When it comes to love for dogs, you would be hard-pressed to find two people more caring and compassionate than the owners of Maggie’s Farm Rum, Tim and Layla Russell. With a collection of rescue pups at their home and hanging around the distillery, it’s easy to see how much they love their fine furry […]
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Does Your Beer Have What it Takes to Be on Season 3 of Viceland’s Beerland?
Image via Vice Homebrewers Wanted! When it comes to brewing beer at home, homebrewers don’t expect much recognition or thanks other than from their friends and family, and their homebrew club, too. Beer made for the sake of brewing is something anyone that owns a carboy is very familiar with, and they tend to like […]

Pittsburgh Brewers Guild
Local independent breweries unite to form Pittsburgh Brewers Guild The future of independent craft beer in Pittsburgh has its roots in Philadelphia. It’s 2016, and Grist House’s Brian Eaton, Hitchhiker’s Andy Kwiatkowski, East End’s Scott Smith and Eleventh Hour’s Matt McMahon are in Philadelphia for the Brewers Association’s annual Craft Brewers Conference. It’s the biggest […]
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Chicken Hunter’s Stew with White Cheddar Biscuits
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but my stove is so delightful…since we’ve no place to go, LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW!!! I know my happiness over winter may not be appreciated as we near the OMG WHEN WILL THIS END portion of the season, as such I will allow you […]

Scratch Food & Beverage
Tucked away in the North Side’s Troy Hill neighborhood, near the summit of the terrifyingly steep Rialto Street, sits Scratch Food & Beverage. In many ways, Scratch is a classic corner bar. A mismatched array of Pyrex coffee mugs hangs on a wall near the tiny kitchen. Quirky thrift store salt and pepper shakers dot […]

Bourbon Chocolate Torte – Cooking With Beer
‘Any chance you want to cook with a local liquor instead of beer next issue?’ Would I?!? Hell, yes! And then I found out that Wigle was releasing a Bourbon and, well, here we are. Bourbon plays well with chocolate, especially the darker, bittersweet chocolates. There is an inherent fruitiness in bitter chocolates that whiskey […]