Volume 31 No. 2
February 2015
Hopheads take over Priory, talk Mattress Factory celebrates MLK Day beer during signature brewer event with creative activities
For full picture gallery visit the NSC website / Photo by Sabrina Romano Photo by Justin Criado
From L to R: Scott Smith, Chris Trogner and Bill Covaleski at the Meeting of the Malts III Jan. 22 at the Priory Hotel. By Justin Criado The Priory Hotel in Historic Deutschtown is use to hosting big, important events. The Grand Hall is breathtaking and has a certain Medieval feel. That was the case Thursday, Jan. 22 when the Brewers of Pennsylvania presented the third Meeting of the Malts, which included a panel discussion, microbrews and a five-course meal, but could have been mistaken for a Knights of the Round Table event with all the brew and food going around. “Pittsburgh is very much a hop-forward town. Really big, hoppy beers are appreciated here,” Bill Covaleski of Victory Brewing Company (Downingtown, Pa.) said. “I like to say bitter beers are for happy people.
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So I guess you guys are happy.” Covaleski along with brewers Chris Trogner of Troegs Independent Craft Brewery (Hershey, Pa.) and East End Brewing Company’s Scott Smith (Pittsburgh’s East Liberty) made up the panel, highlighting the current state of microbreweries and explaining which beers pair best with the courses the audience were enjoying. “Pittsburgh is a thirsty beer market,” Covaleski said. “The diversity of beers that are appreciated in this market is noticeable to begin with.” Nearly 150 people enjoyed the two-hour meal and discussion, which Pittsburgh PostGazette food & flavor editor Bob Batz, Jr. moderated. With microbrews gaining See Malts, Page 10
By Sabrina Romano Copious amounts of craft supplies, a jazzy deejay, and children running around are not the first things that come to mind when you think of a superb art museum. But Central Northside’s Mattress Factory had all of this in its lobby for the annual celebration of Martin Luther King,w Jr.’s birthday, Jan. 19. A few hundred adults and children attended the festive celebration and were able to view the galleries for a “give what you can” admission cost, including Mayor Bill Peduto. “It is a way to truly live Dr. King’s legacy,” Peduto said. “You see children from the Northside and across all the rivers celebrating.” Peduto said events like this one illustrate exactly what community is. “(This event) is what community is about. People make community, not bricks,” Peduto said. See MLK, Page 12
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