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Beermaker in bankruptcy (Iron City)
Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^
Posted on 12/08/2005 11:37:31 AM PST by evets
Pittsburgh Brewing, forced into bankruptcy yesterday to avoid a cutoff of its water supply, plans to get rid of more than $6 million in pension obligations and emerge from bankruptcy with its ownership group intact, Vice Chairman Joseph Piccirilli said.
From left, Pittsburgh Brewing Co.'s Valerie Stoltz, director of human resources; Tony Ferraro, vice president of sales and marketing; Jeff Vavro from media relations; and Joseph Piccirilli, vice chairman, talk after a news conference at the brewery in Lawrenceville yesterday afternoon
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: itsaburghthing; letitdie; restinpeace; swill; worsethanbud
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To: evets
I live in Sharpsburg...
..comes from here.
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posted on
12/08/2005 1:40:22 PM PST
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: evets
Pittsburgh Brewing is one of a handful of independent local brewers who managed to survive the A-B/Miller/Coors mass marketing blitz. In fact, in terms of production, I believe it was the largest brewery in the country that was not owned by the big three. It was the old-timers who kept the brewery going. Those old beer drinkers are passing on and young beer drinkers are totally hooked by the marketing blitzes of the flavored waters sold by the big three.
Fifty years ago, every city of even moderate size had at least one, if not two or three local breweries. Pittsburgh had three good sized breweries up until the 1960s. Today, aside from Yuppie micro breweries, few cities have a local brand. It's all Bud, Coors or Miller, all boring flavored water, with some overpriced imports thrown in if you actually care about taste.
It will be the end of an era when Pittsburgh Brewing finnaly goes under.
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posted on
12/08/2005 1:46:05 PM PST
by
Ditto
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To: Jaxter
I used to live in Etna!
Merry Christmas!
123
posted on
12/08/2005 1:47:01 PM PST
by
evets
(God bless president Bush!)
To: oyez; Yo-Yo
They were the first beer cans that date to the 1930s at the end of prohibition. Before that, beer was only sold in bottles.
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posted on
12/08/2005 1:48:14 PM PST
by
Ditto
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To: evets
The best I could afford. It was great.
125
posted on
12/08/2005 1:50:27 PM PST
by
ex-snook
("Come behold the deeds of the Lord, the astounding things he has wrought on earth.")
To: libs_kma
Actually IC light, was what I thought tasted like tap water. IC Light tastes like a heavy German dark beer compared to Coors, Miller or Bud Light.
126
posted on
12/08/2005 2:05:14 PM PST
by
Ditto
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To: evets
Merry Christmas from the 'Burgh!
127
posted on
12/08/2005 5:09:12 PM PST
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: Petronski
When I was in high school in the eighties, we could always scrape together seven bucks and get us a case of this:My favorite...well, sort of a in a tie with Penn Pilsner.
The price has gone up to $16/case however.
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posted on
12/08/2005 5:10:35 PM PST
by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
(I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper)
To: Jaxter
Gimme a Duke! The old Duquesne clock stayed up on the South Side for years.
129
posted on
12/08/2005 5:26:02 PM PST
by
mak5
To: Jaxter
130
posted on
12/08/2005 5:26:20 PM PST
by
mak5
To: dljordan
An Ice Cold Falls City. Mmmmm.
Now that takes me back a few years.
131
posted on
12/08/2005 5:38:02 PM PST
by
Pompah
To: knews_hound; All
Never had an IC, being from TX and all.
Its reputation is it's adequate as a bottled/canned product, but it's supposed to be VERY good out of a keg. Can anyone confirm this?
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posted on
12/08/2005 5:57:05 PM PST
by
decal
(Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives; the Progs have never figured this out.)
To: oyez
"Rolling Rock is, thankfully, still around."
Rolling rock is not a bad beer - at least as good as any of the 'name' brand American beers. A cold one is really refreshing on a hot summer day.
I say that though my beer preference is usually a British amber or pale ale or good German beer, and occasionally a black beer, ala Guiness or similar Irish brew - room temp, of course.
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green; Mo1; ..
To: Tijeras_Slim
I know you have a "unique" sense of humor, but Geney Cream? EEEEEEyuck! When we were scraping sidewalks for nickels to buy beer in highschool, we'd even pass up that stuff. Arghurgle.
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posted on
12/08/2005 6:54:34 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Probably made my switch to cheap sherry and scotch possible.
136
posted on
12/09/2005 4:58:03 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: SoothingDave
O now your killin me.. MMMMM.
137
posted on
12/09/2005 5:04:09 AM PST
by
Paulus
To: Tijeras_Slim
LOL, geney cream would be a good switch-facilitator to ANY other beverage.
138
posted on
12/09/2005 5:12:22 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Freshman year we bought a case of something so bad we threw it out after the first six pack. Can't remember what it was, but we bought it off the back of some guy's truck.
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posted on
12/09/2005 5:22:12 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: evets
Having read the whole thread, I think that there is one, vile brew missing.
The absolute worst beer I ever had was something found in the South. "Dixie" it was called. It was rumored that they cut it with embalming fluid, but it didn't taste that good.
I have had Iron City and I thought it was strange tasting and probably toxic.
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posted on
12/09/2005 5:31:31 AM PST
by
alarm rider
(Irritating leftists as often as is humanly possible....)
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