Abandoned Breweries

I love pictures of old breweries or old breweriana, such as old beer cans or funny old beer advertisements. I particularly find artistic pictures of abandoned breweries fascinating. I'm not sure what it is about an abandoned brewery that seems interesting. Perhaps its that I find it appalling that a functioning brewery could be left to rust. It seems like a crime. Regardless, the following pictures from the web are some my favorites. The photographers have a real gift, the ability to capture the essence and despair of a place.

Old Stella Artois Brewery
(http://www.opacity.us/)




Heurich Brewery (former DC brewery)
(http://dckaleidoscope.wordpress.com/)



Gunther Brewery (former Baltimore brewery)
(http://www.spiritsoftheabandoned.com)



May your mash tuns never rust,

HolzBrew