How many breweries do we have in Allegheny County? The list
may surprise you as a few are not doing business as an actual
brewery-restaurant or so small they are off the radar. The following 15 breweries are currently
licensed to brew beer in Allegheny County:
Brew Gentlemen (Braddock)
Copper Kettle (Greenfield)
Costar Brewing (East Liberty)
Draai Laag Brewing (Millvale) ***
East End Brewing (Larimer)
Gist House Brewing (Millvale) ***
Hofbrauhaus (South Side)
Hop Yard Brewing (Lawrenceville)
Iron City Brewing (Lawrenceville) Inactive
Lawrenceville Brewery (Church Brew Works) (Lawrenceville)
Penn Brewery, Pennsylvania Brewing Co. (North
Side)
Pig Hill (North Side) makers of Kombucha
Rivertowne (Monroeville)
Roundabout (Lawrenceville)
Walnut Brewery (Rock Bottom) (Homestead)
*** Indicates brewery license as well as brewpub
license holder.
Of these, Iron City is inactive and Grist House was still
pending. In doing a search on July 18, 2013 I found it interesting that only
two breweries actually had a brewpub license: Draai
Laag and Grist House. I would like to think the LCB database is up to date but
they still have the late Tom Pastorius as a member of Penn Brewery.
The following seven breweries are no longer
operating:
Allegheny Brewery & Pub, Pennsylvania
Brewing Co. (North Side)
Foundry Ale Works, Sweetwater Brewing Co. (Strip
District)
John Harvard’s Ale House (Wilkins Township)
Milkman Brewing
John Harvard’s Ale House (Wilkins Township)
Milkman Brewing
Strip Brewery (Strip District)
Three Rivers Brewery (Strip District)
Valhalla (Strip District)
Three Rivers Brewery (Strip District)
Valhalla (Strip District)
Actually, the Allegheny Brewery & Pub is still in
business but took on the name Penn Brewery way back in the 1990’s. They are the
only venue to change their name.
Milkman never started brewing and as of this date they have
not received a license from the state.
To look up a license, see: http://www.lcbapps.lcb.state.pa.us/webapp/Agency/SearchCenter/PublicLicenseeSearchStart.asp
I am sure that somebody may find a mistake on my part and
will let me know. Please, keep the four letter words to a minimum.
