Pennsylvania Breweries History: Straub Brewery Inc. John N. Straub settled in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (currently Pittsburgh's North Side) where, in 1831, he opened a "brew pub" which grew into the J.N. Straub and Company Brewery. Eventually, Straub and Company would merge with Eberhart and Ober to form the Eberhardt and Ober Brewing Company (located at Pennsylvania Route 28 and Interstate 279). The brewery was located in the building now occupied by the Pennsylvania Brewing Co. - Penn Pilsner. John's sons, Herman and John H., would later become officers in the Straub Brewing Company, located in Lawrenceville, PA. (liberty Avenue and Main Street, North Central Pittsburgh). This Brewery would resach a capacity of 100,000 barrels. Peter Straub, who learned the brewery business under John Straub, purchased the Benzinger Spring Brewery in St. Marys (founded by Captain Charles C. Volk in 1855) from his father-in-law, Francis Xavier Sorg. It was then that Straub Beer was born; a smooth, old-world beer brewed to the same standards of quality and freshness as all the Straub beers since 1831.