Straub Brewery

About this Brewery

Over 125 years of unadulterated freshness - no sugars, no salts, no preservatives .... that is the Straub Brewing pledge. Straub Beer and Straub Light Beer contain nothing but 100% natural brewing ingredients, which is why we proudly call our beer "The Natural Choice".

We begin with fresh, spring-fed mountain water from the Laurel Run Reservoir, which lies along the Eastern Continental Divide. As the water runs into our brewery, it is mixed with cornflakes and malted barley. This mixture is heated, producing a sweet golden syrup called wort, which is slowly drawn through a copper vessel or grant, where we visually inspect our beer for clarity and color.

Next we add hops and transfer the wort to the brew kettle, where it is boiled for two hours. The heated product is held for a short time in a separate vessel, then cooled as it passes through the Cold Plate Cooler at the rate of one barrel per minute.

The fermenting process begins with the addition of liquid yeast to the "green" beer. This process takes seven to ten days, during which time the yeast will consume the fermentable sugars in the wort, producing beer and, as a by-product, carbon dioxide, which is collected and filtered.

After the fermentation process is completed, we transfer the beer to cold storage for aging (which can last two weeks) and double cold filtering. At this time the filtered carbon dioxide is injected into the beer (polishing) supplying the refreshing zest for which Straub Beer has always been famous. Our brewing process is virtually unchanged since our great, great grandfather, Peter Straub, perfected it in 1872. That's why Straub Beer and Straub Light Beer are considered two of America's great brews. Straub Beer - Honestly Fresh!

Locations

Straub Brewery

Address

303 Sorg Street
St. Marys, Pennsylvania 15857