The morning times., 1896-11-10
HOME OF THE AMBER DRINK
Heurich's New Brewery Form
ally Thrown Open.
Is A MODEL BEER PLANT
Six Stories Devoted to the Manu-
facture of the Company's Many
Brands-vats That Hold Thou
sands of GallOns-The Ice Plant
and Storage Rooms.

Another step in the Industrial advance of
Washington was taken yesterday when
Christian Heurich threw open his new
brewery to tile public. This is the second
time that Mr.. Heurich has found it neccs
sary TO enlarge his establishment because
OF Tie Increased demands of business.
About three years ago it became ap-
parent to Mr.. Heurich that it would be
necessary FOR him TO again increase bis
output. His cid establishment, at Twentieth
and n streets, admitted of no further en-
tension, SO lie decided to build at Twenty
sixth and ID streets.
A. f. Terney of New York was tho
architect selected by the building commit
tee, of which Mr.. Leon Tobrner is chair
man, to draw up the plans. This done, the
various contracts for brick work, copper
construction, etc, We're awarded and work
was begun. This was in the spring of S9:i.
For three years the work was pursued
until finally in January, 1886, the build
ing Was completed.
The brewery was Immediately put into
operation and in June last the first beer
was sent out one feature upon which the
Ilcurich Brewing Company lays especial
stress is the fact that none but union labor
has been employed both in the construction
OF the plant and in the manufacture OF the
beer.
GAVE A HoUSEWARMING.
To celebrate the opening OF the new
plant 10 the general public, the company
invited all the newspaper men Of the city
yesterday TO inspect the building This was
done under the guidance of Secretary Myers.
The building is six Stnr les high, of
pressed brick, and unoStentatioGs in style.
TWO large brick chimncys ut least sixty
feet high, surmount the whole, and may
be seen for many blocks away.
The party was first taken upon the
N, 4. "a.
separating the malt from the beer are
situated. on this floor, also, are the
openings To the immense storage vaults for
the malt. These vaults occupy the whole
height Of the building nd can accommodate
many thousands of bushels.
The malt is conveyed from the wagons
which bring il 10 the brewery, to this
floor by grain elevator, and placed in
the vaults.
on the fifth floor the malt is placed in
large copper watts, where il is mixed with
water and boiled. Then it is let down from
floor to floor through pipes. on each floor
another process of brewing = taken, until
the iirstis reached when Z spumpcdup TO
the sixth, where, as has been said be-
fore, the malt is separated from the beer
To pump this up what Is cltimed To De
the most powerful pump in existence trTs
been erected
In all tins process one side or the build
ing is devoted To- light beer and the other
to dark.
Ihe difference between tile two processes
is that in light beer a quantity of rice. ur
raw material, as il is called, is used, while
in the dark beer there is nothing bat
malt and hops Besides this the dark
beer is boiled directly over the fires, while
the light beer Is boiled by means Of steam.
NpNr the taken into The fer
mentng room. where the beer may be seen
in the various stages of fermentation. In
this room the visitors We're treated to an
advance taste of winter. for the temperature
rs registered by II thermometer in the
room was just at the freezing point.
Next the storage rooms We're visited. Here
also the temperature was freezing. The
storage rooms are filed with large vatS,
each with capacity or $50 barrels. TIE
total capacity of the storage rooms is
500 900 barrels. or just exactly the guam
tity turned out by the brewery yearly.
Not drop of river water enters into
the composition of Heurich's beer. 1t il
all cistern water, and even that is dis
TILED before il is used
The Ice plant is also extremely interest
ing. II is claimed To b. the third largest
in the world and is capable Of turning out
$50 tons daily.
Following the ice plant the banquet han
capable of holding 5000 people was
visited Already preparations are being
made for the public reception to take
place next Thursday.
The hall is lasucfully decorated with
flags, and attendants were busted in pre-
pairing other minor details for the great
reception.
This concluded the inspection for the
dayand the visitors 4 d. Gurncdtothc banquet
hall, where rcpast was served