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Calendar of events for Steel City Big Pour Week
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The Sept. 8 Steel City Big Pour -- the craft beer, food, music and art festival fund-raiser at Construction Junction in Point Breeze -- is sold out.
But you still can attend one of the ancillary events that happen around the city and region as part of Big Pour Week, Sept. 4 through 10.
The Post-Gazette, the Big Pour's media sponsor, is posting those events here. To include your event, email the particulars, including times, dates and a contact, to food@post-gazette.com. Events must involve craft beer, and like the main event, they may also involve food, art, music and other sustainable fun. For more about the Pour, visit www.constructionjunction.org.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR BIG POUR WEEK
Tuesday, SEPT. 4
• Craft Beer & Wing Night from 6 to 10 p.m. featuring $3 craft beer drafts and $3-a-dozen wings at Coppertops, 2132 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-523-5111 and www.coppertopspgh.com.
• Beaver Brewing sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, near Monaca. 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• Draai Laag Brewing sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, North Fayette (690 Chauvet Dr.). 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• New Holland and Oskar Blues at Harris Grill, Shadyside (5747 Ellsworth Ave.) 6 to 8 p.m. Stay for the Bacon Night! 412-362-5273 or www.harrisgrill.com.
• Great Lakes specials and giveaways at Shiloh Grill, Mount Washington (123 Shiloh St.). 7 to 9 P.M. Also, it's Bacon Night! Free bacon at the bar to compliment your Great Lakes craft beer. 412-431-4000 or www.theshilohgrill.com.
Wednesday, SEPT. 5
• Weyerbacher Brewing sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, near Monaca. 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• North Country Brewing sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, North Fayette (690 Chauvet Dr.). 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• Bell's Beer Dinner at Downtown's Bigelow Grille (One Bigelow Square). 6 p.m. Chef Anthony Zallo is working with Wild Purveyors to pair four courses with brews from Michigan brewer. Cost is $55 (plus tax and tip); reserve at 412-281-5014. More at www.bigelowgrille.com.
• Mini Wet-Hop Fest at Kelly's Bar and Lounge in East Liberty (6012 Penn Circle South). Starting at 7 p.m. Wet-hopped beers from East End Brewing, the Church Brew Works, Full Pint Brewing, "and possibly others if we can land them." Pay as you go. 412-363-6012.
• Full Pint tasting with brewer Sean Hallisey at BRGR in East Liberty (5997 Penn Circle South). 5 to 7 p.m. 412-362-2333 and http://www.brgrpgh.com/.
• Blue Point Brewery's "Smokin' Lineup" of brews at Smokin' Joe's in South Side (2001 E. Carson St.). 7 p.m. Oktoberfest, Pumpkin Ale, Hoptical Illusion, Toxic Sludge Black IPA, White IPA and No Apologies Double IPA on tap. 412-431-6757 or www.smokinjoessaloon.com.
Thursday, SEPT. 6
• Troegs Brewery sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, near Monaca. 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• All Saints Brewing sampling at Bocktown Beer & Grill, North Fayette (690 Chauvet Dr.). 6 to 8 p.m. Register to win a pair of tickets to the Pour. 724-650-1656 or www.bocktown.com.
• Meet brewer Bob Craven of Shmaltz Brewing and sample his brews at The Allegheny Wine Mixer Wine Bar & Tap Room, Lawrencville (5326 Butler St.). 7 to 9 p.m. 412-252-2337 or alleghenywinemixer.com. www.alleghenywinemixer.com.
• Weyerbacher beer dinner at the Sharp Edge Bistro in Sewickley (510 Beaver St.). 6:30 p.m. Four courses by Chef Dan Sanders paired with five Weyerbacher brews presented by brewery rep Bob Fauteux and Edge cellarman Brett McMahan. $55. 412-749-0305 or sharpedgebeer.com.
• Brewers spotlights at Blue Dust in Homestead (601 Amity St.). From 5 to 7 p.m., it's Great Lakes, at at 7 p.m., it's Ommegang, Southern Tier and Sierra Nevada. 412-461-6220 or www.bluedustpgh.com.
• Full Pint brews with Kurt Gutshall at Poor Richard's Ale House in McCandless (10501 Perry Highway). 7 to 9 p.m. Try the new Night of the Living Stout and get a chance to win a pair of Big Pour tickets. 724-935-9870.
• Sly Fox sampling at Birmingham Bridge Tavern in South Side {2901 Sarah St.). 6 to 8 p.m. 412-381-2739 or birminghambridgetavern.com. Sly Fox sampling at Over the Bar Bicycle Cafe in South Side (2518 E. Carson St.). 8 to 10 p.m. 412-381-3698 or otbbicyclecafe.com. Sly Fox tap takeover feature some brewpub drafts at Industry Public House in Lawrenceville (4305 Butler St.). 7 to 9 p.m. 412-83-1100 or www.industrypgh.com.
• Sixpoint tasting at Whole Foods Wexford (10576 Perry Highway. 5 to 7 p.m. 724-940-6100 and www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/wexford.
Magic Hat tap takeover at Fuel and Fuddle in Oakland (212 Oakland Ave.) 6 to 8 p.m. 412-682-3473 and www.fuelandfuddle.com.
Friday, SEPT. 7
• Founders Brewing tap takeover featuring extra specialty brews and giveaways. Harris Grill, Shadyside (5747 Ellsworth Ave.) 7 to 9 p.m. Plus an auxiliary Bacon Night with special bacon treats to go with all the delicious beer! 412-362-5273 or www.harrisgrill.com.
• Dogfish Head IPA flights at Shiloh Grill, Mount Washington (123 Shiloh St.). 7 to 9 p.m. We're tapping 60-, 90-, and 120-Minute IPA's, and breaking out Dogfish Head's beer infuser "Randal the Enamel Animal," plus other surprises. 412-431-4000 or www.theshilohgrill.com.
• Brewers spotlights at Blue Dust in Homestead (601 Amity St.). Starting at 7 p.m., we'll be featuring brews Bells, Troegs, Victory and East End, plus possibly Dogfish. 412-461-6220 or bluedustpgh.com.
• Oskar Blues Tap Takeover at Over the Bar Bicycle Cafe in South Side (2518 E. Carson St.). 5 to 8 p.m. 412-381-3698 or otbbicyclecafe.com.
• Full Pint tasting with Kurt Gutshall at Smokin' Joe's in South Side (2001 E. Carson St.). 6 to 8 p.m. Try some limited-release Elderflower Saison. "It should be a helluva party." 412-431-6757 or www.smokinjoessaloon.com.
• Sold out, but there's a waiting list: Full Pint brews for the anniversary pig roast at the Pines Tavern in Pine (5018 Bakerstown Road). 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 724- 625-3252 and or thepinestavern.com.
• Sixpoint tasting at House of 1000 Beers in New Kensington (357 Freeport St.). 6 to 8 p.m. www.houseof1000beers.com.
Sunday, SEPT. 9
• Beer breakfast brunch featuring coffee beers and Belgian-style waffles at Fat Head's in South Side. 11 a.m. Founder's Canadian Breakfast Stout, Kentucky Breakfast Stout and Frangelic Mountain Brown, plus Terrapin Substance Abuse, an imperial coffee stout aged in Jack Daniels barrels, and waffles from Point Brugge Cafe. 412-431-7433 or fatheads.com.
First Published August 16, 2012 12:00 am
