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Show ! Co v r:TK tkd Br.::!:. A t a rev.-:i t j meeliog o; the; society of i.ns Jr. Hartle't di-s 'ribt-d, in a lengthy pap.-r, loe j Mice-.i ot coiv entratuig Leer. Tne inventor of the process is Mr. Loclr-voiid, nne of the found. r. of ihe con dei d milk industry, aud t. e ilan adoj.ted is Very -::nii ir 'o the jirociss empl. veil in th" )irepa;-.i'.ion of that article, viz : By Ivihng down the beer at a tempera lure of about U-degrees iu vacuo until it is reduced to a tnick hemi llu'd state witli but a small pn-p.'-rtion of tlie original water remaining. remain-ing. Tlie alcohol is previously t x-tvctnl x-tvctnl by a gentle distillaticn, anil reaildt d when the process ef conden- ; sation is complete, the mixture bcinpj ' then sea.led up in cans. A barrel ot 1 beer containing ihirty-si.v g illoua may in this manner, it was stall d, be con- ceutraUd in a bulk of littln ni-er two ' gallons, and all that ia wanted to re- ' ;storc the beverage to its original con- j ehtiou is Iho addition of water to thr 'extent desired. JJut when -o mixed the beer is necessarily without hris!;-i hris!;-i n'-ss, tho whole of the carbonic arid ' h ivmg been driven oil", and to remedy I this the inventor proposes in stimulate ) ihe reproduction eil the g.'s by Hie :ul-flition :ul-flition of ii little yea-t er uncon innsed beer. Dr. B u tle tl said lie had put tho remade1 beers to Iho practical le?a of drinking thorn nlmi daily, and hail round thrm pie oanl to tlie palate iunil more, euit.d 1 i from a dietetic point of view than the general average aver-age ol beer. Tho substantial value of the invention Iny, hcthou-.'.ht, in its applicability to the preparation of be. rs for export and tor u on board hhips. The saving cfl'ceicd would bo Lo I'onsideralile that he uaw no reapon why bcerfi of tho most wholesome type rthcuid not bo so ninnlied at the anlipodcK at a moderate advance upon liome prices. If the oundeiiMaliun of be. r was carried on with em rgy and eomnierci d (-nti rprNo it could not fail, he predicted, to beeomo e'f national na-tional import, meei as lending to a great ine-rcasn of our exports, now declining, declin-ing, A discussion followul the reael-ing reael-ing of the papr, and opinion? we're exchanged grnerally fuvoi-aldo lo thej views ol tlio author. London Si'timt-irtl. |