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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1903
Page
7
Visitors view the brew house as Astoria beer starts with Bohemian hops and barley malt. The tour notes five water faucets labeled spring artesian hydrant filtered and hot, each stage in brewing imparting a distinct quality.
A historical sketch traces the Atlanta Brewing and Ice Co. from its 1868 start with 1 000 barrels to today’s output around 76 000 barrels, highlighting steady plant improvements and expansion into a twelve state beer supply, cementing the firm’s ties to Atlanta.
The Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company was a pioneer, first in the country to operate on its own plant using a small facility and a metalized approach. This breakthrough marked an early advancement in self-contained brewery and ice production, reflecting industrial ingenuity of the period.
A historic refrigeration plant boasts ten tons of capacity, with two ice machines delivering 250 tons today. Courtland Street draws visitors to its frosted, gleaming vanities and pure preserved spaces, where beer is kept cool as it ages in chilly vaults.
Astoria hosts a tour of the Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company showing an automated process from bottle sterilizing on a revolving rack to hot water cleaning, filling on a circular wheel, corking, wiring, pasteurizing, and labeling by machines. The article credits Egypt and Germany in beer history and notes Astoria’s plant as a standout in efficiency.
A day’s output reaches twenty thousand bottles of Aetoria with one hundred fifty casks of beer drawn through pipes to the bottling plant. Every worker is engaged in a perfectly organized force ensuring no detail is overlooked and no moment lost in experiments.
The public knows the beer, famed abroad for a fine pure wholesome brew. After brewing, cooling and aging follow in forty five feet underground stone cellars with hoarfrost walls. A vast piping network moves beer from boilers to vats to casks to filters to bottling, maintaining icy cold temperature daily.
The Atlanta Brewing and Ice Co. operates with three large cooling cellars and a frost lined pipe network. Over 125 storing casks hold beer with each droplet filtered before bottling. The company is fully owned by Atlanta residents, employing 200 to 300 workers who invest earnings locally and tie the business closely to Atlanta’s growth.
Visitors are invited to tour Asteria beer plants in Atlanta with guided routes through the brewhouse aging vaults and bottling department. Company officers express pleasure in showing guests the facilities and the brewing process.
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