There’s still a bit of construction going on inside Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s new facility in Creighton, but shiny new brewing equipment is in place among the red bricks and durable metal beams. Watch the full story in the video player above. “There’s a lot of history in the Allegheny Valley and this building in particular,” company president Todd Zwicker said as he gave Action News 4 of Pittsburgh a tour of the building. The 170,000 square foot facility originally contained the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, now PPG, in 1883. It is now in the final stages of a transformation into a state-of-the-art automated brewery. In 2009, the company moved production from its original location in Lawrenceville, outsourcing its brewing to a facility in Latrobe. This project completes a comeback for the makers of Iron City Beer, as they bring production back in-house, to this new home. That’s something most breweries our size never get back,” Zwicker said. The first batches of beer will arrive next month, with trials being considered to ensure the equipment is connected. Zwicker said that They would ship beers within five months.”We’re ready to brew anything,” said Brandon Mayes, the company’s brewing director.Mayes said they “have a lot of ideas” in their pockets back when it comes to new products.”I have plans for some beers, testing some markets that people who think about Pittsburgh Brewing might not necessarily think we would go out with,” he said. The facility will begin with a capacity to brew 200,000 barrels of beer each year and eventually have the potential to produce 500,000 barrels.There are also plans for a restaurant, museum and brewery store, Zwicker said. that they plan There are plans to distill rye and bourbon whiskeys on site, but these products won’t be ready for sale for a few years. “To have this opportunity, with the venue and the equipment and the opportunities going forward, in my world, it’s a utopia,” Zwicker said.
There’s still a bit of construction going on inside Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s new facility in Creighton, but shiny new brewing equipment is in place among the red bricks and durable metal beams.
Watch the full story in the video player above.
“There’s a lot of history in the Allegheny Valley and this building in particular,” company president Todd Zwicker said as he gave Action News 4 of Pittsburgh a tour of the building.
The 170,000 square foot facility originally contained the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, now PPG, in 1883.
It is now in the final stages of its transformation into a state-of-the-art automated brewery.
In 2009, the company moved production from its original location in Lawrenceville, outsourcing its brewing to a facility in Latrobe.
This project completes a comeback for the makers of Iron City Beer, as they bring production back in-house, to this new home.
“That’s something most breweries our size never recover from,” Zwicker said.
The first batches of beer will arrive next month, considered as trials to ensure the equipment is connected.
Zwicker said they would ship beers within five months.
“We’re ready to brew anything,” said Brandon Mayes, the company’s brewing director.
Mayes said they “have a lot of ideas” in their back pockets when it comes to new products.
“I have plans for certain beers, testing certain markets that people thinking about Pittsburgh Brewing don’t necessarily think we would release,” he said.
The facility will start with a capacity to brew 200,000 barrels of beer each year and eventually have the potential to produce 500,000 barrels.
There are also plans for a restaurant, museum, and brewery store. Zwicker said they plan to distill rye and bourbon whiskeys on site, but those products won’t be ready for sale for a few years.
“To have this opportunity, with the venue and the equipment and the opportunities going forward, in my world, is a utopia,” Zwicker said.
