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.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden with a huge foamy yellow white head. Grainy and citric. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 07 Jul 2023
at 22:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black with a large foamy brown head that lingered. Roasty with hot pepper and cinnamon. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2023
at 19:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Murky yellow with a huge foamy white head. Yeasty with bubblegum, clove and a hint of citrus. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2023
at 19:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazy gold with a medium sized foamy white head. Grainy and yeasty with sugar and lemonade. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 13 Jun 2023
at 19:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
12 oz. bottle from Total Wine - Naples, FL. Pours a pitch black color with a light tan head and very good retention. Spotty lacing. Sweet chocolate aroma. The flavor is dark roasted malts and milk chocolate. A good balance of sweet and roasty. Maybe a tad thin for a stout. Medium-light carbonation. Low bitterness. A good dessert beer that's not too sweet for repeated consumption. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2023
at 22:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle from Total Wine - Naples, FL. Pours a crystal clear dark mahogany color with a khaki head and very good retention. Decent lacing. Nutmeg and cloves aroma. As expected, it tastes like nutmeg and other spices mixed with a dark ale and caramel. It's hard to define the brown ale flavor because of the spices. If you mixed a pumpkin ale with a brown ale, this is what you get. An enjoyable change from the norm. Medium body and medium carbonation. Not bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2023
at 23:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle from Total Wine - Naples, FL. Pours a crystal clear mahogany color with a small khaki head and fair retention. Almost no lacing. Malty aroma. Dark, sweet malt flavor with a hint of smoke in the finish. Super clean and really easy drinking. One dimensional, but good. Very chuggable. Medium-light body. Medium-light carbonation too. Not bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2023
at 21:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown with a large foamy tan head. Sweetish and malty with caramel and hints of honey and dark fruit. Medium length finish. Medium bodied and smooth.
Tried
on 02 May 2023
at 19:07
6/10
Tried
on 14 Dec 2022
at 00:05
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
golden color with a large foamy yellow white head that left excellent lacing. Crisp floral hops, cracker and a hint of medicine. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2019 Total Score: 2.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a golden color with a large foamy yellow white head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was crisp floral hops. The flavor was crisp floral hops, cracker and a hint of medicine. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2019 Total Score: 2.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a golden color with a large foamy yellow white head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was crisp floral hops. The flavor was crisp floral hops, cracker and a hint of medicine. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2022
at 23:27