place
OF ardent spirits. Ale aud porter were
made IN America as far back as 1870, but
lager beer wax not browcd until 1912, aud
" was probably eight years lntor before 70
was manufactured % any extent. Ale
and porter contain a allghtiy greater per-
cenlage ot alcohol than beer, mud aro
notable on account Of the larger quantity
Of hops which they contain, The cons
sumption Of ale IN the United
States IL small in proportion 10 that Of
beer, aud tho dcmanC for the
bost grades ~ uncomfortable. This
latter fact ig no doubt due % the high
price OF XXX ale, In some cases amount
lng to ElG and sl6 per barrel 1hcrc ~,
however, plenty Of ne ole brcwcd, Most
oi that made hero W. OF Il pale aud lively
nature Stock and atill nlca ar8 seldom
browGd. Porter rs not az ~ popular,
hcnco The deficiency ~ its quality. II is
In the brewing of lager beer That the tradc
has made such great strides Lager has
little more han per cent. OF alcohol, and
though containing an abundance ut cN-
tract, IN Hight, bright aud sparkling
AMERICAN miEWEHa.
There are now nearly 25G0 brewers In
AmcfiGR, OF whom probably thrct-qunr.
tors manufacture lager beer alone. a
number brew nlU and lager, and about
200 brew nile only. There are also about
100 woiss-becr brewers, but the total con-
sumption OF weiss beer lA 80 small that IL
calls for no comment. Tho American
brewers, ~ u class, are essentially pro-
grcsAlye aud constantly on the alert to
take advantage Of any now discoveries or
improvements. They are continually
adopting new appliances aud methods,
aud In the discovery Of the latter they
have boon greatly aided by the eminent
scicntist, NJ. Pasteur
The current reports AK 10 the use OF
substitutes la beer are greatly cXnggorni-
ed. An August issue OF the London
Times contained the following "1he ok
pnfcnce Of 1882, when brewers pnid 80
heavily for their hops, led them TO Intro
duco more science Into their process ol
brewing, but with the sole exception per-
hnpA, Of an Increased uso OF sugar, or
sucroRr, which h by no means an inlurl.
ous substance, In the place OF malt, there
has been no change for the worac ~ wan-
uiaGturc, 80 lar us the bitter beers nrc
concerned, there never was a time when
ia article oi groatcrpuHty OF manufacture
and sincerity Of ingredients slokcd the
thirst Of tho populnco.' Those rcmnrkf
apply equally well to tho American trade
NEAu'B AALEB,
The Internal revenue statistics for the
ycnr ending May /, 1870, show nm Increase
IN sales Of 1904 barrels over the proyl
ous year, or 10 per cent Whether this
ycnr win show further inerensc Is d
problem which, before the publication oi
tho otllcial returns, II difficult 90 soy0
| The following table, tNkon from tue in
lornnl revenue returns, shows the extern
OF The Bnlcs In the various statos OF Tia,
| Union Tor the year ending May /, 1885
with comparisons for the previous year
sALEs or Hrrn m ruh tSTEp stArhs rOi
rltE lHANs ENptNd MAY |, 1884, AND MAY !,
/ lNilt.