Straub Brewery

Straub Brewery, located at 303 Sorg Street in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, brews four flagship beers: Straub American Lager, Straub American Light Lager, Straub American Amber Lager, and Straub IPL (India Pale Lager), as well as a growing portfolio of craft beers.HistoryStraub Brewery was founded in 1872 by Peter Straub of Felldorf, Württemberg, Germany, who purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg.Located in the heart of the PA Wilds region of Pennsylvania, Straub Brewery has brewed beer continuously since 1872. Today, Straub Brewery is the third oldest brewery in the United States and considered an American Legacy Brewery™. It is still owned and operated by the original founding family, now into its seventh generation. Straub Brewery is also the smallest pre-Prohibition brewery still in business in the United States.In 2007, Fodor's Travel named Straub Brewery one of the "5 Best Places in America to Drink American Beer."Straub Brewery also holds the distinction of being the last brewery in the United States to produce and sell beer in returnable 16-ounce glass bottles, commonly called "Pounders." The Brewery uses a traditional bottle-washing machine to clean the returned glass bottles and prepare them for refilling. Heavy-duty, reusable cardboard cases and dividers enable the Brewery to minimize the amount of new packaging material. Straub Returnables are known to be an environmentally sustainable product, produced by an American Legacy Brewery™ in the PA Wilds.Flagship BeersStraub Brewery's four flagship beers, which are brewed year-round, are: Straub American Lager, Straub American Light Lager, Straub American Amber Lager, and Straub IPL (India Pale Lager).