Six Point Brewery Tasting

Our next event will be at the Beer Hive (2117 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222) in Strip District at 7:30pm on Friday, September 30th! The event will take place on the 2nd floor and will involve a tasting of beer from Six Point Brewery. Michelle from Vecenie will introduce each beer. This is a free tasting! Thank you, Beer Hive!

The beers are:
Six Point Bengali Tiger - IPA
Six Point Righteous Ale - Rye Ale
Six Point Sweet Action - Part Pale Ale, Wheat, and Cream Ale
Six Point The Crisp - Lager.

Click here to RSVP. Cheers!

September Event: Rivertowne Pour House

Our September event will be at the Rivertowne Pour House in Monroeville at 7pm on Wednesday, September 7th! I've reserved their banquet room and arranged for a tasting of 6 of their beers. Just like Sharp Edge, their beverage director will introduce each beer. Please feel free to order off the menu. I can tell you the food there is quite good and I will be eating :)

The Rivertowne Pour House currently has 19 beers on tap. It is a brewery for those of you who are not familiar with them. Please visit http://www.myrivertowne.com for more information on the beer, menu, etc. The fee for this event will be $12 per person. The six beers we'll be tasting are:
1. Babbling Blonde
2. Old Wylie's IPA
3. Shepherds Scottish Ale
4. Rivertowne Lager
5. Whit-o-maker
6. A seasonal mystery beer

Click here to RSVP. Cheers!

September Event: Gullifty's

This event was cancelled. We may reschedule it at a later date.

This event is sure to be an exciting one! The manager, Joel Hollies, will be arranging for us a delicious buffet of appetizers, cheeses and deserts paired with, of course, five or six great beers. The cost per person for this event will be $25. For those of you who are not familiar with Gullifty's, their website is http://www.gulliftys.us/

We've just nailed down the date for this event and the general details. More complete information will be posted soon. Click here to RSVP.

Date: September 8, 2011
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Place: Gullifty's
1922 Murray Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

International IPA Day

As many of you already know, August 4th has been declared International IPA Day. Let's all get together and raise our pints to celebrate one of our most beloved styles. Fatheads has tapped Head Hunter IPA (which is scrumptious), as well as many others. Raise your glass and toast your favorite IPA.

Where: Fatheads, 1805 East Carson Street
When: 7pm
This is a pay-as-you-go event.

For more information on International IPA Day, visit http://hoptopia.tumblr.com​/post/7346225620/announcin​g-international-ipaday-a-s​ocial-celebration.

August Event: Sharp Edge Creekhouse

Our August event will be at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse in Crafton. This event will involve a beer tasting of 6 varieties with a cost of $10 per person. It will be hosted by their Beverage Director who will give a background on the beer and a description of what the beer is. Another bonus, I've reserved the out door deck :) Those who wish to also have dinner, feel free to order off the menu. Cheers! To RSVP, click here.

These are the beers that will be used for the tasting.
1) Victory Summer Love
2) Sierra Nevada Glissade
3) Palm Speciale
4) Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yellow Pils
5) Young's XX Chocolate
6) Wittekerke Framboise

List of Suggestions from 1st Event

So ladies, I've compiled the list of suggestions from our first event. They are in no particular order:

• Beer dinner at Gullifty's (working on this one, thank you, Michelle Reid)
• Rent a bus and do a "pub crawl"
• Have Sarah K Hoffman's hubby talk on the history of beer
• Brewery tour at Full Pint Brewing
• Lobby to get Intercourse Brewery distributed in Pittsburgh
• Sharp Edge in Shadyside (and other locations)
• Sharp Edge Penn Bistro (new one)
• North Country Brewing in Slippery Rock
• Bocktown
• Blue Canoe Brewing (Titusville)
• Sprague Farm Brewing (Cambridge Springs)
• Rustbelt Brewing (Youngstown)
• Vintage Estates (Boardman)
• D's Monroeville/Regent Square
• East End Brewery (working on this one...probably in Sept)
• Rivertowne in Monroeville (working on this one)
• Hough's in Greenfield (brewing on premise soon)
• Fat Heads
• Someone had a question about whether to eat before hand. Good question. If an event includes food, a menu will be in the description.

If I've missed a suggestion or you have another, please feel free to drop me a line. Cheers!

Details for Church Brew Works Event

Date & Time:
Wednesday, July 13, 2011/6PM-8PM

Includes:
Brewery Tour
Beer/Food Sampling
Logo Pint Glass

Cost:
$20 Per Person (plus tax & gratuity)

Menu/Beer Pairing:
Saffron Poached Shrimp w/Quinoa Salad – Ambrosia Ale
Crab & Corn Salad – Confessional Kölsch
Beef Tenderloin Crostini – Pious Monk Dunkel
Cajun Risotto Fritters – ThunderHop IPA
German Chocolate Cupcake – Rotating Stout