The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
CROOKED BEER.
The Aduiterntisns OF Foreign and Domestic
Products.
Prom the Chicago staats- zeitung.

From the Chicago Staats- zcimng.
The expression crooked, +" as used In its
English sense, "deceitful, rotten" has been in
troduced into Characterization papers to an
extent that will preclude the above title from
being misunderstood. Crooked beer is doc
tored beer. and crooked brewers are they who
doctor it. OF both it appears We have more
This Is certainly shown In the annual report
of the Bureau Of Agriculture In Washington
Of chemical analyses made, OF foreign and do
nestle beer. and achieved results which are
eeTfihs FIJI Sn asiSaashi R9s to tns 'f sseq ari eaSe from
phiI4delphis: Buffalo, AIexsnlria, and RsadinF
This is to DO regretted. as. we are especially
anxious about our home article.
ton mh 81 l eroetsa besr PtSbq qss tt tina! "a ar tss ta Gsspfi into
I. 4 Substitute for barley malt, through. a use
unmaited. strengthening stun, and the use
OF 4 sw yssSs preparations such rs glucose
.. A substitute for hons In the use Of cheap
bltters, which are but rarely to be discovered in
chemical Investigations, having been found
Win Win certainty only IN one sample OF fhiiadel-
5. A Substitute for natural fermentation
through the use Of a s~o.calied fermenting stuff
which interieres with the regular process Of
fermentation, 40 TINT It must complete its work
in the human stomach.
Ho 1901 ADA vi 'NtS iAhN cSo - WV "a As
because 1t is most injurious 10 health. Stuff is
used In the manufacture OF beer which. after
long use, 10 sure TO ruin the inner coating OF the
stomach and have an evil effect upon the kid
neys. Formerly isinglass was used, which was
quite harmless. to interrupt the fermentation
80 that new beer two or three weeks old looked
like old beer three or four months old. But
this was too expensive, and q cheaper substi-
tute was found. such as lime and similar arti-
clss, all equally unhealthy. In Germany such
articles are. only used In beer for export pur-
poses, q charming example OF the honesty
practised toward f9rei.ners In comparison with
tive German Ia good enough Tor the foreigner.
aminations of beer. among them being five
kinds OF iInported beer. Six American beers
contained shlicine Differs. Among these Were
two bottles from. Milwaukee, two from st.
Louis. one from Alexandria, Va, and one from
Philadelphia, In but one sample of Philadel-
phia beer could, any substitute for hops, be dis
tinctly detected. One sample Of Washington
beer contained sulphur bltters. In tho Bremen
Kaiser beer saiicine bitters were found. The
use OF glucose for malt seems to be on the de-
crease, while the use OF othor grains, such as
In View Of the fact that the manufacture OF
srnment and carefully watched, there ought to
be no doubt that the doctoring OF beer Is pun
ishable. In visw OF Its influence upon the
health, crooked beer Is much worse than
crooked butter. How would II do II one OF the
German representatives. In Congress. say Mr..
Guenther OF Wisconsin. should interest himself
In this matter, and prepare and introduce m
act against the doctoring of food and luxurles.
such us is In effect In Germany