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Dunstan Times, Issue 412, 11 March 1870, Page 2

It is with groat satisfaction th it we hail the successful realisation of an important branch of local industry. The brewery of Messrs Thcyers and Beck at Alexandra has gi> en its productions to the public, and a favorable verdict has been returned on all sides. The hotel keepers at Alexandra have patronised the new enterprise

, liberally, and wo have no doubt but ! that their example will be extensively , followed at Clyde and Cromwell. This ■ is a matter about which we should hope no local jealousy exists. The brewery although situate at Alexandm is an advantage to the whole distiict, it will not only materially cheapen an of almost universal consumption, but the ingredients from which the article is manufactured can be’pro'dnced in suitable localities for miles around, and form a valuable branch of industry. In addition to our fruit and flower gardens, wc shall soon be able to add hop gardens, whilst for malting barley, the soil and climate is eminently suitable and it will prove a valuable assistance to the products of the farm. The enterprise of Messrs Theyers and Beck in supplying us with a perfectly wholesome beverage entitles them to our support, and as the home made article is so much superior to the ini-, ported one, it must ere long become universally used, and we may reasonably hope to see malt liquors replace to a very largo extent the use of ardent spirits. To the workman, nothing is more invigorating than a glass of ale or porter, and the time is not far distant, when it will form a portion of tiie noon day meal of even the poorest amongst us. Ale and porter has long been a luxury, instead of an essential por ion of our diet. Notwithstanding the fame that •Dunedin brewed ales have acquired, there is no reason why they should not be surpassed on the goldfields. This has been the case in Victoria, and in Melbourne at the present time, large supp ies are obtained from the Bendigo and Cistlemaine breweries, and we hope to look forward to the time when the superiority of our own made article will be So widely’recognised that it will be quite a common thing for the Dunedin folk to allay their thirst with a glass of sparkling Manuherikia vie.