Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-10

OF the voight Brewery Co.-Rhiuegold and
Maduro, The voist Brewery Co. have for
the past few years had their beer bottled
by outside parties. but tho constant and In
creasins demand for hesr ~ family bev-
erage long since showed them the necessity
OF having this branch Of business under
their own supervision. Today they have .
new bottiing Works-as Ane - the 6nest
and complete In every detail for banding
the bottles and bottling shs beer la sn sx-
pedtuous and clean manner. The bottliag
works n 4 new building. three stories high
and basement directly back Of the brew
cry. and has floor surface OF Il. 90 0 square
feet Tho building II the only absolutely
fire. proof buildlng In Detroit and ID con-
structed entirely OF brick and stoas for the
wallis, iron beams and tara Gotta lumber.
The doors are Of rock asphalt AID nothing
used In the construction VI she building b
Of combustible nature excepting The vim
building 10 furnished BY IN imrsnse dynamo
the electricity for which N gensrsted By
the main engine of the brewery.
The bottling woSks 10 under the superin-
tendency Of T. G. Purnoy. Jr.. who hes bad
~ years experience In the beer business
and has for years been connected With the
F1nlay Brewing Co, ~ Toledo. Ohio.
The hrst floor of she botuing works Il tho
floor on which the most Of the work 10 doae.
Here the bottles undergo tho hrss process
OF cleansins. and hy the time they are
ready for tho beer they are absolutely pure
and clean. They arc drst put In the two
Immense soaking tanks, each Of which h 10
feet long, feet vide and feet high. Those
tanks are made OF immense slabs OF Call
fornia redwood and are filed With hot water
For twenty flour hours the bottles
arc soaked In the hot water
and thon taken 70 the Gouldie wsshing me-
chimes. These naachines are made 30 that
long brush revolves At the rate OF $500 rev.
olutions Der minute inside Of the bottle and
1T the same ume 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 1t . time.
Each bottle 10 placed over q 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 aud the bottles then placed
In the bottle carts and taken ~ the filing
machine. The filing machine 10 great
improvement over tho ola method OF filling
bottles BY q hose. The beer Is brought di.
root from the large puncheons by . pipe
line run through an underground tunnel
connecting the great cellars Of the brewery
with the basement Of the bottltug works.
The pipe Is completed by a stand pipe
which empties the beer into the Cling
machine which consists of an almost air.
tight immense copper basin from which the
bottles are tiled 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-
lions Of cork and every particle OF dust 10
removed and dropped out through the open
spaces In the cylinder.
ho fpv ael,f n ha
city as the iiller. one corking and the other
filing lS5 bottles each minute. Each cork
that Is used has the word Voigt branded on
one side and the date on which the beer 10
bottled. the branding being done Ia the
third story. After leaving the corking
maeh!ne the bottles are taken to the beer
tables where the corks are fastened
securely BY the Champion cork retainer. .
circular piece Of tin which 10 used In all the
leading brcveries instead Of wire. After
this process the bottled beer IL placed In
the steaming tank entirely submerged In
hot water. so that the beer viii keep pure
in any climate and foe any length OF time.
After leaving the hot bath the bottles are
ready for the labels and are taken 70 the
second floor. where the labelling 10 done.
Every bottle Of genuine Rhinegold has the
signature Of z. w. voigt written across the
label and appearing directly over the cort.
You can't find any revenue stamp on beer
bottle, but 10 pays the tar nevertheless.
Every big puncheon Of beer IL sealed By .
United States revenue os.icer who securely
locks the tank. aud only leaves the pipe
hole open on which he places . government
guage 10 measure the quantity Of beer
which passes through. Each time the
o:icer calls he destroys the number OF
revenue stamps which the quantity OF beer
drawn OF calls for. 20 you see Uncle sam
keeps his Weather eye open.
The second 5eor IL devoted entirely 70 la
beling and wrapping the bottles In tissue
paper. after which they are placed IN bores or
casts. and are ready for delivery 20 all
parts Of the country. The two brands Of
beer which are bottled are the RhineEoid
and Msduro. AMI they are for sale ~ eli
the leading groceries hotels and bars. The
bottles used are the white Champagne
bottles. . bottle which has been generally
used by all the lesdins breveries Of Europe
surns the past hfty years The third
foor II used for storing beer bottles. cases
and casks The cssk viii bold sis doze q
aaart bottles aud 10 dozen pinte aud are
used principally for bar. and hotels.
One thing that vii forribly strike every
visitor u this model eotslins works 10 he
sxfreme cleanliness from bssemepf 20 third
story. The voigt Brewery Co are Justly
proud 81 their new botslisr works and the
pablic are cordially invited TO call and see
thenl.
The capacity % the botsijns works =
ore bottles per day.
These celebrated heers are shipped ~ ssy
part Of the country IN casks contsinine sp
loren Quart hotties or 10 Dozen pint bot les
v cases cos'taissns too dozen sasrs bossbss
three dorm pfnts
The trade II hotels hsys. ree3eufAnsa
irsg stores spd pnsase HOUSES n rsp-c<-
bily solicited. Pyfee isss ~ffl Be ns~sfec -
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