Good Beer in Downtown Pittsburgh

Some people were asking about where to get good beer in Downtown Pittsburgh during the con. Here are a few of the places I visited that passed muster. For Science, of course.

Cigar Bar
430 Market St
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 880-4080
Downstairs

Market Street Ale House
21 Market Sq
Pittsburgh PA
(412) 745-2337
Upstairs

The Cigar Bar and the Market St Alehouse are located in the same building in Market Square. As the name implies The Cigar Bar features a large selection of cigars for your smoking pleasure. Their list of draft beers changes often.
Upstairs the Ale House is a bit more upscale with a large, Cheers-like bar and 15 plus taps. The draft beer selection changes often and there is a large selection of bottled beer.

Both these establishments still allow smoking.

August Henry's City Saloon
946 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-765-3270 / Fax: 412-765-3090
http://www.augusthenrys.com

August Henry's has good food. And they sell good draft and bottled beers. And they are right down the street from the convention. Go there, you will like it. The last time I was there they had smoking and none smoking sections.

Six Penn Kitchen
146 Sixth Street
Pittsburgh PA

Six Penn Kitchen is a very nice looking place with two levels. They have only 6 taps but these are devoted to craft beers. I was suprised to find Arrogant Bastard on tap. (No, the beer wasn't named after me.) I've never eaten there but Ive heard the food is very good.

Tonic Bar & Grill
971 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15222
phone: 412.456.0460
http://www.tonicpittsburgh.com

Tonic is right across the street from The Westin and they have several taps of craft brewed beer.

The Backstage Bar at Theater Square
655 Penn Avenue
between the O'Reilly Theater and Katz Plaza

Due to the fact that Theater Square regularly hosts Beer School, the Backstage Bar stocks an ever changing selection of bottled craft brewed beers.

The Sharp Edge Beer Emporium
302 South St. Clair Street
Friendship Area
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
http://www.sharpedgebeer.com/

I know it's not downtown but it is my favorite bar. The feature 50 plus taps of foreign and domestic beers, specializing in Belgian beers. They have a huge selection of bottled beers.

The Sharp Edge Beer Emporium is having its annual Great European Beer Fest this weekend. There are two sessions on Saturday and one on Sunday. There will be almost 100 different beers to sample.
During the Beerfest is NOT the best time to visit the Sharp Edge the first time, by the way.