#6432 - Velum Fermentation, Pittsburgh, PA - 12/20/2025

Velum Fermentation, Pittsburgh, PA

Velum Fermentation, opened April 12, 2023 in the bottling warehouse of the old Duquesne Brewery complex on Pittsburgh's South Side. The complex still includes the "Duquesne Clock," at 60'x60' the largest clock in North America and the 7th largest in the World. The clock was first installed on Mount Washington in 1933, advertising various brands and beverages, until Duquesne Brewing purchased it and moved it to their brewery in 1961. The brewery closed in 1972, but the clock remained, and was just recently refurbished and upgraded for local icon Iron City Beer.

The Velum brewpub is relatively small and it took me a while to even find it in their vast "community center," which features a 30-barrel brewing system and an arcade, and which hosts everything from drag shows to pickelball. (it was hosting a vintage clothing market on the day I visited.) I enjoyed a Thrifty Haze IPA.

2120 Jane St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Est. April 12, 2023 - Building constructed: 1955
Previous bars in this location: None known
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