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Downtime
“Downtime” is a Friday happy hour event that introduces hand-crafted, original beer cocktails to Pittsburgh’s house music scene at a boutique grocery store and wine bar in downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. The event is hosted by The Wine Bar at Market Street Grocery and co-sponsored by Vecenie Distributing and Weyerbacher Brewing Company (out of Easton, Pa.). House DJs B-Tru and Andrei Balan (LongTurn Music) will team up with Preslav to turn the dairy section of our grocery store into an electronic…
Find out more »PCBW Pre-Party with Founders KBS Tapping at 7:00pm All Locations
Let's Get this Party Started!!! All Locations Will be Tapping Founders KBS at 7pm: What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates, then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Makes your taste buds squeal with delight.
Find out more »PCBW Pre-Party with Founders KBS Tapping at 7:00pm All Locations
Let's Get this Party Started!!! All Locations Will be Tapping Founders KBS at 7pm: What we’ve got here is an imperial stout brewed with a massive amount of coffee and chocolates, then cave-aged in oak bourbon barrels for an entire year to make sure wonderful bourbon undertones come through in the finish. Makes your taste buds squeal with delight.
Find out more »Beer Release Party
RELEASE PARTY FRIDAY 4/20 NEW BELGIUM THE HEMPOROR WITH SPECIAL GUEST “WELL STRUNG” BLUEGRASS TRIO 7-10 pm! The “YIPPIE HIPPIE” 1979 VINTAGE VW BUS PHOTO BOOTH IS JOINING THE PARTY GET YOUR PHOTO TAKEN IN THE BUS !! SIGN UP TO WIN A FAT TIRE BIKE! Hi HOPS & HEMP REIGN TOGETHER AT LAST!
Find out more »Ruggers Pub’s 420 Celebration
It's 420. YOLO. If you find yourself in the pub at 4:20pm on 420 you win a free Sweetwater t-shirt! Avoid the lines at Taco Bell and live mas instead by trying our special Munchies Platter. See if you can spot the common theme of our featured drafts of the day: SweetWater Brewing Company 420 Extra Pale Ale Abita Brewing Company Purple Haze Dark Horse Brewing Co. Smells Like a Safety Meeting As always, we'll have a $3 Mystery Craft Draft, so test…
Find out more »4:20 Magic Mushroom Beer Tapping!
Join us as we kick off Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week with a special 4:20 tapping of ShuBrew Magic Mushroom! There will be a limited number of magic mushroom beer glasses! Every draft gets you a raffle ticket to snag a glass!!
Find out more »Unofficial Kickoff to Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week with ALL PCBW Collaborations on tap.
ALL Locations!! We have hunted down all the Collab beers and put them under one roof just for you!! The Collabs start pouring at Happy Hour, 4:30pm at all locations
Find out more »Unofficial Kickoff to Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week with ALL the PCBW Collabs on Tap + Glass Giveaway
ALL Locations!! We have hunted down all the Collab beers and put them under one roof just for you!! The Collabs start pouring at Happy Hour, 4:30pm at all locations First 48 Customers get an Official PCBW Pint Glass
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IPA Trial by Fire
Kick off Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week with us at our Waterworks Market District with a blind taste testing of 18 Local Western PA craft IPAs. Challenge your palate to figure out whose hazy or clear IPA you’re drinking. Sample all 18 and rate each beer on a personal score card to vote for the Best IPA! We’ll tally up the votes and the winning craft brewery may be on draft all month long! Must be 21 to attend. Space is limited, so…
Find out more »Food Flight Friday
We know that sometimes it's difficult to make a decision – especially when it comes to food – so we came up with a solution to kick off Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week. On Food Flight Friday your ticket* gets you small bites from each of the trucks we have scheduled at the park: Doce Taqueria Healthalicious Cousin's Maine Lobster Pgh Po Boy Sinkers and Suds Paired with five 5 oz. beverages on tap that we think best highlight the truck's…
Find out more »City Brew Tours – After Hours Tour
The ultimate night out in Pittsburgh! The Pittsburgh After Hours Brew Tour features behind-the-scenes tours of Pittsburgh's local breweries with samplings of up to 16 different craft beers. Every tour includes a curated light dinner at one of our partner brew pubs and round-trip transportation. This tour is the best way to experience the award-winning Pittsburgh craft beer scene after dark!
Find out more »Dirty Dog Cigar & Beer Pairing
Dirty Dog Cigar Shoppe will have a few select sticks to pair with our suds, so smoke up, Johnny. The pairings will include a TBD draft-only barrel-aged offering.
Find out more »Pre-Record Store Day w/ Dogfish Head
Join us and Dogfish Head at the Carson St Deli as we tap a 2014 120 Minute, Bitches Brew and this year's Record Store Day collab w/ the Flaming Lips, Dragons & Yum-Yums. We will have goodies to raffle and give away including glassware, coasters, an official Dogfish Head record player, and discounts to Dave's Music Mine in South Side.
Find out more »Brewer’s Ball
Join us for the 11th Annual Brewer’s Ball presented by Fat Head's Saloon and Fat Head's Brewery! This one-of-a-kind beer tasting event event has hosted over 60 different types of brews presented by local craft breweries, wholesalers and more along with featured food from 15 Pittsburgh restaurants and brewpubs each year. Guests mix and mingle, while sampling handcrafted beers, tastes of the best local cuisine, and more! Your admission includes a tasting glass, unlimited sampling opportunity along with access to…
Find out more »TOAST TO TONY
If craft beer in Western Pennsylvania had a patron saint, it would be Tony Knipling. Pioneer. Vanguard. O.G. For more than twenty-five years, Tony passionately lived craft beer week 52 weeks a year. Among the countless achievements on his beer résumé, he was also a founding member of PCBW. This will be our first Craft Beer Week without him. Whether you’re at an event, pub, or in the comfort of your own home, whether you knew him or not,…
Find out more »Ruggers Pub’s Record Store Day Party
Record Store Day is here again, and Ruggers is your spot for grabbing a beer after grabbing your records. "Dragons and YumYums", the delicious result of Dogfish Head's collabaration with The Flaming Lips, will be on special ALL DAY. Test your craft beer palate with our $3 Mystery Craft Draft, and enjoy a beer on us if you can solve the mystery! Starting at 9, we'll have Dueling DJs -Thom (from local punk band Playoff Beard) and John V (from…
Find out more »Learn to Homebrew Workshop
Led by the experienced homebrewers of the Three River Underground Brewers (T.R.U.B.), this workshop will provide participants with enough basic brewing knowledge to be able to brew great beer in their own home. Participants will take part in brewing a batch of all grain beer receive a talk on each section of the brewing process covering everything from extract to all-grain brewing. Tastings of various beers will be provided along with samples of ingredients for tasting and smelling. $50.00 (Resident)…
Find out more »Pedal Pale Ale Keg Ride
Since we opened back in 2005, we’ve been spreading the word about what it means to operate a near-zero waste, environmentally sustainable brewery. And we’ve been doing it by delivering the the very first PEDAL PALE ALE kegs of the season in a very unique way….BY BICYCLE. On Saturday morning, April 21st, 2018, East End Brewing will set off with a few kegs and hundreds of our GOOD FRIENDS to a mystery destination to debut this year's Pedal Pale Ale.…
Find out more »Penn Brew U – Master’s Level
If you've already attended Penn's basic Penn Brew U course, or would like to delve into craft beer at a more technical level, consider enrolling in Penn Brew U - Master's level. Our Penn Brew U Master’s curriculum does a deeper dive into the production process, beer tasting, and quality control. Penn Brew U Master’s Degree Syllabus · All about the grain bill – grain/beer pairing · Advanced beer & food pairing · Off-flavor sensory analysis/how to identify the cause…
Find out more »Pizza of Champions Collaboration Lunch with Pizza & Flights: All Locations
Enjoy a Flight of the 2018 PCBW Collaboration Beers Paired up with Our Award Winning Pies. This years Lunch Will feature your choice of 4 pizzas, Including 2016's World's Best Pan Pizza The Quack Attack.
Find out more »Double Can Release: Below the Fold & Above the Fold!
Not one but two new cans, in all their soft & juicy 16 oz. glory! Below the Fold is brewed with 2-row, malted wheat, malted oats, and Carapils. It's hopped with Citra and Amarillo. Above the Fold is brewed with 2-row, malted wheat, malted oats, malted rye, and flaked rye. It's hopped with Citra and Denali. And (psst!) kids meals are free 11:30-4:00.
Find out more »City Brew Tours – Original Tour
With the Original Pittsburgh Brew Tour you get to taste up to 16 different local craft brews around Pittsburgh while enjoying a deliciously paired lunch at one of our brew pub partners as well as round-trip transportation over the many bridges of the 'Burgh'. With our excellent tour guides providing entertainment, history, and brewing knowledge, the Original Brew Tour takes you to the best local breweries in the Pittsburgh area. Book your tour today!
Find out more »Dogfish Head/ Record Store Day Party
Kick off Record Store Day right. After you pick up all your favorite albums from Millvale's Own Attic Record Store, C'mon down to Cousins Lounge for Free Samples of Dogfish Heads NEW Dragons & YumYums (The collaborative beer with The Flaming Lips to coincide with their record store day release!) Specials on ALL Dogfish Brews! Chance to WIN a GIFT BASKET filled with Cousins Lounge, Dogfish Head and Attic Record Store Goodies! We will have our record player out on the bar…
Find out more »PCBW Annual Fun Run
This years PCBW Annual Fun Run hosted by the Pgh Hash House Harriers starts and ends at the Aspinwall Caliente. $10 fee includes two beers on the course and two beers at Caliente. This event is Sponsored by Victory Brewery, beer will be provided by Vecenie beer dist. All monies raised go to charity. Sign up is from 12pm-1pm the Run begins promptly at 1:00pm FREE Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza Will be Provided after the Run!!
Find out more »Oskar Blues Keg Tapping!
There's a keg of Barrel Aged Ten Fidy in our cooler that we're anxiously waiting to tap!!! Stop down at 1pm and get your own taste!! Also on tap will be Hot Box IPA and Dale's Pale Ale! As always, Oskar Blues will be hooking us up with some sweet swag!
Find out more »IPA BLIND Taste Test with Prizes ALL LOCATIONS
We invited 4 Breweries to submit their finest IPA, and YOU are the big winner! Name the Beers in the Flight!! Blind taste test… guess which beer is which win a FREE Pint Glass and be entered into a Grand Prize Beer Basket drawing
Find out more »Great Lakes Barrel Aged Black Out Stout Tapping
We are going to turn off all the lights and light candles and Tap Great Lakes Barrel Aged Black Stout. Ok so we may leave the lights on and there probally will be no candles but we are definitely going to be Tapping Barrel Aged Black Out Stout.
Find out more »The Crusade With The Lost Abbey
They were told not to eat the fruit from the apple tree. It was off limits and the fruit was forbidden. They were tempted by the serpent and made a choice to eat from the tree. Their actions were not preordained but rather the actions of beings with free will. We have all been given free will and it is this notion of free will that affords each of us the opportunity to make choices in our lives. That Choice…
Find out more »Butler Brew Works/New Dimension “KRYPTONITE,” Collaboration Beer Release
Butler Brew Works and New Dimension Comics have collaborated to bring you “KRYPTONITE,” an Imperial Margarita Gose. It’s 7.5%, bright green, and delicious. Each draft will come with a Super Man Comics Book to counter act the “KRYPTONITE,”
Find out more »Rugby & Brunch at Ruggers Pub
It's once again time for Rugger's Rugby Brunch! This month we'll be watching some of Super Rugby, while stuffing our faces with Cowboy's famous omelettes and the best Bloody Marys $5 can buy. Doors open at 11pm, and the rugby kicksoff at 11:30. Even if you don't know much about rugby, stop by for our fantastic selection of craft beers, and an atmosphere like no other. The Kent Havoc RFC will also still be in town all the way from…
Find out more »Brunch at the Abbey
Rivertowne Brewing features four draft lines and pairings with delicious food produced by the Abbey on Butler.
Find out more »City Brew Tours – Original Tour
With the Original Pittsburgh Brew Tour you get to taste up to 16 different local craft brews around Pittsburgh while enjoying a deliciously paired lunch at one of our brew pub partners as well as round-trip transportation over the many bridges of the 'Burgh'. With our excellent tour guides providing entertainment, history, and brewing knowledge, the Original Brew Tour takes you to the best local breweries in the Pittsburgh area. Book your tour today!
Find out more »New Dimension Comics & Butler Brew Works collaboration – Kryptonite Bottle Release
Butler Brew Works and New Dimension Comics have collaborated to bring you "KRYPTONITE," an Imperial Margarita Gose. It's 7.5%, bright green, and delicious. The beer will be released in special bottles featuring individual hand drawn artwork from local artists. Draft beers will also available. From 1:00-2:00, artists will be on hand to draw on bottles. Bottles go on sale at 2:00. Only 100 bottles will be available for just $10 each. An additional 20 will be auctioned during Pittsburgh Craft…
Find out more »Troegs/East End Born & Raised PA IPA
Two breweries! Two local Pennsylvania malts! One big juicy beer!!! At 1pm, we'll be tapping the delicious collaboration between Troegs and East End Brewing... Born and Raised PA IPA! There will be swag! There will be beer art pages to color while you relax with a beer! There will be a bottle label design competition! Prizes to the coolest designs!
Find out more »Cornhole Tournament
Limited to 32 teams, $40 per team. Prizes for 1st & 2nd place. Sign-up in person or online at http://spoonwoodbrewing.com.
Find out more »5th Annual Meet the Brewers
Come out to sample various beers from 15+ PA breweries and meet the brewers of each beer.
Find out more »City Brew Tours – After Hours Tour
The ultimate night out in Pittsburgh! The Pittsburgh After Hours Brew Tour features behind-the-scenes tours of Pittsburgh's local breweries with samplings of up to 16 different craft beers. Every tour includes a curated light dinner at one of our partner brew pubs and round-trip transportation. This tour is the best way to experience the award-winning Pittsburgh craft beer scene after dark!
Find out more »Downtime
“Downtime” is a Friday happy hour event that introduces hand-crafted, original beer cocktails to Pittsburgh’s house music scene at a boutique grocery store and wine bar in downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. The event is hosted by The Wine Bar at Market Street Grocery and co-sponsored by Vecenie Distributing and Weyerbacher Brewing Company (out of Easton, Pa.). House DJs under the LongTurn Music label will be on hand to turn the dairy section of our grocery store into an electronic dance floor…
Find out more »Downtime
“Downtime” is a Friday happy hour event that introduces hand-crafted, original beer cocktails to Pittsburgh’s house music scene at a boutique grocery store and wine bar in downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. The event is hosted by The Wine Bar at Market Street Grocery and co-sponsored by Vecenie Distributing and Weyerbacher Brewing Company (out of Easton, Pa.). House DJs under the LongTurn Music label will be on hand to turn the dairy section of our grocery store into an electronic dance floor…
Find out more »Downtime
“Downtime” is a Friday happy hour event that introduces hand-crafted, original beer cocktails to Pittsburgh’s house music scene at a boutique grocery store and wine bar in downtown Pittsburgh’s Market Square. The event is hosted by The Wine Bar at Market Street Grocery and co-sponsored by Vecenie Distributing and Weyerbacher Brewing Company (out of Easton, Pa.). House DJs under the LongTurn Music label will be on hand to turn the dairy section of our grocery store into an electronic dance floor…
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