# The Smiling Moose — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

> The Smiling Moose in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States scores 3.84 out of 5 — Fine, #238 in Pennsylvania. 96 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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The Smiling Moose is a brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.84 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #238 in Pennsylvania. Of the 96 beers we track, 51% are IPA and 12% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.84 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #238 in Pennsylvania · #3,722 in United States · #5,213 worldwide
- Popularity: Barely rated
- Beers tracked: 96

## About

The Smiling Moose produce's fine quality beer and has a decent variety of ones to choose from. They are most well known for "5150", which is a New England IPA and "The Smiling Moose Tall Man IPA", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 51% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 12% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 8% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 8% of the beers we track
- Other — 6% of the beers we track
- Soda — 5% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 1306 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Coordinates: 40.428584, -79.9849483
- Website: https://smiling-moose.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Black and Gold Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/black-and-gold-brewing-co-4846.md) — 2.94, Poor — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 0.2 mi away
- [Velum Fermentation](https://finding.beer/brewery/velum-fermentation-28696.md) — 3.78, Fine — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 0.5 mi away
- [Dough Daddy Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/dough-daddy-brewery-31152.md) — 3.42, Poor — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 1 mi away
- [Hofbräuhaus Pittsburgh](https://finding.beer/brewery/hofbrauhaus-pittsburgh-4350.md) — 4.35, Great — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 1.1 mi away
- [Coughlin's Law](https://finding.beer/brewery/coughlins-law-36618.md) — 3.79, Fine — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 1.1 mi away
- [Cinderlands Beer Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/cinderlands-beer-co-4391.md) — 4.35, Great — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 1.8 mi away
- [Allegheny City Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/allegheny-city-brewing-1245.md) — 3.81, Fine — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 2 mi away
- [Penn Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/penn-brewery-2717.md) — 3.09, Limited — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 2 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/pennsylvania/pittsburgh.md)
- [Best breweries in Pennsylvania](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/pennsylvania.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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