The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
PARTY VISITS
MOUNTAIN
BREWERY
Interesting Inspection of Waa.'
ener's Plant in Emigration
Canyon.
Product Partakes of Nature Of
Surroundings in Plant
Well Located.
Imperial Lives Up to Claims
Made in Advertise
mentS.

We were Sltt1ng on the vine covered
porch of the little cottage of the ssbran-
meister" at the Wagener brewery, np
IN Emigration canyon.
The rubicund Falstaff physioonomv
OF the brcwmaster beamed an indorse-
ment of the beer he brews for Utah
families Certainly no better proof Of
lmperlal's tonic properties need he
asked than our host himself-stalwart
well Knit, ESQ pounds of health, genial
ity and brewing knowledge.
lie was speaking Of his people tho
Germans, and of their good health. and
the temperance of the German na-
lion.
The greatest consumers of heer in
the world, Z" he went Oh, fare tbe Ger-
mans But they are sure OF one thing
before they accept a beer for their
families 1t MUST be pure. II must
not be bilious beer.
Therein lies the fault Of many
American beers. They are not proper-
~ aged-made too hurriedly. 1t takes
months, not days, to brew my beer,
this Imperial.' he said, as ho held out
aI arms length a glass of the clear
amber hquld topped with a rich, creamy
foam.
The grade OF hops, grain and water
used counts Tor much In Imperial we
use imported Bohemian hops, the best
ana most expensive that country af-
lords We buy the very best grade Of
gram, and our water supply is, as you
Know, from our own springs up the
| mountain there. Coupled with these
choice ingredients is knowledge Of the
brewer S art. The result is a beer which
IS not bilious, but which is wholesome
and nutritious, refreshing and cooling
| one that we are not afraid to submit
to any test, even by the most critical
of my countrymen-and Germans know
good beer''
Brewery's Beautiful Location. =
From the shadow of the neat cottage
we stepped over to the brewhouse, set
| against the mountain whose rocky side
acts as wall to the back of the tur-
reted brewery. Looking towards the
west. could be seen a glimpse Of the
fertile Salt Lake valley. bit of smoke
forming a halo to the best of hustling
western cities, To the east the spar
king stream bounded towards us from
rock to rock in its rough bed. repeat
ing MT our feet a message of scenic
grandeur, and the purity of the springs
above, in the historical canyon through
which the Utah pioneers trudged their
weary way years before to the valley
beyond. Truly picturesque and ideal
location for the manufacture Of food
product such rs Imperial beer.
"Now, gentlemen interrupts our
iovial brewmaster. "we will have a look
at the things that are put into our
beer
Stepping into the immaculate hop
room. we surveyed the huge bales Of
Bohemian hops, whose wrappings dis
played the characters of transatlantic
shippers.
'fThese,p explained the brewmaster,
care the best hops money can buy.
They help give Imperial that extra fine
flavor.
''In the adjoining granary. are stored
the grains used In the brewing of I'M
perial Notice, ladies and gentlemen.
the superior size and the cleanliness Of
these kernels, all of which have been
painstakingly washed and selected.
Shows Test Of Spring Water.
"Now l will make you test Of the
spring water, showing you its absolute
purity and why it distills so perfectly
to mix with the grain and hops.'
Through q labyrinth Of copper vats
exuding fragrant steam; between rows
of hopsheads many times higher than
our neaQS, WneTS lUipcIidl "ao az tuS'i
we were told; through room where
thousands of shining bottles were. being
filled with the sparkling fluid; into a
testing room we were led, to. be shown
the superiority, of Emigration sprlIg
water for the brewing of the refresh
ing Imperial. Not the slightest sign
of impurity was found in the ice cold
sample.
Retracing our steps to the entrance
Of Tho cleonest brewery it has ever been
our pleasure to enter, we were bidden
to partakc of cold, foamlng stem OF
the finished product.
"Now, do you see MwaN
why this beer can justly AlMM
be recommended to fam FD9I
ilv use-why we call 1t {p[
special family brewT NS2
Gesundheit, my friends, &I<J
and auf wcidersehn' %<