MALT AND IJEEtt IN SPANISH AMERICA. 



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CIENFUEGOS. 



REPORT BY CONSUL EHNINQER. 



BEER. 



No malt is imported into this consular district. 

 Imports of beer and whence imported during the year 1888 were as 

 follows : 



XOTE. In bottles only; none imported in the wood. 



From the foregoing statement it will be seen that 74,402 quarts, or S7 

 per cent, of the total importation for 1888, came from Great Britian via 

 ( 1 lasgo w and Liverpool. This was almost entirely from Teiiuant & ( 'o.'s 

 Well Park Brewery, Glasgow, and is imported in casks of 10 dozen 

 pint bottles, and cost here .$4, Spanish money, per dozen quarts. 

 .Next in order, constituting 11 per cent, of the importation, is the Her- 

 man product, from the Salvator brewery, located in Bremen. This 

 sells a little higher than the Scotch beer; say $5 Spanish money, per 

 dozen quarts, or two dozen pints. Last of all, and composing 2 per 

 cent, of the importation of 1888, comes the lager beer from the United 

 States, principally from Milwaukee, and the Anheuser-Busch brew- 

 ery ; this retails at about the same price as the Salvator beer. 



During the past year I have noted in the coffee-houses lager beer 

 from the the Empire Brewery of New York, which seems to have 

 some sale, although the high price, 30 cents, silver, per pint bottle, 

 makes it rather a costly luxiuy. 



