Before renovations begin, Michael Bixler takes us inside the remains of Poth Brewing Company with this photo essay

The Shadow taps into Philly beer history and frozen pie trivia at the old Adam Scheidt Brewing Company plant on North 9th Street

Our Lost Buildings roundup concludes with five more entries, plus four that almost made the list

Amidst the dust of the demolition of the Ortlieb’s Brewery, the old Ortlieb’s Brewhouse, where the beer was once supplied by pipe from the brewery, endures–a reminder of the Northern Liberties’ beer history and the bar’s magic run in the 1980s and 90s as a mainstay for jazz. Bart Everts has the story with Peter Woodall’s photos

L&I approves demo of oldest part of brewery at Germantown Avenue and Oxford Street and will press the building’s owner Tony Rufo to move ahead with redevelopment of the rest

The two iconic post-War buildings are joined by the Family Court on Logan Square and “Philadelphia Breweries”

Preservation Alliance to make the case for the Gretz, among other key sites

Last month a mysterious flag appeared on top of the tree that graced the roof of the abandoned and soon-to-be demolished Ortlieb’s Brewery building in Northern Liberties. We’ve got the story of how it got up there–and why