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Publisher: Paul Parey, Berlin, 1898.
Hard Cover, 183 pages, 5.00 x 7.50.
Item #1847
Here is a beautiful copy of C. J. Lintner's "Grundriss der Bierbrauerei" (Ground Plan of the Brewery), first published in 1893. Written and published in Germany, the volume is printed entirely in German.
This copy is the "Second Edition, With 35 Illustrations," published in 1898. Subsequent editions of this cornerstone German work would go on to be published for many years, finally ending in 1949 with the Eighth Edition.
The book was, for all German-speaking brewers, the absolute bible of any/all aspects of a brewing plant, covering everything from processing of raw materials through cellaring. Although the book focuses largely on bottom-fermentation (to be expected from a German text), there are discussions of top-fermentation, English beers, and even Belgian beers.
The author, Carl Josef Lintner, was a professor at the Munich Technical School, where he studied, taught and wrote mainly on the subject of brewing. In 1902, Lintner took over as director of the Experimental Station for Brewing at Munich. Still today, beermakers everywhere measure the diastatic power of malt using "degrees Lintner" -- i.e., using the scale devised by Prof. Lintner in Munich during the 19th century.
After the 183 pages of text and illustrations, there are about 30 brewing-related advertisements at the end of the book.
CONDITION: Very good. Cover shows light wear on corners and spine ends, but no significant blemishes. The spine has a 1-inch black box applied by a former library. The inside is mostly clean. The first few pages have very small former library marks. A stamp on the main title page reveals that this copy once belonged to the Wahl-Henius Institute's private library in Chicago. There is also a very old inscription (not overly obtrusive) on the half-title page, apparently presenting this book as a gift. Inscription looks roughly contemporary with publishing.
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