South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-18

esteemed fellow citizens who find the
perniciOuS stuff a handy thing to have
around the house.
AS soon as the bottles are removed
from the cases they are placed on a trav-
cling rack which carries them into a
complicated apparatus known as the
Cyclone Soaker," a designation which
might be more consistently applied to
one Jack Johnson or perhaps the late
lamented AID WolgaSt.
THE SOAKER.
This SoakeT is an odd looking continuance.
not unlike clover huler without wheels.
but whole lot more complicated On the
outside OF 1t IS draped a confusion of Their
mometerS pumps, gauges, valves and pipes
The bottles are carried through slowly in
rows of about dozen in an inverted position
rows of about a dozen in an invert-
ed position, and before coming out
on the back pOrch-or perhaps il is the
tront-they are subjected to four separate
and thorough baths. The first and second
are warm and hot soda solution, respect
Ively, and in the third and fourth they are
rlnSed in hot and cold water
tube is inserted well up into the throat
thoroughly, all particles of cork or paper
being flushed out. As the bottles come out
from this sanitary experience they drop into
the pockets of an elevator which carries
them to the second floor
Here they are at the mercy of another
washing machine-thiS time the outside is
scrubbed by a relentless gang of brushes and
with cold water The bottles are now ready
to be filled.
THE FILLER.
An operator then takes the bottles which
by this time are as clean and as clear as glass
of that quality ever gets, and sets them in
the filler. This resembles a huge revolving
bird cage, upon the brass bars of which the
bottles are placed and automatically thrust
up under a small tap which fills each with
exactly the same amount of beer. They are
then placed in the cOrkeT, which presses on
the cork lined, metal caps.
After this dozen or so are placed in wire
baskets and started into the paSteurizeT. and
before they emerge at the end of a full hour
they have been submerged in three separate
tanks of water, each at a different tempera-
ture. Next the labels are pasted on by a
couple of very intricate but ingenious ma
chimes and they are then ready to be placed
in cases and delivered to the consumer.
Nearly all of the machinery in the bottling
Sible to fill ninety bottles minute, although
at the time of our visit there were not over
six or eight operators at work in the entire
bOttling works
In the matter of their equipment in gen
eral, Mr.. Glueckert states that while there
may be larger breweries in the state, he does
not believe any of them are more modern
than the plant of the South Bend Brewing
Association, and although we are not fam-
lar with brewing We will venture that few
establishments are more systematic
Possibly some experienced brewers will
peruSe this article and chuckle over our con-
ception Of the way beer is made, but while
they may find some of our statements few
yards away from the bulls eve, our defense
is that they have spent years in learning the
art of brewing, whereas We have attempted
20 comprehend it in 20 minutes.
Moreover, this little dissertation was de.
signed more for the edifcation of those en-
gagged in other pursuits and if they have
been attending to their business as they
should have, they won't know any more
about brewing than We do.