The times., 1892-08-12
re. W. VOIGT.l

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In Detroit or anywhere else Is better or
more popular than the celebrated brands
of the Voight Brewery Co.-Rhinegold and
Maduro. The Voigt Brewery Co. have for
the past few years had their beer bottled
by outside parties but the constant and in
creasing demand for beer as a family bev-
erage long since showed them the necessity
of having this branch OF business under
their own supervision. Today they have u
new bottling works-as fine as the finest
and complete in every detail for handling
the bottles and bottling the beer In an ex-
peditious and clean manner. The bottlfn
works is new building, three stories high
and basement directly back of the brew
cry, and has floor surface Of IL % square
feet The building Is the only absolutely
re-proof building in Detroit and Is con-
structed entirely of brick and stone for the
walls, iron beams and terra Gotta lumber.
The floors are of rock asphalt and nothing
used I'm the construction of the building Is
of a combustible nature excepting the win
dow frames and doors. The power of the
building is furnished by an immense dynamo
the electricity for which is generated by
the main engine OF the brewery
The bottlng works is under the superin-
tendency Of 7. G. Purney, Jr,, who has had
21 years experience in tho Neer business
and has for years been come ted with the
Finlay Brewing Co, at Toledo, Ohio.
The irst floor of the bottling works is the
floor on which the most of the work is done.
Here the bottles undergo the first process
of cleansing, and by tho time they are
ready for the beerthey are absolutely pure
and clean. They are first put in the two
immense soaking tanks, each OF which Is 13
feet long. feet wide and feet high. These
tanks are made of immense slabs of Cali
fornia redwood and are filed with hot water
For twenty -four hours the bottles
are soaked in the hot water
and then taken to the Gouldie washing ma
chimes. These machines are made so that
long brush revolves at the rate of 800 rev.
olutions per minute inside Of the bottle and
at the same time squirt hot water into the
bottles. After the bottles leave the wash
ing machines they are placed on an auto
matte rinsing machine, 81 bottles at time.
Each bottle Is placed over a small hollow
cylinder which extends about one-half
through the interior of the bottle. Jets of
water are then sprayed from the tops OF
these spindles and the bottles then placed
in the bottle carts and taken to the filling
machine. The filling m -chtne Is a great
impfbv bvement over the old method OF filling
bottles by "a hose. The beer is brought di-
rect from the large puncheons by "a pip0
line run through an underground tunnel
connecting the great cellars of the brewery
with the basement OF the bottling works.
The pipe is completed by a stand pipe
which empties the beer into the filing
tight immense copper basin from which the
bottles are filed by syphons and immedi-
ately carried to the automatic corking
machine. The corks before used are placed
inside large hollow revolving cylinder,
called the cork scourer They are tossed and
tumbled about inside of this cylinder for
six or eight hours until all the loose por-
tions of cork and every particle OF dust is
removed and dropped out through the open
spaces In the cylinder.
The Corking machine has the same capa-
city as the filler, one corking and the other
filling 125 bottles Ell IN minute. Each cork
that is used has the word Noigt branded on
one side irnd the date on which the beer is
bottled, the branding being done in the
third story. After leaving the corking
machine the bottles are taken to the beer
tables where the corks are fastened
securely by the Champion cork retainer. a
circular piece of tin which Is used in all the
leading breweries instead OF wire. After
this process the bottled beer is placed In
the steaming tank entirely submerged in
hot water, so that the beer Will keep pure
In any climate and for any length Of time.
After leaving the hot bath the bottles are
ready for the labels and are taken to the
second floor, where the labelling Is done.
Every bot de of genuine Rhinegold has the
signature of E. w. Noigt written across the
label and appearing directly over the cork.
You can { find any revenue stamp on a beer
bottle, but 1t pays the tax nevertheless.
Every big puncheon of beer Is sealed by
United States revenue officer who securely
locks the tank, and only leaves the pipe
hole open on which he places u governments
guage to measure the quantity of beer
which passes through. Each time the
officer calls he destroys the number Of
revenue stamps which the quantity of beer
drawn Off calls for So you see Uncle Sam
keeps his weather eye open.
The second floor is devoted entirely to la
beling and wrapping the bottles in tissue
paper, after which they are placedin boxes or
casks. and are ready for delivery to all
parts OF the country. The two brands OF
beer which are bottled are the Rhinegold
and Maduro ana they are for sale at all
the leading groceries, hotels and bars. The
bottles used are the white champagne
bottles bottle ich has been generally
used by all the leading breweres' of Europe
during the past nfty years. The third
floor is used for storing beer bottles, cases
and casks, The cask will hold six dozen
quart bottles and 10 dozen pints and are
used principally for bars and hotels.
One thing that will forcibly strike every
visitor to this model bottllng works is the
extreme cleanliness from basement to third
story. The Voigt Brewery Co. are Justly
proud OF their new bottling works and the
public are cordially invited to call and see
them
The capacity OF the bottling works 10
5000 bottles per day.
These celebrated beers are shipped to any
part OF the country in casks containing six
dozen quart bottles or 10 dozen pint bottles
or cases containing two dozen quart bottles
or three dozen pints.
The trade OF hotels bars, restaurants,
drug stores and public houses Is respect
fully solicited. Price list will be mailed ON
application to the voigt Brewery Co.,
Detroit, Mich.