PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

In the historic northside Deutschland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, the booming German-influenced business district houses the multitiered ALLEGHENY CITY BREWING COMPANY. Down a side street from its 2016-opened brewery, this casual taproom (christened May 2024) brings the semi-formal warmth and elegance of a cozy parlor to life.

Allegheny City’s brewhouse (a 7-barrel system with fermenter room and packaging area) services the taproom with its commendable traditional in-house fare, but hard seltzer, soda, cider and cocktails are also available. On my October ’25 midday stopover, the wife and I grab bar seats and sink seven suitable suds.

A black-gated alleyway courtyard leads to the entrance of the two-storied red brick pub. The main bar space services the front beer garden, fire pitted side deck, second floor mezzanine and homey plant-ensconced solarium (with four-seat tables).

Mild lemon musk saddled the musty grain stead of dry light-bodied Rally Pilsner, a mildly herbal-floral hopped pleasure.

Dry Norside Kolsch snuggled rustic barnyard graining inside compote lemon rot given brisk cucumber water crisping.

Raspy raspberry tartness caressed Starlake Raspberry Wheat, letting phenol hop spicing ransack waning white wheat waver.

Candied pineapple, peach and tangerine tang joined grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering for Mon Ripper West Coast IPA, a Centennial-Simcoe hopped medium body with dry herb-daubed pine spine.

Lively grapefruit-forward Most Dope Hazy IPA splashed salted orange-peeled pineapple tanginess upon mild floral-daubed spicing and tidy pine respite secured by dry pale malting.

A fruited sour variant, Fruita – Blueberry/ Raspberry, strung Pez-candied tartness thru acidulated oaty malts.

The only dark ale on tap this autumn eve, Deutschland Brown, left coffee-stained nuttiness and powdered cocoa on dewy residue.