I’ve photographed the interior of the famous 1891-2 brew house on the grounds of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, back in April of 2011 and then again in June of 2015. But I’d never done it at night, and it was interesting to capture the interior with only artificial light illuminating the mash tuns and brew kettles….
Tag: Breweries
Prairie Line, Anheuser-Busch
I spotted this rare sight of a Prairie Line yard locomotive crossing South Broadway on a recent Saturday morning. Many people might remember that Anheuser-Busch once had its own short line railroad, the Manufacturers Railway, but InBev closed it. Apparently this railroad is now contracted to provide services that historic railroad once provided. The Lemp…
Ferdinand Herold House Not Doing Well
I was alerted by a fellow lover of St. Louis history and architecture that the Ferdinand Herold Mansion on South Jefferson has been boarded up and abandoned after a failed attempt at rehabbing the stately house. It is currently on the market but no one has bought it yet. Unfortunately, the house has now been…
Adam Lemp and the Western Brewery
Dear readers, I’m happy to announce that my new book, Adam Lemp and the Western Brewery is now out and available for purchase as a paperback and e-book. You can read about it at this link, and purchase it from my preferred local small business, Leviathan Bookstore. If you live out of town or are…
Barley Cleaning House, Anheuser-Busch, Revisited
I looked at the Barley Cleaning House all the way back in June of 2015, almost a full decade ago, but I was traveling up Sidney Street, and it was looking great in the morning sun. Looking closer at the two turrets, it looks like the bricks have bee relaid, and there is even on…
Cherokee Cave at the Saint Louis Science Center
If you’re looking to do something fun the day after Christmas with the family, take a trip by the Saint Louis Science Center and check out a cool exhibit from the permanent collections. In addition to some other cool stuff, including pieces from the former Museum of Quackery, there is a whole room dedicated to…
Lemp Brewery from the Air, 1930s
I really love this amazing aerial photograph of the Lemp Brewery, a decade after International Shoe had taken over. You can see how the shoe company had already added several floors onto a couple of buildings and altered the smokestack of the third boiler house or power plant to say ISCO. The railyard is still…
Former Union Brewery and Environs, Alton
The former Union Brewery owned by the Yaekel Family, was built beginning the 1840s, before Pearl Street, which runs by the complex, was even laid out. The owner’s house, seen above and below, was one of the first buildings built in the complex. Later known as the Bluff City Brewery, the building below in the…
Stabilization Continuing, Malt Kilns, Lemp Brewery
We last looked at the controlled demolition of the unstable malt kilns at the Lemp Brewery back in December of 2023. As I’ve been arguing for a while now, the owner’s decision to stabilize the building in this way is the best course of action, and I fully support it. Remember, this was originally a…
Halloween at the Lemp Brewery
I went to the Lemp Brewery haunted house in mid October, which gave me the chance to take some bad photos of the place at night. It’s pretty fun to walk around the place at night, with lights giving a nice perspective on the architecture. You enter the cellars under the brew house, and then…