Fat Head's Brewery

Opened	2009
Key people	Matt Cole Glenn Benigni
Active beers
Name Type Goggle Fogger German-Style Hefe-Weizen Güdenhoppy German-Style Pilsner Head Hunter India Pale Ale Starlight Helles Lager Sunshine Daydream Session IPA Trail Head Pale Ale
Seasonal beers
Name Type AlpenGlow Weizenbock Battle Axe Baltic Porter Bean Me Up Imperial Coffee Stout Black Knight Schwarzbier Bone Head Imperial Red Ale The Boogaloo Belgian Blonde Bumble Berry Honey Blueberry Ale Head Trip Belgian-Style Tripel Hippy Sippy Imperial Stout Holly Jolly Christmas Ale Hop Juju Imperial IPA Hop Stalker Fresh Hop IPA Kohlminator German-Style Smoked Bock Oompa Loompa Chocolate Cream Stout Pimp My Sleigh Belgian-Style Christmas Ale Prohibition Pauly Robust Porter Sorcerer Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale Shakedown Imperial American Stout Spooky Tooth Pumpkin Ale Up In Smoke Smoked Porter Zeus Juice Belgian Strong Golden Ale
Other beers
Name Type Duke of Lager Lager Pseudo Pils Pilsner Rocket Man Red Ale Ultra Pils North German-Stlyle Pilsner Zoobomb Dortmunder Dortmunder Export

Brewmaster Matt Cole partnered with Glenn Benigni, owner of Fat Head's Saloon inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to openFat Head's Brewery & Saloon inCleveland, Ohio in 2009,^[1] with Cole supplying beer to the Pittsburgh location. A production brewery opened inMiddleburg Heights, Ohio in March 2012^[2] and another brewpub location opened inPortland, Oregon in November 2014, which has since closed.^[3] Fat Head's is known for their signature beers Head Hunter IPA and Bumble Berry Honey Blueberry Ale.

Fat Head's Saloon opened in the historic South Side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1992 and grew to be known for its selection of craft beer and large sandwiches, called "headwiches."^[1]

Brewer Matt Cole apprenticed at Baltimore Brewing Co., then worked atPenn Brewery andGreat Lakes Brewing Company before joining Rocky River Brewing Company. Cole spent more than a decade there, winning several awards at bothGreat American Beer Festival andWorld Beer Cup.^[1][4]

Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon opened inNorth Olmsted, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, on April 7, 2009. The brewpub has a 35-seat bar and a 200-seat dining room. There are 30 rotating tap handles that serve beers from Fat Head's as well as guest breweries. There is also a game room with a video games, a vintage bowling machine, pool tables, and dart boards. Derek Wilson, formerly of Great Lakes Brewing Company, heads the kitchen. In addition to the signature headwiches, a staple at the Pittsburgh Saloon, Wilson added stone oven pizzas, smoke house wings, and pulled pork to the menu.^[5][6]

Fat Head's Brewery opened in March, 2012 in a warehouse in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. The production brewery supplies beer for the Fat Head's restaurants in Pittsburgh and North Olmsted, as well as bottles and kegs for distributes. As of 2013, the brewery has a BrauKon brewhouse that was purchased fromTröegs Brewing Company. A tasting room and retail shop opened on October 18, 2013.^[2][7]

Fat Head's opened in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon on November 3, 2014. In 2018, the location changed owners and becameVon Ebert Brewing, a Portland-based company. The brewpub had 278 seats throughout the bar and dining room and 42 rotating tap hands that served beers from Fat Head's as well as guest breweries. The brewery featured a 10-barrel JVNW brewhouse with 13 fermentors and 12 bright tanks. Matt Cole was the brewmaster, with Eric Van Tassel who served as the head brewer. They served Fat Head's signature beers, including Bumble Berry Honey Blueberry Ale and Head Hunter IPA, as well as some of their own creations, including Zoobomb Dortmunder and Ultra Pils North German-Stlyle Pilsner.^[3][8][9]

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