- Straub Brewery
Infobox Brewery
name = Straub Brewery
caption =
location =St. Marys, PA United States
opened = 1831Straub Brewery in St. Mary's,
Pennsylvania brews the award-winning Straub Beer, Straub Light Beer, and Peter Straub's Special Dark. The Straub Brewery was founded in 1872 byPeter P. Straub , who immigrated to the United States in 1869. Peter was born28 June 1850 inFelldorf ,Wuerttemberg , and died17 Dec 1913 in St. Marys, Elk County, Pennsylvania. The Straub Brewery has brewed beer continuously since 1872 although the Straub family has operated breweries under other names since 1831. The Straub Brewery is one of the oldest breweries in the United States and one of the few still owned by the original founding family. It is also the smallest pre-Prohibition brewery still in business in the United States.The Straub Brewery has been highlighted in several books written by
John Schlimm , the great-great-grandson of Brewery Founder Peter Straub, includingThe Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook , "The Straub Beer Cookbook", "The Straub Beer Party Drinks Handbook", and "Straub Brewery" (a pictorial history).External links
* [http://www.straubbeer.com/index.html Straub Beer Official Website]
* [http://www.ridgwayrecord.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53226 Article in the "Ridgway Record"]
* [http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=pittsburgh@621&cur_section=fea&feature=30006 Fodor's Guide]
* [http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/FGS/Stra/StraubPeterP-SabinaSorg.shtml Genealogy of Peter P. Straub]References
*Bryson, L. 2005. "Pennsylvania Breweries", 3rd ed. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0811732222.
*Schlimm, John. 2008.The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook , Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-58182-651-7.
*Schlimm, John E., II. 2004. "The Straub Beer Party Drinks Handbook". Stohn Books. ISBN 0-9752515-2-X.
*Schlimm, John E., II. 2005. "Straub Brewery (PA) (Images of America)". Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738538433.
*Schlimm, John E., II, A.H. Phelan, & F. Fry. 2003. "The Straub Beer Cookbook". Stohn Books. ISBN 978-0975251503.
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