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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

Timeline

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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.

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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 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.
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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    

1937Capacity 300000 Barrels
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1937    

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Circa: 1937    

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Circa: 1938    

1939Capacity 300000 Barrels
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1939    

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Circa: 1941    

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Circa: 1949    

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Circa: 1950    

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Circa: 1952    

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1st July 1952    

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
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1967    

1965 ClosedPrior Brewing Co. (Aka of Adam Scheidt)