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Publisher: Hantke's Brewers' School and Laboratories, 1900-1904.
Hard Cover, pages, 7x10.
Item #1553

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One of the lesser-known pre-Prohibition brewing trade journals was "Letters On Brewing," published in Milwaukee by Hantke's Brewers' School and Laboratories. The institute's founder, Ernst Hantke, was a German-trained brewer who came to America and worked for the Blatz brewery and the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology before starting his brewer's academy in Milwaukee. The stated goal of "Letters On Brewing" was to keep the industry informed of the scientific and technological goings-on of the school and laboratory, and to fill gaps not covered in other trade journals of the day. As such, we find a great deal of unique material in these super rare volumes -- everything from scientific articles on brewing (of course) to brewery management.

The magazine was issued quarterly, and each edition contains about 100 pages. The first half of each issue is in English, then every article is repeated in German in the second half. All issues contain a number of advertisements for a variety of brewing industry suppliers -- keg makers, brass fitters, vat makers, pump manufacturers, hops and malt dealers, etc., etc.

For sale here are Volume I and Volume III.

Volume I contains:
   • July 1900 - The inaugural issue, not numbered
   • September 1901 - Vol. 1, No. 1
   • June 1902 - Vol. 1, No. 2
   • April 1902 - Vol. 1, No. 3
   • July 1902 - Vol. 1, No. 4

Volume III contains:
   • October 1903 - Vol. III, No. 1
   • January 1904 - Vol. III, No. 2
   • April 1904 - Vol. III, No. 3
   • July 1904 - Vol. III, No. 4

CONDITION: The condition of Volume I is Fair to Good. Corners and spine tips are bumped and rounded. Hinges are a bit tender but holding strong. The first 3 pages are detached but present. All other pages fully intact. Otherwise problem-free. Volume III rates as Good. Spine tips and corners are lightly worn. Hinges are fairly strong. First page is detached, but all others are firmly intact. Both volumes have an occasional ink stamp of a long-ago owner - "Petit Journal du Brasseur," presumably a French brewing journal.