Built by two longtime friends and brewers from the Pittsburgh area, Abjuration Brewing is a local nano brewery making small-batch American ales with a particular fondness for hoppy and sour styles. Its “versioning” approach treats every recipe tweak as a new iteration, while a mad-scientist outlook keeps the brewery experimenting with new ingredients and releasing something different rather than maintaining fixed flagship beers. The brewery also tries to source ingredients locally when possible for its Pittsburgh neighbors.
Allegheny City BrewingSince opening in Pittsburgh’s historic Deutschtown neighborhood in 2016, Allegheny City Brewing has brewed its beer onsite at a seven-barrel brewery. The neighborhood-based brewery pairs traditional styles with experimental concepts and now serves them through taprooms in Deutschtown, East Ohio Street, and Brighton Heights—the neighborhood where its owners were born and raised. Its East Ohio location adds a beer garden and space for local food trucks, live entertainment, and fundraisers.PITTSBURGH, PA
Late Addition Brewing + BlendingFounded and owned by experienced brewers, Late Addition Brewing + Blending is a small Pittsburgh brewery making session beers alongside classic and current styles. Its North Side taproom offers a rotating lineup that includes traditional English ales and experimental sour beers, with blending and solera projects adding a distinctive thread to the brewery’s work.PITTSBURGH, PA
Hitchhiker Brewing CoSince starting in 2014 in the basement of its Mt. Lebanon taproom, Hitchhiker Brewing Co. has grown into a Pittsburgh brewery with a second home in a former Fort Pitt Brewing Co. building in Sharpsburg. The company uses that history to balance traditional beer-making with a willingness to explore unfamiliar flavors, while keeping its original neighborhood pub part of the story.PITTSBURGH, PA
Cinderlands Beer CompanyFounded in Pittsburgh in 2017 by two married couples, Cinderlands Beer Company grew from garage brewing at its original Lawrenceville site into an independent brewery with three locations. Its 17,500-square-foot Warehouse in the Strip District is the company’s main production center, while Long Story Short preserves the original space as a neighborhood bar and sandwich shop. Cinderlands’ beers have earned gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, including recognition for its Brett and experimental beers.PITTSBURGH, PA