Press & Media

For the press.

Interview requests, press credentials, assets, and background on MixBurgh and the MixBurgh Foundation. Media relations are handled by Emblem PR.

Media Contact
Colin Baugh
Emblem PR · on behalf of MixBurgh

For interview requests, credentials for the November conference, speaker availability, and high-resolution assets. We respond to working press promptly.

About MixBurgh

The short version.

MixBurgh is a five-day celebration of craft cocktail culture in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Cocktail Weekend, November 6 and 7, is a citywide activation at participating bars across the city. The MixBurgh Conference, November 8 to 10 at Expansive on Liberty Avenue, opens with a welcome reception on Sunday evening, then brings two full days of education-forward programming, seminars, tastings, and panels to bartenders, bar owners, distillers, producers, writers, and serious enthusiasts. A closing event at Heinz Hall caps the conference on Tuesday, November 10.

MixBurgh is a MixBurgh Foundation event, Pittsburgh's craft cocktail co-op, produced with support from Visit Pittsburgh. The 2026 program is built around three questions: why a city building this much cocktail talent has stayed off the national map, where bartenders find genuine peer learning, and why cities fund culinary recognition but rarely the craft of the bar.

Recent Coverage

What's been written.

VinePair
Pittsburgh's push to court the cocktail world, and what it means for other secondary markets. Rich Manning · April 2026 · on MixBurgh
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Pittsburgh Business Times
VisitPittsburgh backs the new MixBurgh Foundation to raise the city's cocktail and spirits profile. Jake Dabkowski · March 2026 · on MixBurgh · via WPXI
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Patch Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh bars unite to advance the city's craft cocktail scene. Eric Heyl · February 2026 · on MixBurgh
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Imbibe Magazine
Pittsburgh's bar scene and MixBurgh, featured in Imbibe's guide to where to drink in the city. May / June 2026 · on MixBurgh
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Food & Wine
Space Bar on the transparency trend reshaping low- and no-ABV cocktail menus. March 2026 · on Space Bar
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Esquire
Space Bar featured in a look at the Italian cocktails defining the moment. 2026 · on Space Bar
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The Georgetowner
Space Bar named Cocktail of the Month. November 2025 · on Space Bar
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