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

OF the other, until the structure seem
ed to be from fifteen to eighteen feet
high. and they were about 20 feet
long.
The pipes were two inches In diana,
copper sS.ss Sa Sps Mts Ssss
cold ann oniated air, Which formed q
white frost at the ends not covered
with the running liquor, and solid
chunks Of Ice could be picked off by
the fingers. The liquor, which now
had the color OF beer but was not yet
beer, came trickling down in an even
continuous sheet stream from top to
bottom, running around over the
plpee. At the bottom the foamy mass
was conveyed in copper pipes for
another process somewhafe else.
But" said Mr.. Erb" this Is called
Wort 1t is not beer yet"
NOW COMES THE YEAST.
When the wort" or liquor left the
cooling apparatus, 1t was carried into
fermcnttng tubs In the fourth and fifth
stories of the building. There were
about sixty OF these tubs. Three Of
them held 100 barrels each and the
others from 80 to 100 barrels. Ihey
were immense specimens of tubs and
no mistake. They were built where
they stood with great cedar slaves
prepared beforehand for putting to-
gether.
In these tubs the yeast is applied.
Brewers Stock Yeast" being used.
The yeast Is generated from ono brew
Ing to another, and it takes from IL to
Is days for the mass to ferment ''and
now" said Mr.. ErO, 1--WE are beginning
to have beer'
From THESE fermenting tubs, the
beer Is run into storage watts holding
from 100 to 800 barrels each. Only
think OF $50 barrel vat of beer. We
saw several workmen in one OF these
big. watts chipping. planning, rubbing
and securing. 1t looked as roomy in
the inside as good sized parlor in a
III feet front house. When the beer is
put In these hugo watts II remains there
from four to five months, and this
operation ia called lagering, from
which lager beer takes its name, or
giving 1t All edge.
But though beer in certain sense,
II Is not ready for use yet. From
these great watts it is drawn through u
hose aud emptled into tight oaken
chip casks which hold from 40 to $50
barrels. Here the beer feeds itself
with self-senerated carDonic gas, and
it IS regulated by u Eureka bunging
apparatus liked over the casks. II il
was not regulated the working OF the
beer would burst tho casks. After the
leer In Kept il these chip cusks some
three OF four weeks it Is drawn of
through n long line of hose INTO kegs
and barrels and put upon the market.
The foregoing information Of how 70
make beer was given to us by Mr..
Erb, while standing beside the great
copper boiler and when lie was
through he said there il - in all its
details"
And are malt, hops and yeast the
only ingedients besides the necessary
water that you uSein making beerY''we
asked. These are ALL" replied Mir
Erb. ~
What proportion of hops do yor
use In your malt" was asked.
That Is a part of our trade we dom
care about publishing, as competitor!
might take advantage of It," said Mr.
Erb.
We acknowledged the business Of
this.
WHAT'S the capacity of your works?
We asked.
80, 600 barrels annually" said Mr.
Etb and for every barrel We mnun
fucture we paya government tax Of FL.
How many hands do you employ,
{ we asked.
about 3d. was tho reply. "Ou
machinery rams night and day. whicl
requires day ana night engineers ant
ilrrmeh" Mn. Erh, now lit a tallow
/ candle, stack ii in IL hole In tho handl
! OF big awl, and the two REpUBLIcAl
representatives following him com
menceu "A tour OF the buildings Iht
hop room was first visited. What grea
!, bales OF hops were piled up in il. We
soon found what the awl was for. Mr.
Erb stuck IL in caslt or D door jan
and 1t held the candle while maxim
Z Investigations, From tn hop room
we went out into the pitch yard Cash.
. have to he pitched.
e, Then into the cooper shop, where
little old man was busy repairing IL
., had an old clock that he said Washing
=, ton carried across the Delaware whei
n he attacked the British at Trenton
! Back w. went through the hop room
up several lights OF stairs to tn
!, Nhnt.lator, where the matt started o.
y Its Journey. We followed IL down t
. tho blowing and sewing room. froh
= that TO he mash tub and themes to Ia
= great copper boiler; thence to the hoE
lark. and then up stairs again to til
. cooling ship; thence down to HE COO
Z ing pipes already described; thence t
! the ternenttng tubs, going down ii
: The time; thence to tho great storag
t. S5itS whore THE beer is lagered, aH
ti4t'N-' dphi w lllt tllip ttloks VIII
II bung regulators overhead and ava
. down here l6 feet below the surface c
the earth we sec how the casks an
q Darrels are filled for the market L
y" from the depths VIC come again an
y follow our guide out through the boi
y er room. There are two 1O0hogs
power boilers made by The Pussy an
a Jones Company, said our guide, an
= then out into the engine room.
,, There is De La Nergne, S5-hurs
|, power engine. snid the guide. 1t is
y powerful and beautiful engine upo
p the steam Ghost is printed the wor
T. Harry" for Harry Stoeckle. Upstair
~ we follow our guide aud take IL lool
a at the ammonia cooling Hppnratu
~ and an olling machine; from theme
"a out through room for drying worl
= mems clothes, and thence dow
y another stairs and out and thruug
- Mr.. Stoeckle's warm, clean stables
- where 25 head of heavy draugil
IN horses are kept, and there our rafnbl
~ ended. Before closing, we would d
% Injustice to Mr. Stoeckle. Mr.. Erb, an
y the employees II we did not say thG
!, the brewery is kept in q very clea
~. and healthy condition.
- SO eSucting are the proprctors
this respect that no employee is pc
InitLed To use tobacco or Smo piL
/. on cigar IN the establishment while
{, work. And now for tho pieasure
20 knowing more about beer than VI
is ever knew before, aud fer sceii
" what a , rrwery really is, our thunI
IS are extended to the 3Iessrs. Stock
II and MI. Lrb.