COLONIAL ALE AND THE CALCUTTA EXHIBITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1398, 7 June 1883, Page 3

COLONIAL ALE AND THE CALCUTTA EXHIBITION.

Mr .William John Disher, consulting brewer, Melbourne, writes to ■ the Argus as follows"The opportunity presented to the brewers of the Australian group by the forthcoming oxhibi< tiQH; in Calcutta, to extend their in the East, constrains me to submit to them my views in relation to tlie great advantngo they have over ■ either English or ContiiiHiital brewers i in that market. First, tint A nstiulia ahd newZfialand are certain to become the greatest producing countries in the . world for tho two most ossestial elements for the manufacture of ales and stout—viz,, barley and hops—there can be no doubt, I saw samples of Victorian grown barley today that are not to be equalled in lurope, and perhaps only surpassed in] New Zealand, are hops, Anyone that has examined a carefully picked and dried . hop of Nelson, Tasmania, or Victorian growth, and who is a judge, must admit although they have not i the pungent bitter, they hajve decidedly a much superior aroma, anU possess n/uch wore lupuline. lam of Opinion that 'hops can be grown a& cheaply as they can in England or 011 the Continent, from the cheapness of our land and being more free from blight, The next item is casks. Now in England you cannot get an oak cask under 17s 6d. Here, from Tasmanian blackwoodpwhifh to my mind is much superior to oak, the cost would be 14s; h«re iB a saving of 3s 6d. Next, the many ships that leave our shores in ballast for the East would be glad to take our ales at a very nominal freight, whereas English ales cost something ' like LI per hogshead. These are only a few of the leading advantages we 1 have over the English producer. In | conclusion, I would earnestly solicit the the brewers of Australia,' Tasmania, ahd New Zealand to embrace the preopportunity of Calcutta 1 ExJflyon by brewing a small brew of ' hops—the season is admirely adapted J for it—to try the eastern markets, at 1 the same time forwarding samples for c exhibit," t