The Meeker herald., 1892-04-30
A DIG INSTITUTION.
\ GLANCE IHROUGH rae ZIG BREW
ING EsyAHLisHAENT fkEsiD.
ED OvEk NY NM. AilOLrH
lANG.
A. lsstisstios that Asss.iiy Esp~sas -
beaver ssa COLORADO Over ykTss
Hssdssd yksssasd llsiiaTs.

'er, sLsn the fol.osins Interesting infofuis-
tlon az rlieitedi
III. early days, on thr site 81 the Pf~sen,
hfrssry, and after conducting tf~ same Toe
.otle year. soli cut To Mr. Philip Tang, Who
subsequently, took inio partnership Nf. tfri'
eric L. sisel, Mr, LDuis Max, and al = Later
date Mr.. Ad0lph lang. hi. bfrsefy. along
ri,h ih., foimsrly t-loasins To the beaver
bFrsins company, s.s purchased In 1872 ~
an kn.iish y Indicate.
''wo-ild yos. like In sre through The bfes'
.fyt' asked MI, Fang.
"tsf,Ainiy," replied 'b- reporter, and the
foiios Ing IL . hat saeh sisit reveals;
After bs&eny Inspecting the elegantly I'm
ishsJ ba.ih--. offie. the visitor en,rrs the adj
lolnius malt ts-is~, . eotntns.iious baildlns
Ionic feet Ia this place arc piled up iin'
lnen.~ quantities u barley.
"iio- much hafle, do yoa us~ la year,
Mr. Zrnsf"
''Ahoai $50 oo uor,h." be replied, 'in
one y-sf ,hi. bf-sefy alone purchased over
I. 90, tsO i-,urd. Of barley, nss-st 81 ~hieh !.
sfO~n In Colorado. A. . matter OF fac, tho
former pfupflstof. u hi. br..ory SER isrso.
~ instrumental In starting the cultivation of
baIl., by Colorado farni-f., ffsaarn,i, fur
ni.hin. tho sesd Ia the farmer On on- y-srs
time, aud In ss,tns eas~s giving HIN lns,f'ie-
iions as la the b<ss methods al cultivation
Since ,h-n harley eul'lf- has pfs.I-f,i y-af
ty year until IL la, t-eosnr cue of the ino.t
t- probably SO.uO bashei. consumed In
Colorado. This frpfrs-n,s . isfs- acreage OF
farm land. We arc cur osn n,als,sfs, and
malt on large scale, as Joa s@r,"
rh- reporter did .~-, i"f In Tho malt hou'c
s.fr pliri up innrns~ quantities 81 barley.
There also ,hrrr s;r.p tui.., Nth eapa.-
~ 81 ssO bushels i-r tub, 80 HD bushels l--
ins consumed annually. Neat, the extensive
mailing EsDr. srf- si.itr-i, sh-sr .,r.e, clean
lin--. 1, unaffected In rtrry particular.
Adjoining 1. th- malt hos,~ engine room
containing. .s,sn- nn- machinery. In the safir
baii.iin. 4, tho bfvu hoa.-. nth ius niash tub
II aO barrel. .apasii, and bfr- tank al tO
barrels espS.lty. fpsn the bf-- tank The
trsf L. rumIss,i Into vat. In an Asilolnins
haii'iins. On the ,hlri ns-,s the barrie, clean
In. machinery !. sr-n Ia operation. In The
tlAs~ni.n' !. the malt klin, shi.h !. hre'i up
ffou September until May. and ihfvsi.h the
pso-...~- herv a.s,i III. ,pru-i,s afr thoroughly
separated fr,sn tho malt. leaving that article
Ia cl-aniy and pafih-,i .iai-- frtn the
malt Kiln 81 Ia tho ";f..iic haii.iins.
t.iftioa Of ~hieh is kno~ a. the mashla.fJ
fv.,ui. -h-w arr constantly engaged . mum.
t~f 81 skilled mechanics To make tho n~s-.-
cary rriair. Ia the machinery. pipe. ct. .u'r,i
In the establishment, and -hirh arr al
Say. kept up Ia high drrrrv 81 pr
f--ilon.
In tho .sm. buii.iin. th-f~ i. si.aJs nun.
ming an ar'-.iah sell pnmp, and close Ia this
Is an -n.in- usJ .s,lriy fvs the hf- pump..
.hi.h !. capable 81 foorln. stream of ~s'rr
equal io that of the me-, Improved hfr ~n-
sin~.. Mar by 1. the oil boiler house and
nee tpli-r hoa.~, which eoatsin. four n-s
boiler. Of .0st hot.~ poser. R--rnisrins tho
main bulldins NO In.r~.t the -nssin~ rs,sn,
containing two iafsr III Ia Nersp- rvfrisuf.
attn. machine. 1t 10 ton. capacity zach,
~Ll.h cool the t~rr ,anit. and manufacture
20 ton. 81 Ice daily, and also contain. the
electric light plant. <~si conc the hliins
and shipping departments. from which hun.
drr,i. Of car lsssd. Of i-cr arr Distributed sn-
auaily through tho adjacent country, Ia .ay
ho;hln. 81 the larry quantity delivered dsiiy
By wagon. In the city. Thea the uash hoase
l. -nirrv,i. where large nnu,t-r 81 men arr
empioy~si In ~yaminins, rvt,aifin. an'l y ash.
'as ...psy t.e- that have '--~n r,urp-d.
After The krs. pas. ihruash The hani. 81
tb~ rxamin~rs aud es-pt~rs they arr iurnr,l
Into a no, water basin and frosp that arr taken
aud subjected To SEVERAL other .l-an.ln. and
purify ing pfoc-..r. Involving the apple alton
Of considerable unique machinery. Further
than tbis, the reporter found that ihcrv arc
four noors for frrm~niin1 and storage pur-
po-c.. In which there are at kat 80 iar1c
fcrm-ntinE tanks and storage eask.. Tn ono
Of tho upper rooss the br~ t~vr drips over a
number Of frus-n Ipip~.. caii~,i co.,lrr.. All
tho t~rr vaults are cooled by special Ice ma
chinrs.
Acro.. tho s,rr~, !. a three story building 81
handsome architecture. u.cL a. = stable for
.ixty hor.~s, and also store house for ~sc-
on., feed. etc, and nth this department tic
tour Of inspection ended.
such visit demonstrates to any one that
the Fang i-rr 10 chemically pure. 1. made Of
srtr.ian water, COOL barley, malt and hops,
without any aiul,cra,ion whatever, and II
follows. therefore, that on analysis II com
parr- most fAvorably with Eastern and other
competing beers.
hut tho reporter had morr questions to ask.
"Nr. Fang. what quantity Of hops docs your
rrN gFV and what
portion IL Colorado gro~ni'
ave use upward Of 10000 pounds or about
eighteen carloads pr annum, which comes
from the states 81 Washington and New York,
.om- from Bohemia, while .otnc arc Colorado
grown. a, II has bern demonstrated that
hop. can bc successfully and very probably
grown In Colorado, II sccms pity that more
hops arc not locally grown ~ .. tai more FULLY
meet the local demand. This brewery always
giycs the preference 10 the home industry and
their ncighbors and 20 as.i.ts 10 keep Colo
RADIO money In Colorado circulation"
'In that connection, Mr.. Fang, what
amount does your brewery spend in Colo
radoi"
"Pcrhaps IL Is much more than sou would
think" answered Mr.. Fang. I'VE pay every
wear SioO % In wages, si5O.OO0 for Colorado
grain, 10000 In taxes. and 10000 for c'rl,
hay, feed. printing, etc, or total OF some
where about trO,0OO, 10 you acc that when
people drink our beer they arc keeping the
money IN NOlOfnub.
.Whst about the quality Of your beer MS
compared with competing bccsm
"You can form Jour own opinion on that
from what you have seem" answered Mr..
Fang. There Ia no better barley and hops
grown anywhere for beer than Colorado bar
lev and hops, and as We use the purcst water,
and make the beer chemically pure, how can
other beer bc supcrior."
.'some people say this Il now m English
concern. MIR. Fang" said the reporter.
"Oh. that ia simply said TO create prcju-
dice" replied Mr.. Fang. The fact that n
large amount Of English capital WAS put into
this concern was big gain TO Denver. for
every dollar paid by English capitalists TO the
former proprictors OF this brewery was rein
vested by them In Denver, so Denver Is that
much ahead. While there Ia considerable
'Engllsh capital In the concern. there is not an
Englishman on the premises, but practically
the same old force Is running IT,"
"Just one other matter" said the reporter,
| az saw an article In the Ners Jews days ago
| to the effect that you were employing a de-
tcctivc agency to secure cappers for your beer
| to go to saloons where your beer Is not kept
and ask for II, Directing to the quality and
flavor Of the beer from other brcwcrics which
| those saloons do keep"
| II saw the article" replied Mr.. Fang, "but
realizing that II was a paid reading notice,
| paid no attention to II. Life Is too short 10
| notice such STUN
The reporter then took his leave, much i'm
| pressed with all he had sccn.--Dtn,er Ner.