Building a Brewtal new festival
You’ll know when Meg Evans or James Evans is mashing in — the music inside their respective breweries is loud, fast and hard. Meg — the head brewer at Homestead’s Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery —...
View ArticleGiving thanks
Brian Eaton at Grist House: Thankful for session beers. If you’re here, it’s probably safe for me to assume that you’re thankful for craft beer. It’s also safe to assume that the folks who work in the...
View ArticleExtra: Farewell to the Beerman
A commemorative run of Oskar Blues G’Knight imperial IPA, with a label printed in honor of Tony Knipling. Even now, days later, it’s a difficult thing to write: Tony Knipling died last week. To say...
View ArticleA fresh approach for the country’s first black beer festival
Mike Potter and Day Bracey. (Jessie Wardarski/Post-Gazette) Rhythm Brewing. Black Frog. Sankofa Brewing. Patuxent Brewing. Simmer down — those aren’t new Pittsburgh breweries you’ve missed. They’ll...
View ArticleGet a taste — and a lesson — from an S.O.B.
Brooke Franus is ready to start pouring samples of Rogue products at Save-Mor Beer and Pop Warehouse in Squirrel Hill. (Mike Pound) Craft beer can be mysterious. Intimidating, even. One of the things I...
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