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Iron City Brewing Company Iron City Brewing Company is located in Pittsburgh Iron City Brewing  Company Location of Iron City Brewing headquarters and the original brewery in  Pittsburgh The Iron City Brewing Company (also known as the Pittsburgh Brewing  Company) is a beer company that until August 2009 had been located in  the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. On June  11, 2009, it was reported that the brewery was "moving" to Latrobe,  Pennsylvania. That move was recently completed and Iron City is now  produced in the Latrobe Brewery that was once used to produce Rolling  Rock. The ties to Pittsburgh still exist though, as even the Iron City  website still lists "a four-story brick building on the corner of  Liberty Avenue and 34th Street" as the brewery's location. History In 1861, a young German immigrant, Edward Frauenheim, started the Iron  City Brewery, one of the first American breweries to produce a lager, in  the bustling river port known at the time as the "Smoky City." This  founder of Frauenheim, Miller & Company started brewing Iron City Beer,  now the flagship of the Iron City Brewing Company (PBC), in a city  thriving on heavy industry and commerce. By 1866, the brewery had begun to grow. The business outgrew its  original facilities on 17th Street and moved into a four-story brick  building that the company built at Liberty Avenue and 34th Street, then  worth an estimated $250,000. Just three years later, Iron City Brewery  erected an additional three-story building at the site, where PBC  operates to this day. The two buildings, carrying an average stock of about 10,000 barrels,  used state-of-the-art brewing equipment. At the time, 25 of the  operation's 30 skilled workmen were employed full-time, and Iron City  Brewery continued to expand its markets to become the largest brewery in  Pittsburgh. Old German label After the 1866 expansion, Leopold Vilsack, a Pittsburgh native who  learned the brewer’s trade at Pittsburgh’s old Bennett Brewery, joined  Frauenheim, Miller & Company. The young man later became a partner,  investing his small wealth in the firm when Miller retired and another  partner died. Iron City Brewery then became Frauenheim and Vilsack  Company. Frauenheim and Vilsack’s fame spread throughout the brewing industry  across the country, as the company had built one of the most complete  and extensive breweries in the United States. With a brewing capacity of  about 50,000 barrels a year, the Iron City Brewery was an impressive  operation, able to compete favorably in sales with any brewery west of  the Atlantic Coast area. Historians and newspapers were amazed that a  brewery could be so big. The total value of Iron City, including  everything from stock to raw materials, was about $150,000 – an unheard  of sum for a brewery. By 1886, the Iron City Brewery had about 500 reception casks, each up to  60 ft (18 m) in circumference and 20 ft (6.1 m) in height, each of which  held 45 to 50 barrels of beer. And, the brewery had about 10,000 kegs in  constant use, evidence that serving its client base was no small job. Regional trust During the latter part of the 19th century, trusts became the business  vogue, and industries began to merge or form trusts to achieve stability  through size and take advantage of economies of scale. The brewing  industry was no exception. On February 3, 1899, the Pittsburgh Dispatch reported that 12 local  brewing firms applied to transfer their license to the trust known as  Pittsburgh Brewing Company: Wainwright Brewing Company, Phoenix Brewing  Company, Keystone Brewing Company, Winter Brothers Brewing Company,  Phillip Lauer, John H. Nusser, Ebhardt & Ober Brewing Company, Hippely &  Sons, Ober Brewing Company, J. Seiferth Brothers, Straub Brewing  Company, and the Iron City Brewing Company. In addition to these 12 Pittsburgh and Allegheny County breweries, nine  breweries outside the county took part in the merger. In all, 21  breweries joined to make Pittsburgh Brewing Company the largest brewing  operation in Pennsylvania and the third largest in the country. The  combined facilities, worth about $11 million, provided a capacity of  more than one million barrels. Greater efficiencies and more modern  equipment made it practical to close many of the 21 breweries shortly  after the incorporation without relinquishing capacities. Prohibition, starting in 1920, forced many breweries, distillers and  taverns to close, yet Pittsburgh Brewing Company survived. One of only  725 American breweries left when the movement was repealed in April  1933, PBC produced soft drinks, ice cream and 'near beer' and ran a cold  storage business to endure those years. The brewery’s creative efforts  kept alive a Pittsburgh tradition and foreshadowed future innovations  that would again restore security in times of struggle. Post-prohibition In the 1970s, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company acquired the Queen City  Brewing Company (1901–1976) of Cumberland, Maryland. The Queen City  Brewing Company was also known as the Old German Brewing Company and  included the Cumberland Brewing Company (1890–1958), which was purchased  by the brewery in 1958. At its peak, the Queen City brewery produced  over 250,000 barrels of beer a year in Cumberland. The company prospered  during the 1950s and 1960s; however, labor disputes and declining sales  caused the Queen City Brewing Company to close in December, 1974,  transferring its Old German, Old Export, Heritage House, Old Dutch,  Brown Derby, Gamecock Ale, and American brands to the Pittsburgh Brewing  Company. The Queen City brewery was demolished in April, 1975, ending a  combined 152 years of brewing in Cumberland Maryland. Cumberland Brewing Company motif By 1977, Pittsburgh Brewing Company was one of just 40 breweries left in  the country. To rebound from difficult years, the brewery introduced a  new light beer, branded as Iron City Light—or IC Light. IC Light's  aggressive marketing campaign targeted the young discerning beer  drinker. Both men and women enjoyed the new beer, which quickly captured  80 percent of the local light-beer market. IC Light’s popularity  apparently also heightened the sales of regular Iron City beer, as it  soon regained the position of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s favorite beer. In 1986, Pittsburgh Brewing Company was acquired by (and merged with)  Bond Brewing Holdings Ltd. of Perth, Western Australia. But, seven years  later, the company's owner, Alan Bond, suffering financially, gave up  the brewery to Pittsburgh entrepreneur Michael Carlow. When Carlow was forced to relinquish control of the brewery because of  Pittsburgh National City Bank’s allegations of fraud (allegations which  subsequently led to Carlow's imprisonment for fraud), Pittsburgh native  Joseph Piccirilli gained ownership of the brewery. The investment group  Piccirilli represents, Keystone Brewing Company, closed the $29.4  million purchase September 12, 1995, at a hearing in U.S. bankruptcy  court, showing a new commitment to Pittsburgh Brewing Company's  products. Piccirilli proved dedicated to moving the brewery into the 21st century.  He prompted many new ideas, most notably the aluminum bottle. However,  the company struggled with labor issues and a sharp decline in sales.  (PBC had been hovering around the 1 million barrel production mark, even  through rough financial times). After producing fewer than 400,000  barrels in 2005, and being late on a number of bills, Pittsburgh Brewing  Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Brand relaunch In 2007, the brewery was purchased and brought out of bankruptcy by  Unified Growth Partners. They renamed the brewery to its original name  of "Iron City Brewing Company" and planned to return it to full  production. In May 2009, Iron City Brewing signed a deal with the City Brewing  Company to begin producing beer at their former Latrobe Brewing Company  plant, with brewing started in June and bottling/kegging production  resumed in July, 2009. Products Iron City Brewing Company's most popular products are: Iron City Beer (a  macro-style pilsner), I.C Light, Augustiner and Augustiner Dark. PBC  also produces: American, American Light, American Ice, Old German,  Brigade and Brigade Light. In June 2011, I.C. Light Mango was launched.  Another new beer, I. C. Light Berry, was distributed in July, 2012. Other brands include Drummond Bros. and Drewrys, which were acquired  from the Evansville Brewing Company (Evansville, Indiana) in the late  1990s and today are largely shipped to midwestern markets such as  Louisville, KY, and southern Indiana. Iron City Brewing formerly held  the rights for Wiedemann. Iron City also brewed under contract Samuel Adams during the early years  of that brand. PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh (/'p?tsb?rg/, pits-burg) is the seat of Allegheny County and  with a population of 305,841 is the second-largest city in the state of  Pennsylvania. With a metropolitan CSA population of 2,659,937, it is the  largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia and the 20th-largest in  the U.S. Pittsburgh is known as both "the Steel City" for its more than  300 steel-related businesses and "the City of Bridges" for its 446  bridges. The city features 30 skyscrapers, 2 inclined railways, a  pre-revolutionary fortification, and the source of the Ohio at the  confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers. This vital link of  the Atlantic coast and Midwest cuts through the mineral-rich Alleghenies  which made the area coveted by the French and British Empires, Virginia,  Whiskey Rebels, Civil War raiders and media networks. Known for steel, Pittsburgh also led innovations and industries in  aluminum, glass, shipbuilding, petroleum, foods, appliances, sports,  transportation, computing, retail, cars, and electronics. This creative  wealth placed Pittsburgh third (after New York and Chicago) in corporate  headquarters employment for much of the 20th century, second only to New  York in bank assets and with the most U.S. stockholders per capita.  America's 1980s deindustrialization laid off area blue-collar workers  and thousands of downtown white-collar workers after  multi-billion-dollar corporate raids relocated the longtime  Pittsburgh-based world headquarters of Gulf Oil, Sunbeam, Rockwell and  Westinghouse. This status as a global industry center, its melting pot  of immigrant workers, and top-10 rank among the largest U.S. cities  until 1950 and metro areas until 1980 left the area with renowned  museums, medical centers, parks, research centers, libraries, a  vibrantly diverse cultural district and the most bars per capita in the  U.S. These legacies have earned Pittsburgh the title of America's Most  Livable City by Places Rated Almanac, Forbes, and The Economist while  having National Geographic and Today name the city a top world  destination. Since 2004, the area has added over 3,000 hotel rooms with  higher occupancy than 11 comparable cities. Apple, Google, Intel and Eaton are among 1,600 technology firms  generating $10.8 billion in annual Pittsburgh payrolls, with the area  serving as the long-time federal agency headquarters for cyber defense,  software engineering, robotics, energy research and the nuclear navy.  R&D leaders Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh  annually produce multiple startups as the area has earned the top rank  as "America's smartest" with 68 colleges and universities. The nation's fifth-largest bank, eight Fortune 500 companies, and six of  the top 300 US law firms make their global headquarters in the  Pittsburgh area, while RAND, BNY Mellon, Nova, Bayer, FedEx, GSK and  NIOSH have large regional bases that helped Pittsburgh become the  sixth-best area for U.S. job growth. A leader in environmental design the city is home to 60 total and 10 of  the world's first green buildings, even as billions have recently been  invested in the area's Marcellus energy renaissance. A renaissance of  Pittsburgh's 116-year-old film industry—that boasts the world's first  movie theater—has grown from the long-running Three Rivers Film Festival  to an influx of major productions including Disney and Paramount offices  with the largest sound stage outside Los Angeles and New York. Pittsburgh was named in 1758 by General John Forbes in honor of British  statesman William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. Forbes was a Scotsman and  it is conjectured that the pronunciation was originally intended to be  /'p?tsb(?)r?/ pits-br? or pits-b?-r? (similar to Edinburgh). Pittsburgh  was incorporated as a township in 1771 and as a borough on April 22,  1794 with the following Act: "Be it enacted by the Pennsylvania State  Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of  Pennsylvania...by the authority of the same, that the said town of  Pittsburgh shall be...erected into a borough, which shall be called the  borough of Pittsburgh for ever." Pittsburgh is one of the few American cities to be spelled with an h at  the end of a burg suffix. From 1890 to 1911 the city's "h" was removed  but after a public campaign it was officially restored by the United  States Board on Geographic Names. The area of the Ohio headwaters was inhabited by the Shawnee and several  other settled groups of native Americans. The first European was the  French explorer/trader Robert de La Salle in his 1669 expedition down  the Ohio River from Quebec. European pioneers, primarily Dutch, followed  in the early 18th century. Michael Bezallion was the first to describe  the forks of the Ohio in a 1717 manuscript, and later that year European  traders established area posts and settlements. In 1749, French soldiers  from Quebec launched a serious expedition to the forks to unite Canada  with French Louisiana via the rivers.[ Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia  sent Major George Washington to warn the French to withdraw. During  1753–54, the British hastily built Fort Prince George before a larger  French force drove them off. The French built Fort Duquesne based on  LaSalle's 1669 claims. The French and Indian War began with the future  Pittsburgh as its center. British General Edward Braddock was dispatched  with Washington as his aide to take Fort Duquesne. The British and  colonial force met defeat at Braddock's Field and it was not until  General John Forbes's 1758 march that the French surrendered the forks.  Forbes began construction on Fort Pitt, named after British Secretary of  State and soon-to-be Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder while the  settlement was named "Pittsborough".[ Pontiac's Rebellion had native tribes lead a siege of Fort Pitt for two  months until Colonel Henry Bouquet's victory at the Battle of Bushy Run.  The battle's outcome was also the first use of biological warfare. Lord  Jeffrey Amherst ordered blankets inoculated with smallpox distributed to  the tribes surrounding the fort in 1763. Unlike the Europeans, the  Native Americans had no acquired immunity, and as smallpox spread into  other areas and infected other tribes, it killed between 400,000-500,000  (possibly up to 1.5 million) Native Americans. The 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix allowed the Penns to purchase the modern  region from the Iroquois. A 1769 survey of the land situated between the  two rivers referenced the future city as the "Manor of Pittsburgh". Both  the Colony of Virginia and the Province of Pennsylvania claimed the  region until 1780 when it was agreed to extend the Mason-Dixon Line  westward, placing Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. On March 8, 1771 Bedford  County, Pennsylvania was created to govern the frontier. On April 16,  1771, the city's first civilian local government was created with Pitt  Township. William Teagarden was the first constable, and William Troop  was the first clerk. Following the American Revolution, the village of Pittsburgh continued  to grow. One of its earliest industries was boat building for settlers  of the Ohio Country. In 1784, Thomas Viceroy completed a town plan which  was approved by the Penn family attorney. Pittsburgh became a possession  of Pennsylvania in 1785. The following year, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  was started, and in 1787, the Pittsburgh Academy was chartered. The  Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw unrest and federal troops. By 1797, glass  began to be manufactured in the city, while the population grew to  around 1,400. American settlement began either via routes over the  Appalachian Mountains or through the waterways of the Great Lakes. Fort  Pitt (now Pittsburgh) at the source of the Ohio River became the main  base for settlers moving into the Midwest. The War of 1812 cut off the supply of British goods, stimulating  American industry. By 1815, Pittsburgh was producing significant  quantities of iron, brass, tin, and glass. On March 18, 1816, the 46  year old local government became a city. In the 1830s, many Welsh people  from the Merthyr steelworks immigrated to the city following the  aftermath of the Merthyr Rising. By the 1840s, Pittsburgh was one of the  largest cities west of the Allegheny Mountains, before the Great Fire of  Pittsburgh destroyed over a thousand buildings in 1845. The city rebuilt  and by 1857, Pittsburgh's 1,000 factories were consuming 22 million coal  bushels yearly. The American Civil War boosted the city's economy with increased iron  and armament demand. Andrew Carnegie began steel production in 1875 at  the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, which  evolved into the Carnegie Steel Company. In 1901, Carnegie merged several companies into U.S. Steel. By 1911,  Pittsburgh was the nation's 8th largest city, accounting for between a  third and a half of national steel output. The city's population swelled  to over a half million with European immigration via Ellis Island. By  1940, non-Hispanic whites were 90.6% of the city's population.  Pittsburgh was a main destination of the African-American Great  Migration, with 95% percent becoming unskilled steel workers. World War  II saw area mills operate 24 hours a day to produce 95 million tons of  steel, but also recorded the highest levels of air pollution in its  almost century of industry. The city's reputation as the "arsenal of  democracy" was being overshadowed by James Parton's 1868 observation of  Pittsburgh being "hell with the lid off". Following the war, the city launched a clean air and civic  revitalization project known as the "Renaissance". This much-acclaimed  effort was followed by the "Renaissance II" project in 1977 and focusing  on cultural and neighborhood development. The industrial base continued  to expand through the 1970s, but beginning in the early 1980s both the  area's steel and electronics industries imploded, with massive layoffs  from mill and plant closures. In the latter 20th century, the area shifted its economic base to  education, tourism, and services, largely based on healthcare/medicine,  finance, and high technology such as robotics. Although Pittsburgh  successfully shifted its economy and remained viable, the city's  population never rebounded to its industrial-era highs. While 680,000  people lived in the city proper in 1950, a combination of  suburbanization and economic turbulence caused a decrease in city  population. During the late 2000s recession, Pittsburgh was economically strong,  adding jobs when most cities were losing them, and one of the few cities  in the United States to see housing property values rise. Between 2006  and 2011, the Pittsburgh MSA experienced over 10% appreciation in  housing prices—the highest appreciation of the largest 25 MSAs in the  United States as 22 of the top 25 MSAs saw a depreciation of housing  values. Pittsburgh's story of economic regeneration was the inspiration  for President Barack Obama to host the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit. The city is on the Allegheny Plateau, within the ecoregion of the  Western Allegheny Plateau, The Downtown area (also known as the Golden  Triangle) sits where the Allegheny River from the northeast and  Monongahela River from the southeast form the Ohio River. The actual  convergence is in Point State Park and referred to as "the Point." The  city extends east to include the Oakland and Shadyside sections, which  are home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University,  Chatham University, Carnegie Museum and Library, and many other  educational, medical, and cultural institutions. The southern, western  and northern areas of the city are primarily residential. Many of the city's neighborhoods are steeply sloped with two-lane roads.  More than a quarter of Pittsburgh's neighborhoods make reference to  "hills," "heights," or other similar indicators by name. The city has some 712 sets of outdoor pedestrian stairs with 44,645  treads and 24,090 vertical feet including hundreds of paper streets  composed entirely of stairs and many other steep streets with stairs for  sidewalks. Many provide vistas of the Pittsburgh area while attracting  hikers and fitness walkers. Bike and walking trails border many of the city's rivers and hollows,  but steep hills and variable weather can make biking a challenge. The  Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath connect  the city directly to downtown Washington, D.C. (some 245 miles (394 km)  away) with a continuous bike/running trail. The city consists of the Downtown area, called the Golden Triangle, and  four main areas surrounding it. These surrounding areas are further  subdivided into distinct neighborhoods (in total, Pittsburgh contains 90  neighborhoods). These areas, relative to downtown, are known as the  North Side, South Side/South Hills, East End, and West End. Downtown Pittsburgh is compact, featuring 30 skyscrapers, 9 of which top  500 feet (150 m). U.S. Steel Tower is the tallest at 841 ft (256 m). The  Cultural District comprises a 14-block area of downtown along the  Allegheny River. It is packed with theaters and arts venues, and is  seeing a growing residential segment. Most significantly, the Pittsburgh  Cultural Trust is embarking on Riverparc, a four-block mixed-use "green"  community, featuring 700 residential units and multiple towers between  20 and 30 stories. The Firstside portion of downtown borders the  Monongahela River, the historic Mon Wharf and is home to the distinctive  PPG Place Gothic glass skyscraper complex. This area is seeing a growing  residential sector, as new condo towers are constructed and historic  office towers are converted to residential use. Downtown is serviced by  the Port Authority's subway and multiple bridges leading north and  south. It is also home to Point Park University, The Art Institute of  Pittsburgh and Duquesne University which borders Uptown. The North Side The North Side is home to various neighborhoods in transition. What is  known today as Pittsburgh's North Side was once known as Allegheny City,  and operated as a city independently of Pittsburgh. Allegheny City  merged with Pittsburgh under great protest from its citizens. The North  Side is primarily composed of residential neighborhoods and is  noteworthy for well-constructed and architecturally interesting homes.  Many buildings date from the 19th century and are constructed of brick  or stone and adorned with decorative woodwork, ceramic tile, slate roofs  and stained glass. The North Side is also home to many popular  attractions such as Heinz Field, PNC Park, Carnegie Science Center,  National Aviary, Andy Warhol Museum, Mattress Factory installation art  museum, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Highmark SportsWorks, Penn  Brewery and Allegheny Observatory. The North Side is also home to  Allegheny General Hospital, which is listed among the 1999 US News &  World Report 2000 best hospitals nationwide. South Side The South Side was once composed primarily of dense inexpensive housing  for mill workers, but has in recent years become a local Pittsburgher  destination. The South Side is one of the most popular neighborhoods in  which to own a home in Pittsburgh. The value of homes in the South Side  has increased in value by about 10% annually for the past 10 years. The  South Side's East Carson Street is one of the most vibrant areas of the  city, packed with diverse shopping, ethnic eateries, pulsing nightlife  and live music venues. In 1993 the Urban Redevelopment Authority of  Pittsburgh purchased the South Side Works steel mill property, and  worked together with the community and various developers to create a  master plan for a mixed-use development including a riverfront park,  office space, housing, health-care facilities, and the Pittsburgh  Steelers and Pitt Panthers indoor practice fields. Construction began in  1998, and the SouthSide Works is now open for business with many store,  restaurants, offices, and the world headquarters for American Eagle  Outfitters. East End The Carnegie Library, Museums of Art and Natural History (foreground),  Carnegie Mellon University (background) The East End is home to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon  University, Carlow University, Chatham University, The Carnegie  Institute's Museums of Art and Natural History, Frick Art & Historical  Center (Clayton and the Frick art museum), Phipps Conservatory, Soldiers  and Sailors Memorial Hall, and the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium. The  neighborhoods of Shadyside and Squirrel Hill are large, wealthy  neighborhoods featuring large shopping/business districts. Oakland,  heavily populated by undergraduate and graduate students, is home to  most of the universities, Schenley Park and the Petersen Events Center.  Bloomfield is Pittsburgh's Little Italy and is known for its Italian  restaurants and grocers. Lawrenceville is a revitalizing rowhouse  neighborhood popular with artists and designers, which is expected to  benefit from the recent new construction of a new Children's Hospital.  The Strip District is an open-air marketplace by day and a clubbing  destination by night.