Adam Scheidt Brewing Company of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Dates	Trade Name	Historic Address
1866 - 1868	Moeschlin Bros.	Marshall Street at the Stoney Creek
1868 - 1870	John C. White & Co.	Marshall Street at the Stoney Creek
1870 - 1878	Charles Scheidt	Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1878 - 1884	C. & A. Scheidt	Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1890 - 1933	Adam Scheidt Brewing Co., Plant 1	Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1933 - 1960	Adam Scheidt Brewing Company	151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1954 - 1965	C. Schmidt & Sons Inc.	151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1960 - 1963	Valley Forge Brewing Company (Aka of Adam Sch...	151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets
1963 - 1965	Prior Brewing Co. (Aka of Adam Scheidt)	151 West Marshall & Barbadoes Streets

The Fate of the Brewery building is unknown
U-Permit Number : PA-U-332
L-permit Number : L-125

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23rd May 1844

Ernest F. Ott, future superintendent of the Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was born in Schaffhausen, Germany.

News

14th February 1854

Adam Scheidt was born in

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 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

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Circa: 1910

News

13th February 1918

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

The Adam Scheidt Brewing Co. of Norrristown, Penn begins selling LOTOS beverage.

1924

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

1937Capacity 300000 Barrels

1937

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Circa: 1937

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Circa: 1938

1939Capacity 300000 Barrels

1939

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Circa: 1941

Circa: 1949

Circa: 1950

Circa: 1952

News

1st July 1952

The Adam Scheidt Brewery in Norristown PA debuts its new label design for Prior Beer.

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

1967

1965 ClosedPrior Brewing Co. (Aka of Adam Scheidt)

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Adam Scheidt Brewing Company of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Timeline

23rd May 1844

14th February 1854

Begin: 1884 End 1920

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Circa: 1910

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

Circa: 1910

One Of Our Fleet Of Five Trucks

13th February 1918

2nd June 1919

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1929

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Circa: 1933

Early birds-eye view of the Adam Scheidt Breewery. Image courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

1937

Circa: 1937

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

Circa: 1938

A festival. Refreshments, courtesy of Adam Scheidt's Valley Forge Beer.

1939

Circa: 1941

Blair enjoys a can of Rams Head Ale.

Circa: 1949

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Circa: 1952

1st July 1952

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Adam Scheidt Brewing Company of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Timeline

23rd May 1844

14th February 1854

Begin: 1884 End 1920

Products

Circa: 1910

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

Circa: 1910

One Of Our Fleet Of Five Trucks

13th February 1918

2nd June 1919

1924

1929

Products

Circa: 1933

Early birds-eye view of the Adam Scheidt Breewery. Image courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

1937

Circa: 1937

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

Circa: 1938

A festival. Refreshments, courtesy of Adam Scheidt's Valley Forge Beer.

1939

Circa: 1941

Blair enjoys a can of Rams Head Ale.

Circa: 1949

Circa: 1950

Circa: 1950

Circa: 1952

Circa: 1952

1st July 1952

1953

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