Strip District Breweries, New and Old

 Between 1996 and 2019, seven breweries opened in the strip District. In the early days in the 1990s these breweries were called microbreweries. Today these so-called microbreweries are not referred to is craft breweries. I never had an issue with a brewery being called a microbrewery because it reflected on the breweries size and capacity. I do not like to call a brewery big craft brewery but honestly I don’t know what else to call it. Book for me a brewery is a brewery. Bruce may be of different size or capacity but they’ll all make one product; beer. Not every company makes a quality product. Breweries are no exception. Some do a better job than others and sometimes the road beers very in quality. By using the word craft, it seems to me, and this is my personal opinion, that the word craft implies quality. Everyone has a personal taste and one person may enjoy a particular brand whereas another person made bought enjoy that beer. That doesn’t make the beer bad. It just reflects a person’s personal preference. But there are measures that determine if a beer is bad. Those measures are for another discussion. 

 

There is a brewery seemed open in the strip that is advertising that they will be the strip District’s first craft brewery. Let me say first that I’ve welcomed this brewery as I enjoy all the breweries in western Pennsylvania and elsewhere. My commentary is the use of their reference to being the first. They are not. The southern breweries listed below predate this new brewery. The date next to each brewery is the year that they opened. The strip brewery, as this new brewery, was on Penn Avenue practically across the street. I am bored sure if the owners of this new brewery are aware of these breweries or if they are just using their advertisement for marketing. I could say that they will be the first brewery in the Strip after a long absence, but there were three breweries in the last eight years. Cinderlands just opened last year and are still in operation. 

 

As I have said I welcome this new brewery with open arms and I wish them luck. I just want to make a point of preference that they will be the eighth brewery in the Strip. And this doesn’t even count the several breweries that existed here in the 1800’s. My commentary may seem picky, and I seem well noted for that, but the owners and patrons of these other breweries have to be thinking “did everyone forget about us?” 

 

Three Rivers Brewery 1996

Valhalla Brewery 1997

Strip Brewery 1997, the third brewery to open in Pittsburgh

Sweet Water Brewery (Foundry) 1997

Aurochs Brewery 12012

Milkman Brewery 2014

Cinderlands Warehouse Brewery 2019

 

The new brewery coming to the Strip is Bonafide Beer Brewery t 21st & Penn Ave. The Owners are Christian G. Simmons (President of Pennsylvania Libations and formerly a co-owner of Four Seasons Brewery), and Travis Tuttle (Brewer/Co-owner of Butler Brew Works).

 

Welcome to the Pittsburgh family of brewers.

Pennsylvania Brewery Count 2019

This is the u=number of breweries in Pa. as of Sept. 27, 2019 based on the Pa. LCB database. The list on the left are the counties with the highest to lowest brewery count. As such the right column are the counties in alphabetical order. The fact that I drink a lot of beer and live in Allegheny County is only a co-inkie-dink. As of this posting date there are 414 active breweries in Pa. according to the LCB.

39	Allegheny		7	Aams
30	Montgomery		39	Allegheny
28	Chester		0	Armstrong
27	Philadelphia		3	Beaver
24	Lancaster		1	Bedford
22	York		10	Berks
17	Bucks		2	Blair
17	Westmoreland		1	Bradford
14	Cumberland		17	Bucks
14	Dauphin		13	Butler
14	Northampton		2	Cambria
13	Butler		0	Cameron
12	Lehigh		1	Carbon
10	Berks		6	Centre
8	Crawford		28	Chester
8	Luzerne		2	Clarion
7	Aams		2	Clearfield
7	Delaware		0	Clinton
7	Erie		4	Columbia
7	Lycoming		8	Crawford
6	Centre		14	Cumberland
6	Monroe		14	Dauphin
5	Schuylkill		7	Delaware
5	Wayne		1	Elk
4	Columbia		7	Erie
4	Lawrence		1	Fayette
4	Lebanon		0	Forest
4	Washington		2	Franklin
3	Beaver		0	Fulton
3	Lackawanna		0	Greene
3	McKean		0	Huntingdon
3	Mercer		2	Indiana
3	Mifflin		0	Jefferson
3	Montour		1	Juniata
3	Susquehanna		3	Lackawanna
2	Blair		24	Lancaster
2	Cambria		4	Lawrence
2	Clarion		4	Lebanon
2	Clearfield		12	Lehigh
2	Franklin		8	Luzerne
2	Indiana		7	Lycoming
2	Perry		3	McKean
2	Snyder		3	Mercer
2	Tioga		3	Mifflin
1	Bedford		6	Monroe
1	Bradford		30	Montgomery
1	Carbon		3	Montour
1	Elk		14	Northampton
1	Fayette		0	Northumberland
1	Juniata		2	Perry
1	Pike		27	Philadelphia
1	Somerset		1	Pike
1	Union		0	Potter
1	Venango		5	Schuylkill
1	Warren		2	Snyder
1	Wyoming		1	Somerset
0	Armstrong		0	Sullivan
0	Cameron		3	Susquehanna
0	Clinton		2	Tioga
0	Forest		1	Union
0	Fulton		1	Venango
0	Greene		1	Warren
0	Huntingdon		4	Washington
0	Jefferson		5	Wayne
0	Northumberland		17	Westmoreland
0	Potter		1	Wyoming
0	Sullivan		22	York

Breweries in Allegheny County Pa since 1795

This is a preliminary list of evey brewery in Allegheny County, Pa. since 1794. The final list will be published. on my site: pittsburghbrewers.com. The (Post 1980) indicates that the brewery was established after 1980.

Brewery

14th Ward Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

180 and Tapped Brewery, Allegheny Co., Coraopolis +

412 Brews Brewery, Allegheny Co., McKees Rocks (Post 1980)

5th Ward Larger Beer Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

8th Ward Brewery, Pgh., North Side

A

Abjuration Brewery, Allegheny Co., McKees Rocks (Post 1980)

Acrospire Brewery, Allegheny Co., Glennshaw (Post 1980)

Alleghany Valley Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Allegheny Brewery (Lutz), Pgh., North Side

Allegheny Brewery & Pub, Pgh., North Side

Allegheny Brewery & Pub, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Allegheny Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Allegheny City Brewery, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Allegheny County Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Amber Brewery, Pgh., North Side

American Beverage, Allegheny Co., Varona (Post 1980)

American Pure Beer Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Anchor Brewery, Allegheny Co., Brackenridge

Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar, Allegheny Co., Penn Hills (Post 1980)

Aurochs Brewery, Allegheny Co., Emsworth (Post 1980)

Aurochs Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

B

Baeuerlein (Star) Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Baird Brewery, Pgh, Downtown, (Kensington)

Bavarian Brewery (Winter Bros), Pgh., South Side

Bavarian Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Beck Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Benitz Brewery , Pgh, Downtown

Benitz Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Bennett Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Bennett Star Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Bohemian Brewery, Pgh., North Side

British Army Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Brownstone Brewery (Hauch), Pgh., South Side

C

Carson & Darlington Brewery , Pgh, Downtown

Chartiers Valley Brewery, Allegheny Co., Carnegie

Cinderlands Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Cinderlands Warehouse Brewery, Pgh., Strip District (Post 1980)

Cobblehause Brewery, Allegheny Co., Coraopolis (Post 1980)

Collins Avenue Brewery, Pgh., East Liberty

Coltart & Sikvery Brewery, Pgh, Downtown, (Keningston)

Concord Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Copper Kettle Brewery, Pgh., Garfield (Post 1980)

Copper Kettle Brewery, Pgh., Greenfield (Post 1980)

Costar Brewery, Allegheny Co., Etna (Post 1980)

Costar Brewery, Pgh., Highland Park (Post 1980)

Couch Brewery Pittsburgh, Larimer (Post 1980)

D

Dancing Gnome Brewery,  Allegheny Co. Sharpsburg (Post 1980)

Darlington Brewery & Malster , Pgh, Downtown

Deppel Brewey (Downtown), Pgh, Downtown

Depple Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Derby Brewery, Pgh., Hazelwood

DeWald, Wuesthoff & Company, Pittsburgh, Downtown

DeWald, Wuesthoff & Company, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Diamond Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Diders Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Draai Laag Brewery, Allegheny Co., Allison Park (Post 1980)

Draai Laag Brewery, Allegheny Co., Gibsonia (Post 1980)

Draai Laag Brewery, Allegheny Co., Millvale (Post 1980)

Duquesne Brewery, Allegheny Co. Duquesne City

Duquesne Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Duquesne Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Dutch Brewery, Pittsburgh, Uptown

E

Eagle Brewery (Bauerlein),Pgh, Strip District

Eagle Brewery (Ebrhardt & Ober), Pgh., North Side

Eagle Brewing, Allegheny Co. Duquesne City

East End Brewery Pittsburgh, Larimer (Post 1980)

East End Brewing. Pgh., Homewood (Post 1980)

Eaton, Conrad, Pgh., North Side

Eberhardt & Ober Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Eberhardt Brewery, Conrad, Pgh., North Side

Eleventh Hour Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Enix Brewery, Allegheny Co., Homestead (Post 1980)

Enterprise Brewery (P Gerst), Pgh., North Side

Enz Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Ernst Brewing, Allegheny Co., McKeesport

F

F. L. Ober Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Faller Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Felson Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Fink Brewery (Downrown), Pgh, Downtown

First National Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKees Rocks

Fisher Brewery (Harrison M Fisher), Pgh., North Side

Fisher Brewery (J Fisher), Pgh., North Side

Fleming Brothers, Maltsers & Brewers , Pgh, Downtown

Fort Pitt Brewing, Allegheny Co. Sharpsburg

Franklin Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

French Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Fretz & Co. Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Fridel Brewery, Pgh., South Side

G

Gangwisch & Company Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Gangwisch Brewery, Pgh., Bloomfield

Gangwisch Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Gangwisch Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Gangwisch-Straub Brewery, Pittsburgh, Bloomfield

General Braddock Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock

Gorman & Company Brewery , Pgh., Downtown, (Kensington)

Grist House Brewery, Allegheny Co., Collier Twp. (Post 1980)

Grist House Brewery, Allegheny Co., Millvale (Post 1980)

Gustav Shult Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock

H

Hauch Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Hauffmans Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Hawley & Company Brewery , Pgh, Downtown

Hazelwood Brewery, Pgh., Hazelwood

Headley’s Brewery, Allegheny Co., Heidleberg (Post 1980)

Hechelmann Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Helicon Brewery, Allegheny Co., Oakdale (Post 1980)

Herdt Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Highland Brewery, Pgh., East Liberty

Hilltop Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Hitchhiker Brewery,  Allegheny Co. Sharpsburg (Post 1980)

Hitchhiker Brewery, Allegheny Co., Mt. Lebanon (Post 1980)

Hochschwinder & Heine Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Hoeffling Brewery , Pgh, Downtown

Hoehl Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Hofbrauhaus Brewery, Pgh., South Side (Post 1980)

Hofbrauhause Brewery, Pgh., South Side (Post 1980)

Hoffman Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Hoffman Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Hogl (Hogel) Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Hogl & Rohry Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Holstein Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Home Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock

Homestead Brewery, Allegheny Co. Homeseatd

Hop Farm Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Hop Yard Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Huffman Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Hugi Distillery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

I

Inner Groove Brewery, Allegheny Co., Varona (Post 1980)

Inner-Groove Brewery, Allegheny Co., Gibsonia (Post 1980)

Insurrection Brewery, Allegheny Co., Heidleberg (Post 1980)

Iron City Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Iron City Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Iron City Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

J

John Harvard's Brew House, Allegheny Co., Wilkins Twp. (Post 1980)

K

Kaiser Brewery & Distillery, Pgh, Downtown

Kallenborn Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Kaltenhaeusser, V, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Kennedy sarsaparilla and beer factory, Pgh, Downtown

Kensington Brewery, Pgh., Downtown, (Kensington)

Keystone Brewery, Pittsburgh, Hill District

Keystone Brewing, Pgh., South Side

Klein Distillery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Klinzing Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Krauss Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

L

Lafayette Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Lauer Brewery, S 18th St, Pgh., South Side

Lauer Brewery, S 8th St, Pgh., South Side

Lawrecnceville Brewery (Church), Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

Lemp Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Lewis Brewery, Pgh., Downtown

Liberty Brewery, Pittsburgh, Larimer

Lincoln Avenue Brewery, Allegheny Co., Bellevue (Post 1980)

Lion Brewery (D Lutz & Son), Pgh., North Side

Lutz & Walz Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Lutz & Walz Brewery, Pgh., North Side

M

Madison Street (group of) Breweries, Pgh., North Side

Manchester Ale Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Manor Street Brewery, Pgh., South Side

McKeesport Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKeesport

Metzer Brewery (see Etna), Pittsburgh, West End

Metzger Brewery, Allegheny Co., Etna

Meussner Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Meyers Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Milkman Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

Miller & Lang Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Miller & Lang Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Miller Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Mindful Brewery, Allegheny Co., Castle Shannon (Post 1980)

Mindful Brewery, Pgh., Mt. Washington (Post 1980)

Monongahela Brewery (Baird) , Pgh., Downtown, (Kensington)

Monongahela Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Monongahela Valley Brewery, Allegheny Co., Carnegie

Mueller Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Muth & Company Brewery, Pittsburgh, Soho

N

National Brewery (Gibberich), Pgh., North Side

National Brewery (Heid), Pgh., North Side

National Brewing (Nusser), Pgh., South Side

Ninth Ward Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

North Side Brewery (Hippely & Hopf), Pgh., North Side

North Side Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Nusser Brewery, Pgh., South Side

O

Oakland Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Oregon Brewery, Pittsburgh, Uptown

Ormsby (Reichenbach) Brewery, Pgh., South Side

P

Penn Brewery 1 Tom, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Penn Brewery 2 Berchnmire, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Penn Brewery 3 Vinial Street, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Peoples Brewery, Allegheny Co. Duquesne City

Peoples Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKeesport

Peter Walter & Company, Pgh., South Side

Phoenix Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Pig Hill Brewery, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Pig Hill Brewery, Pgh., Point Breeze (Post 1980)

Pitt Township Brewery, Pittsburgh, Oakland

Pittsburgh Bottle Shop & Brewhouse, Allegheny Co., Collier Twp. (Post 1980)

Pittsburgh Brewery (Brown & Verner), Pgh, Downtown

Pittsburgh Brewery (Carson), Pgh, Downtown

Pittsburgh Brewery (Rhodes & Verner), Pgh, Downtown

Pittsburgh Brewery No. 4, Pgh., Downtown, (Kensington)

Platform Brewery, Pgh., Garfield (Post 1980)

Point Brewery (Shiras-Point), Pgh, Downtown

Point Brewery Shiras-Pitt St, Pgh, Downtown

Point Brewery Smith-Pitt St, Pgh, Downtown

Prospect Ale Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Q

R

Rauch & Rudman Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Reed Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKeesport

Reichenbach (Ormsby) Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Rivertowne Pour House Brewery, Allegheny Co., Monroeville (Post 1980)

Riverview Brewery (G Schuitz), Allegheny Co., Braddock

Roads Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKeesport

Robber Baron Brewery, Allegheny Co., Ross Twp. (Post 1980)

Rock Bottom Brewery, Allegheny Co., Homestead (Post 1980)

Rogan Brewery, Allegheny Co., Duquesne City (Post 1980)

Roundabout Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville (Post 1980)

S

Schafer Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock

Schenck, G F Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Schiltz Brewing Co., Joseph, Pgh., South Side

Schiltz Brewing Co., Joseph, Pittsburgh, Strip District

Schmeltz, Pgh., South Side

Schmelz Brewery, Pittsburgh, West End

Schoenhofen Brewery, Peter, Pgh., South Side

Seewald Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock

Seiferth Brothers Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Shaffner Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Sheridan Brewery (Schaffner), Pgh., South Side

Shiras Brewery, Perter, Pgh, Downtown

Siedle Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Sly Fox Brewery, Pgh., South Side (Post 1980)

Smith Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

South Side Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Southern Tier Brewery, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Spoonwood Brewery, Allegheny Co., Bethel Park (Post 1980)

Spring Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Spring Brewery, Pittsburgh, Bloomfield

Spring Hill Brewery, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

St. Julien Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Star Brewery (Bauerlein), Allegheny Co. Millvale

Stoltz & Co, Pgh., North Side

Stonehaven Brewery & Restaurant, Pgh, Strip District

Stonewall Cider House and Meadery, Allegheny Co., Varona (Post 1980)

Strange Roots Experimental Ales, Allegheny Co., Gibsonia (Post 1980)

Straub Brewery , Pgh, Downtown

Straub Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Strim Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Strip Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

Sweet Water Brewery (Foundry), Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

T

The Brew Gentlemen Brewery, Allegheny Co., Braddock (Post 1980)

The Leaning Cask Brewery, Allegheny Co., Springdale (Post 1980)

Three Mugs Brew Pub (Brewery), Pgh., East Liberty (Post 1980)

Three Rivers Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

Tracy & Wilkinson Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Trios Brewery, Allegheny Co., Homestead (Post 1980)

Tschudy Brewery, Pgh., North Side (West)

Tube City Brewery, Allegheny Co. McKeesport

U

Union Brewery (Schaefer), Pgh., South Side

Union Brewery, Pgh, Downtown

Union Brewery, Pittsburgh, Bloomfield

United States Brewery, Pgh., North Side

V

Valhalla Brewery, Pittsburgh, Strip District (Post 1980)

Vicroy Street Brewery, Pittsburgh, Uptown

W

Wacker & Steuernagle Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Wainwright Brewery (J), Pgh., Lawrenceville

War Streets Brewery - Biers Pub, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

War Streets Brewery, Pgh., North Side (Post 1980)

Weisert & Giesy Brewery  AKA Wessel & Geisy, Pgh., North Side

Weiss Beer Brewery, Pgh., North Side

West End Brewery, Pittsburgh, West End

Wilheim's Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Willow Grove Brewery, Allegheny Co. Millvale

Winter Brothers Brewery, Pgh., South Side

Winterton Brewery, Pgh., Lawrenceville

Wood Brewery, Pgh., Downtown, (Kensington)

Wood Brewery, Pittsburgh, Bloomfield

Wood Brothers Brewery, Pgh., North Side

Wood Steam Brewery (Phoenix), Pittsburgh, Strip District

X

Y

Yearman Brewery, Pgh, Downtown