{"id":259,"date":"2016-04-14T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T00:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=259"},"modified":"2016-04-18T12:35:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T16:35:24","slug":"we-need-more-than-a-week-for-pittsburgh-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/pittsburgh\/we-need-more-than-a-week-for-pittsburgh-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"We need more than a week for Pittsburgh beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let’s get one thing straight right at the top: Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week<\/a> isn’t just a week.<\/p>\n

I count 11 days, from the kickoff party at Rock Bottom in Homestead on April 14 through the end of the Brewers’ Olympics at Grist House in Millvale on April 24. And while I didn’t count the scheduled events, I’m told there are once again more than 300 on the list.<\/p>\n

And that seems about right for a region that will have somewhere near 40 breweries by the end of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PCBW can seem overwhelming, sure. But it’s also the best time of the year to get a sense of what craft beer lovers\u00a0have going for us in Western Pennsylvania. There are collaboration beers — seven of them officially<\/a>, more if you count unofficial efforts — and beers brewed especially for the occasion. But you’ll also have a chance to get a sense of what our breweries — both those that are established and those that soon will be — are all about.<\/p>\n

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