straub brewery

Just took the tour of straub's brewery in St Mary PA and it totally chocked me it was a gravity brewery set up like a beer tree except beeing a hundred and some bbl it was pretty cool the only thing I was disappointed about was that they use a hop extract instead of real hops besides that pretty good time all in all

I have a case of their 16oz bottles that I love using for homebrew! Their cases also rock for lugging around HB as well. I had to drink 2 cases worth to get the empties, and it wasn't too bad for American Light Lager.

wildjack6 said:

Just took the tour of straub's brewery in St Mary PA and it totally chocked me it was a gravity brewery set up like a beer tree except beeing a hundred and some bbl it was pretty cool the only thing I was disappointed about was that they use a hop extract instead of real hops besides that pretty good time all in all

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Got any pics? I'd like to see a gravity brewery of that size. I don't think there's anything wrong with hop extracts. This may be odd coming from me whose never even brewed an extract beer, only all grain. But lots of commercial breweries use hop extracts. I would use them if they were an economically viable alternative and readily available. Then I would only have to worry about hot and cold break trub instead of hops too.

I love Straubs. There is a slight skunk in it that oddly appeals to me.

wildjack6 said:

... the only thing I was disappointed about was that they use a hop extract instead of real hops ...

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Lagunitas uses hop extract in their Hop Stoopid IPA, which I love. At least that is what the label says.

Just check their web site they have a virtual tour my batteries where dead on camera