News
23rd May 1844
23rd May 1844
Ernest F. Ott, future superintendent of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was born in Schaffhausen, Germany.
Ernest F. Ott, future superintendent of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was born in Schaffhausen, Germany.
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14th February 1854
1866 FoundedMoeschlin Bros.Marshall Street at the Stoney Creek
1868 John C. White & Co.Marshall Street at the Stoney Creek
1870 Charles ScheidtMarshall & Barbadoes Streets
1878 C. & A. ScheidtMarshall & Barbadoes Streets
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Begin: 1884 End 1920
1884 - 1920
1890 Adam Scheidt Brewing Co., Plant 1Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
Products
Anaconda Carbonated Water
1920-1933
Bremer Brau Beverage
1918-1933
Caddy Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Double Stout Beverage
1920-1933
Lager Beer
1890-1920
Lotos
1918-1933
Olde Inn Lager Beverage
1918-1933
Rams Head Pale Beverage
1920-1933
Scheidt's Birch Beer
1920-1933
Scheidt's Carbonated Water
1920-1933
Scheidt's Cherry Soda
1920-1933
Scheidt's Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Scheidt's Ginger Ale
1920-1933
Scheidt's Lemon Soda
1920-1933
Scheidt's Lime Soda
1920-1933
Scheidt's Orange Soda
1920-1933
Scheidt's Red Tag Lager Beverage
1918-1933
Scheidt's Root Beer
1920-1933
Scheidt's Standard Dark Beer
1890-1920
Twentieth Century Ale
1899-1920
Valley Forge Double Stout Beverage
1920-1933
Valley Forge Malt Syrup
1918-1933
Valley Forge Special Beer
1890-1920
Valley Forge Special Beverage
1918-1933
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Circa: 1910
Circa: 1910

The Scheidt brewery and the banks of the Schuylkill River in Norristown. Circa 1908.
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Circa: 1910
Circa: 1910

One Of Our Fleet Of Five Trucks
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13th February 1918
13th February 1918
Ernest F. Ott, superintendent of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, died at the age of seventy-three years.
Ernest F. Ott, superintendent of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, died at the age of seventy-three years.
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2nd June 1919
2nd June 1919
The Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norrristown, Penn begins selling LOTOS beverage.
The Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norrristown, Penn begins selling LOTOS beverage.
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1924
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1929
1933 Adam Scheidt Brewing Company151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
Products
Old Bremer Beer
1933-1936
Prior Beer
1945-1960
Rams Head Ale
1933-1960
Scheidt's Porter
1933-1936
Scheidt's Special Dark Beer
1933-1936
Scheidt's Ale
1933-1937
Scheldt's Bock
1933-1935
Scheldt's Beer
1933-1935
Valley Forge Ale
1934-1939
Valley Forge Beer
1940-1960
Valley Forge Bock
1936-1960
Valley Forge Porter
1937-1959
Valley Forge Special Near Beer
1933-1936
Valley Forge Stout
1935-1947
Wurzburger Type Beer
1933-1937
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Circa: 1933
Circa: 1933

Early birds-eye view of the Adam Scheidt Breewery. Image courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
1937Capacity 300000 Barrels
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1937
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Circa: 1937
Circa: 1937

A spectacular billboard advertising Valley Forge Beer in Atlantic City, NJ.
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Circa: 1938
Circa: 1938

A festival. Refreshments, courtesy of Adam Scheidt's Valley Forge Beer.
1939Capacity 300000 Barrels
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1939
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Circa: 1941
Circa: 1941

Blair enjoys a can of Rams Head Ale.
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Circa: 1949
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Circa: 1950
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Circa: 1952
News
1st July 1952
1st July 1952
The Adam Scheidt Brewery in Norristown PA debuts its new label design for Prior Beer.
The Adam Scheidt Brewery in Norristown PA debuts its new label design for Prior Beer.
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1953
1954 C. Schmidt & Sons Inc.151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
Products
Schmidt's of Philadelphia Beer
1954-1965
1960 Valley Forge Brewing Company (Aka of Adam Scheidt)151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
Products
20th Century Ale
1976-1977
Prior Beer
1960-1964
Rams Head Ale
1960-1964
Tudor Ale
1974-1978
Tudor Ale
1975-1990
Tudor Beer
1974-1978
Tudor Beer
1975-1990
Valley Forge Bock
1960-1964
Valley Forge Porter
1960-1964
Valley Forge Beer
1960-1964
1963 Prior Brewing Co. (Aka of Adam Scheidt)151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
Products
Prior Preferred Beer
1963-1965
1965 ClosedPrior Brewing Co. (Aka of Adam Scheidt)