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    Abjuration Brewing

    4.4 (35 reviews)
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    Closed 5:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Trish L.

    Creatively used space, great to hang with friends! The inside is dimly light and has several high top tables, bar seating, and a few 4-person low tops. There's a small kitchen operating inside with a somewhat limited menu, a larger outdoor space with picnic tables, and a huge movie screen inside to watch movies or sports. They alternated between basketball and movies when I was there. The staff were friendly and quick to suggest a few beers and provide samples. The parking outside is along the street, but there's plenty. They have one unisex bathroom that was somewhat clean.

    Dan K.

    I never knew this place existed til I was asked to meet someone there. What a great use of space. This is in the heart of McKees Rocks in an old theater space. It looked like the theater is still used for entertaining. They offer all their beers in beaker glasses which was cute. They have a very helpful board rating the beers as far as if they are sour or not, alcohol content and pricing. There is a very nice outdoor space with fire pits and picnic tables as well and the indoor space has a garage door in front that easily can open for nice days to enjoy the weather.

    Spirited R.

    This brewery in the Rocks marked the 102nd brewery that I've visited. Marking that I've officially visited every microbrewery in the Pittsburgh region and let me tell you there is a lot. More are on the way, and I'll need to visit the new ones. Sadly I didn't know until this year that this place existed. How did I not know. One thing is that I love Hazy IPA's or Pale Ale's, they are my go to drink. What I do not like is a sour. However I tried a couple of their sours and damn are they the best that I've ever tasted. This place is unique it's in part of an old theater. They still have comedy nights here on the weekends it appears. The place looks a little scary, but it's perfectly fine area from what I've gathered. I can't wait to come back here again. Great place.

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    Is A.

    Movie theater. Small beer ordering area. Full bar on the side. Outside area where dogs allowed. Tiny kitchen operates at times from the side of the bar. When closed, owner allows popusas, etc from newly opened Hispanic restaurant next door. They have comedians and jazz music on certain nights. They also show a movie occasionally (1 screen). Interesting concept. We enjoyed our time there.

    Unique space, its a theater, bar & brew company!!  Check it out!! Parkway Theater & Film Lounge Bar & Abjuration Brew company.
    Doreen V.

    So you walk into the Parkway theater & Film lounge & bar & there is fun brewery inside. They had at least 15 beers on tap. I was intrigued to try one of their sours made with fish shaped candy!! Yum. Our group of 3 tried several tastings. You can do 2 4oz pours as a flight & they are served in a mini beaker!! Check them out. We will be back in the warmer weather.

    Katelin D.

    After living in Asheville for several years you realize how spoiled you are with good beer after moving 8 hours away. Stumbled upon this brewery by finding their 3 year anniversary party event online. I'm really glad we decided to stop by and see what it was all about. I learned quickly Pittsburgh is big on German style beers with less room for creative styles. I know they're out there.. I'm still exploring!! But Abjuration has some of the most fun combinations to sip on and explore. There really wasn't one I didn't like. My favorite was the chocolate chili pepper stout.. I don't remember the exact name but it was worth ordering 2 of! Can't wait to go back and continue trying all the fun beers they come out with! We also look forward to checking out comedy night and some other events that are hosted there and/or next door at the theater. Bonus points for being on our side of town!

    Cotton candy sour... delicious also had the lemon blueberry sour.. it's delightful. Love this places vibe will definitely be back
    Sami K.

    Pink cotton candy sour... a little sweet for me but truly what you expect from a candy sour. The lemon blueberry sour was amazing . Ambiance of this place is great . Hockey on the 15 foot screen is a must. Small kitchen but everything was made to order and smelled great

    Karla D.

    OMG I love this place and the pours!!! Some of the best brewery pours in the Pittsburgh area. McKeesRocks is just a few minutes from the city and so worth the visit. Abjuration is inside the movie theatre and separate bar. It's a really cool set up and concept. I love the glasses that the pours are served in. Our friend Quinn is one of the owners. Don't worry, if this place sucked I'd let you know. Friend or not. Seriously the pours pack such flavor and go down so smoothly. I can't recommend just one because they're all so good and all my favorite. Do yourself a favor and give these guys a try!!!

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    Lisa K.

    If you like sours, Abjuration continues to knock it out of the park with unique sours and smoothies. Admittedly, the flavor profiles can be quirky, but we like them for fun. The prices are affordable compared to other craft breweries. We ordered a flight of available sours at $2 each, and it was fun to sample and compare. Cans to take home were $5 each, also a low price. My sole "complaint" is the atmosphere. They share space with a bar across the room,and mask-wearing can seem optional. There was no food and no snacks for purchase this time. I think even bags of chips or pretzels would be a nice addition. If I could give 3 1/2 stars, that might be more accurate, but it's still worth a trip to the Rocks to sample every so often.

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    Matt D.

    Scene: mid Saturday afternoon. Looking for a place to get a local beer, Ladyfriend and I drive over to this joint in the West Park area of greater Pittsburgh. Sits in the lobby of a small old movie theater. Was quiet - just us, three other tables of a couple patrons each, and the incredibly friendly and helpful bartender (shaved head guy). With $2/5 oz. pours available, we had a flight of the cream ale (perfectly fine, clean light flavor) and the trail mix brown ale (hint if a nut flavor, again like the cream ale not very robust, a light flavor) and the two stars of the show - the cheesecake and the bomb pop sours. Both very good sours, not overly tart, really captures the flavor of cheesecake and bomb pop, respectively. Both we'd happily have again. Several other sours on tap, and we'd have tried more of not for the need to go get some food (The Eagle, downtown Pittsburgh, very perfectly OK, probably no need to return to that). Anyway, Abjuration, great sours, they're not too sour if that's a worry. And for glassware the place uses beakers, which is fun. Go.

    Jason F.

    I stopped by here this past Saturday afternoon with my wife for drinks. Abjuration Brewing is located on McKees Rocks right on Broadway street in the old Manor Theater. We found out about it from an article about new breweries that I was reading since it was not on Yelp at that point in time. Part of that I am sure is because they just opened in December (17) and so they are fairly new. I would guess the other part of this is that they share their space with a full service bar. So while the beer is allowed out into the bar area, drinks are not allowed into the brewery area. I would guess this is because of licensing but don't really know. In any case it takes up a side of the building and is nicely done with stainless tables. For drinks on this day I decided to order samplers of what the owner called the hop trio. An American Pale Ale, a Honey Double India Pale Ale and a Double India. He would only allow people to order three samples at a time and who is to argue with him? Thankfully my wife was there and so we also ordered one of his mixology creations. Upon talking to him further we found out that he used to be a mixologist and so continued that on with the beers here. So if you ordered the 8 or 16 oz blonde, you got it with either raspberry/rosemary, apricot/sage and a third one which we don't remember. We ultimately ended up trying the raspberry/rosemary and after finishing our first samples ordered the farmhouse Ale and a hazelnut coffee latte Ale. First off let's talk about the blonde with rosemary and raspberry. It was a great combination that both my wife and I loved. The blonde was flavorful and yet light enough to take on the fruit and herb combination which definitely enhanced it. As for the rest of the beers, all were very good and quite representative of their types. The farmhouse Ale had that good and funky taste of a wild yeast (a good saison) while the coffee beer had the earthiness from the hazelnuts while still carrying quite a bit of the coffee flavor. Last but certainly not least was the hop trio of which all certainly had a good amount of hops and good flavor to them. My favorite of the bunch was the honey double India pale ale which is named for the honey hop that it utilized and not from the honey you were probably thinking of. The bottom line for me is that I would stop by here again in the future. I liked the location of Abjuration Brewing and thought that all of their beers were quite good. If you are a fan of craft beer then I highly recommend that you check this place out!

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    Great beer and would recommend! Almost as good as the grist house! I come here every other weekend with my friends

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    Are dogs allowed inside the brewery?

    HI Julie! Unfortunately not. We share space with a bar/restaurant so we have to abid by the ACHD laws. Sorry we love dogs and hope to have a space soon that we can allow people to bring them!

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    The beers were great and interesting, especially their no boil IPA and raspberry milkshake beer.

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