Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-16
.SPLEN DID PLAN I.
oTTUMWA BREWING AND ICE
COMPANY HAS MODERN BUILD.
INes AND EQUIPMENT.
Represents an Investment Of $4,000
Capacity of Forty Tons of Ice and
$50 Barrels Of Beer Daily-New Ma
chlnery.

Complete In every detail, equipped
with the best machinery, buildings and
furnishings constructed in accordance
with the most modern methods, a ca.
pacity for the manufacture of $50 bar.
rels of beer and forty tons of ice daily,
the plant of the Ottumwa Brewing and
Ice company wins the surprise and adj
miration of every visitor to this new
institution. Not only is the size Of the
plant an interesting feature, but every
where Is noticeable the cleanliness of
all the buildings and appurtenances
and every precaution is taken to In
sure product of absolute purity.
In all of the storage cellars where
the beer is kept in large casks for fer
menting or aging purposes, in the
brewing rooms and bottling works, the
floors are Of concrete and the casks
rest on iron braces to facilitate the
work OF washing the floors. The air
in the storage rooms Is always pure
and the temperature, by means Of
pipes from the ice plant, is kept always
the same, "a degrees.
A Big Investment.
The plant complete represents an in
vestmant of about $215,O00 and now
furnishes employment to forty men. 1t
is expected that this number will be
| Increased to sixty soon after the COM
pany places its product on the market.
Many thousands of dollars Is expend-
ed annually by liquor dealers OF
Ottumwa for beer and this money has
heretofore been going to st. Louis, Mil
waukee and other large cities. With
the local plant in full operation it is
expected that the larger part Of this
money will be kept In the city and ex.
pended with Ottumwa business men.
The Brewing and Ice Plant.
The Ottumwa Brewing and Ice com.
pany purchases Its barley already
matted and when it arrives in the car
it is cleaned and carried in the cleo
trio elevator to the malt bin where II
1t is kept until desired for use when II
Is again taken in the elevator to the
hopper which rests on large pair OF
scales SO that exactly the same
amount is secured for each brew. An
| interesting machine is the hop jack
where the hops are cooked. Imported
Bohemian hops are used and the stor
age room in which these are kept is
always cool and dark as night In or
der that the flavor and aroma may be
retained After leaving the hoppe,
the barley is conveyed to the mash
tub, where it is boiled several hours
and is then filtered to the brew kettle
4 a false bottom in the mash tub per
uniting all portions not desired fol
use to be removed.
i The Cooling Process.
Il When the beer leaves the brewing
kettle, which is of copper and has Z
capacity Of $50 gallons, it flows ovel
a series of pipes, the top ones of cop
per being filled with cold water ant
the bottom pipes are kept ice colo
by means Of the cold storage system
This cools the beer gradually and 1t II
then pumped to the settling tul
where 1t kept eleven days. The
fermenting cellar is kept at ;
temperature of "a degrees and hal
i eleven large casks, each with a capac
ity of $50 barrels, or one brew. In tn.
stock cellar where the beer is kept I'm
til 1t attains the proper age there ar,
twelve large casks with capacity 6
225 barrels each. The company hal
already manufactured about $500 bar
rels. In the cellar where the beer Il
kept before being put into the smalle
kegs or bottles there are ten larg
casks of ITO barrels capacity for tn,
key beer and four smaller casks TO
the bottled beer. These casks are al
connected SO as to equalize the case
and insure the contents Of one keg be
ing exactly the same as another.
In one of the storage rooms Is KEEP
the cereline and the brewers rice, i'm
ported from the East Indies, and use,
in the manufacture of beer.
The construction of the building i
OF the most improved style and tn
walls Of the storage cellars are line,
with two thicknesses Of a heavy pack
, ing which is imDervious to air.
There are storage rooms for empt
+ kegs and bottles, facilities for washin
them inside and out, improved rnachir
cry for pumping the beer into the kegs
, All kegs are covered with brewer
shellac on the inside SO that the bee
does not come in contact with tn
wood. When key is returned wit
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