Construction Junction - Building Material Reuse

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.  

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.