The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-01-19

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Barrels.
The sermon preached by Rev.J. Mad
ison Peters, in New York, on Sunday
January 10, In relation to the aduitera
ton OF llquor and beer. having msds
beer panufaotufefs and dealers in Tia n
city couple OF representatives 81 I'll
REPuHIIcAN concluded TO call up6f
Joseph Stoeckie, one of the leading
beer manufacturers in Wilmington
and get from that gentleman
straightforward statement of the
modus- operandl OF how he manufac
tured his beer and the names of the
ingredients used In manufacturing 1t.
Everybody knows that Mr.. Stoeckle's
brewery is located at Fifth and Adams
streets. Nearly half tho square bound.
ed by Fifth street on the south, Adams
street on the east, Sixth street on the
north and Jackson street on the west,
is taken up by the buildings necessary
for carrying OH his fast Increasing
business, and besides he has several
buildings In the square south OF Fifth
street occupied by himself, his soI
Harry, and other employees of the es
tablishment. These buildings are al
first class. The brewery buildings pre-
sent very handsome architectural ex
teriors and are built very strong and
are fire proof.
The first building Mr.. Stoechle used
for n brewery when he com meneed the
business here is now used as an engine
house, and a new building west of il
was erected which Mr.. Stoeckls
thought at the time was sufficiently
large to accommodate mis- business foi
many years, but his business has
grown 80 fast that he has in course OF
erection another building, which will
soon he finished to meet the increas
ing demands upon him. Simply and
plainly speaking, these buildings are
immense and will surprise anybody
going through them who has never
been through first class brewery, az
1t surprised tho representatives OF the
8EPu BLICAS who had never beer
through one before.
Entering tho Office, which by the way
is very b, autiful one. large, roomy
divided into two apartments, well APP
pOrtioned, and everything in the fines
order, we found Mr.. Stoeckle. his soI
Harry, Morris A. Grub, the gentle
manly bookkeeper and Harry Stoeckl'
Jr., sprightly youth OF seventeen All,
weighing $50 pounds. Telling Mr.
| Stocckle the object of our visit We pro
duCsd a copy OF tile EEPuBtIuAN con
tanning an abstract Of the sermon re
ferrrd to and handed IL TO Mr.. Stoeckl
and his son, who both read it an,
laughed at the long array of poison
GUS lrritants Mr.. Peters said was founi
| by analyzation to be in number o
sam pies OF New York beer.
We told MIR. Stuehte that we want OF
| to know, If agreeable to him to tell us
helngredicnts of which ie made lii
| beer. They said that we or auylo,l,
| else were welcome to know the secret
| they had In the manufacture of LeeT
they had nothing to conceal, ant
would be only too glad for the publ
| to know all about it.
At this luncture, largo, swarth,
man with an Intelligent cast OF cuun
tenanee and Il genial smile came int
the Office through door. There i
our head brewer. MIR. Erh, the suuel
| lnLeudGut who will DO pleased TO tax
you through our establishments an
explain to you the whole minutia oil
beer making" sud Mr.. Stoelkle.
| Mr.. Hermann Erb. as his name in
dicaJeS, is German. we'll educated i
chemistry and every thing pertainin
TO the manufacture OF beer.
He was aifable, Eentlemanly an
agreeable and readily fell in with til
idea of learning tho REPUBLICAN repre-
Sentatives how to make beer. Pnssin
L
OF stairs we were taken to the seeon
story and halted in front OF hug
bright copper kettle. we'll such ket
| tie We never saw before. In answer t
| our inquiiies Mr.. larb informed us III,
1t held l27 barrels aud cost Szu0O."
I'VE want to Know how many II
gradients yag Uss in the uluuaractuI
oil beer" Ne asked.
"Only three, said Mir. Erb. Nal
hops and brewers yeast
"N here do you get yaur malt fl ON
Iron Canada, said MIR, Erb.
Where do you get your hops from
about one.half from New lul
State, and ths other half from Boh
mia in Europe said Mr.. FRI.
Vow MIR Erb,n We said, "baginnin
with the barley as it is unIoaded
your doors. ttKo us right through Il
Whole OPERATION telling whore Il
yeast comes in, and when the col
position becomes BEER we requeste,
: We'll you see, sud Mr.. LrD, Il
| malt alter buing unloaled from Til
wagons Is pat In storage room an
taAsH as needed by continuous elrY
tots to the large Yeutilatort, an top
thr EailltnE. IfCrc it is put throH.
blowers ana selves by whicn it lost
from = to5 per cent. III quantity,
Tie refuge. which consists OF loo
huils and dust, Is thrown into ii
waste. About l5eV bushels Of malt a
kept IN each OF the towers at the top
the building.
The mas is then put through
crushing mtll und crushed not gruun
Il tIaln making two or three piece
: The crushing mill is %ery ingeuiot
piece of machinery. Before The ina
goes through the crushers 1t pass
over powerful magnet, which arres
anything OF metallic substance, SUI
rs nails orany piece OF iron or steel.
Alter crushing, the malt is CARR,
! into powerful mash-tuD, in viii
there Is q false bottom. Here war
water is let iii aud the malt Is stir,
! by machinery, u part of which wor
up and down and another part go
around inside the tub.
After remaining III this tub from fl
= TO six hours, the water or liquor
conveyed through copper pipes in
!, the powerful copper kettle alreat
Is drained becomes priced as food I
; farmers cattle.
Q Now coIEs TIE HOPS.
Thus far, outside of the water use
there has been but one ingretiiel
y mnlt, but now the malt liquid Is
have company. bale Of hops
poured through a copper sliding do
- into tie great kettle, and noW the ma
! consists OF the liquor from the IN;
= and Of hops. The mass is cooked
i this kettle 10 about sf5 degrees Ia
= reuheit irom three TO four hours, VIII
: it Is run out into Il hop-iaek, viii
= separates tic hop leaves from the
al 4uf % .4iI Ma tstt4..y,# i,