The sun., 1894-05-06
RosIN IN BEER Erea
way sad Nov u Is U-.a By Brewer. ss :.
rnside Coating or KEGS .na vst..

| way Sad How " Is Urea By Brewers ss a
| rnside Co.,inE or Kegs sna vets.
Hyou should happen to get smack Of rosln
| In your glass OF beer. as IL IL quite likely
you may at this time OF the rear. don't imagine .
that the brewers are substituting pine shaw.
lnRs for malt and hops to make the beer from.
Tho brewers are guilty enough, perhaps, as
II Ia. with their substitutlons OF corn. rice and
glucose for alt but they do that simply be-
cause you insist upon having hight -eoiored
beer. The reason why you may detect rosin
flavor now ls that this IL the season when the
brewers pitch their kegs.
IL may interest you to know that the beer
you drink never comes into contact with wood
either In the kegs In which IL Is delivered or in
tho great watts in which It is fermented. II it
did tho wood would sour and spoil the beer
The watts are protected on the inside with re-
peated coatlngs OF shellac varnish. renewed
Whenever It is necessary. This used to be an
exceedingly dangerous operation, before tho
general introduction OF incandescent elcctric
lights. for any open light was liable to set fire
to the fumcs Of the alcohol used In the varnish
AMI produce disastrous explosions In which
men were MANNED or killed.
process. When keG is empty and the buns
and vent plugs are out. stick q lighted candle
will think you aie looking into a glass SarrsI
Every rart OF the inside Rlistena. The keR has
" OI n
this gets many minute cracks In II and needs
to he renewed, and the snrinRtlme Is the
h: H:w avG5tS time ,sas G soTs EssI @ 6s Ss
they ,n%sv sSe sSor.t to d: the WORK helping
their londs of empty keRs-sixths. quarters.
and halt barrels-theso are ranked up neXt TO
the wash house. whore big Kettle OF boiling
Before, tho new rosin Is put n the old cont
Ing Is TO be melteh out. A curious machine with
two arms is the first Of the devices that comes
Th. kegs arc hung on this, with an arm OF
fre thrust into the yent-hole. Presently a
tap The kss Is taken on tippe % over 'n9 bStTei sH
where the waste rossin la poured out and
esrsS esr;Sd S the
drives plug Of wood home in the vent. and
passea the keR on. One man now pokes q
other pourS a iadlo'ul OF boiling rosin Into
the keg from the kettle.
voodon pue ho@s ,ntS ~ for ys' hais nd anotncs n
tho keg some curious twirls which spreads the
rosin over every part Of its interior. Then he
upon set OF rollers going slowly around by
steam power. Here the surplus roain runs
out ami the keg roll. until tho rosin which re-
The kegs are now rolled int othe wash house,
ranged up upon end the rosin hurnod out OF
vent. and W The CO." kegs filed T with % water. ter IN The
water 10 meant to aoak out the tosln Taste.
AS fast as these operations are finished a man
with paint pot and brush follows along tho
limo and put . dab OF paint on the front Of each
keR IL the kegs wero marked with white at
the last IitchinR time he uses rod. or white II
This is also, the one time in the rear when
the brewer finds out lust how many kegs he
ing the year. Five thousand Kegs a year is a
small number for a big brewery to lose in a
those witch send ' rreas deal Of beer eSit out oi
town. lose i've times as many