The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-06
BREWERS ARE
SET TO MEET
BEER DEMAND
Ready With Supply the
Moment Congress Says
Go Ahead
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

tCopyrisht. 1892. BY United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Brew-
cries all over the country are set to
start relieving thirst and unempIoy-
ment the moment congress says the
word.
Beer on a minutes notice is
promised. Barrels are cooling in
the brewery cellars.
The fate Of beer bills is uncer-
tain as congress prepares this week
to look into the matter Of immedi-
ate modification.
Nevertheless, brewers are going to
bedat night dreaming congress is
Santa Claus, and that they hear the
thud Of kegs being rolled into beer
halls to serve ladies and gentlemen,
as beer customers are called in the
trade.
Leading brewers are in session
here to work on congress for prompt
action. They are opposed to re-
stricting the sale to bottled beer.
Wants Sale in Kegs
There is no more harm in key
beer than in the same thing in
bottles" they say. They claim that
,pasteurization for bottling destroys
part of the flavor. Some Of them
also believes sales will be higher in
bulk
Inquiries of many brewers
throughout the country by the
United Press reveal that most of
them are prepared for fast pro-
duction but are uncertain how they
will be permitted to sell. Some lave
large stocks on hand aging now. In
quiries we're made chiefly in fifteen
states which have repealed state
enforcement.
Restoration of beer in Nevada
merely would be technicality, If
reports of this correspondents
trusty scouts are correct. At count
less places of business, it is said,
beer is being served which carries
J its own authority, although the
general feeling among the consumers
is that it would be very nice if con-
gress officially would add its bless
ing,
Ready on Minutes Notice
Legalization of beer would find
the Carson Brewing Company ready
to load it's trucks on minutes
notice with the same old brew
which quenched the thirst of the
fans the day Bob Fftzsimmons and
gentleman Jim Corbet fought their
historic battle there back before the
first Roosevelt galloped up San
Juan Hill.
The Reno Brewing Company also
is ready to go into full-hedged OPP
Grafton on signal from Washington.
Brewers in Albany, N. Y, said
they we're awaiting passage of
beer law before making plans for
distribution.
1--WE have made no plans yet"
said H. j. McKeon, manager of the |
Dobler Brewery. I'VE can not tell |
how we are going to distribute beer.
We will have to wait until the fed
eral government and the state act. |
We don't know whether distribution |
will be kegs or bottles or in what
manner the law will say we should
sell beer"
Beer at a nickel a glass in nice
beer halls for ladies and gentlemen |
those are his very wordS--was
forecast by Anton Scheu, for thirty
years brewmaster at the Centennial
brewery in Butte, Mont.
IF beer comes back" he said |
brewers plan to have nice beer
halls for ladies and gentlemen open
for all to see, but no bars. I think
most beer will be bottled, with few
kegs sold. Restaurants also will sell |
If revenue measures are not raised |
above the former tax of Sc a barrel, |
it is probable we will have beer at
a nickel a glass"
The Montana Brewing Company
at Great Falls Mont, is ready to
manufacture beer Immediately once
congress legalizes it, the United |
Press was told by Walter H. Jensen,
official of the company.
The Butte Brewing Company like
wise is prepared for immediate re-
sumption of pre-war business but, |
as with the case of the Montana
Brewing Company, the method of
distribution is uncertain.