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Brewing.
91
That
the
popular
beverage
of
bitter
beer
is
not
well
adapted
hygienically
for
general
consumption
has
been
insisted
upon
by
medical
writers.
It
is
the
opinion
of
Dr.
A.
S.
Taylor
and
Dr.
G.
0.
Rees,
“ that
it
may
be
greatly
doubted
whether
any
benefit
can
be
derived
from
swallowing
the
strong
bitter
infusion
(pale
ale)
now
so
largely
consumed;
and
whether
'positive
mischief
may
not
be
done
by
mixing
an
active
therapeutical
agent
with
the
gas-
tric
juice,
while
the
stomach
is
discharging
its
func-
tions.
The
writers
have
had
occasion
to
observe
the
i
evil
which
sometimes
results
from
the
practice,
and
sincerely
hope
that
the
present
custom
of
ordering
a
powerful
tonic
with
meals
will
soon
fall
into
disuse.”
Brewing
,
to
be
successfully
practised,
can
only
be
learnt
by
experience
;
no
treatise
on
the
art
can
give that
judgment
that
the
practised
brewer
has,
which
enables
him
to
contend
with very
many
unexpected
difficulties,
arising
from
sudden
changes
of
weather,
fluctuations
of
temperature,
and
other
causes
which
render
modifications
of
treat-
ment
necessary,
and
which
no
precise
rule
can
provide
against.
Yet
a
good
treatise
on
the
subject
(Black’s
is
excellent)
will
be
found
a
valuable
guide
for
affording
a
knowledge
of
the
properties
of
the
materials
employed,
and
the
principles
of
fer-