Jason F.
Yelp
I stopped by here earlier today with my wife for lunch. We had been to the Zelionople location of Burgher's a long time ago, even before they started brewing beer, and liked it so I was exited to come here. Burghers' Brewing is location on Butler St and the setup here consists of two levels. The lower level just has seating while the upper level has a bar as well. It feels industrial with the concrete floors, exposed I beam and ductwork and in truly Pittsburgh fashion, they have their chairs colored black and gold, alternating of course.
As I often do whenever I visit a new brewery, I decided to go with a flight here which consists of four 5 ounce pours. For my four choices I went with the Farkleberry Tart, Fern Room, Flying off the bridge and then the smoke control. I started off with the Farkleberry Tart which itself was tart to start off with, true to its name, with the fruit coming in at the finish with more of the cherry present than the blackberry. Second was the Fern Room which was smooth to start out with before a little hops come through and then a finish of the pine resin. Flying off the bridge was third and was hoppy from start to finish. Last but not least was Smoke control and you could get smoke on the nose as you bring it up for a drink. The first part of the sip is smooth and then comes the smoke with a bit of bitterness before the smoke takes over and continues through the finish. Out of the bunch, I liked the Farkleberry tart and the fern room with the fern room coming in tops for me.
Then for my lunch I went with Maggie's Farm while my wife went with the Polish Hill. The menu described my burger as smoked gouda, horseradish, caramelized onion, roasted chilies, rum aioli and my wife's as cheddar, caramelized onion, pierogi, mayo. Our burgers here ended up being the smash burger type and they were cooked nicely to keep the burger juicy. The buns were toasted so it didn't fall apart and the toppings were good. I could taste the smoked Gouda throughout as well as the caramelized onions. In the middle of the burger I got a small bit of heat off the chiles and then only in a single bite could I taste the horseradish. Even though I think I could see the rum aioli, I never did get any rum flavor from it, which was fine by me. My wife also thought her burger was good as well and enjoyed the pierogi in it.
The bottom line for me is that I would head back here again in the future. I thought that both my burger and beer were good and would be interested in trying their James beard competition winning burger.