Craft Pittsburgh

Craft Pittsburgh Issue 9 Available for Download
If you missed a hard copy, Issue 8 is now available for download in PDF form here. This issue features a profile of former Church Brew Works head brewer Steve Sloan and his Great American Beer Festival achievements this past year, including a homebrew recipe for his GABF gold medal-winning…

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Issue 8 Ready for Download
If you missed a hard copy, Issue 8 is now available for download in PDF form. Sláinte!

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Issue 7 Ready for Download
If you missed a hard copy, Issue 7 is now available for download in PDF form. Sláinte!

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PLCB On Mug Clubs and Liquored-Up Degenerates
It’s possible you could be seeing changes to your favorite mug club plan. Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant of Media, PA issued a statement in early July informing their mug club members of changes to the program due to concerns from Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Among the issues Iron…

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Issue 6 Ready for Download
If you missed any of the 10,000 copies of Issue 6 featuring the history of brewing in Pittsburgh, you can download the PDF version here.

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Pittsburgh: Once a Brewing Town, Always a Brewing Town
It’s no secret that our beer and brewing scene here in Pittsburgh is exploding. It seems as though a new brewery, quality beer bar, or homebrew-oriented establishment springs up almost on a monthly basis. Our distributors and bottle shops are boasting unprecedentedly comprehensive lists of selections. Pittsburgh is hosting first…

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Is PA Liquor Law Emerging from the Dark Ages?
Are the times really changing? Is Pennsylvania finally beginning to emerge from the dark ages? One of any Pennsylvanian’s biggest gripes has been in regards to the state’s archaic liquor code, created just after the abolition of Prohibition, and rarely amended since. House Bill 242 -- the biggest alteration in…

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Session Beer Day
This Saturday, April the 7th, marks the first annual Session Beer Day. Lew Bryson, writer and creator of the Session Beer Project, started session beer day as way to raise awareness for these lower alcohol "sessionable" beers. Learn a little more about what session beer is here from Joe Sixpack.…

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Head Hunter Wins 2012 IPA Championship
Fat Heads Brewery's Head Hunter IPA is the winner of the Brewing News' 2012 National IPA Championship. Every year since 2008, the Brewing News has conducted a "heads up" bracket-style tournament where American IPAs are judged in a blind tasting by three professional brewers. The preferred IPAs move on to the next…

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Issue #5 Ready Available for Download
Missed out on the most recent hardcopy of Craft Pittsburgh? A PDF version of Issue #5 can be downloaded here. Cheers.

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