Beermaker in bankruptcy (Iron City)

Pittsburgh Post Gazette ^

[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

[evets]

"Pittsburgh Brewing is a part of me," said Bill Killian, 59, of Ambridge. "My father drank it before me and his father drank it before him."

[Tijeras_Slim]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Petronski]

Burp!

[N. Theknow]

Iron City Beer. Best for boilermakers.

[R. Scott]

My first beer was an Iron City.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I guess it's just "33" and Genee Cream from now on.

[Tijeras_Slim]

There's folks that would differ with your statement. :)

[Petronski]

Why not have beer instead? *lol*

[Tijeras_Slim]

I can't find Old German or Gablinger's anymore either.

[sargunner]

Slim,

Add a Singhai to get the trifecta.

[FlipWilson]

Quote: "My first beer was an Iron City."

In that case, I am shocked it was not your last.

[R. Scott]

Iron City and Ballantine were the easiest for us to get, and pretty good.

[Tribune7]

bump for later

[add925]

Pittsburgh Brewing survived the imprisonment of two former owners: Australian tycoon Alan Bond and Michael Carlow, a Uniontown native who was thrown out in 1995 after he was accused of a $31.3 million check-kiting scheme against PNC Bank.

Secret Aussie attempt to trash American Beer company?

Daggone Foster sippin', kangaroo kissin'.... ;)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Easy to get is good. A determining factor for many things during my misspent youth.

[ericthecurdog]

Iron City is the single nastiest beer I've ever tasted. It makes PBR look like Chateau d'Yquem.

[NonValueAdded]

Good old IC Light, a nice trademark. So ... the ownership group dumps its pensions on PBGC (meaning us) and gets to keep control? Let's hope the new bankruptcy laws get hold of management's "pensions" and voids any golden parachutes.

[Petronski]

When I was in high school in the eighties, we could always scrape together seven bucks and get us a case of this:

[R. Scott]

When you’re about 10 or 11 years old, your taste isn’t all that discriminating yet – but Iron City isn’t all that bad. Ever drink Pearl or Lucky Lager?

[Yo-Yo]

I kinda like the "Beer in a Brake Fluid Can" look. Probably a close match in taste as well...