Moresby Beer in February
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
P. Moresby, Aug. 1.
IF the South Pacific Brewery Com pany at Port Moresby can keep to its construction schedule, residents should be drinking the new “South Pacific” beer some time around next February.
Mr. R. Meier, the General Manager, who is also the brewer for the company, is now in Port Moresby supervising the installation of refrigeration equipment and the general layout for the brewing plant which is due from Europe in October.
He intends to start production on the basis of 150,000 gallons yearly, but the plant will be large enough for an annual output of 400,000.
The firm already has buildings at Badili which were built during the war by the Services as a laundry.
All the laundry equipment has been removed and the buildings cleared for the brewing plant.
At first all beer will be sold in bottles, but later bulk supplies will be marketed in metal containers.
Mr. Meier says that the Territory climate makes it impracticable to use wooden kegs or casks.
Brewing is no new job for Mr.
Meier for he has been at it 30 years, first in a Hungarian brewery, then in Germany, Prance, Belgium, Switzerland and several other countries.