https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/0c003468-b4b8-4d0a-9341-6fea8d84a690 Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Produced by the Industrial Division of U.S. Television News, “Make Mine Muehlebach: The Brewing of a Premium Beer” (c.1955) is a color promotional film presented by the Muehlebach Brewing Company to highlight the modern technology and high quality of production that goes into producing Muehlebach beer. Directed and narrated by American broadcast journalist Clete Roberts (1912-1984), the film takes the viewer through every aspect of the brewing process, from a close-up look at the copper brew kettle to the automated machines filling and packaging bottles of Muehlebach. The George Muehlebach Brewing Company (1868-1956) was a brewery that operated in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1868 until 1956. Film opens, image of Muehlebach paper label beer bottle in ornate baroque-style frame (0:12). Clete Roberts sits with couple drinking Muehlebach beers (0:49). Union Station, Kansas City skyline (1:50). Copper brew kettle, greater brew house vessel system; Muehlebach technical director explains system (1:59). Muehlebach chief chemist introduces steam into kettle and begins boiling process; Interior view of kettle where brown liquid seen bubbling (3:04). Charts, meters that keep record of exact temperature of kettle at every moment of boiling process (3:23). Storehouse, brewer uses mechanized handling equipment to move 500 pound bales of hops (3:44). Stamp on outside of bale, originating from Barth & Sohn (BarthHaas), Nuremberg, Germany (4:02). Brew master cuts open government red seal on bale, takes handful of hop buds (4:11). Brewmaster carries out flocculation test in copper kettle: Holds small glass of brew up to light, checks color (5:28). Chemist Lois Hicks draws sample of ordinary water from faucet and tests it for suitability for brewing beer, reads dial on monitor (5:46). Dial monitor of Permutit Water Softener, view of complex pipe and tank system (6:05). Hicks runs another test on water that has been treated by Permutit system (6:36). Large machines used to carefully control temperature of the brew (6:52). Hicks carries out protein test by boiling liquid in round-bottom flasks (7:08). Another experiment in laboratory: Pure yeast evaluation inside glass case, chemist uses flame to extract years from pure culture (7:37). Wart separator centrifugal machine, clarifies hot wart that came from copper kettle (8:32). Stainless steel place heart exchangers (8:50). Cooling radiator (9:01). Glass-lined storage tanks where beer kept at proper temperature (9:06). Specially-designed hose connecting different storage tanks (9:24). Beer filter (9:26). Hicks does distillation test on finished brew (9:47). Another chemist carries out foam evaluation test, uses wood apparatus to pour multiple beers at once into glass cups (10:36). De Markus fermentation gas machine used to purify natural carbon dioxide gas (11:35). Tanks on ceiling where natural carbon dioxide compressed (12:02). Aluminum kegs pressure washed using automated machine, go through eight different stations of hot and cold water (12:15). Technician burns cork bung for kegs (12:40). Technician coats aluminum keg with hot pitch, acts as a protective layer for metal; Uses bright light to check evenness of pitch (12:55). Kegs filled with beer using racker system 13:16). Technical director takes swickle of brew to check finished product (13:28). Freshly washed glass beer bottles make their way down assembly line, machine fills 300 bottles per minute (13:41). Capped bottles enter pasteurization chamber (14:35). Visual inspection of filled bottles, slowly pass in front of bright light (14:58). Bottles receive label (15:06). Beer canning machine, red and white cans whir around conveyor belts that fill, weigh, code wheel dates can (15:23). Cans packaged into cardboard boxes using automated machine, similar machine for packing six-pack carton (16:25). Row of perhaps Meuhlebach branded 1955 White 3000 COE trucks waiting, set out to deliver beer (17:25). Bar in Kansas City “The Cypress Room,” patrons enjoy Meuhlebach beer (18:10). Return to view of Union Station and Kansas City (18:48). Closing credits, this time glass of freshly brewed Muehlebach in ornate frame (19:03). Film ends (19:20). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. 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