07/13/2026
The Brinery at Two Acre Farm, based in Uniontown, will debut a root b**r-flavored pickle called the Rusty Root B**r Stampede. The root b**r pickle is made with ginger b**r, sarsaparilla candies and root b**r extract — evoking the taste of old-fashioned, barrel-aged root b**r — to contrast the sourness of pickle brine.
The specialty pickle is part of The Brinery at Two Acre Farm’s “Boots and Brine” Western theme, including souvenir cups, an annual “gimmick” the family-run business chooses each year to stand out at Picklesburgh. The Olson family started at the festival 11 years ago doing food demonstrations and came on as a vendor in the festival’s second year. Like many returning vendors, they expect Picklesburgh to be their largest event of the year and plan to serve 18,000 people.
“I can’t wait to be wearing a cowboy hat for four days,” Wyatt Olson said of working the family’s Picklesburgh booth. “Pittsburgh loves some pickles … and nothing’s as big as Picklesburgh
The oldest pickles connected to Picklesburgh sit in a refrigerated case at the Senator John Heinz History Center — just a few miles from where Henry John Heinz founded his company as the Anchor Pickle and Vinegar Works in 1869. But the sweet pickles predate even the Heinz Company, discovered
