. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. Section — Gravity or Tower Brewery Cellars. Brew House.— The brew house generallycontains the following vessels: hot and coldwater tanks; malt and cereal (rice or corn) hop-pers ; the cereal cooker, mash tub, kettle, andhop jack and cooler. Malt Mill and Screening Reel. pumped only once to the top and from theredescends through the different stages of manu-facture by gravity. Elevator or Mill House.— Here the malt iscleaned and stored. The d
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. Section — Gravity or Tower Brewery Cellars. Brew House.— The brew house generallycontains the following vessels: hot and coldwater tanks; malt and cereal (rice or corn) hop-pers ; the cereal cooker, mash tub, kettle, andhop jack and cooler. Malt Mill and Screening Reel. pumped only once to the top and from theredescends through the different stages of manu-facture by gravity. Elevator or Mill House.— Here the malt iscleaned and stored. The desired amount of maltfor the beer is weighed out in a scale hopper,and from thence passes through the malt millwhere it is crushed so as to loosen the starchin the kernels. The crushed malt is then trans-. IVsrtm Xft/rirr Hot Water Tank, Sectional View. Mashing in Cereal Cookers.— Cookers are oftwo kinds; open ones or, as they are usuallycalled, rice tubs, and closed or pressure cookers. BREWING AND MALTING In these vessels rice or corn (grits or meal) isboiled for a certain length of time in order toloosen up or soften the hard flinty conditionof their starch so as to render it able to be morecompletely dissolved or acted upon in the mashtub. Crushed malt to the amount of about onequarter the weight of corn goods is added inthe open cookers. The mashing method in the
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