Seventy-some breweries in and around the city, and no way to see them all in a weekend. Here is how we would do it: where they cluster, how to get between them, and where to start.
Pick a neighborhood, not a list.
Pittsburgh's breweries cluster: the Strip and Lawrenceville along the Allegheny, the North Side around the stadiums, Millvale and Sharpsburg across the bridges, and a new corner of them in Hazelwood. Each section below has what is there, how far apart they are, and one route we like. We brew in the Strip, so that is where we start you. We drink everywhere.
Our production brewery in the Strip District, a taproom in the North Hills, and a bar in Lawrenceville that pours everything we make. Open-now status is live.
Orange pins are ours. Tap a pin for the address and website; the neighborhood sections below have the routes.
Cinderlands Every other brewery in the guide
Two breweries, half a mile apart, in the old produce district along the river. The Warehouse is our production brewery; this is where we would start anyone.
Our production brewery, full kitchen and second-floor patio. Start here.
The Virginia brewery's Pittsburgh taproom, on Smallman Street.
Butler Street is the city's brewery row: six breweries and our own bar along two miles of one street, with the 91 bus running the length of it.
Our Lawrenceville bar: Cinderlands on draft, stacked hoagies and a pool table. Not a brewhouse, but the beer is ours.
A brewpub inside a 1902 church on Liberty Avenue.
On Charlotte Street since 2017, in a former Gas-Lite showroom.
Burgers and their own beer at 36th and Butler.
Butler Street at 49th.
Butler Street at 52nd.
Upper Lawrenceville, Butler Street at 56th.
Five breweries between the stadiums and Troy Hill, including the city's oldest.
The New York brewery's big North Shore restaurant, next to the stadiums.
Western Avenue, a block from Late Addition.
Western Avenue, a block from Four Points.
East Ohio Street, with a second location planned for Brighton Heights.
Pittsburgh's oldest craft brewery, since 1986: German-style lagers and 19th-century lagering caves on Troy Hill.
Three breweries strung along Penn Avenue and out to Larimer, one of them among the city's first.
Bloomfield, since 2020; set out to brew a beer for each of Pittsburgh's 90 neighborhoods.
Penn Avenue in Garfield.
Brewing since 2004, one of the city's first craft breweries.
The newest cluster: three breweries on one block of Lytle Street, two more within a mile.
Lytle Street, next door to New France and Abstract Realm.
Lytle Street.
Lytle Street.
Irvine Street, half a mile from the Lytle Street block.
Greenfield Avenue, a mile up the hill.
Across the river from Lawrenceville: two walkable pairs and a couple of drives, with some of the most talked-about beer in the region.
In Millvale since 2013, in a 19th-century grist house.
A few hundred feet from Grist House.
Sharpsburg; hop-forward beers on every Pittsburgh best-of list.
An industrial space in Sharpsburg, a few blocks from Dancing Gnome, with a long tap list.
Blawnox, in a retrofitted post office, run by Brew Gentlemen alumni.
Oakmont.
Glenshaw.
Drives, not walks: our Wexford taproom and four breweries spread across the northern suburbs.
Our North Hills taproom: our beer, a short food menu and a patio with a fire pit.
Allison Park.
Sewickley.
Mars, with a kitchen.
Bellevue, with a kitchen.
Seven breweries south of the rivers, from the South Side flats to Braddock.
South Side, on Jane Street.
Dormont.
Castle Shannon.
Bethel Park.
Pleasant Hills.
Homestead, with a second site planned for the North Side.
Braddock; General Braddock's IPA is the flagship.
Opened, moved or closed since we wrote this? Tell us and we will fix the guide.
Lawrenceville, Millvale, Sharpsburg, Western Avenue and Lytle Street each put two or more breweries within a few blocks. The Strip to the start of Butler Street is about a mile along Smallman and Penn.
The 91 bus runs Butler Street and Penn Avenue from Downtown through the Strip and Lawrenceville. Rideshares are everywhere, and a bike lane runs most of Penn Avenue.
City Brew Tours Pittsburgh leaves from 1247 Smallman Street in the Strip; Bikes & Brews and the Lawrenceville walking tours cover Butler Street. Someone else drives.
Around 75 in the greater Pittsburgh area, and more than 40 in Allegheny County belong to the Pittsburgh Brewers Guild. This guide maps the ones in the city and the nearest towns, grouped so you can walk between them; the Guild's site at pittsburghbreweries.com lists every member.
Lawrenceville along Butler Street (six breweries over two miles), Millvale (Grist House and Strange Roots, a two-minute walk), Sharpsburg (Dancing Gnome and Hitchhiker, a few blocks), Western Avenue on the North Side (Four Points and Late Addition, one block), Lytle Street in Hazelwood (three on one block) and the Strip District (the Cinderlands Warehouse and Aslin, half a mile along Smallman).
Brewpubs with their own kitchens include the Cinderlands Warehouse, Church Brew Works, Southern Tier, Burghers, Lincoln Avenue and Dented Keg. Many taprooms host food trucks or let you bring food in; check their sites the day you go.
The 91 bus runs Butler Street and Penn Avenue through the Strip District and Lawrenceville, which covers the two biggest clusters. Rideshares are everywhere. City Brew Tours and the bike-and-brewery tours pick the route and do the driving for you.
The Pittsburgh Brewers Guild runs one across its member breweries; details and the current list are on pittsburghbreweries.com.
At the Cinderlands Warehouse in the Strip District: a working brewery with a full kitchen, a second-floor patio and 10 to 16 of our beers on draft, half a mile from Aslin and a mile from the start of Butler Street. Lunch here, then walk.
Something else? Contact us or call 412-209-1575.
The Warehouse in the Strip District, the taproom in Wexford and Long Story Short in Lawrenceville. Award-winning beer, a scratch kitchen and a patio for every season.
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