Stobbrau Home Brewery

Welcome to the best homebrewery in the San Francisco's Sunset District! I've been brewing since September 2001 in various wild places like Venice (CA), Los Altos (CA) and Haight-Ashbury (SF, CA).

Brewery Stats

A few intersting things about my brewing history:

Experience
• Started home brewing in 2001 in Venice, CA
• Intensive Brewing Science Course at UC-Davis in 2006

Batches:
• 74 Beer
• 2 Cider

Total volume produced:
• 372 gallons (Beer)
• 5 gallons (cider)

Top Batches:
• 9 - Herrlich Herbst Altbier
• 22 - Marital Bliss IPA
• 52 - Hoppy Mama IPA

Worst Batches:
• 21 - Ballpark Pale Ale

Overall Cost/12oz:
• $0.89

Recipes:
• Ugly recipe details here

Stobbrau Home Brewery Facilities

The brewery timeline...

2001
• Started home brewing in Venice.
• Only Extract brews.
• First year brewed on stove in 4 gallon pot.

2003
• Upgraded to converted keg and outdoor burner.
• Brewed in car port.

2005
• Moved to San Francisco.
• No room to use keg and burner at rented flat, so brewed at in-laws down in Los Altos.
2007
• Bought mash tun and began all grain brewing.
2009
• Moved all brewing equipment to the Sunset in San Francisco.
• Finally had all equipment in one place.
• Tried growing hops again, but utter failure.
2019
• Got a grain mill, so can now crush own grains.