Iron City brewery bankrupt due to water and sewer bills

Pittsburgh Brewing Files for Bankruptcy

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_bi_ge/brewery_bankruptcy_2

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Brewing Co., the maker of Iron City Beer, filed for protection from creditors under federal bankruptcy regulations Wednesday after failing to pay $2.5 million in water and sewage bills

Pittsburgh Brewing, which employs about 250 people, will continue to operate while under Chapter 11 protection, said company attorney Robert O. Lampl.

The company had defaulted on sewage treatment payments dating back to 1996 and had failed to pay current water and sewage bills — charges totaling about $2.5 million, said Holly Parada, a spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority.

The outstanding charges include about $2.3 million in unpaid sewage treatment bills from 1996 to 2004 and roughly $200,000 in water and sewage costs for this year, Parada said.

Bought a case of it. I actually thought they used the water directly from the Monagahela and Allegany rivers, which is why it tasted so metallic.

' I actually thought they used the water directly from the Monagahela and Allegany rivers, which is why it tasted so metallic.'

:rofl: Give me Yuengling (sp?) over IC any day! i miss da burgh :bounce:

...IRON SHITTY BEER!

Never had any. Heard of it's legendary shittiness, though.

it is another sick pack of Olde Frothingslosh the beer with the foam on the bottom.

Sigh. Google tells me it is not brewed by Iron City.

I wonder is it brewed any more or any less? Wonder how they get the foam on the bottom? It is because the brew is lighter than the foam.

I guess. Anyway it was a Merry Christmas beer.

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