Drinks

Q&A with Harris Family Brewery

By Stephanie Brea | August 9, 2019

Get to know Pennsylvania’s first-ever black owned brewery. We chatted with Harris Family Brewery (Harrisburg, PA). Meet them this weekend at Fresh Fest.

Guide to Fresh Fest Collaboration beers

By Aadam Soorma | August 8, 2019

What you can expect to taste, experience and feel at Saturday’s second-annual Fresh Fest Beer festival at Nova Place.

Fresh Fest Collab: Grist House partners up with Smittox Brewing from Texas

By Brian Conway | August 6, 2019

We got a behind the scenes look at the raspberry / blackberry / lime kettle sour Grist House will serve at Fresh Fest. Try it this Saturday at Nova Place.

Rosé All Day Pittsburgh

Sat. 8/3 – Rosé All Day @ Nova Place (+ save $5 off tickets!)

By Lindsay Patross | July 30, 2019

Wine not? There will be plenty of rosé, rosé inspired cocktails, beers and more at Rosé All Day Pittsburgh on Saturday, at Nova Place

Fresh Fest Collab: Hitchhiker x Walter’s Southern Kitchen team up on ‘Hard Corn’

By Brian Conway | July 30, 2019

Here’s a sneak peek of Hitchhiker’s ‘Hard Corn’ ale – a collaboration beer brewed using actual cornbread. Try it at Fresh Fest on August 10.

Chardae Jones

Fresh Fest Collab: Brew Gentlemen x Chardaé Jones, interim Mayor of Braddock

By Brian Conway | July 23, 2019

We got a first look at Brew Gentlemen’s refreshing, zesty wheat beer – a collaborative effort that debuts at Fresh Fest on August 10.

Breaking Badass: After cooking legit and cooking up some agave, Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston serve up drinks for Tales of the Cocktail

By Chelsea Brasted | July 19, 2019

If you looked closely at the block-long stretch of humanity waiting to get into the Napoleon House on a steamy Friday afternoon in the French Quarter, you’d find a clue at what was inside the historic restaurant: One man, waiting patiently in the afternoon rain, clutched a framed portrait of Bryan Cranston as his “Breaking Bad” character, Walter White.

ABV: Runway Pale Ale // Cobblehaus invites you to Coraopolis

By Aadam Soorma | July 17, 2019

A full-time engineer, Scott Mills has been scaling up his side hustle – Cobblehaus Brewing – by sticking to traditional ales and keeping a flexible schedule. We dropped in during a brew day.

Brandalynn Armstrong

Q&A: Brandalynn Armstrong, Professor of Brewing Sciences & Co-owner of Zeroday Brewing

By Stephanie Brea | July 11, 2019

We ask Brandalynn about under-represented groups in the craft beer industry, running a brewery in Harrisburg and her thoughts on visiting Pittsburgh.

Very Local Very Fresh

Sat 7/13: Craft Beer Tasting & Panel Discussion in the Hill District

By Lindsay Patross | July 10, 2019

Very Local, Very Fresh: Meeting The People Where They’re At is a panel discussion and tasting event focused on access, education, and opportunities in the beer community, presented by Very Local Pittsburgh & Fresh Fest Beer Fest(the first black brew festival in America).