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Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery

San Francisco brewers who distilled their craft beers into whiskey.

Founded: 2016
Founded by: Tim Obert, Clint Potter
Based in: San Francisco, California

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Making it since

2016

Their story

Seven Stills began with two friends from UC Santa Cruz, Tim Obert and Clint Potter, brewing and distilling for fun at Clint's parents' house in Novato. When their homemade whiskeys filled a bookshelf, about 50 of them, they decided to turn the hobby into a business.

Founded in 2016, Seven Stills built a brewhouse in Bayview and opened taprooms around San Francisco, including Mission Bay and the Outer Sunset. The pandemic, liquor license troubles and slow sales hit hard, and after 2020 the company closed its taprooms and stopped production, with remaining stock sold online.

How it's made

The idea was to brew craft beer first and then distill it, so each whiskey carried the character of the beer it started as. The work began in a garage and grew into a full brewery and distillery operation in San Francisco.

Our featured pick

1.21 Gigawatts Whiskey (375ML)

$40.00

Seven Stills partnered with the Tioga Sequoia Craft Brewery to brew an imperial oat stout. The Finished beer was then distilled, producing this bold, rich, and complex whiskey.

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Why we carry them

We have a soft spot for Seven Stills as a true San Francisco story. If you find a bottle, it is a fun taste of what happens when beer becomes whiskey.