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Publisher: Ernst Hantke, 1896-1897.
Hard Cover, 1496 pages, 7.50 x 10.25.
Item #1444
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This super-scarce 2-volume set of books was published in Milwaukee in 1896-1897. The author, Ernst Hantke, was a German-trained brewer who came to America and worked for the Schlitz brewery and the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology before starting a brewer's academy in Milwaukee. The books are quite likely the most extensive published record of American brewing practices and equipment of the pre-Prohibition era. Together, the 2 volumes comprise nearly 1500 pages and include hundreds of illustrations, mainly of late-nineteenth century brewing equipment. Both volumes are printed entirely in German, in keeping with the pre-prohibition tradition of American brewing schools instructing only in German. While volume 1 is dedicated to the practice, science and chemistry of malting and brewing, volume 2 is devoted to the mechanical operation of the brewery and malthouse. Both are lavishly illustrated, though volume 2 is especially so. Hundreds of illustrations of nineteenth century brewing equipment are shown. Many are very possibly the only surviving depictions of their subjects. To find even a single volume of this set is rare. To have both volumes together is beyond rare. 
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