{"id":1318,"date":"2017-03-05T19:52:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T19:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/?page_id=1318"},"modified":"2023-08-17T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:28:55","slug":"strange-roots-brewing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/breweries\/strange-roots-brewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Roots Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171.jpg\" alt=\"Guests sit around tables in Strange Roots' taproom\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-335x223.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0171-115x76.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half ezcol-last\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851.jpg\" alt=\"Strange Roots' in Pittsburgh, PA, has a busy outdoor patio.\" width=\"1858\" height=\"1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851.jpg 1858w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-334x223.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/05\/PittsburghCityBrewTours0169-e1558558694851-115x76.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1858px) 100vw, 1858px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div>\n<p>There isn\u2019t anything that can describe Strange Roots better than their slogan: Wild by Design.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis started studying different yeast strains (critters) when he was 17. His interest in critters grew to enormous levels and shortly after he was able to convince his mother to let him brew beer\u00a0&#8211; \u201cguaranteeing\u201d her that he wouldn\u2019t drink a drop so long as he could ferment it. Strange Roots is one of several thousand breweries in the country, but the number of breweries making beer in the old traditions and using indigenous microbes like Strange Roots could be counted on fingers and toes. Dennis was content to make beer in rain buckets, but his wife, Jaclyn, was able to persuade him to build an $800 system from scrap to found their commercial operations in 2009. We can\u2019t guarantee that you\u2019ll find any beer here that sits perfectly in a conventional beer style, but we\u2019re pretty sure Dennis and Jaclyn wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<h6>Address<\/h6>\n<p>501 E Ohio St<br \/>\nPittsburgh, PA 15209<\/p>\n<h6>Website<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.strangerootsbeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"button-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/tours\/sip-of-pittsburgh-tour\/\" class=\"button button-light\" target=\"\">Book Now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There isn\u2019t anything that can describe Strange Roots better than their slogan: Wild by Design. Dennis started studying different yeast strains (critters) when he was 17. His interest in critters grew to enormous levels and shortly after he was able to convince his mother to let him brew beer\u00a0&#8211; \u201cguaranteeing\u201d her that he wouldn\u2019t drink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2449,"parent":386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-tpl-leftmenu.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strange Roots Brewing - Pittsburgh Brew Tours - All-Inclusive, Guided Brewery Tours &amp; Events in Pittsburgh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strange Roots was founded in 2009, and is one of the few breweries making beer with old traditions and using indigenous microbes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citybrewtours.com\/pittsburgh\/breweries\/strange-roots-brewing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strange Roots Brewing - Pittsburgh Brew Tours - All-Inclusive, Guided Brewery Tours &amp; 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