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| - Eh. I had high hopes for Independent Brewing Company. A bar that only serves local beer, has some great small bites and that is forging some great relationships in the community... awesome.
Unfortunately, we had a mixed experience. On a random Thursday night we decided to grab a drink after dinner at Umi, managing to catch the tail end of happy hour. We were greeted by a pleasant bartender and the owner, both of which seemed thrilled to have the bar full and people having a decent time. From there though, I just felt somewhat underwhelmed.
It seemed like half the drafts they had were either kicked, over-agitated (they had moved the kegs and kicked up too much yeast/sediment) or over-carbonated. After two requests for beers on the board being turned down, I finally settled on a nitro brown and was greeted with a, "sure thing!" By this point, we weren't really feeling a bar snack anymore, so we skipped on that option.
Maybe it's a symptom of catching the tail end of what seemed to be a bumping happy hour, or it's just a new business working the kinks out, but I'm willing to give it another try the next time I'm in the Squirrel Hill area.
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