The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18
THE BREWING OF BEER.
One of the Most Complete Plants In the
State Of Montana

State of Montana.
The great brewers of Milwaukee, 81.
Louis n other Eastern cities are look
ed upon as marvels of gigantic enter
prise. In point OF age Butte Is relative
ly a young city. but in pushing for
ward in the establishment OF needed
industries she Is in the lead OF any city
I'm the West. 1t may not be generally
known, but IL IL n fact that I'm the man
ufacture of beer she sustains a numbe
of breweries equal In every respect and
counterparts, as IL were, of the largest
breweries of the world. Special refer
ence Is made to the plant OF the Centen-
NAL brewery. located on the b.. A. * II.
tracks, in the outskirts OF Butte. The
quality of the beer here brewed is un-
excelled by that produced at the cele-
brated Milwaukee breweries, and IL is
the aim OF the company 10 constantly
improve IL by the utilization OF every
new method evolved by experience.
The plant. which Is thoroughly mod
ern in every particular. covers an area
of several acres. IL consists OF a brew
house with an annual output of 10000
barrels, "a malt house with a capacity OF
thousands of bushels of malt. and stor-
age houses for 5000, 900 pounds of barley.
There are also cold storage cellars In
which 10000 barrels of beer nay be
stored and ripened at one time, and n
refrigerating and Ice plant of the most
perfect modern construction. Besides
the bottling department, there are also
numerous smaller buildings devoted TO
keg repairing. stabling of 30 horses,
offices and for innumerable other pur-
poses which the conducting of a large
business demands.
N additions made during the past
yea embrace a new storage house for
grain. almost doublinr the capacity Of
last year. and a new storage cellar con-
A. 80 a n -.
for the erection OF a new bottling de-
partment next spring have been per-
fected. the output of which will be 20
barrels. or $50 dozen. per day.
The superior quality of Centennial
beer Is due to the purity and peculiarly
adapted properties of the water used i'm
its manufacture. IL is obtained from
two natural springs on the premises.
Gallatin barley, recognized he world
over and used even in Germany, the
mother country in the science OF beer
brewing, as having no superior. is used
exclusively in the manufacture of malt,
and besides producing all malt used in
their own brewery, the Centennial
Brewing company ships large quaint
ties to other Montana breweries and to
those as far east as Philadelphia.
The business of the brewery was es-
tablished many years ago and even rs
recently as 1898 was only n small con-
Germ, putting out nut lO.OOO DarfelS oI
beer during that year. The sales last
year exceeded 10000 barrels and in
creased facilities will raise the capacity
during the coming year TO 100000 bar
rels.
In keeping the plant in operation and
conducting the business constant en-
ployment Is given to over 80 men. many
of whom are skilled brewers with a
former experience In the largest Amer
lean and German breweries. The sta
bles contain 30 horses and three four
horse and two two-horse delivery
gon are continuously employed In
supplying Butte city trade alone
The company does an extensive out
side trade, shipping daily n large guam
tity Of Its excellent product TO all points
i'm the state. II %sustains an agency
at Anaconda. requiring the services Of
a large force of employees. besides sew
eral large wagons.
The Centennial Brewing company Is
wide-awake concern. ever ready q
adopt innovations that hall tend TO i'm,
prove the quality of its beer. Its ef,
forts are appreciated by an intelligent
public, and day by day the company
is strengthening its position among tn,
leading industries Of the state of Mon,
tana.