Beers of the Burgh

A fun time! Great venue — held in the same warehouse that houses Art All Night right next to the 40^th street bridge in Lawrenceville. Keep in mind there is almost NO parking there; I took Lyft to and from.
I bought early bird tix at 35/​pop and was happy with what was offered for that amount. Beers of the Burgh boasted about 35 different local breweries, most from the ‘burgh (duh) or SW PA, and included some home brewers, too! I really liked that many of the brewers had rotating samples throughout the event, so you could come back and sample different brews later on from the same brewer. I haven’t seen this much at other beer fests. They also were nice enough to include dump buckets and water for rinsing at each table. You won’t believe how many beer fests don’t include this important detail!
Lines were fairly long, and after about an hour of sampling a little and waiting a lot, I figured it was time to head out. I appreciated the food trucks out front (cash only!) and plenty of port-​o-​johns for those revelers planning to enjoy the entire 3 hours. Weird thing… I saw a number of families with kids… not really sure this is a family-​friendly event.
If you have patience, you can def get much out of this event. I loved the local focus, and will plan to attend again in the future (if I get the early bird rate!).
Oh, and did I mention I met Rick Sebak there? That alone was worth the money!

This is a new festival — held in Lawrenceville down by the river in a steel warehouse/​manufacturing site.
WWW site has all the specifics.
Funky venue but perfect for a «beer tasting Saturday afternoon.» Many vendors representing a rather startling variety of established microbreweries, and those that are in the process of getting space. Held in a old steel foundry. Ticketing, checkins, line management, restrooms — all fine for this indoor open air event.
Music by a group helped with the ambience.
One hopes this is held in the fall as well — so many new microbreweries — one time a year would not do the emergent businesses justice. There were a number of taste surprises — a hot ginger beer being one of them. Traditional Pale Ale’s abound. Reminds me a bit of the early early days of Portland’s microbrewery culture/​craze.
Vendor staff friendly, courteous, helpful. Well put together for the initial time out. Do think they might consider indoor food — catering system — trucks were outside but not as accessible as possible.
Roy