The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
THIS rs BOOK SEASON.
You Don't Get Your Beer Fresh. hut Yo
Get II GoOd-Don't Drink Too Much OF It..

You Don't Get Your Beer Fresh. hut You
Get II Good-Don't Drink Too Much OF II.
There are some 5000 saloons. more or less.
In the city Of New York. and 1880 OF these
have little side doors. There arc certainly
some. though not many. which haven't that
convenient mode OF egress for Sunday GUS
toners. but oil OF them. without exception.
have front doors. and to the right and left OF
these the abstemious observer can SEQ nova
days ono or more pictures Of roaring goats
attractive to the vision OF passers by. A nom
nbstemious observer can see Just as; many
goats In tho window. and somstimes-espo-
cially late at night-can see q good many more
goats than there really are.
Some OF these goats nre represented as being
In the net OF partakinG OF sundry beers In quick
succession. Some Of them are represented rs
substitute walters. carrying foaming schoon-
ers to favored customers. Some nro repre-
sented ms drawing beer wagons. some as
guarding extensive breweries. and some again
rs being caressed by beauteous maidens with
black hair and red stockings
At other times OF the year those goats are re-
markable by their absence. and the reason OF
their present appearance simultaneously in
many thousand saloons in New York city and
elsewhere Is this: We are in tho heart al tho
book beer season. which begins usually ono
wcok before Faster Sunday and eliminates
! on Pnngst Montag.
From timc i@mmemorial the rearing goat has
becn the symbol Of animal Gayety. Pan was a
goat In part. and In modern times the Eoat and
tho beer glass have been side partners in
decorative Illustrations. The appearance Of
the goat In the window OF n saloon Is. without
further explanation. authentic notice OF tho
fnct that book beor is on sclo indoors. During
the winter season tho consumption OF lager
beer IN n large city diminishes perceptibly. In
New Ior; city it falls of about two-thlrds.
Tho rigor Of tho winter climate demands u
beverages, OF more heating cnpaclty. ana ale
md whisky. therefore. secure tho preference.
Tho facilities Of a large brewery are ms great
In winter az In summer. and thepef2Te 1t hap
season the available supply. Increases moro
rapidly than the demand for it,
is n surplus. and thiss surplus is increased each
week until April. It cannot be- said q beer as
Seths \ h9 Re f% Wines ns, that the ,ta'in ,I psIisd / bees nss t a..
After It has heen Put through the various
complicated processes OF CRUSHING. mRsli ng,
mentation by the admiXtnre OF Yeast Is begun,
ints alcohol tHo and sIaf xas. nl atd', then the hes %i Is rsa
into rsfriGoratinG tanks. where IL Is Isls to set,
watts from S'T SIX to rs' c!sht ~ months before It IL
poured into Kegs. the thick ami muddy parti-
eles having meanwhile, been drawn on by the
S Teads 81 for gss sale. S'' TSis sH Is the Tes constitlon In which ihhsh
book heer comes upon the ihurket. carefully
sufficient time t.. lave gained body, andto
have been freed from, impurities. simulta:
the opening of srring comes; ilrst. the In
creased demand for beer. ana. second. tho
After Anril tho consumption, OF beer. In
ersases vastly; and the s'ni'9 .Snid ss96pny OF
ished. The nrst beer sold, Is therefore tho
best; not because the INGREDIENTS are any bet
lain longer. Asthe summer advances the man
u~racture Of beer does not Keep pace with the
eonsumption. and the time i Is stored vets
summer much Of the bssr sold is too fresh for
health.a and is made light and foaming BY the use
beer drinking. realizing. this distinction, en-
Joy their book in Apri!; and ordinary beer
have never taken the trouble TO investigate
the matter. understand at leaot that the beer
sold In other month";, and thus they. too. fall
In line In eatolling tho merits OF book and In