As you all should have seen in my recent post, the upcoming TRASH XIX Homebrew Competition is to be judged at the Rivertowne Pour House--a brewpub out in Monroeville. I'm helping to organize that event, but I've actually never been to Rivertowne. Wanting to correct that situation, I invited a friend of mine out last Sunday for lunch. Read on for my take on the place.
The Rivertowne Pour House is a fairly recent addition to the Pittsburgh beer scene--having opened just two years back. Stationed on the far Eastern side of Monroeville, it's the third restaurant of three similarly branded establishments owned and operated by Christian Fyke. The others have been around for a little while: one in Penn Hills and the other about 8 miles south in Huntington. The Pour House is the only brewpub of the mix, with brewing overseen by head brewer Andrew Maxwell--formerly of the John Harvard's that was once stationed on the other side of Monroeville.
more at...
http://www.foodburgh.com/2009/06/rivertowne-pour-house/