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Found an interesting article in the Kilmore Free Press from 1883
BEER. (1883, February 15). Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954), p. 4 Edition: MORNING. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57702672
BEER
Comsiderable commotion (the British
Medical Jorurnal states) has been raised in the
beer-brewing and beer drinking world by a
letter published in a contemporary, written
by a firm of drug-brokers in Mincing-lane,
with reference to the substitution of drugs
possessing bitter flavour and tonic qualities
forjhops. They state that, in consequence of
the failure of this season's crop of English
hops, calumba root, camomiles, quassia, and
cheretta have greatly advanced in price,
thereby implying that these substances are
likely to be largely employed in producing
the flavour dear to the palate of the consumer
of" bitter." The great firms of brewers
have, in consequence, unanimously protested
that they never use anything but hops to
produce the bitter constituent of their beers,
and therefore practically deny the inference
to be drawn from Messrs. Joseph's. statistics.
This, doubtless, is the fact ; but if the case
were otherwise, and- the drugs named were
used in the brewing of bitter beer, no possible
injury, but rather benefit, would result to
the beer,,drinking public,. Few old Indians,,
or any persons suffering from the possession,
of the "liver," but know the good effects of
calumba; quassia is also one of the most
efficient vegetable bitters known to phar-.
macists. The same may be said of oheretta
and camomiles; so that, even if the hop crop
were deficient, it is certain that the public
health would not suffer, and drinkers of bitter
beer would not detect any difference of flavor
in their beloved beverage.
BEER. (1883, February 15). Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954), p. 4 Edition: MORNING. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57702672
BEER
Comsiderable commotion (the British
Medical Jorurnal states) has been raised in the
beer-brewing and beer drinking world by a
letter published in a contemporary, written
by a firm of drug-brokers in Mincing-lane,
with reference to the substitution of drugs
possessing bitter flavour and tonic qualities
forjhops. They state that, in consequence of
the failure of this season's crop of English
hops, calumba root, camomiles, quassia, and
cheretta have greatly advanced in price,
thereby implying that these substances are
likely to be largely employed in producing
the flavour dear to the palate of the consumer
of" bitter." The great firms of brewers
have, in consequence, unanimously protested
that they never use anything but hops to
produce the bitter constituent of their beers,
and therefore practically deny the inference
to be drawn from Messrs. Joseph's. statistics.
This, doubtless, is the fact ; but if the case
were otherwise, and- the drugs named were
used in the brewing of bitter beer, no possible
injury, but rather benefit, would result to
the beer,,drinking public,. Few old Indians,,
or any persons suffering from the possession,
of the "liver," but know the good effects of
calumba; quassia is also one of the most
efficient vegetable bitters known to phar-.
macists. The same may be said of oheretta
and camomiles; so that, even if the hop crop
were deficient, it is certain that the public
health would not suffer, and drinkers of bitter
beer would not detect any difference of flavor
in their beloved beverage.