Penn Brewery

Microbrewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1986

Contact
800 Vinial St, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, United States
Description
Penn Brewery began brewing craft beer back in 1986, making us one of the earliest pioneers in the American craft movement. We started out brewing classic lagers and German beer styles, adhering to the strict quality standards of the 16th-century Bavarian Reinheitsgebot purity laws. As we’ve expanded our lineup in recent years to include IPAs and other contemporary styles like chocolate and pumpkin beers, we’ve stayed true to our quality craftsmanship, brewing all of our beers by hand with top-tier barley and hops. We’re proud to say that Penn beers have won a total of twenty Great American Beer Festival® and World Beer Cup® medals.

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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap for Casper’s Wedding. Pours a deep orange color with a medium white head. A nice crisp nose of apples and honey. The flavor is mellow caramel, dusty, some fruit, very sweet and light. Refreshing. Lots of flavor though.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2012 at 09:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. A nice sweet nose of perfume hops and mostly earthy grains. The flavor is a crisp light brew with some light floral hops, very smooth and not too sweet. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2012 at 09:40

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the wedding, which was at a brewery! Pours a clear golden hue with a small white head. A sweet grainy nose with some honey. Very clean and smooth with light crisp honey touched grains, a bit of spicy hops.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2012 at 09:36

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Draft in Washington PA. Pours a deep brown color with a medium tan head. A rich nose of chocolates and coca. The flavor is a big milky chocolate forward beer with some ash. Very good. Nice example of the style.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jul 2012 at 16:06

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6 pack from Giant Eagle. Pours a deep mahogany hue with a small white head. The aroma is light caramel and toasted malts. The flavor is a sweet mix of chocolates and caramel, some dryness. Pretty clean. Almost porter-like at times.
Tried on 12 Jul 2012 at 18:12

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beer of the month club. Hazy yellowish golden with a medium white head. Lovely fresh floral hops aroma with some fruitiness, grassy notes (some quality marijuana), piney hints and light maltiness. Rather dry hoppy flavor with light sweetness and a pleasant bitter finish with flowers, grass, grapefruit and a bit of pomelo. Medium-bodied. Tasty, refreshing and quaffable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2012 at 14:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. As "Pennsylvania Kaiser Pils". Beer of the month club. Hazy yellowish golden with a medium white head. Aroma of grains, grassy hops with citric notes and some diacetyl. Sweetish malt flavor, slightly bready with grainy and buttery hints, continues to a bitter hoppy finish with grassy, spicy and slightly citric hops. Medium-bodied. Quite refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2012 at 12:51

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
On tap at a pub in Palm Beach Airport. Pours dark brown with reddish hues and a medium, tan head. The aroma is toffee and caramel malts, light earthy and floral hops. The flavor is sweet and malty, with faint bitterness in the finish. The palate is medium to heavy, sticky, and a fairly astringent. Overall, this is a malt bomb, with a fair hop profile for balance. Not too bad.
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2012 at 13:48

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12 oz. bottle. Pours a light, cloudy orange with a thin, white head. The aroma is sugar, wheat, caramel, resin, and vegetables. The flavor is very sweet, with a very faint bitterness in the finish. The palate is light to medium, crisp, effervescent, and a little sticky. Overall, this is a clean, refreshing and well made beer. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2012 at 18:33

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Pgh 2012 craft beer week. On tap at the bockton monaca very nice place and the friendliest of servers. Clear looking pale yellow looking thing. Fairly sweet aroma with a trace of fragranrt hops. Barely any co2 on the palate. Leaves an almost perfect mouth coating finish, but just does not quite get there. Not over the top for a lager lover. Ipa-ish, its a little less than expected; more milder?
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2012 at 13:46