The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-02-06
THE BILLINGS BREWERY
It Is Now In Operation and
Will Soon Turn Out Bill
ings Beer.
A VERY FINE PLANT
1t Has Already Cost $4,000 and
$4,000 More VIII Be
Added ut Once.

Billings Brewing cOmphny, VIII De
placed upon the market,~ The Billings
brewery Ia NOW In perfect running or.
der and Ia Rolng<both dny and night
AT the request Of the company, a Gu.
zette representative visited the estab.
lishment a few days ago and was shown
through by the genial manager, Phil
Grein.
The plant IL one Of the most com.
plete in the west, having every con.
venienoe for the maApfdcture Of beer.
The cost Of the pgsS6nt buildings and
machinery IL $4,000 and the improve
ments to be made this spring will cost
at least S8b, 900, making total cost Of
over 800, 900.
On the first floor are seven rooms,
divided az follows: Engine room, Ice
machine room, raoking room, feEment-
ing room, wash room, bottle room and
storage room for bottled beer. The Ice
machine Ia one Of the most complete In
the west BY an ammonia solution Ice
Ia caused to form around pipes to the
extent Of 8 inches thick. These Ice
pipes run through nearly every room
in the large building, known as the
brew house. All the machinery which
furnishes the power 10 on tl,is floor.
A large mash tub on the second floor
10 where the malt and warm water 20
through a process Of mixing. From
this the mash next runs TO a big brass
kstttle and II must be as clear as
crystal, otherwise 1t neoessi tates pump.
ing back until 10 comes out 80. Here
also are n set Of loo pipes over which
the hot beer runs until II Ia cooled off
to q certain temperature when 1t ID
pumped to ferinenting room over.
head. A complete record Of every thing
used and the time consumed IN making
beer IL kept from the start to finish.
On this floor IL q malt bin, which holds
two cars Ut malt, the cereal room az
we'll as the hop room, the two latter
being connected with the Ice machine.
TO the north Of these IL the condens.
ing room. where water and ammonia
are condensed. When this IL completed
the water IL clear an crystal. It IL
then pumped to another big tank and
condensed and boiled second time.
On the east side Of the second story
is a large cold storage room, containing
about ten tanks which hold 1850 bar.
rels Of beer. The beer comes here af.
ter going through the fermentilg room.
These tanks are all connected with the
Ice machinery.
The third or upper floor serves az n
sort Of preparatory supply for making
the Beer. Here Ii the cold water tank,
where the water Ii condensed the Sec
ond time. There IL large hop jack
into which the beer and hops are
pumped from the first floor and tho
hops are afterwards separated. Here
IL also the cleaner and grinder for tho
cereals. with separator attached. From
this the cereal goes through an elevator
! to meal hopper, where 1t IL weighed.
Bottled beer goes through an entirely
different process than keg beer. A
large elevator. the power furnished by
an mir pump on the first floor, pumps
them all from the first floor TO the
cleaning machine and thence TO the
rico tub for the making Of bottled beer.
| III the wash house on tho first floor
Ia a new patent Alter for beer, which
cost &1. 500, the beer being filtered be-
fore going to market. There Ia also a
bottle washer, which washes sixteen
bottles at time. A machine which
will save no little amount Of labor IL
the patent corker. II IL a self.feeder
aud corks a bottle after II has been
filed.
To the east Of the brew house Ia the
bottling house. which will also contain
the Office Of the manager aud auperin-
tendont. To tho north IL the large
double residence and saat Of this tho
stahlaG
Arrangements have bden made Tor
bsautifying the Yo9pds by tho plant
Ing Of nearly 2fQ<trsea and raising a