BEER!!

[Anonymous]

One of the responders mentioned that Coors shipped in reefers to keep the product cold.
It is correct that Coors has to be kept cold because it is not pasturized but what they do is shoot in liquid nitrogen (about 200 degrees below zero) before they load the car (an RBL) which is essentially a insulated box car with load restraining devices. They then quickly load the car and send it on its way as soon as possible to keep the beer cold.

A neet thing around Denver is the Coors distributor uses refridgerated beer delivery trucks rather than the unrefridgerated trucks used elsewhere.

Rick

[tomikawaTT]

Modeling the brewing vats and so forth can be done in an old-fashioned building. The plumbing of the Ballantine brewery in Manhattan was clearly visible from the Third Avenue L through the huge multi-pane windows of the 1900-era brick building. The Third Avenue L came down long before I could drink Ballantine legally, and the name itself disappeared in the early '70's.

[RedGrey62]

I quickly scanned the posts, so I may have missed it. Breweries also use diamtaceuos (sp) earth, used for filtering. The Falstaff brewery in Omaha had it listed as an item shipped by rail, incoming.

Rick

[MR_Paul]

If you go back to '69, then you've got a lot more options, because there were a lot more brewers (and a lot more local taverns, now that I think about it.[:D]) What part of the country are you modeling? There used to be some great breweries in Wisconsin, included Pabst in LaCrosse, Schlitz in Milwaukee and Meister Brau (may have been in Illinois?) that were probably about the size you're talking about. You might even find photos on the CB&Q, or C&NW websites.

[MisterBeasley]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tomikawaTT

Modeling the brewing vats and so forth can be done in an old-fashioned building. The plumbing of the Ballantine brewery in Manhattan was clearly visible from the Third Avenue L through the huge multi-pane windows of the 1900-era brick building. The Third Avenue L came down long before I could drink Ballantine legally, and the name itself disappeared in the early '70's.

I've become a fan of building interiors myself, so I think this is a great idea. I think the breweries intentionally allowed their big shiny tanks to be seen from the street - they still do this today.

And I remember Ballantine. Kind of skunky, like Haffenreffer. Although the loss of any beer is sad, I'd say that today's microbrews more than make up for the "fallen kegs" of the beers of yesteryear. The El was better than the beer. I'm modelling subways now, but no El. Still, there is that track-to-nowhere coming out the side of the layout in case I ever build an extension. And maybe a Ballantine reefer to add to my collection next year.

[Anonymous]

For the record, this brewery is planned around Life-Like's "Fairhaven Brewery" This comes with a full interior. My plan was to build copies of the vats and make the Life-Like Kit the "Brew House" take the bottling equipment and set that up in the DPM building as outlined in the the starter post of this thread. Then the IHC School house would be offices.

Thats the plan as far as the buildings go.

James