{"id":533,"date":"2018-02-12T16:18:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=533"},"modified":"2018-02-12T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:18:32","slug":"finding-balance-with-locally-brewed-little-beers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/region\/finding-balance-with-locally-brewed-little-beers\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding balance with locally brewed little beers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First of all — pony bottles are adorable, but that’s not what I mean by little beers.<\/p>\n

What I am talking about are what have come to be recognized as traditional English beer styles — bitters, milds and, in the case of Hart Johnson’s recommendation for this show, an OG porter that won’t remind you of the beefy American versions of the same style.<\/p>\n

The idea for this show struck me while I had dinner at Piper’s Pub<\/a> a few weeks back and ordered an English mild from Four Seasons<\/a> in Latrobe … and in spite of the demure nature of the style, I was blown away. The beer is perfectly balanced, with rich, caramel malts restrained by a touch of hop bitterness. I wanted another, and at 4.4 percent ABV, that’s totally fine.<\/p>\n

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