IT’S ONLY NATURAL THAT WE’D END UP
BUILDING A LOCAL BREWERY THIS WAY.
After several months looking for a suitable location, a serene creekside setting drew our attention as a prime spot for a local brewery. Our thoughts were, “Imagine sitting here underneath the shade of the game lands listening to the creek babble past, drinking beer designed for a local like me.”
We built our local brewery with you in mind.
FRESH BEER & FRESH AIR.
Add a babbling creek and it’s almost surreal.
Our thoughts were that a local brewery where you spend a lot of your time has to be very cool. We chose this location because it’s along the historic Big Sewickley Creek. We designed the building to be opened to the outside during the warmer months.
We developed the property and designed our building specifically to be a brewery and taproom. Our back yard is defined by the historic Big Sewickley Creek yielding an outdoor beer garden that is very tranquil and perfect for kicking back with old friends or new. Sit by a fire pit, blend in with the nature of the valley, relax, and let loose. We believe that the fresh outdoors can uplift the spirit.
Our brewery might be a little “off the beaten path,” but it’s very accessible with a large parking lot.
WE LOVE DOGS!
(WHO DOESN’T?)
We are a dog-friendly establishment for well-behaved leash dogs, and expect people to stop by for a great beer with their family and canine companions. In fact, we have lead hooks at the bar and each table.
Help us celebrate our first year!
One-Year Anniversary Party
Saturday, December 16
What a first year! We are truly humbled to have so much support and so many new friends. You’re all family to us. And we want you all to join us as we celebrate our first anniversary of serving fresh beer with friendly cheer.
We’ll have Straight Up as our music guest, performing their unique blend of improvisational funk/rock that mixes their sound with reggae, blues, and a progressive twist. Our friends at Barbariou Greek Gyro will be serving fresh and tasty Greek cuisine from their food truck.
We wouldn’t have success without you. So, let’s celebrate together!
We’ll have giveaways, contests, and more!
OUR BREWING PLANT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BREW LAGER BEER BY TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGY.
Why would we want to do this? Small-scale brewing lends itself to simple brewing techniques. The single-infusion mash is ideal for simplicity. With the proper ingredients, it is a fool-proof way to brew. We have never taken the simple path – Where’s the fun in that? Instead, we choose to use time- and effort-intensive multi-step mashing. While not technically needed for the mash to work correctly, it adds something a little special and noticeable. Decoction is not needed, but we do it, anyway. We have tanks and tanks. Lager beer needs to be kept cold from the start of fermentation to the final sip.
CURRENTLY SERVING
(Beer list subject to change.)
SMOKEY JOE
Our signature brew, 20 years in the making. It’s an amber lager close to Vienna style, malt-forward, and lightly smoked. A personal favorite.
DARK CZECH
Dark with toasty notes, yet light in body and perplexingly refreshing. This is a dark Czechoslovakian style related to the classic Bo-Pils, but with darker-colored malts added in and toned-down bitterness.
BRAD’S ALT
Our Alt beer is back. Brad is very happy about it and so are we. Richly malted with balanced hop bitterness to make for a smooth drinking brew.
BO-PILS H
Another Bohemian-style Pilsner and special because I used authentic Bohemian yeast. It is not for certain, but purportedly, the H strain is the original yeast used for Josef Groll’s original pilsner. I’m happy to offer this brew up to our patrons, prosit!
BALTIC PORTER
This one represents a lesser-known style of beer called Baltic Porter. Although similar to it’s ale namesake by being toasty, the cold fermentation allows the dark malt subtleties to show up. Think raisin and dark stone fruit, some smoke too, backed up by 7+% abv.
LOCAL 101
The second in our ‘local’ series brews. Here we used 100% locally grown and malted barley. There are only three maltsters in PA and one of them happens to be right here in Fenelton. It doesn’t get any fresher folks. This special pilsner malt demanded noble hops, plenty of Hallertauer mittelfüh at the end. Our classic PA pilsen. If there were a state beer … Hmmm…
DUNKELWEIZEN
Alright, for those asking for a wheat beer, here it is. Spicy, moderate maltiness, just enough colored malt to give a complimentary bread note on the finish. Imagine Mr. Brown tussling with a spice trader and in the melee a bag of cloves busts open.
HEIDELBERGER
Southwestern Germany’s vaunted pale lager. Palate is softly malted with balancing bitterness. Noble Hallertauer mittelfrüh hop is noticeable midway without audacity. The finish reveals sublime balance. Good any time of year, but unsurpassed thirst abatement during the heat of summer.
BSCB PALE
This is a beer style you’d have found in many places across our great country prior to the Volstead Act of 1919. Expect full flavor with medium body and mellow sweetness due to 30% corn in the grist.
LA BOHEME
Fall = fest beer; at least that’s the way I’ve always seen it. Take a nice Bohemian Pilsner and give it some toast. Nicely grainy with just enough hop character to balance it out. Lingering malty aftertaste. 5.5% abv.
PAM’S DUNKEL
I brewed this beer in honor of our super-friends and jam specialists, Bianca and Nate. The enthusiasm and energy they bring lifts us all. Jam on my great friends! This one is in a category by itself. Colorful and toasty.
NOT A BEER LOVER?
(Are there such people?)
That’s okay. We also offer soft drinks along with wines and spirits from local small-volume wineries and distilleries.
Unclosed tabs will be charged a 20% gratuity. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted.
Trivia Nights!!
Random Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 PM
(Sorry, that’s the best we can do for a schedule.)
Tell us what you REALLY know! Test your wit and depth of useless information to win prizes with our own host, Mark Steffey!
Check our Facebook and Instagram pages for the next trivia night.
UPCOMING FOOD TRUCK & MUSIC SCHEDULE
GENERAL FOOD TRUCK HOURS: Thursdays & Fridays: 4-9 PM, Saturdays: 3-8 PM, Sundays: 1:30-6 PM
GENERAL MUSIC HOURS: Fridays: 7-9 PM, Saturdays: 7-10 PM
(Schedules are subject to change without notice. Check our Facebook and Instagram pages for the latest updates. No outside alcoholic beverages are permitted.)
NOVEMBER SCHEDULE
Thursday 11/2
FOOD TRUCK: Sak Pase
Friday 11/3
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
MUSIC: Greg Iskat
Saturday 11/4
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Elias Khouri
Sunday 11/5
FOOD TRUCK: Los Gingos
Thursday 11/9
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
DECADES TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 pm
Friday 11/10
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
MUSIC: Acoustic Brew 412
Saturday 11/11
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Brian Belonzi
Sunday 11/12
FOOD TRUCK: Independent Taco
Thursday 11/16
FOOD TRUCK: Taqueria El Pastorcito
Friday 11/17
FOOD TRUCK: Billu's Indian Grill
MUSIC: EASE
Saturday 11/18
FOOD TRUCK: Fat Cat Mac Attack
MUSIC: Samantha Sears
Sunday 11/19
FOOD TRUCK: Lucia’s Hot Dogs
Thursday 11/23
THANKSGIVING – CLOSED
Friday 11/24
FOOD TRUCK: Truckin' Triangles
MUSIC: Shelley Duff
Saturday 11/25
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
MUSIC: Eclectic Acoustics
Sunday 11/26
FOOD TRUCK: Fat Cat Mac Attack
Thursday 11/30
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
HOLIDAY TRIVIA NIGHT 7-9 pm
DECEMBER SCHEDULE
Friday 12/1
FOOD TRUCK: Mobile Chef
MUSIC: Rust Project
Saturday 12/2
FOOD TRUCK: 3rd Eye Pies
MUSIC: Brian Belonzi
Sunday 12/3
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
Thursday 12/7
FOOD TRUCK: Sak Pase
Friday 12/8
FOOD TRUCK: Truckin' Triangles
MUSIC: John Charney
Saturday 12/9
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Shelly Duff
Sunday 12/10
FOOD TRUCK: Fat Cat Mac Attack
Thursday 12/14
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
Friday 12/15
FOOD TRUCK: Billu's Indian Grill
MUSIC: Art Michaud
Saturday 12/16
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
MUSIC: Straight Up
Sunday 12/17
FOOD TRUCK: Independent Taco
Thursday 12/21
FOOD TRUCK: Sak Pase
Friday 12/22
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Jay Wiley
Saturday 12/23
FOOD TRUCK: Independent Taco
MUSIC: Gary Prisby
Sunday 12/24
CLOSED
Thursday 12/28
FOOD TRUCK: Big Lou's
Friday 12/29
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: John Gall
Saturday 12/30
FOOD TRUCK: Barbariou Greek Gyro
MUSIC: Samantha Sears
Sunday 12/31
FOOD TRUCK: Big Lou's
JANUARY SCHEDULE
Thursday 1/4
FOOD TRUCK: Truckin' Triangles
Friday 1/5
FOOD TRUCK: Hummus Pittsburgh
MUSIC: Dan Bubian
Saturday 1/6
FOOD TRUCK: Los Gallitos
MUSIC: Davis Gray Band
Sunday 1/7
FOOD TRUCK: Soupsies
Thursday 1/11
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
Friday 1/12
FOOD TRUCK: Taqueria El Pastorcito
MUSIC: Samantha Sears
Saturday 1/13
FOOD TRUCK: Roux Orleans
MUSIC: Soulful Femme
Sunday 1/14
FOOD TRUCK: Mediterranean Tastes
Thursday 1/18
FOOD TRUCK: Soupsies
Friday 1/19
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Gary Prisby
Saturday 1/20
FOOD TRUCK: When In Rome Pizza
MUSIC: Pappy Weingrad
Sunday 1/21
FOOD TRUCK: Hummus Pittsburgh
Thursday 1/25
FOOD TRUCK: Taqueria El Pastorcito
Friday 1/26
FOOD TRUCK: Ambridge Italian Villa
MUSIC: Johnny Litt
Saturday 1/27
FOOD TRUCK: Yovi’s Chicago Dogs
MUSIC: Noa Jordan
Sunday 1/28
FOOD TRUCK: Mediterranean Tastes
LOCAL BEER FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.
All along, our intention was never to sell beer all over the country. Rather, we simply want to open a local brewery making great beer for the local population to enjoy. We had the idea. We had the name. And, most important, we had the support of our family.
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STOP BY AND MEET YOUR LOCAL BREW CREW!
We’re closer than you think, just 30 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. You’ll find us just a few miles from the I-79 Wexford exit.
FIND US AT:
2030 BIG SEWICKLEY CREEK ROAD
SEWICKLEY, PA 15143
HOURS
Thursday: 4:00-9:00 PM
Friday: 4:00-10:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00-10:30 PM
Sunday: 1:00-7:00 PM