Pittsburgh Named Drunkest City in Pennsylvania

Here’s something to hang your hat on Pittsburgh! Wake up the grandkids, shake them away if you have to, and shout it from the rooftops — Pittsburgh has been named the drunkest city in Pennsylvania!

24/7WallSt, which is a financial news and opinion company, analyzed the percentage of men and women over the age of 18, who self reported heavy, binge, or what is considered by doctor’s “above average drinking” in the state’s different metropolitan areas. Their report then singled out the metropolitan area with the highest rate and used this to determine the “drunkest city” in the state.

(See our article: Exploring the Thriving Pittsburgh Craft Beer Scene)

The report states that 23% of adults (18+) in Pittsburgh self reported that they drink above excess (meaning above average, binge drinking, daily drinking throughout the week, or above a doctor’s recommendation). Statewide, the average was 20.7% and this made Pennsylvania the 10th highest in the nation.

The greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area consists of 2.3 Million people.

As of early 2023, the Greater Pittsburgh area had the largest concentration of breweries in Pennsylvania (Allegheny County clocking in at 56 breweries in total within the county lines).

You can read the full report here: America’s Drunkest States: See Where Your State Ranks

Dark Side to the Stats

There is a dark side to these stats however. In Pennsylvania, deaths involving driving and alcohol are 25.4%; but in Pittsburgh they are 28.4%. There is clearly some level of correlation between these two statistics sadly enough.

As always – we urge and hope all of our readers drink responsibly and conservatively, and safely.

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• Interview: Ryan Galiotto (Fueled by Hops)
• Exploring the Thriving Pittsburgh Craft Beer Scene

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This is just one of several in a series of over arching ‘craft beer’ related articles. Several alone in a ‘flagship’ series. In the next few weeks there will be some more that come out as well. I would like to have this general level of different ‘craft beer articles’ that everyone can kind of jump to and read and use for informative purposes, and give a better understanding for the other articles on the site.

Some of these articles are about definitions (like “What is Craft Beer?“) and others are about Craft Breweries in general like the Top 50 Producing Craft Breweries, etc.

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