Goodlander Cocktail Brewery

One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak. Try our TEA CLUB PUNCH (11% abv) and join the club of classic Rum Punch fans 🥊

Our goal is to make a classic Punch that appeals to everyone from tea newbs to tea nerds; refreshing, crisp, and of course, very bubbly. We start with flash-brewed Assam tea from the excellent , capturing bold and balanced flavors from the tea (the "weak"). We mix in cane sugar syrup (the "sweet") and US Virgin Islands white rum (the "strong"), and finish with a fresh batch of lime super juice (the "sour"). Finally, the whole batch is filtered, chilled, and thoroughly carbonated for your delight + satisfaction.

Available in our taproom now, for a limited time ⏱

The ⛱ Summer of '24 has been busy for us and we are ready for a short break. As a result, we are closing the taproom on the following dates for some rest and recalibration. Our taproom will be closed from Wednesday, August 21 to Saturday, August 24 and back open for regularly-scheduled hours on Wednesday, August 28 🗓

PEACH HIGHBALL (10.5% abv) with vodka, peach two-ways, lemon, and bitters 🍑

Yesterday, today, for the next few weeks, renowned Chamberburg peaches get trucked in to Pittsburgh. From dozens of farms that dot the landscape stretching out beyond the east hills, they roll into local grocers (😘 ) and restaurants and cocktail breweries. We work the fresh peaches two-ways: in a slow-poached syrup and homemade extract. With a touch of lemon and a whisper of bitters, our ode to the peach is back for the *fourth straight summer* and it gets better every year.

On draft now in our taproom here on Hamilton Avenue, sent out the door to local spots like , , 🤝 and this Saturday you can find us pouring during at 🚨Get out there; see for yourself!

We are excited to debut our newest drink tomorrow at , made in collaboration with : STRAWBERRY-PEACH GINGER BEER (0% abv) 🍓🍑

Emmai came to our first meeting with the drink idea, and we set out to make one that was as good as he imagined. We start with a San Francisco-style ginger syrup, which traps the sweet heat of ginger in cane sugar, and add slow-poached peach and strawberry syrups. We stir in lime super juice, a pinch of salt, and a measure of water. The result is a zesty ginger beer with an irresistible strawberry-peach combination. We will be tapping our first keg of this during Barrel & Flow Fest and will have it for sale in the taproom for a few weeks after the festival.

Special thanks to for the best peaches 🧡
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Summer daze 🌞 Open noon-8:00 PM every Wednesday through Saturday for cocktails, non-alcoholic drinks, and take-away growlers.

Our latest Email Update is out to subscribers for anyone who (1) hasn't seen it and (2) likes to read about cocktails.

You and your friends should join us this week for our every-Wednesday TAPPY HOUR, where draft cocktails are $5 all day 🤝

Now on tap for a limited time, our MANGO MOJITO (12% abv) made with rum, mango two-ways, mint, and lime 🥭

A juicy and cooling cocktail originally created in collaboration with Pittsburgh DJ + event producer for 2023’s , brought back because we loved it so much last summer. We set out to make a MANGO MOJITO packed full of the tropical sweet-sour flavors of fresh mangos backed by the heady and cooling effects of freshly-picked mint. We start with a batch of slow-steeped mango syrup and a measure of homemade mango extract, and mix those with lime super juice, cane sugar syrup, and piles of mint. A measure of US Virgin Islands white rum is added and, finally, the whole batch is filtered, chilled, and thoroughly carbonated.

Try one in our taproom, or around 'tahn at spots like , , , (Mt. Lebo), , , (Dormont), and 🤝

A well-made highball requires most of the work upfront — we zest, juice, measure, filter, chill, and carbonate our fresh ingredients so that only the fun part remains: high-quality carbonated cocktails poured from a tap, ready to be enjoyed over ice.

We are proud to sell to a growing list of Pittsburgh-area bars, breweries, and restaurants. See📍WHERE TO FIND GOODLANDER via our 🔗 for the most up-to-date list.

💡Light up your life with a take-away growler. See our current draft menu and pre-order your growlers for pick-up via our 👆

July 11th is ! We're excited to celebrate one of the world's greatest and most refreshing cocktails 💨

Our goal is to make a MOJITO (13% abv) cooling, heady, and very bubbly. We start by squeezing a batch of lime super juice (a low-waste, high-flavor combination of lime zest, lime juice, dried acids, and water). We mix that with some cane sugar syrup and piles of freshly picked mint. Add a measure of US Virgin Islands white rum, and finally the whole batch is filtered, chilled, and thoroughly carbonated.

On tap now, and always 🌎

Thursday, July 4th 🇺🇸 we are open today from 12-8 PM with ice-cold draft cocktails, non-alcoholic options, and beers from + 🍻

Join us this Wednesday and every Wednesday for Tappy Hour, where draft cocktails like this STRAWBERRY MOJITO (12% abv) could be all yours for $5 🍓

On a programming note, our taproom will be open regularly-scheduled hours this week:

Wednesday 12-8 PM
Thursday 12-8 PM
Friday 12-8 PM
Saturday 12-8 PM

Memorial Day Weekend marks our 3-Year Anniversary and we are going to party.

On Saturday 5/25, we'll be visited by our pals for one of the final Pig Rig services before they open their new spot in Squirrel Hill 🐖

And then we'll open the taproom on a Sunday (gasp!), tap a special keg of GIN-GIN MULE (11.5% abv), and welcome our friends , , and for the occasion. 🗣 come one, come all!

A special thank-you goes out to all our wholesale accounts, taproom regulars, vendors, friends, and family for helping us make it this far 💓

Food trucks coming to Hamilton Avenue starting with today, and a few special guests next week for our 3-Year Anniversary weekend🍾

When you get something new that feels like it's always been there👌 -- that's how we feel about our new tap handles, custom-made by and hand painted by of Run Rabbit Gilding. It's always a pleasure doing business with other local, uh, businesses.

A few other local vendors we use all the time include (in no particular order): , , , , , , , , Streets Draft Service, , , and 💛

Join us this Saturday for the annual return of May Day festival – a volunteer-supported music celebration with a focus on brass bands from around the globe. Goodlander will be back for the third year in a row, slinging cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks -- see you there 🎺🎷

Grab a MOJITO (13% abv) during our every-Wednesday TAPPY HOUR, where draft cocktails are $5 all day 👀

Our taproom is open 12-8PM every Wednesday-Saturday 🗓

This bright + bubbly GIN & JUICE (10.5% abv) could be yours, on the house.

Join us this Monday 4/22 for our Clean-Up in partnership with Allegheny CleanWays. We'll depart from Goodlander around 4PM to deal a nearby dumpsite. It is tough, gratifying work, but we will work together to get the job done. After the clean-up, we will return to Goodlander for a complimentary round of drinks💋

More details and sign-ups can be found at tinyurl.com/dumpbusters

The hardworking folks at Allegheny CleanWays have located a dumpsite just a few blocks away from Goodlander. Our task is to work together to remove all the tires, construction debris, televisions, furniture, and household waste.

You reward? Being a dumpbuster is satisfying, gratifying work. Our efforts benefit not only ourselves by being an excellent workout, but the entire community by improving the health and well-being of the environment. Plus we'll wrap up back at Goodlander with a complimentary happy hour and cheers to Earth Day 2024 🌎

We could use lots of help, so sign-up at https://tinyurl.com/Dumpbuster

Please send any questions, comments, or trash talk to [email protected]

Getting together with friends + family this weekend? Present yourself along with a growler full of cocktails and be the star of the party ✨

See our current draft menu and pre-order your growlers for pick-up via our 👆

Back on the menu for a limited time: 🍒 LEONA SPRITZ (9% abv) with our Waste-Not cherry amaro + champagne-seltzer.

Leona’s Ice Cream () came to us with an assignment: find a way to use some spare Montmorency cherry juice in a cocktail. We love a good Repurpose, so we worked the juice into this crisp + refreshing spritz-style cocktail. The Waste-Not amaro uses the leftover cherry juice, along with citrus peels, Assam tea, and quinine to create a bright + bittersweet flavor. The seltzer gives the cocktail that champagne feeling. And the whole batch is filtered, chilled, and thoroughly-carbonated.

Need some drinks for your party, large or small? Check out our new catering menu redesign. always keeping it clean 🤌

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Check out these reusable, returnable growlers. Goodlander is out here, trying to take it forward by bringing it back. These 32-oz dark amber glass baddies protect your EASTSIDES (12% abv) from the sun and the wind, and also probably are a good defense against roving packs of wolves. Your days of holding inferior containers are over. Growlers are here to stay ♻️

Return the growler. Hear about our seven-step cleaning procedure. Leave with a fresh growler. Stay safe out there 🐕

We make drinks to delight + satisfy, including non-alcoholic ones like our always-on-the-menu ROSELLE (0% abv) made with hibiscus, lemon, and spices.

Our goal with the ROSELLE is to capture the fresh, sweet-sour flavors of hibiscus in a refreshing, alcohol-free, all-day sipper. We start by toasting allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, and whole cloves. We steep those spices with cane sugar, fresh ginger root, and Malaysian hibiscus flowers. The drink also gets a measure of lemon super juice (a low-waste, high-flavor combination of lemon zest, lemon juice, dried acids, and water) and the whole batch gets chilled, filtered, and thoroughly carbonated 🌺

Try a WHITE GRAPEFRUIT HIGHBALL (10.5% abv) during our every-Wednesday TAPPY HOUR, where draft cocktails at $5 all day 💫

Join us this Saturday at 6PM for DREW'S CLUES TRIVIA at Goodlander, featuring "Cocktail" themed questions. Drew writes the *best* trivia questions and also happens to be charming on the mic, so we assigned him our favorite subject. The trivia is free to attend, everybody welcome. We will be joined by Sahars Foodlab, with their friendly faces + menu of global flavors 🌍

Also on Saturday, we will tap a fresh keg of our rarely-seen TEA CLUB PUNCH (11% abv) made with rum, Assam tea, and lime. Our goal is to make a PUNCH that appeals to everyone from tea newbs to tea nerds; refreshing, crisp, and of course, very bubbly. The one features flash-brewed black tea (Kachibari Village in northeastern India's Assam via In Pursuit of Tea) along with lime super juice and US Virgin Islands rum 🌱

Citrus season is here 🍋🍊and with it comes the brightest fruits for our draft cocktails. Now on tap and available for a limited time:

BLOOD ORANGE MULE (11.5% abv) made with vodka, ginger, blood orange, and lime
WHITE GRAPEFRUIT HIGHBALL (10.5% abv) made with vodka, white grapefruit two-ways, champagne-seltzer
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We are excited to announce the return of Macdonald Pipe Band of Pittsburgh's ROBERT BURNS NIGHT. Join us on Thursday 1/25 for traditional Scottish music, toasts, and poetry. Savor a sample of haggis and a wee dram of whiskey. And support Pittsburgh’s oldest continuously-playing pipe band with fundraising raffles, popcorn, and donations (admission is free).

Get your Chili Boots ready and mark your calendars for the second-annual CHILI COOK-OFF ’24. On Saturday, January 13th at 3:00 PM, we’ll be hosting a few dozen cooks featuring their own homemade chilis. Our panel of expert judges ( duo Cody + Ariel and ’ Ryan Spak) will help pick our champions. Winners announced at 5:00 PM and will be crowned champions of Chili Cook-Off ‘24 🏆

The event includes live progressive bluegrass music featuring members of , , and ; music begins at 4:00 PM.

Want to compete? Want to come? Tickets + applications available via our

A special shoutout to for the design update. The flyer (and cook-off) was inspired by the famous Simpson’s episode “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer.”

Our business model is based on a traditional craft beer brewery, so we try to walk in their footsteps and attend their events. A few years ago, we reached out to to see if our 'cocktail brewery' might be allowed to participate in their popular beer festival at Rankin's Carrie Blast Furnace. The festival was amazing -- well organized, vibrant, and eye-opening. So when Mark reached out with a new festival called Spirits of the Burgh, we jumped.

On Saturday, 2/17 in the heart of Downtown at for Spirits of the Burgh, we will be pouring tastings alongside 14 other local distilleries including some of our crushes + pals like , , , and 💗

Your ticket to the event gets you access to craft cocktail tastings, as well as an evening of dining and dance, with light fare available for purchase and DJ Samuel Andres spinning tunes all evening. for more information and tickets 🍸