About
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!
Part of the group
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 9
Can from Tavour. Pours clear gold with a large foamy white head that persisted. Aroma of green melon, citrus and more. Med body or better. Somewhat juicy but not very sweet. Dry even. Quite bitter and definitely heading towards dank. Grapefruit pith, green melon and citrus with pine/resin notes. Dankly bitter excellence.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 14 Apr 2026
at 00:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pine and grapefruit. Some rich pineapple. Pours clear golden with ok head. Bitter end. Nice West Coaster. Can. 78878 3.8
Tried
from Can
at
Kettles & Grains
on 13 Apr 2026
at 01:44
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Amber-brown, no head. Huge vanilla on the nose. Some dates in there as well. Soft and sweet, raisins, cream, vanilla, like a rice pudding with sherry, that's a fucking dessert. Just a touch of orange and raisin acidity to attempt balancing those sugars. Barrel tannins, that little bit of fruitiness, damn that's layers of ridiculousness. A quality Cellarmaker barley wine with an added layer of Horus richness, what could go wrong?
Tried
from Bottle
at
Cellarmaker Brewing Company - Oakland
on 12 Apr 2026
at 07:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
375mL bottle, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is decadent and complex, with deep bourbon barrels, treacle toffee, dark sugars, and a touch of bready caramel. Flavour is complex and sweet, with deep butterscotch, big bourbon barrels, treacle toffee, and plenty of booze that cuts down a bit on the sugar. Extremely rich, deep and sweet (but not cloying). Finishes with loads of bourbon and butterscotch. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2026
at 07:17
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle. Pours dark brown with a minimal head. Layers of brown sugar, candied fruits, bourbon, and vanilla on the nose. Flavour has a ton of burnt butterscotch, incredible malt depth for that sweetness, bourbon barrels, vanilla beans. The intensity of the sweetness is offset by the complexity of the beer. This is excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2026
at 03:18
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Big grapefruit and just underripe pineapple. Pours clear golden with decent head and lacing. Bitter end with some caramel sweetness. Greta balance. This one really works for me. Can. 78988 4
Tried
from Can
at
Kettles & Grains
on 11 Apr 2026
at 01:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Oakland CHoP.
Aroma is fruity with lots of tropical citrus, grapefruit, and tropical fruit. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a fairly clear, brilliant, yellow gold with a small, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light cracker malt notes. Medium high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderately strong citrus hop and tropical fruit notes. Lots of mango, passion fruit and stone fruit.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid pale ale. Nice hop notes in the aroma and flavor. Balanced bitterness and a light malt note. Alcohol isn't too noticeable.
Aroma is fruity with lots of tropical citrus, grapefruit, and tropical fruit. Light cracker malt and alcohol notes.
Pours a fairly clear, brilliant, yellow gold with a small, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with light cracker malt notes. Medium high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderately strong citrus hop and tropical fruit notes. Lots of mango, passion fruit and stone fruit.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid pale ale. Nice hop notes in the aroma and flavor. Balanced bitterness and a light malt note. Alcohol isn't too noticeable.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2026
at 21:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the Oakland location.
Aroma is hop forward and fruity with nice citrus notes along with some tropical fruit and stone fruit notes. Medium light vracker malt notes and light alcohol notes.
Pours a very clear, golden color with a medium large, thick, pillowy white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Fairly high lacing and small legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with nice cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of citrus hop notes with lighter tropical fruit. Light dank, pine resin notes that longer in the finish.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA. Sweet, fruity citrus hop notes with balanced bitterness and alcohol notes. Nice malt profile. Solid IPA.
Aroma is hop forward and fruity with nice citrus notes along with some tropical fruit and stone fruit notes. Medium light vracker malt notes and light alcohol notes.
Pours a very clear, golden color with a medium large, thick, pillowy white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers. Fairly high lacing and small legs.
Flavor is somewhat sweet with nice cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness and light alcohol notes. Lots of citrus hop notes with lighter tropical fruit. Light dank, pine resin notes that longer in the finish.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth.
Overall, a solid West Coast IPA. Sweet, fruity citrus hop notes with balanced bitterness and alcohol notes. Nice malt profile. Solid IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2026
at 20:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can purchased at Ale Arsenal n
Tried
on 10 Apr 2026
at 04:16
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours clear reddish hazel, minimal head or lacing. Aroma is werthers, vanilla, bourbon, treacle. Flaky is quite sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body, hot but good.
9,9,8,8,17
9,9,8,8,17
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2026
at 21:22