Jackworth Ginger Beer

Pennsylvania's first ginger beer brewery, producing both alcoholic and alcohol-free products

Jackworth Ginger Beer is Pennsylvania's first ginger beer brewery, bringing fiery flavors and a unique taproom to Pittsburgh's vibrant Larimer neighborhood. Located at 6615 Hamilton Ave., Jackworth Ginger Beer crafts bold, refreshing ginger beers with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options. Using simple, natural ingredients like organic ginger, cane sugar, water, and lime, our fermented beverage

10/10/2024

We have food lined up for you Friday and Saturday with and joining us on Hamilton Ave. Come hungry, wash it down with a delicious cocktail, leave happy. 😃

09/10/2024

This Sunday we’re excited to have sharing their unique sound in the alleyway at the brewery for a free show. Come get cozy with a cocktail and vibe out with us.

will be feeding us, so come hungry!

08/10/2024

The Big Three 🤯🤠🤩

We’re introducing new packaging for our N/A ginger beer with the same fiery fresh flavor you’ve come to love. Our new can designs will have you sipping all three ginger beer varieties in style.

Our current N/A varieties include Classic and Spicy, with more in the works for next year!

Center stage, as always, is our Original 5% abv ginger beer made with organic ginger, lime, cane sugar, and water.

Find all three on draft and in cans to-go at our bar on Hamilton Ave. Want to find us in the wild? Visit our website for a list of retail partners!

07/10/2024

SURPRISE! We’re hosting a pop-up market with our pals from at the brewery THIS TUESDAY from 6 to 10 pm. Come sip some ginger beer and shop select pulls! 🫶

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Photos from Jackworth Ginger Beer's post 04/10/2024

This Sunday we have another Meet Your Maker featuring special guest from Lorelei. She’ll be serving up her incredible “Sweetie Pie” cocktail – a delicious mix of brown butter fat-washed bourbon, sweet potato simple syrup, and black walnut bitters, all topped with a perfectly toasted marshmallow. 🤤 To make it even better, will be on the grill with an amazing menu (swipe to check it out!). See you there!

03/10/2024

Different Places in Space is taking over our space on Friday night w/ .exe spinning the after party. Let’s get funky on the patio.

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02/10/2024

Dinner on Hamilton Ave. this weekend with these talented chefs popping up Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

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01/10/2024

New bar hours! We’re open 7 days a week!

01/10/2024

OCTOBER COCKTAIL DROP!

We’re introducing two new cocktails to usher in early fall and the crunchiest of leaves.

Apple Chai 75 — Our gingery take on a French 75 consists of chai-infused gin, apple cider syrup, original 5% ginger beer, and lemon.

Tender Love and Pear — This spiced pear tequila cocktail is crisp and refreshing with notes of warm spices. We combine tequila, Falernum, classic JGB, lime, pear, and angostura bitters for a bev that feels like tender love and care.

Stop by all month long to enjoy these delicious autumn-inspired cocktails and much more! 🥂🎃🍁

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This Sunday we’re checking all the boxes:

Live Music ✅
Good Food ✅
Great Drinks ✅
Splendid Vibes ✅

We can’t wait to collab with all of our special guests coming together for the perfect cure for the Sunday scaries.

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Photos from Jackworth Ginger Beer's post 25/09/2024

The final *Summer Menu Superlatives* are here with a few of our favorites - especially the last one in this carousel! Some of these favorites will be retired next week, so be sure to visit us this weekend to finish the extended summer right!

Thanks to for helping with the class photos!

Photos from Jackworth Ginger Beer's post 24/09/2024

The Summee of Ginger Beer has come to an end, so let’s take a moment to reflect with PART ONE of our *Summer Menu Superlatives*! Some of these fan favorites will be graduating to the fall menu, while others will be retiring—stay tuned for the announcements. Either way, don’t miss your chance to savor these summer sips one last time this week at the brewery.

Big thanks to for the yearbook shots!

18/09/2024

Phase Shifter Shifter is bringing unique funk to the fricken patio this Saturday 8-10:30 pm. It will be electric. It will fiery. It will be fun.

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11/09/2024

This Saturday we’re VIBIN’ AHT w/ Cosmic Drip and Tiny Wine 8-midnight. Come dance with a ginger beer in one hand and a forkful of mac & cheese from in the other hand.

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07/09/2024

Happy & sad to say we’re sold out of our Original 5% ginger beer! No cans to go or draft in-house until late next week… thank you for drinking it all 💛

07/09/2024

☝🏻+☝🏻= 11… as in Eleventh Hour. Our staff grows by two on Sunday night with the addition of our pals Tom and Hayden from Eleventh Hour Brewing. These gentlemen have been working hard in the lab to bring two signature cocktails for you to try this Sunday, September 8th 6 pm to midnight.

JapaKnees Bees:
- Snug Harbor Gin
- Miso Honey
- Lemon
- Ginger Juice
- Matcha Dust

Bottom of the Barrel:
- Maggie’s Farm Hidden Harbor Rum
- Maggie’s Farm Dark Rum
- Grapefruit Juice
- 11th Hour BYS Cinnamon Syrup
- Ginger Juice
- Lime
- Lime Dome Flame

04/09/2024

Fermented Beats + Fermented Ginger Beverages = Fiery Fun at the brewery.

Come by and check out the local psychedelic instrumental program trio this Friday, September 6th from 8 to 10 pm.

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31/08/2024

Your Labor day plans are covered!

We are excited to host a special cookout in collaboration with our friends at Knowing Place. Curated items from their store will be available at the brewery, as well as Cacti from Dick Prickly’s Cactus Shack, and records from Moemaw Naedon (soul slime records)

Shop the new JGB merch drop and get early access to a new IRATE drop

Local music focused DJ sets from
Yorel, C Scott, Moemaw Naedon and Buscrates.

As always the drinks will be flowing and Marv will be holding down the grill.

Let’s send summer off right! Open 12-12 DJ sets from 4-8pm.

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Photos from Jackworth Ginger Beer's post 30/08/2024

Secrets out! We cooked up something special w/ .tiza___ for tomorrow’s Golden Hour dance party. Inspired by Filipino flavors, allow us to introduce…

The Tama TIZA:
• Vodka
• Calamansi
• Tamarind
• Hot Honey
• Lemon
• Ginger Beer

This is a super limited cocktail, so come and get it tomorrow from 7p-10p 🇵🇭🍹🏳️‍🌈

Pairs nicely w/ a dance party and

23/08/2024

It’s a tomato girl summer 🍅

Introducing our tomato martini, here for one day only!
Dry gin, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, white balsamic vinegar, and a drizzle of olive oil. This drink is the perfect celebration of homegrown tomatoes and late summer.

Plan to stop by our tasting room on Sunday, 8/25 to try a tomato martini and enjoy that late summer sunshine, along with a daytime dance party by DJ Apollo.

22/08/2024

The Meet Your Maker Guest Bartender Series is back again! This week we’re joined by the boys from , Ethan & Max. If you know craft beer in Pittsburgh you know these guys. Ethan is among the longest tenured craft beer bartenders in the city. On Sunday, they are branching out from craft beer and bringing in two delicious takes on a mule. Come by to try “Max’s Hot Boy Summer” and the “Swissvale Lemonade”. Old Thunder beer will be flowing from the taps, as well!

😎 Max’s Hot Boy Summer: Dark Rum, Pineapple, Charred Serrano Peppers, Tamatillo, Lime, Ginger Beer

🍋Swissvale Lemonade: Bourbon, Mint, Honey, Lemon, Ginger Beer

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Photos from Jackworth Ginger Beer's post 20/08/2024

The brewery is gonna be buzzin’ all weekend long with three days of live music. Swipe through to see what’s in store —>

Friday: / /

Saturday: White Hot Summer Nights w/ .0

Sunday: Apollo - an afternoon DJ Set

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Our pals from are back for another evening spotlighting zero-proof cocktails on the menu at Jackworth Ginger Beer. Come one, come all for an evening of celebrating a little something for everyone.

16/08/2024

This Sunday we’re hosting a very special Meet Your Maker with Cat Cannon and Cecil Usher of Mindful Hospitality Group. These two have been integral in building and running important bar programs at some of Pittsburgh’s most iconic hotspots - and now they’re popping into our bar! We can’t wait to see what they come up with! Sunday 6pm-midnight.

15/08/2024

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6615 Hamilton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
15206

Opening Hours

Monday 16:00 - 00:00
Wednesday 16:00 - 00:00
Thursday 16:00 - 00:00
Friday 16:00 - 00:00
Saturday 12:00 - 00:00
Sunday 12:00 - 00:00