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.51 vr-,1 j^,, Itxtfftuwpn.ro.to r-ft-^v*. JWi "?*&,f-Jrvip- -IT SO -W-nvi'M./. -?i .'V. A/f i?/ ^flli^'fj., ,^1 raw 0 'AVFW .YJTO OdJ rf--.<p> .W 4l\ f-^j *M^I -*"-J5U3& ^Bud^biser as it leaves the brew kettles is conveyed into Glass Enameled fermenting vats. After fermentation it is lagered (aged) from four to five months in Glass-Lined Steel Tanks before it is bottled. 200 mammoth Glass. Tanks in this building (Stock House No. 10) are required for this purpose. The capacity of these tanks is 200,000 barrels or 62,000,000 bottles of Budweiser. Eudweiser is, therefore, in Glass from the time it is brewed until it is consumed. The King of Bdftled Beers in 1905 scored a sale of 137,722,150 Bottles Cleanliness Bhiceasihg Care,Knowledge and Skill have resulted in a Beer so GOOD, and of such UNVARYING QUALITY, that ^-it has.made possiWe the buUdin^ and maintenance of The Largest Brewery in the World Covers 128 Acresmore than76 City Blocks If VJ Total Storing Capacity 600,000 Barrels Gives employment to more than 6,000 people ,.r _" Sales for 19051^403,788 Barrels of Beer Anheuser=Busch Brewing Ass'n St. Louis, U.S.A. {f (f ,9 O !vr*bs .'Xfjfl 7r._r i J'UY'i 7 fl-t 'H fil'iUi ^is^.tl *ti^ "^c,, l'q^t%'v^" ^^J-vt*. -*TOwg ^rgara-yyw-TCTMggB^^ a rl 3X lU 1 q/ -i m\ *b f*l srsufsf I nonita -O'r ataIE^Firs^class^-Hotels^afef ^aiidLtBars ^wa^^Tw^, twMaua wEuube *^.io**r Mis jfcmw~ L r WiUtB-^n-uttt^jaVtAiWtT&ri /(0 /Jiuv4j i -Ji^rr ~-r\r" SSa-,, -4*\jOi*cjs *ff*..^.B#*3l**** 4TAJ an isJws^BawaNiw,te.^ hJ*Wa*. tf'w *"ictceJ?4ftft ,|a*siJS ?:-y I i- This huge building, 347 feet long, 98 feet wide and 7 stories high, contains: 200 mammoth Glass Enameled Steel Tanks used solely for the lagering (ageing) of Budweiser. Each Glass Tank weighs 16 Tons, is 70 feet long, 9 feet in diameter, arid holds 1,000 barrels of beer. The combined capacity of the 200 tanks is 200,000 Barrels, or 62,000,000 Bottles of Budweiser. These Glass Enameled Steel Tanks were manufactured and installed by The Pfaudler Co. Rochester N. $&&&& Y.---.: j' a cost of over half a million dollars. It required eight months' time to manufacture tht:m, and over five miles of freight cars to deliver them to the Brewery. This however is only the first installment. The proved superiority of glass over wood for the Iagering and storing of Beer has decided the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n to equip the entire brew ery with these Glass -Enam eled Tanks. wt feasasft *f