Beer Events
Posted by Sam Bloch on May 16th, 2013
Iron Hill Brewery will be hosting the Brandywine Valley Craft Brewers Festival this Saturday, May 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Iron Hill’s Media location. 25 breweries from all over the Brandywine Valley will be showcasing their brews at the event, which will also feature live music. Tickets to the event cost $45 if you are drinking and $5 if you get stuck as the designated driver. Make sure you get your tickets fast because there are only a handful left. Food prepared by the Iron Hill Brewery will be pay as you go. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Media Youth Center.
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Posted by Tara Nurin on November 2nd, 2012
Remember that time you went to Sippin’ by the River and got so drunk your friends had to keep you from jumping in the Delaware? Yeah, us either. But we’re sure it’s happened to at least someone along the way, considering the annual Penn’s Landing event is one of Philly’s longest running and most cherished drinking events that doesn’t involving dressing like Santa.
But you’re older now, and you might not have even noticed that Sippin’ wasn’t held last season for the first time in 16 years, as organizers pulled inward and figured out how to regroup for the future. What they’ve figured out is that they should make it a more grown-up event, happening November 10th from 1-5 pm, with $65 tickets, a greater emphasis on programming and food and, gasp, a relocation to Campbell’s Field in Camden.
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Posted by Tara Nurin on October 16th, 2012
Patrick McGovern may just be the coolest Philadelphian you’ve never heard of. His title, Scientific Director of the Penn Museum’s Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory, sounds all wonky and boring, sure, but what that means is the dude plays with ancient booze molecules all day. Not only does he travel the world studying remnants of alcoholic beverages found in archeological digs, but brother man played Dr. Watson to Dogfish Head owner Sam Calagione’s Sherlock Holmes on the Discovery Channel series “Brew Masters” that had the two traipsing around the globe to recreate beers from antiquity.
All of this is to say that no true beer geek or boozehound with a drop of intellectual curiosity can pass to the next level of elitism without either reading McGovern’s books about the history of wine, beer and spirits or attending an event he’s hosting. Because there are no Cliffs Notes or movie versions of his tomes (at least not to our knowledge), you’d perhaps be best getting the shorthand straight from McGovern’s mouth, and you have the opportunity to do just that tonight from 6:30-9:30pm at Camden County College (CCC) in Blackwood, NJ.
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on October 12th, 2012
Choo choo! There’s a party train riding through West Chester. Boxcar Brewing Company is holding their Ride the Rails event on Saturday, October 27th from 5 to 9 p.m. For $40 revelers will be riding the old fashioned West Chester Railroad through Chester County all the way to Glen Mills picnic park where Boxcar will provide food, live music, and their best brews for all their guests. Bringing tables, chairs, and your best Halloween costume is encouraged. When the party ends you’ll head back on the rails to your starting point and if you need a designate driver DD tickets are just $25. Buy your tickets now, as they sell out fast.
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Posted by Tara Nurin on October 5th, 2012
In a town where beer fests are growing as common as outsider references to Eagles fans pelting Santa Claus with make-believe snowballs, it’s getting harder and harder to make any one festival stand out. So we say kudos to the folks at Elfreth’s Alley, who are dressing up their Brew Fest 2012 this Saturday in Prohibition-era costume. (This is not to be confused with the Prohibition-themed and costumed Bathtub Beer Fest happening at the Constitution Center on November 15).
This weekend, Elfreth’s Alley’s Speakeasy Costume Ball, which runs from 6-9pm and costs $20 for a general admission ticket, will award prizes for the best look-alike Eliot Ness and educate participants as to his and Prohibition’s lasting influence on contemporary Pennsylvania with a talk by beer writer Lew Bryson and historical archivist Bob Skiba. There’s also a Bootlegger Homebrew Contest (clever, guys, clever) and a so-called “Rumrunner” raffle for $2000 worth of prizes. Honestly, that’s a lot of hooch to lubricate your brain and tongue, for not a lot of jack. Proceeds benefit the Elfreth’s Alley Assocation.
Elfreth’s Alley Speakeasy Costume Ball [Event page]
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on September 14th, 2012
Yuengling, the oldest and largest American brewery is raising a glass to the awesome beer city of Philadelphia. On Friday, September 28th at exactly 6:30 p.m. a toast from fifth-generation owner Dick Yuengling will go out across the city at almost 250 bars. You could watch the toast be given from the Pottsville brewery on Comcast SportsNet, or you could be a real card-carrying Philadelphian and go get some free beer.
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on September 13th, 2012
Tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. Revolution House will be holding the Drink for Research event where a portion of proceeds go towards cancer prevention and research. Featuring Allagash brews, the night is a “buy the glass” event – guests can purchase an Allagash pint glass and unlimited drafts for just $15 (while supplies last).
Allagash White, Black, and Triple will be the featured beers but the Allagash Confluence will also be available for just $3 a pint. $1 raffle tickets will be sold for the chance to win two bombers of Allagash Curieux and more. All proceeds from the raffle will go towards cancer research.
Allagash Drink for Research [Facebook]
Revolution House [Official Site]
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on August 22nd, 2012
As the end of summer looms nearer Paramour is preparing a BBQ around the close of the season. Sunday September 16th from 5 to 7 p.m. Paramour will be holding a Pig Roast Dinner with Yards Brewing Company. The chefs at Paramour will be preparing a roast pig for a family style buffet with BBQ classics for sides. Yards will be on hand to supply craft brews to complement the dinner. The price of attendance for the Pig Roast Dinner is $39, beer, tax and tip included.
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Related: Events, Food, Beer Events, Craft Beer, Events, Main Line Events, Paramour, Roast-Pork, Sunday, Wayne, Yards-Brewery
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 27th, 2012
This Saturday July 28th from 1 to 4 p.m. City Tap House will be hosting Sour Saturday featuring over 20 tart beers on draught and in bottles. For $30 a guest can have an All-You-Can-Taste pass to sample any and all of the featured beers as well as take home a Sour Saturday glass. Pay-as-you-go is also available.
Beers will range from lambics and American wild ales to Flemish reds, including Russian River Supplication and Flying Dog Cherry Berliner as well as Liefman’s Goudenband, Abraxxxas, and Vicaris Tripel Geueze.
To reserve an All-You-Can-Taste ticket contact Cece Rieser at crieser@publichouseusa.com.
City Tap House [Official Site]
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Posted by Aubrey Nagle on July 24th, 2012
Starting at 5pm on Thursday July 26th Iron Hill Brewery in Chestnut Hill will be hosting the Wrestlemania-themed IBU Smackdown. Head brewer Paul Rutherford will be pitting his Ultimate Warrior IPA against his Belgian Full Nelson in a race to see which cask gets kicked first and is named The Champ.
The menu for the night will include a list of hot dogs named after famous wrestling stars while vintage Wrestlemania will be playing on TV screens around the brewery. Rumor has it there will be some “wrestlers” (brewers in costume, perhaps?) roaming around as well.
Look for the dog menu and details on the Ultimate Warrior and Belgian Full Nelson after the jump.
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