Construction Junction - Building Material Reuse

Construction Junction promotes conservation through the reuse of building materials.
Pittsburgh’s first non-profit building material reuse retailer.

Brewers AT BIG POUR 7

We are just beginning the onorous task of selecting breweries to invite to the Steel City Big Pour 2013! CJ's mission is to promote conservation through the reuse of building material - the Big Pour mission is to have an incredibly impressive lineup of local craft beers... a burden of effort we gladly bear.

While we're working on the selection process, please feast your eyes and imagination on the final list of 43 awesome craft brewers who helped make Big Pour 2012 wuch a fantastic event.  One thing for sure, our craft brewing tasting just keeps getting better and better.

You can use the list to get to know the breweries - below are links to their websites - and, of course, seek out these beers at local bars, restaurants, and distributors.  

Big Pour Brewers
*** New for 2012

All Saints Brewing Co

Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Arsenal Cider House & Wine Cellar***

Bell's Brewery

Blue Point Brewing Co.

Brewery Ommegang

 

Brooklyn Brewery

Bullfrog Brewery

 
 

Church Brew Works

Joint Session 1 Best of the Fest

Copper Kettle Brewing Company***

 

Dogfish Head Craft Brewing

East End Brewing Company

Erie Brewing Company

Fat Heads Brewery

Flying Dog Brewery***

Founders Brewing Company 

Full Pint Brewing

Great Lakes Brewing Company 

Joint Session 1 Best of the Fest
Session 2 Best of the Fest
Big Pour 6 overall winner Best of the Fest

Helltown Brewing Co.

Lavery Brewing Company***

Mountain State Brewing Company

New Holland Brewing

 

Oskar Blues

Pennsylvania Brewery Company

 

Red Star Kombucha

Rivertowne Brewing

Roy Pitz Brewing Company

Shmaltz Brewing Company

 

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Sixpoint Craft Ales

Sly fox Brewing Company***

Smuttynose Brewing Company

  Southern Tier Brewery

  Sprague Farm & Brew Works

Stone Brewing Company

Terrapin Beer Company

The Duck Rabbit Craft Brewery

Three Rivers Alliance of Serious Homebrewers (TRASH)

Troegs Brewing Company

Unibroue

Victory Brewing Company

Voodoo Brewing Company

Weyerbacher Brewing Company

Yards Brewing Company

 

How do we select the brewers we invite?

All members of the Committee get together months and months prior to September to plan each Big Pour.  During the early meetings we sift, sort, rate and debate to the wee hours of the night.  Eventually we arrive at consensus and winning breweries are invited to the festival.  To be nominated in the first place... we definitely emphasize quality over quantity.  We have several criteria that we consider:

  • Taste - The single most important factor is taste... the brewery must produce excellent tasting craft made beers.  No compromises, no exceptions, no nonsense!!  And trust us, we spend a lot of time at meetings tasting beers.
  • Local - We wholeheartedly support the Buy Local movement and try to invite brewers that are local to the Pittsburgh area - which to us means within a days drive.  We work hard to support and promote locally produced beers.
  • Reuse - At Construction Junction we're all about promoting reuse and recycling, so naturally we gravitate towards brewers with like minded values.  We like brewers who reuse buildings and equipment in addition to using other sustainable practices to produce their beer.