Cellarmaker Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Oakland,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
300 Webster St, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Subsidiaries
Description
Cellarmaker Brewing Company has been in the works for quite some time. Look for our beers to start making their way around better known beer bars and beer focused restaurants in San Francisco starting in September.
We have a tasting room in the same building as the brewery and will offer tasters, pints, and growlers. Some beers may be bottled further down the line but for now it's all draft. The only way you can take our beer away is in the form of a growler - which by the way, is a great way to drink beer!
Look for a focus of plenty of hoppy beers, belgian-style saisons, dark beers, and sour beers. We are huge fans of wine and bourbon barrel aged beers as well so it's only natural for us to have a barrel program. Think bourbon barrels loaded with big chewy imperial stouts, excessively hopped IPAs, fruited sour beers, and funky saisons. This is what we love. This is what we are all about. We hope you are too!
Please follow along for the ride as we build San Francisco's next great brewery.
Cheers!
We have a tasting room in the same building as the brewery and will offer tasters, pints, and growlers. Some beers may be bottled further down the line but for now it's all draft. The only way you can take our beer away is in the form of a growler - which by the way, is a great way to drink beer!
Look for a focus of plenty of hoppy beers, belgian-style saisons, dark beers, and sour beers. We are huge fans of wine and bourbon barrel aged beers as well so it's only natural for us to have a barrel program. Think bourbon barrels loaded with big chewy imperial stouts, excessively hopped IPAs, fruited sour beers, and funky saisons. This is what we love. This is what we are all about. We hope you are too!
Please follow along for the ride as we build San Francisco's next great brewery.
Cheers!
8/10
Crispeh niceness
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2025
at 19:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Poured from an undated 16 oz can.
Aroma is fairly fruity with lots of passion fruit, mango, guava and a tropical citrus. Lighter dank, oily resin notes. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a hazy, murky, golden straw color with a large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs.
Flavor is fairly sweet with light cracker malt notes. Moderate bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of fruity hop notes with mango, passion fruit and guava leading the way along with some tropical citrus and tangerine. Lighter dank, oily resin notes.
Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hazy IPA. For some reason I get more hop flavor than aroma which I wasn't expecting. Really nice fruity notes with some light dank notes in the finish. Alcohol is well hidden with balanced bitterness.
Aroma is fairly fruity with lots of passion fruit, mango, guava and a tropical citrus. Lighter dank, oily resin notes. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a hazy, murky, golden straw color with a large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs.
Flavor is fairly sweet with light cracker malt notes. Moderate bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of fruity hop notes with mango, passion fruit and guava leading the way along with some tropical citrus and tangerine. Lighter dank, oily resin notes.
Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hazy IPA. For some reason I get more hop flavor than aroma which I wasn't expecting. Really nice fruity notes with some light dank notes in the finish. Alcohol is well hidden with balanced bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2025
at 04:30
9/10
Glad I got two of these, just decadent coconut bourbon deliciousness. Boozy and sweet and easy to drink. Dark chocolate galore.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2025
at 18:58
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours clear chestnut, small beige head, ok lacing. Aroma is werthers, toffee, bourbon. Flavor is sweet, dark sugars, bourbon, hints of vanilla. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Quite excellent
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2025
at 02:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Poured from a 16 oz can.
Aroma is moderately hoppy with notes of pineapple, passion fruit, tangerine, tropical citrus and gooseberry. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a hazy, murky, dull golden straw color with a large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of tangerine pineapple, passion fruit, guava and tropical citrus with lighter gooseberry and dank, oily resin notes.
Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hazy DIPA. Great hop flavor but the aroma was a bit muted. Balanced malt sweetness and hop bitterness with alcohol well hidden.
Aroma is moderately hoppy with notes of pineapple, passion fruit, tangerine, tropical citrus and gooseberry. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a hazy, murky, dull golden straw color with a large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of tangerine pineapple, passion fruit, guava and tropical citrus with lighter gooseberry and dank, oily resin notes.
Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid hazy DIPA. Great hop flavor but the aroma was a bit muted. Balanced malt sweetness and hop bitterness with alcohol well hidden.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2025
at 05:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Poured from a 16 oz can.
Aroma is a balance of hops and malt with light bready grain notes and light hop notes of grapefruit, lemon, lime and tropical citrus. Hints of alcohol.
Pours a clear, brilliant, yellow-gold with a medium large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light bready grain notes. Medium high bitterness and hints of alcohol. Moderately strong hop notes with grapefruit pith, grapefruit, lemon, lime, tropical citrus and lighter notes of pine resin. The resin notes linger a bit in the finish.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied and somewhat crisp with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast pilsner with a nice hoppy character, especially in the flavor. Alcohol is well hidden and it's somewhat crisp. Stronger bitterness.
Aroma is a balance of hops and malt with light bready grain notes and light hop notes of grapefruit, lemon, lime and tropical citrus. Hints of alcohol.
Pours a clear, brilliant, yellow-gold with a medium large, thick, fluffy, white head that recedes slowly to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light bready grain notes. Medium high bitterness and hints of alcohol. Moderately strong hop notes with grapefruit pith, grapefruit, lemon, lime, tropical citrus and lighter notes of pine resin. The resin notes linger a bit in the finish.
Mouthfeel is medium light bodied and somewhat crisp with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast pilsner with a nice hoppy character, especially in the flavor. Alcohol is well hidden and it's somewhat crisp. Stronger bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2025
at 02:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from a 16 oz can.
Aroma is hop forward and dank and fruity with lots of passion fruit and lighter notes of guava, berries ,grapefruit and tropical citrus. Fairly strong dank, oily resin notes. Light alcohol and cracker malt notes.
Pours a clear, brilliant, gold color with a medium large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and small legs.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderate hop notes of grapefruit and tropical citrus with lighter notes of guava, passion fruit and berry. Light onion notes and medium light dank, oily resin.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA with a hop profile similar to what I would expect from an old school IPA but using cryo. Malt profile is lighter though. Alcohol is well hidden with a solidly assertive bitterness.
Aroma is hop forward and dank and fruity with lots of passion fruit and lighter notes of guava, berries ,grapefruit and tropical citrus. Fairly strong dank, oily resin notes. Light alcohol and cracker malt notes.
Pours a clear, brilliant, gold color with a medium large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and small legs.
Flavor is a bit sweet with medium light cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderate hop notes of grapefruit and tropical citrus with lighter notes of guava, passion fruit and berry. Light onion notes and medium light dank, oily resin.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA with a hop profile similar to what I would expect from an old school IPA but using cryo. Malt profile is lighter though. Alcohol is well hidden with a solidly assertive bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2025
at 02:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2025
at 20:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7
Tap. Pours cloudy golden yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, mango, peach. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 23:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Tap. Pours cloudy yellow, medium creamy white head, great lacing. Aroma is light, hints of citrus, peach, grapefruit. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 23:39