Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-25

truth this Il no sxnau business But what
strikes the visitor, Be he . casual or IN inter-
ested one, first and most forcibly Of al 10 the
absolute cleanliness and neAtness that prevails
everywhere. The walls and stairways, for the
most part OF stone and iron-foT the building 10
hreproof throughout-and the floors are all Of
iron or concrete and immaculate. On al sides
there is hot and cold running water, and in.
deed the wards OF . hospital could scarcely be
cleaner and more orderly than the various de-
partments Of this brewery. There ere no
secret chambers into which one may not 60
Everything is open and above board, and the
fact that the company has no objections to
the beer consumer examining every branch Of
Its manufacture is pretty good sign that they
know that everything ia honest and fair.
As . proof Of this the company intends Civ.
ing a public reception at the brewery next
Tuesday, July %, from to pm. when every
thing wil be In running order and everybody
Is invited to visit the brewery and inspect Il
thoroughly from cellar to root. A handsome
luncheon, consisting Of all the dslicacies Of the
season, will be spread. Everything will be free,
and the National Capital Brewing Company in
tend to prove that they are - liberal in their
hospitality as they are enterprising In their
business. 1t 10 needless to say that beer will
be plentiful and none ussd 60 to bed thirsty
Tuesday night.
Connecting the mair building with the en-
CINE house is handsome arched gateway lead
stand while they ar. being loaded. The se en-.
trance to the Offices IL through this gateway.
The Offices consist Of Q number Of connecting
rooms on the main door in the north west cor
ner OF the building They are handsomely fin.
ished in oak, and are fitted with the most i'm
proved office furniture for the convenience Of
the officers Of the company and the corps Of
bookkeepers and clerks required to transact
such an immense volume Of business.
Opening from the main Office and adjoining
1t Is the ice machine room, containing an ice
machine with refrigerating capacity Of fifty
tons and an eighty-hOrse-power steam engine,
used for grinding and mashing malt and for
general hosting purposes. The ice machine on
that hot summer day was almost covered in
with ice and snow, and in fact the temperature
OF the larger part of the brewery is kept down
IN the nelghborhood OF freezing point all the
time. On the second floor is an immense re-
frigerating room, and separated from it by an
iron door is room for cleaning and automati-
cally weighing malt, and arranged on the prin-
ciple OF grain elevator ia . store room for
malt with capacity of 20, 900 tons. On the third
barrels Of new boiling beer. The fourth
floor is used for hot and cold water tanks and
above is tank for fire purposes. After boiling
in the kettle for seven hours the beer is pumped
up, strained and left to cool in big Hat tank
under the roof, where Q cool current Of air
blows constantly. To the rear and on the
fourth floor is q big store room and patent
cooler. The beer from the tanks above runs
down over coils and 10 cooled to 70 degrees
This and the rooms below are all 76x94 feet and
feel like a cold day in midwintsr. On the Zoo,
below is the fermenting room, and here the
beer stays for two weeks in sixty tubs, each
holding seventy barrels
After the beer is through fermenting IL Il
piped down below into huge watts, each Of q
24O-barrel capacity, and here it stays in the
rest casks for three or four months, beer foul
months old being about the best. On the fool
below little new beer is added to give the neces
sary foam, and after being given about thres
weeks to clarity it is sent by air pressure into
the filling room, where it is run into barrels
and kegs ready to be loaded onto the wagons
In a neghboring room dozen men are busy
all the time cleaning. washing and securing the
kegs so there Is no chance for any impurities tc
mar the flavor of the Golden Eagle and the
Capuciner beers.
The National Capital Brewery Company Is Z
combination Of the firms Of Albert Carry Rob
ert Portner and the Robert Portner Brewing
Company. the latter selling out the Washing.
ton branch of the business. The capital stoch
of the company is $500, 200, all paid up. The
company has been in operation since last No
vember. but has been supplying from its new
brewery only since June. The officers of the
company are as follows: Albert Carry, presi
dent; q. A. Strangmann, secretary and treas
urer. Directors: Albert Garry, Robert Port
ner, John L. Vogt, John d. Bartlett, Charles
Carry, c. A. Strangmann, Frank P. Madigan.