Beer and Breweries

Web Sites

• Beer Advocate
  A website specializing in reviews of craft beers by Jason and Todd Alström.
  • Beer Events & Festivals
• The Beer Hunter
  This is the website of Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter, author of the World Guide to Beer (1977) and the PBS Beer Hunter TV series.
• Beertown
  From the Association of Brewers, an 18-year-old nonprofit organization devoted to the collection and dissemination of beer and brewing information on both amateur and commercial levels
• Craft Beer Radio
  Craft Beer Radio is an Internet talk show about craft and micro brewed beers. The goal of the show is to introduce people to craft beer, teach them about different beer styles and the brewers that make them, and beer history.
• Great American Beer Festival
  An annual tasting and judging event put on by the Association of Brewers. You can see past winners in all categories.
• Pro Brewer Page
  Resources for the professional brewer and the brewing industry.
• PubCrawler
  Pubcrawler is the leading beer search engine for people looking for quality beer in the United States and Canada. It features thousands of beer bars, brewpubs and microbreweries.
• Real Beer
  75,000 pages of beer, breweries, brewpubs, calendars, articles.

Pittsburgh Region

• Pittsburgh BrewMasters
  A beer tasting club located in Pittsburgh's western suburbs. Read about it in the January 17, 2008 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Beer: Pittsburgh BrewMasters club is closer to Moon.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Libations
  A column by Bob Batz, Jr. that covers beer and brewery events in the region.
• Pop City: The (Art and) Craft of Brewing
  A September 6, 2006, article by Mark Stroup about microbreweries and brewpubs in Pittsburgh, including Pennsylvania Brewing Company and East End Brewing Company.
• South Hills Brewing Supply
  Offers both wine making and beer brewing supplies and ingredients
• Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers (TRASH)
  homebrew club

Breweries and Microbreweries

• Church Brew Works
  A microbrewery and restaurant in a former church in Lawrenceville.
• East End Brewing Company
  This microbrewery in Homewood began operation in 2004 and offers growlers during limited hours. The website also lists local beer events coming up.
• Hereford and Hops Steakhouse and Brewpub
  A brewpub chain with a location in Cranberry Township, north of Pittsburgh.
• Jones Brewing Company
  One of the historic Pennsylvania breweries, Jones Brewing Company is located in the town of Smithton, Pennsylvania and produces Stoney's. Shirley Jones of the musicals is from this family.
• North Country Brewing Company
  A brewpub in Slippery Rock, north of Pittsburgh. They also serve Pennsylvania wines.
• Pennsylvania Brewing Company (Penn Brewery)
  Pennsylvania Brewing Company, founded in 1986 by Tom Pastorius to brew authentic German beers, was the first craft brewer in Pennsylvania and a pioneer in the microbrewery movement. Located on the North Side, their brews include Penn Pilsner, Penn Dark and Gold Lager, Oktoberfest and Weizen Bier -- just like the Weissbier in Munich!
• Pittsburgh Brewing Company
  Makers of the famous Iron City Beer which has been brewed since 1861. Their website includes a history of Iron City and the brewery.
• Red Star Brewery & Grille
  This brewpub opened in 1998 in the Historic Train Station in Greensburg, east of Pittsburgh. They also make an Old Fashioned Rootbeer and a Seasonal Soda.
• Rivertowne
  A brewpub with locations in Monroeville, Verona and North Huntington.

Events

• Penn Brewery Annual Pennsylvania Microbrewer’s Fest
  Held each June with around 30 nearby breweries participating. In September they also have an Oktoberfest.
• Sharp Edge European BeerFest
  An annual event in June with around 100 European beers
• Steel City Big Pour
  An annual event in September at Construction Junction

Pennsylvania

• Appalachian Brewing Company
  Gettysburg
• Erie Brewing Company
  Producers of Railbender Ale, Presque Isle Pilsner, and Mad Anthony's Ale.
• Lancaster Brewing Company
  Located in Lancaster, PA, Lancaster Brewing Company is a microbrewery that produces Gold Star Pilsner, Milk Stout, and Amish Four Grain Pale Ale, among others.
• Lion Brewing Company
  Originally The Luzerne County Brewing Company, founded in 1905, it was renamed The Lion Brewery in 1933. In 1974, when the Stegmaier Brewery closed, it acquired their family of brews. It also produces Pocono lagers and ales. It is located in northeastern Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre.
• Philly Beer Week
  100 events in Philadelphia and its suburbs in March.
• Stoudt's Brewing Company
  Located in Adamstown, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch & Amish Country.
• Straub Beer
  Although now located in St. Mary's, PA, Straub actually has roots in the Pittsburgh area!
• Troegs Brewing Company
  Harrisburg.
• Victory Brewing Company
  Downingtown. Beers include Golden Monkey.
• Weyerbacher
  Weyerbacher Brewing Company is a microbrewery that was established in 1995 in Easton, PA, in the Lehigh Valley. They specialize in ales and other distinctive and flavorful brews.
• Yards Brewing Company
  Yards Brewing Company was founded in Philadelphia in 1994 and began brewing in 1995.
• Yuengling Beer
  Located in Eastern Pennsylvania, Yuengling (yingling) is America's oldest brewery, since 1829 in Pottsville, PA and is finally a common brew in Pittsburgh.

Nearby States

• Flying Bison Brewing Company
  Flying Bison Brewing Company is a twenty barrel microbrewery located in Buffalo, New York, that produces Dawn Patrol Gold, Aviator Red, and Blackbird Oatmeal Stout. Flying Bison is now available in Western New York, Central NY, Massachusetts, and Eastern PA....
• Great Lakes Brewing Company
  A Cleveland, Ohio, brewery that produces Dortmunder Gold, Eliot Ness, Burning River Pale Ale, Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, The Holy Moses, Conway's Irish Ale, Christmas Ale, Moondog Ale, and Locktender Lager. The Great Lakes' new brewery is located just across the street from their original brewpub in the historic Ohio City District, just minutes from downtown Cleveland.