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Frontier SaloonFolsomwww.frontiersaloon.com

Pappous Pizza PubMorton610-544-0142

Pinocchio’s PizzaMediawww.pinpizza.com

Trio Cold CutsWoodlynwww.triocoldcut.com

Blue Dog PubLansdalewww.bluedog.cc

Capone’s RestaurantNorristownwww.caponesdraftlist.blogspot.com

Giuliano’s DeliGlenside215-572-1447

L’il ItalyPottstown610-327-0162

Michael’s DeliKing Of Prussiawww.michaelsdeli.com

Ortino’sSchwenksvillewww.ortinos.com

Pumpernick’sNorth Waleswww.pumpernicksdeli.com

Steak and Hoagie FactoryAbingtonwww.steakandhoagiefactory.com

Harrigan’s PubWarminsterwww.harriganspubpa.com

McStews Irish Sports PubLevittownwww.mcstewsirishsportspub.com

Mesquito GrilleDoylestown215-230-7427

Newportville InnNewportvillewww.newportvilleinn.net

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Contents December 2010/January 2011

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on the sceneBeer events in Philly’s beer scene.

the variety packBy AliciA EichElmAn, mAt FAlco, nEil hArnEr, AndrEw lodEr, tArA nurin, cArolyn SmAgAlSki, two guyS on BEEr & Scott willEy

Woman on the scene2010 Year in Review

cooking With BeerAustralian Lamb Rack

Fun With BeerThe Beer Bottle Tree By JEFF lAvin

homeBreWer’s cornerBeer Barons to Homebrewers

LaBeL artTroegs Brewing Co. By mAt FAlco

tapping into technoLogySocial Media Beer AppsBy ZEkE diAZ

Discovering craFt BeerFirst Craft Beer MemoriesBy mAtt SchEllEr

Beer traveLPittsburgh, PABy AndrEw ruBEnStEin

Le FromageThe perfect pair for the holidays.By mAt FAlco

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craFt Beer psaHow to enjoy craft beer responsibly.By nEil hArnEr & AndrEw lodEr

44hoLiDay giFt guiDe2010’s gift guide for the beer lover on your list.

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you’ve Been serveDThe Thistle GlassBy Scott willEy

From the ceLLar2000 vs 2009 Samichlaus

By PhilliP l. PittorE iii

Bar & restaurant revieWsUnique beer destinations for a pint and a meal in and out of the city. By nEil hArnEr & mAt FAlco

the tasting room12 Beers reviewed by our panel with special guest: Ben Potts.

DirectoryLocal listings of places to drink a great beer, take home a great beer, or make your own (great) beer.

Beer eventsLocal happenings in the Philly beer scene.

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craFt Beer gives BackHow your favorite breweries are giving back this season. By gEorgE hummEl

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8 N. Pottstown PikeExton, PA610-280-4555

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Weyerbacher

on tap now!(BREWED EXCLUSIVELY FOR UNO CHICAGO GRILL)

visit us today 1100 Bethlehem PikeNorth Wales, PA 19454215-283-9760

801 Neshaminy MallBensalem, PA215-322-6003

3910 West Chester PikeNewtown Square, PA610-353-8667

225 Sloan AvenueHamilton, NJ609-890-0864

1162 Hurffville RoadDeptford, NJ856-853-7003

2803 S. Rt. 73Maple Shade, NJ 856-722-5577

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great company

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great beer


Mat >> [email protected] Drinking: Founders Breakfast StoutStyle of the Moment: Anything darkBest Beer Moment: Seeing the summer beer season finally come to an end and watch the good beers start coming in. First Craft Beer: Magic Hat #9

Other Vices: My newfound love for cocktails thanks to The Bookstore Speakeasy. Random Likes: Wawa GobblersRandom Dislikes: 3D movies. They’re overpriced and ruin movies.Getting to know me better: My life pretty much revolves around good beer. Between running themagazine and bartending part-time, there is beer around me entirely too much. Aside from beer though, I’m in love with good food and cooking.

Neil >> [email protected] Drinking: Weyerbacher Decadence (‘05) - I found some bottles in NJ. I couldn’t believe it! Style of the Moment: PortersBest Beer Moment: The homebrew contest at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Drinking in a cemetery is just one of those things that doesn’t seem right, but was so much fun.

First Craft Beer: Weyerbacher’s Blithering IdiotOther Vices: Thanks to everyone for telling me where to get Scotch Eggs in our area. Not only have I had a few, I also bought myself a fryer to make them at home. Which now makes these little heart attack inducing delicacies a vice. Thanks Philly.Random Likes: My son’s first birthday. It’s been a year already. Only 20 more to go...Random Dislikes: Holiday traffic - Shop on the Internet!

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Letter from the Art Director

We decided that with the impending New Year should come a change of pace, and that now would be a great time to add a new face to the “Letter From” section of the magazine. I had heard that Neil and Mat get a lot of questions asking who I am since I started participating in the “Tasting Room,” so I figured this would be a great chance to introduce myself. I am currently the Art Director of Philly Beer Scene, as well as co-

owner and designer at Inverse Paradox, the company that produces this publication. Though I might not be quite as advanced in craft beer knowledge as Neil and Mat, I do enjoy a wide variety of brews (stouts and porters in particular!) and am always looking to expand my education, as well as my palate. Part of the reason I was so eager to be a part of the “Tasting Room” was to give the perspective of not only a woman, but as someone who is newer to the craft beer scene, in hopes that I could give some insight on what to try and taste. The magazine has given me the opportunity to do that, and I encourage all beer novices to try anything you can get your hands on. You would be surprised at what you might discover, and the New Year is always the perfect time for new experiences!

In the spirit of the holidays, the foundation of this issue is based on giving. We have our second annual “Holiday Gift Guide,” full of awesome beer-related gifts for you to give the craft beer lover on your list. We also have a feature titled, “Brewing Up A Cause,” that focuses on our favorite local breweries and the steps they take to help make the community a better place. Also, our good buddy, D-Lite is back with a PSA on how to be a responsible craft beer drinker, which is especially important over the busy holiday season. Lastly, 2010 was a great year for us at Philly Beer Scene, both personally and professionally, and with the year coming to a close, we have Suzanne Woods giving her year end wrap up to set the tone for an even better New Year!

As always, thank you for your continued support and help in further solidifying the City of Brotherly Love as the best beer drinking city in the world. Cheers to a safe and happy holiday to you, your family and friends!

Cheers,Melissa LevenduskiArt Director, Philly Beer Scene Magazine

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Philly Beer Scene’s Candid Photos from the Fun and Exciting World of Craft Beer1. The Triumph Brewing Co. crew having a good time pouring

beers at the Newtown Beerfest.

2 & 3. Local homebrewers brew a batch of Imperial Chocolate

Pumpkin Porter, each using their own techniques that will be

combined into Bourbon Barrels at Keystone Homebrew.

4. Guests enjoying themselves following an epic 11 course

beer and cheese pairing with 12% Imports at Fork & Barrel.

5. Over 100 people attended the Beer Barons to Homebrewers

events at West Laurel Hill Cemetery.

6 & 7. The Craft Beer Express was packed as everyone was

set to head to their next destination. Guests were dropped off

and enjoyed themselves at bars & restaurants like Brauhaus

Schmitz (pictured).

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Our third annual pub crawl for breast cancer, Brews for Boobies, was a huge success, raising over $3,800 for the American Breast Cancer Foundation. Expanding to four locations this year; Old City, Center City, Northern Liberties and South Philly, participants enjoyed some of the best beer bars in the city during their 12 hours of crawling! Thanks for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

On the Scene


The Variety Pack

4th Time’s a Charm…Lew Bryson releases the 4th Edition of his popular book, “Pennsylvania Breweries.” By nEil hArnEr

Every past edition of Lew Bryson’s “Pennsylvania Breweries” has been a valuable tome for the PA-based craft beer enthusiast, and his 4th Edition is no exception. In this guide, Bryson takes readers on a tour of all of the breweries and brewpubs throughout PA, from the oldest – Yuengling, to newer breweries, some of which I haven’t even heard of.

Breaking down the state into several fundamental regions, he not only provides basic directory information like location and tour hours but also profiles many of the beers offered by each brewer, making it a great tool for the craft beer novice. And, for those who consider themselves to be a lover of all things local and are quite familiar with many of the breweries and brews born within the Keystone State, Bryson even dives

into a bit of each brewery’s history, which is oftentimes quite interesting and rich.

Normally, a guide like this would simply be used as a point of reference, but what Bryson does uniquely is allow his humorous personality to read clearly between the lines, making each profile and story entertaining and not just an outline of key points. In other words, you can enjoy reading about the beer you’re drinking at the bar or simply as a casual read from the comfort of your own home.

Bryson’s book is the perfect balance of information so that novices and experts alike can read and enjoy the book, using it as an everyday reference when drinking at local watering holes throughout the Pennsylvania beer scene. It’s hard to imagine, with the rapidly changing and growing landscape of Pennsylvania breweries, how Bryson can keep up!

rare FinD:

Weyerbacher’s DecaDenceThis rare find came from Super Saver Liquors in Pennington, NJ: Weyerbacher’s Decadence, their 10 year anniversary release from 2005. Decadence is a 13% ABV strong ale with dominant honey and a great deal of spice, perfect for sitting by the fireplace.


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Meet the Scene: Adam RitterMeet Adam, owner of Sidecar Bar & Grille and Kraftwork, who sold his soul to the devil. By mAt FAlco

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Philly Beer Scene: Before the beer industry, what were your aspirations in life? AdAm RitteR: I decided to sell my soul to the devil and I figured that the quickest way to do that was to buy a bar and run a bar and I think that I can check that off now. I didn’t know what I wanted to do growing up. I originally went to school to be a geologist. I wanted to study plate tectonics and rocks and stuff, but couldn’t find many interesting rocks in North Philadelphia. Eventually, I got a sales job selling forklifts and warehouse designs and went to culinary school at night.

PBS: How did you get into craft beer? AdAm: I always liked beer but I was never into it. I think my first beer was Sierra Nevada, which was such a hop bomb to me at the time and it’s funny because now I can barely get any hops out of it. At the time, there was Pete’s Wicked Ale, Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada and its crazy how they were such hop bombs back then. I was just trying to understand suds and figure out what suds were all about. Four or five years ago, I met a man named Dan Conway, who became my beer guru

and pushed me to that next level. He helped me take the training wheels off and showed me more interesting stuff.

PBS: Do you have a favorite/go-to brewery? AdAm: It’s tough to just pick one. In PA, we’re super lucky because we have so many labels of great stuff. I really like Southern Tier, Bells, Troegs and Victory. They all do really great things. It’s not just about what I like, I look at the whole picture. I like breweries like Flying Dog who’s so reasonably priced, the liquid is good, the representation is good, and the graphics are good.

PBS: What would your deserted island beer be? AdAm: [Bosteels’] Tripel Karmeliet. That’s

my own personal beer, I love everything about it. For some reason, with that particular beer, when everything’s not right in the world, I crack one of those and my blood pressure goes down a bunch.

PBS: Why should people come to Sidecar and Kraftwork? AdAm: We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel, we just think that we’re good at what we do. We have a good staff, good drinks and good food. It’s a good, honest time.

to ReAd the Rest of AdAm’s inteRview And why he pissed off A Rock stAR’s wife, visit www.phillybeeRscene.com


Y NJ?How South Jersey Is Becoming a Craft Beer Destination. By tArA nurin

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This May, Jay Rose, beer manager at Joe Canal’s in West Deptford, NJ, observed a drastic difference in some of his customers. The man who’d come in every afternoon to buy two 40’s of Colt 45, was now filling up growlers with the heftiest of imperial stouts. And, the woman with a heavy Miller Lite habit had taken to informing him that he’d better start stocking more West Coast IPAs, or else.

This uninitiated clientele was suddenly clamoring for craft beer because a New Jersey law now permitted retailers to sample beer in their stores, and this gave many a craft-beer novice their first chance to taste it. The effect was stunning and immediate.

As “craft beer” becomes almost synonymous with “beer” in Philadelphia, its eastern suburbs are responding with a burgeoning number of beer-aware bars, restaurants and liquor stores. But purveyors of golden goodness posit that the craft phenomenon in Jersey is just now beginning to reach its tipping point, and the reasons for it go far beyond the sampling law.

“People drive by and see our parking lot full every night of the week,” says Chris LaPierre, head brewer at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in Maple Shade. This, he thinks, lures curious passersby into the restaurant or sends them elsewhere to discover what makes craft beer so popular.

“(When a) McDonald’s goes up, (next) there’s a Burger King, then there’s a Taco Bell. They realize there’s a market,” says Kevin Meeker, owner of Cork Restaurant in Haddon Township.

Like a fast food junkie, Jersey’s demand fattens in snowballing proportions as exposure to unique quality beer compounds consumer interest, education and purchasing. This is especially evident during the summer, when consumers return from their travels and students come home from college requesting beer they’ve tried in other states.

Yet, even those Jersey residents who venture only as far as Pennsylvania appreciate the ability to share Philly-quality beer with their Philly-phobic friends. Without leaving the comfort of their neighborhood tavern or their man cave, New Jersey beer lovers can share their passion by taking advantage of several factors that Philadelphians can’t.

Chief among those factors is money. Put simply, beer buyers in New Jersey can buy better beer for better prices. Because of Pennsylvania’s case law, it can be cost-prohibitive to take a 24-bottle risk on an unfamiliar beer, whereas New Jersey shoppers can buy a six-pack or one bottle at a time. And, the prevalence of discount stores and lower overhead in the Jersey suburbs make for price-savvy consumers and generous bar owners. Kevin Meeker, for example, says he sells his beers for $1 to $2 less at Cork than at the comparable bars he owns in the city. Figure in the slightly higher city sales tax and that’s more incentive for Jersey beer lovers to spread beer money on their own side of the bridge.

“We’re not Philly yet,” Meeker says. “But is South Jersey sophisticated in its beer preferences? That’s an unqualified yes. And we’re going to keep getting bigger.”

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What makes a beer a Heather Ale?- Patrick K., Mount Holly, NJ

Heather Ales are primarily a Gruit beer made popular in Scotland due to its use of local Common Heather flowers to replace the hops for bittering and preservation. This style of brewing with Gruit is one of the most ancient ways to brew and releases some very interesting flavors when done correctly. Because the shrub that produces the flower grows best in more acidic soil, you get a floral but slightly spicy profile on the nose and flavor.

Fraoch is probably the most commercially accessible Heather Ale, and is brewed by the Williams Bros. Brewery in Scotland.

How important is glassware?-Mike D., Philadelphia, PA

To us? Very! Most glassware is designed to enhance the experience of the beer. The skinny design of pilsner glasses creates a crisper, more effervescent profile. Whereas the wide mouth nature of the common pint glass creates a smoother profile. Other types like tulip glasses are designed to trap the aroma of the beer under a very nice head. This enhances the nose and olfactory experience which is lost by drinking it out of anything else. The truth is, you can drink your beer out of anything that you damn well please, we just think expanding your experience with a beer is always a better option.

Filtered vs. Unfiltered, what’s better?-Terry B., Bensalem, PA

To us, it is not which is better but what we may be in the mood for. Beer that is unfiltered is usually cloudy and filled with more nutrients and overall flavor than a filtered brew. In most cases, keeping a beer unfiltered also makes the mouthfeel so much smoother. Good examples of unfiltered beer are most wheat beers and bocks; whereas IPAs and some Belgian ales can be just as good filtered as they are unfiltered. Pale ales, pilsner and similar lagers are, in our opinion, much better as a filtered recipe. It would just be way too weird to be drinking a cloudy pilsner.

Kegged/tap beer or bottled?- Jason S., Philadelphia, PA

It all really depends on the beer. Beers like stouts, sessions, and hand pumped ales are so much better out of the tap. However, there are a huge number of beers that we would rather have from the bottle like bocks, Trappists and wheat beers. These beers continue to mature and condition while in the bottle which is an aspect that can be lost when placed in a keg.

We suggest trying beers you like in bottle and from the keg, experience the difference in body, scent and flavor so you can determine which way is more preferable to your palate.

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Do you remember jazz greats Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald? How about comedian Groucho Marx, Dodgers All-Star Jackie Robinson, golf-pro Ben Hogan, and Robert Ripley of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” These celebrities, and hundreds like them, endorsed Rheingold Beer.

J. Patrick Kenny likes iconic names. As CEO of Drinks Americas of Wilton, CT, he presides over such brands as Willie Nelson’s Old Whiskey River Bourbon, Roy Yamaguchi’s Y Sake, Kid Rock’s Badass Beer, and Donald Trump’s Super Premium Vodka. In 2005, Drinks Americas added Rheingold Beer to its brands portfolio, launching a renaissance for the legendary, easy drinking, urban-centric beer.

The acquisition came with a warehouse of Rheingold memorabilia. Kenny shared his mantra: “Let’s get rid of all this stuff.” Instead, his daughter catalogued the items with the energy of a pack rat. Her foresight preserved Rheingold’s history and ensured its status within a Brooklyn museum collection. “I could have been the one who threw it all out,” remarked Kenny.

The Leibmann family established Rheingold Beer in 1833. Brewed in Brooklyn and New

Rheingold BeerThe Return of an Icon. By cArolyn SmAgAlSki

Jersey, it was the official beer of the Mets and held 35 percent of the New York market. Rheingold dominated the market with ads featuring African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and stars of other ethnicities at a time when integration was risky business. This gave Rheingold huge urban appeal. It became “a standard of quality that others tried to imitate.”

Philip Liebmann also initiated the Miss Rheingold contest. Votes for the Rheingold beauty ballooned from 200 thousand in 1942 to over 22 million by 1959. Kenny explained, “The Miss Rheingold Pageant had a classy air to it. During the Kennedy-Nixon year, more people voted for Miss Rheingold than voted for Kennedy-Nixon combined. Miss Rheingold was the girl you wanted to marry.”

And then there was the Rheingold jingle. “I always get the same response,” Kenny said. “A hundred fifty people sang it to me. Bankers were singing me that jingle. This is no exaggeration.” (I was glad I had suppressed my own urge to spew the tune.)

The Leibmann family sold Rheingold in 1963. Subsequent owners failed to capture the coveted market. Dr. Joseph Owades (1919-2005), brewmaster at Rheingold in his early career, was consulted to replicate the original beer recipe, modified for the

evolved palate of today, but profits continued to erode.

Drinks Americas recognized Rheingold as a good fit and in 2005, gained ownership of the brand. To celebrate the purchase, Kenny brought the old product to a party. “At the end of the event, full bottles of Rheingold were left beside empties of Corona and Bud,” he observed.

“We wanted Rheingold to pass the brown- paper-bag construction worker test rather than the impress my brother-in-law test,” explained Kenny, “…something that sits between Pabst and Coors Light.” They approached Cliff Risell and Ron Hammond at The Lion Brewery in Wilkes Barre, PA and began production of the new Rheingold in August 2010. Packaged in 12 and 24-ounce cans with modern graphics, the appeal says Rheingold.

In September, the golden brew launched in the Metro New York area; then rolled out to New York state, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, with future plans for Florida and Michigan. Look for brown bottles with paper labels around the holidays. Other nostalgic plans include release of the Chug-a-MugTM, a new Rheingold jingle, and maybe even a Miss Rheingold you can introduce to Mom.


It’s the most wonderful time of the year

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While the most traveling some of us do all year is a return home for the holidays, Sam Calagione travels year-round in search of some interesting ingredients to bring us the most exciting and unique flavors that the craft beer breweries have to offer. Through research of ancient recipes, oftentimes with archaeologist Dr. Patrick McGovern of the University of Pennsylvania, Sam and Dogfish Head recreate brews that may have been consumed as far back as nine thousand years ago, giving us a brief glimpse as to what happy hours may have consisted of in early Mayan civilizations.

In an email from Joshua Weinberg, the Vice President of Communications for the Discovery Channel, he had this to offer in the form of a press release for Brew Masters:

“It’s cold, it’s comforting, it’s beer....but for Sam Calagione, founder of one of America’s leading craft breweries, Dogfish Head Brewery, beer is a passion, a business and a personal quest for the best, most imaginative brews. Premiering Sunday, November 21 at 10 PM E/P on Discovery Channel, Brew Masters follows Sam and his partners in suds as they travel the country and the world scouring for exotic ingredients and discovering ancient techniques to produce beers of astounding originality. From chocolate to mussels to tomatoes, Sam is constantly pushing his team and himself to innovate and celebrate the amazing world of beer and beer making. The imagination of the Dogfish Head team is matched only by the fun they inject into every facet of their jobs. Beer tasting meetings in the conference

Holiday Traveling With Sam Calagione Discovery Channel’s Brew Masters follows Sam and the Dogfish Head Brewery as he scours the Earth in search of the world’s most unique ingredients. By Scott willEy

room with co-workers, a bocce ball league in the parking lot, filming original rap videos in the brewery plant, it’s all in a day’s work for Brew Masters.” Clark Bunting, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel, elaborates, “Brew Masters taps more than just kegs and barrels, it unlocks a fascinating history of beer making, showcasing the ingenuity and passion behind our love affair with those alluring suds and how it played a role in building civilizations.”

With Sam as our tour guide to some of the most exotic places in the world in search of off-centered ingredients, watching the process of how a creative brewery such as Dogfish Head formulates its heady concoctions will be a journey in and of itself. But, if we get the chance to see Sam rock the mic in a rap video, Brew Masters will pan out to be quite the full flavored journey indeed. Check out more about the show at http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/brew-masters/.

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Woman on the Scene

JanuaryThe year was off to a good start. You

could finally get your groceries and a growler to go. Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting, opened for business and houses the Cold Point Pub, serving beer as well as wine. A young man rescued 12 days after the Haiti earthquake that shook and crushed the poorest city in the Western Hemisphere, shares that he survived on beer and biscuits until his rescue.

FebruaryAs President Obama unveiled a 3.8 trillion

dollar budget, a new word entered our city jargon, “Snowpocalypse.” The Philly beer scene was indeed a snowy one, with not one but three blizzards-which just hurt our livers as much as our work schedules. Profile Pr’s Jennie Hatton recollects, “The day of the snow storm-we had the annual bus trip planned to ‘Belgium Comes to West Chester,’ and it wasn’t until the morning of, that the bus company would cancel. We were all in different parts of the city texting to let each other know and try to decide what to do - and Nodding Head’s Mike Fava sent, ‘Who needs a bus, let’s meet at Nodding Head like planned.’ And so the day started… Nodding Head, Tria, Monk’s, Jose Pistola’s- picking up more beer drinking friends as we went.”

March On March 4th, an anonymous call to the

PLCB set the Philly press, both beer and mainstream, ablaze when state police came raging into one of Philly’s favorite bars, Memphis Taproom, to investigate a list of kegs and bottles that were apparently not registered. They confiscated four kegs and 317 bottles. State police then went on to search both Stockertown and Origlio Beverage warehouses. The weeks coming would reveal that the PLCB had many discrepancies on their list of registered beers. Bryan Kolesar of The Brew Lounge blog called this the “Story of the Year” back in March.

Many a Philadelphian was missing beer week in March, so a bunch of craft beer bars put their heads together to bring beer enthusiasts together in a safe way during the week that would’ve been. The “Craft Beer Xpress” was born. It would appear again during beer week, and once more in November. A variety of bars still held crowd-pleasing events. Grey Lodge hosted the first local brewery rep, “Feats of Strength and Weakness,” mandating local brewery reps to get out of their comfort zone and perform a variety of feats, some creative, and some physical. We learned that Lee Marren of Stone Brewing enjoys baskets of cheer and bragging rights more than anyone else. And we also learned that Troegs ambassador, Nick Johnson, shouldn’t be handed a microphone.

Stillwater enters the market. I tried Brian Strumke’s beer for the first time in February down in Baltimore and got news that it was headed North in the next month. It seemed too good to be true. But a big launch via Bella Vista Distributors, proved otherwise. To say it has been well-received is an understatement. Melissa Monosoff, master sommelier of Savona Restaurant, shares that her favorite beer of the year was a three-way tie between the Stateside Saison, Love and Regret and Cellar Door. “As a wine person I love the crisp refreshing character of saison and the range of styles Stillwater has-and the food affinity is fantastic.”

With 2010 coMing to a

close, suzanne Woods takes

us through the scene’s

Most MeMorable events.

a Year of beer!

(leFt) lee Marren oF stone breWing co. celebrates his “Feats oF strength and Weakness” Win at the greY lodge Pub.


aprilEverybody saw the video produced for the

Craft Brewers Conference, “I am a Craft Brewer” one time too many. And some might say parodies were released two times too many.

During the CBC, the World Beer Cup took place. The global competition was filled with a lot of Philly pride. One of the most awaited awards of the ceremony went to local brewpub group, Iron Hill for “Best Large Brewpub in the Country World.” Troegs, Yards, and Nodding Head also took home medals. Beer Fox Carolyn Smagalski smiles and reminisces, “I was a judge at the World Beer Cup in Chicago. I served as table captain with judges from Japan, Belgium, Australia, the Czech Republic, India, and South Korea.”

May2010 saw the opening of many new bars

that we’ll gladly give our beer money to. May brought us both City Tap House and Kraftwork. City Tap House boasted more handles than any bar in the city, a beer steward, and an internet database, Beer 2.0 that the regulars can use to track their tasting notes.

Beernews.org announced that 79 craft brewers are canning. Twenty-four were available in the Philadelphia market.

JunePBW was bigger than ever with 700

plus events. Some bars had a little healthy activity thrown in like Bishop’s Collar and Kite and Key. But, in some instances it was more of a “put your liver on the line,” type night with “Firkin offs” at Good Dog and Druid’s Keep. “Druid’s Keep South Hampton vs. Flying Fish event was probably my favor-ite,” says Nodding Head Assistant Brewer, Mike Fava. “Flying Fish won, but South Hampton’s Keller Pils was one of the best beers I had all year.”

While some Beer Weekers were taking a Monell sensory education class, others were aiming at dunk tanks. At night, there were high-end dinners and there were rock and roll shows. Philly Beer Week reminded us once again that we’re lucky to have such a great beer culture. We’re also lucky to have not lost Jose Pistola’s Joe Gunn to Hollywood just yet because Late Night with Joe Gunn, Gunn’s Russian River-fueled take on Late Night with David Letterman was the best thing I’ve ever seen.

JulyAs the decade-long “arms race” is reaching

a hopeful halt, the ammunition has changed and the ABV race is on. Scottish brewers BrewDog present beer geeks with “The End of History.” It is the strongest beer in the world and is served in a dead squirrel or stoats for 765 US dollars. Only twelve beers were bottled. The brewers/filmmakers say this is as far as they’re going to go. As far as beer can go? Is it? And to that end, Dutch Brewery answered (or retaliated) a mere six days later with a 60%, the new beer dubbed, “Start the Future,” in a one-third liter bottle for 35 Euros ($45) each.

Yards’ Tim Roberts wins his 4th Royal Stumble and announces he’s retiring from trying to win.

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(above) the creW at iron hill shoWcasing their troPhY For “best large breWPub” at the 2010 World beer cuP.

(right) citY taP house in universitY citY Features 60 taPs and an incredible arraY oF rare and sought-aFter craFt breWs.


augustScoats hosts the 16th Friday the

Firkinteenth at The Grey Lodge. It is the only one of the year with 29 firkins.

A SEPTA bus crashed into Monk’s shortly before closing. The front dining room was basically intact, but the entrance is ruined. Tom Peters and Fergus Carey took every measure to get up and running as soon as possible while making it as safe as possible. Within four days, the bar was re-opened and shortly after that, a popular commemorative tee hit the streets as well.

First-ever Local Brewers Bocce tournament sponsored by Iron Hill was won by Nodding Head’s two-man team of Curt Decker and Gordon Grubb.

septemberScoats, along with Pat Mcginley, open the

Hop Angel Brauhaus on Oxford Ave in Fox Chase. The towers are German styles both from the homeland and the States.

Fork and Barrel also comes on the scene as a dimly lit European bistro with amazing beer and a lineup of events that makes every week seem like beer week.

Dive owner Jon Klein gives South Philly beer lovers yet another reason to smile, with Watkins Drinkery. All craft beer and a game-filled menu.

Troegs, Stoudts, Weyerbacher, Triumph, and McKenzie Brew House head back East with some new jewelry from the Great American Beer Fest.

Yuengling reads the minds of lagerheads everywhere and announces the production of 24 oz cans.

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octoberMemphis Taproom opens the second beer garden in the city (Silk City being

the first) for a one-day beer fest, Thirstoberfest. National press shows craft beer a whole lot of love from Washington Post and

New York Times to Men’s Journal and the Today Show. The Today Show interviews Sam Calagione and refers to our industry as a “brave new world of beer.”

novemberDogfish Head shipped their 100,000th barrel

during the first week.The popular “Foobooz Blog” names the top 50 Bars

in the city with Franklin Mortgage, SouthWark, Standard Tap, P.O.P.E. and South Philly Tap Room in the top five.

Philly’s original beer bar, The Khyber, 86’d live music and added a new draft system and kitchen. It re-opened with 20 American craft drafts and 2 hand pumps.

The Discovery Channel’s Brew Masters featuring Sam Calagione’s off-centered adventures in beer debuted on November 21st.

Victory releases Dark-Intrigue- their imperial stout, Storm King, aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels.

decemberFlying Fish Exit 13 is released, a chocolate stout

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Cooking With Beer

Ingredients:

(3) 2oz. lamb racks1 Cup squash1lb. browned lamb bones1 Cup celery1 Cup onions1 carrot3 cloves of garlic1 pint Stone Smoked Porter

Australian Lamb Rack

Executive Chef Lawrence Fullbright from Tony’s Place in Ivyland, PA, provided us with this hearty meal, perfect for a cold, winter day. Made with Stone Brewing Co.’s Smoked Porter, the rich and robust flavors of the brew combine perfectly with the tender lamb chops. Impress your holiday guests with this easy to make recipe.

Australian Lamb RackTry something new this winter that is sure to warm you up;

Australian Lamb Rack with Stone Smoked Porter.

Directions:

• Season lamb chops with a pinch of salt and pepper.• Slow roast the chops in an oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.• Clean squash, cut to medium dice, and sauté with butter, a pinch of cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar.• Cook 10 minutes or until soft.• Brown lamb bones in medium stock pan.• Rough chop celery, onions, carrots, and garlic and add to pan.• Add 4 Cups of water and reduce to half.• Strain all ingredients.• Add Stone Smoked Porter, cook for 10 minutes on medium.• Add 1 Cup flour and 1 Cup butter; continue stirring and cook sauce until it thickens, then remove immediately.• Add salt and pepper to taste.• Strain ingredients.• Spoon squash onto middle of plate.• Place lamb chops around squash with bone tips standing up.• Drizzle the porter au jus onto lamb chops and serve.


Fun With Beer

Beer Bottle TreeTry storing this one for 11 months out of the year. By JEFF lAvin

What you neeD

(2) 4’ x 8’ sheets of 1/2” plywood

(2) 2” x 8” x 10’ pieces of lumber

(1) 6’ piece of 3/4” all thread

(8) 3/4” washers

(9) 3/4” nuts

(312) empty green beer bottles

Green paint

hoW to Do it

Ah! The Christmas tree; a focal point for the holiday, where

you and your family gather to decorate, exchange gifts and

share in the joy of the season. But, what about when that

tree dies, dropping thousands of tiny needles everywhere

because “someone” forgot to water it? Then that tree is not

so great, is it? Well, we have the solution and all it requires is

you drinking some beer! The beer bottle tree is the perfect

holiday addition for the beer lover. No more vacuuming

every 5 minutes, hanging ugly ornaments or forgetting to

water it. Just make sure Aunt Helen doesn’t fall into after

downing one too many cups of eggnog.

Step 1: Cut the 2’ x ‘8s to the following

measurements: 2 @ 36” // 4 @ 33”

Step 2: Cut the circles & the base top using

the diagram:

Step 3: Mark the center of each circle & the

square base top & drill a 3/4” hole in each.

(3) tubes of Phenoseal translucent adhesive caulk

Small box of 2 1/2” wood screws

(5) sets of 100 white LED lights

(2) sets of 100 colored lights

(2) packages of garland

(1) tree topper

Step 4: Assemble the 2” x 8” base, using the

diagram as a guide. Use (3) 2 1/2” screws at

each connection point to secure. Screw base

top to base using (16) 2 1/2” screws.

Step 5: Paint all wood surfaces.

Step 6: Turn base on its side and insert the all

thread through the hole. Secure all thread to base

using a washer and nut on each side of base. All

thread should be set just above floor level.

Step 7: Mark a 36” circle on the base in pencil. This

circle will be your first ring of bottles around the base.

Step 8: Lay a bead of the adhesive 1” inside of

the circle all the way around, leaving a space of

one bottle in the back to run wires for lights.

Step 9: Place bottles in adhesive and press in firmly.

Step 10: Lay a second bead of caulk inside of

your outside row and place bottles in between

the bottles of the outside row. (Don’t do three

rows, it refracts the light & makes the tree dim.)

Step 11: To start the second layer, use the 33

1/2” circle to mark the bottle placement on

the 36” circle. Repeat for every layer, using

the circle above it to draw your circle on the

layer below. (The top 2 circles won’t have two

rows) Let adhesive dry, it will turn clear.

Step 12: Lay white lights in the center of each

bottle circle. Repeat for each level.

Step 13: Place the circles onto the all thread &

secure with washer and nut. Repeat for each level.

Step 14: Dress each layer with garland &

colored lights.

Circles:• 36”

• 33.5”

• 29.5”

• 24”

• 18”

• 12”

• 6”

Square:• 36” x 36”


Homebrewer’s Corner

ingreDients anD Directions

Winners of “Beer Barons to Homebrewers”It’s only too appropriate that a homebrew contest would

take place a week before Halloween in a cemetery. Although

that may seem as appropriate as a beer brewed with

Communion wafers and holy water (see issue 8), the “Beer

Barons to Homebrewers” at West Laurel Hill Cemetery,

brought a crowd of beer enthusiasts who toured the

mausoleums and graves of Prohibition era brewers

and brewery owners. At each site, local homebrewers

served up their own take on pre-Prohibition as part of a

contest and these winners definitely made their gravesite

companions proud!

Old Philadelphian Lager - Clone of Weisbrod & Hess Rheingold Lager By: Jeff Louella & Andy Gross

Original Gravity (OG): 1.067Final Gravity (FG): 1.015

Specialty Grains:

11.500 lbs. American 2-Row (74.19%)3.000 lbs. Flaked Corn (19.35%)1.000 lb. Wheat Malt (6.45%)

Hops:

2.0 oz. Hallertau Pellet (3.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.3 oz/Gal)1.0 oz. Willamette Pellet (5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 oz/Gal)

Miscellaneous:

1 tsp. PH 5.2 in Mash Water1 tsp. Yeast Nutrient @ 10 Minutes (Boil)1 tab Whirlfloc @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Procedure:

Step 1: Mashing Grains Mash grains and flaked corn using single infusion. Rest the tem-perature at about 150F-151F for about 60 minutes.Step 2: Sparging I’m a batch sparger, so I drain the mashtun and refill it with the rest of my sparge water that is about 180F.

Mix the grains around to release all the sugars, vorlauf, and then drain into kettle.Step 3: The Boil Bring wort to a boil. Once boiling, add in the first addition of hops and boil for 60 minutes.Step 4: Boil Additions With about 15 minutes left in the boil, add the late addition hops, Whirlfloc, and a tab of White Labs Servomyces Yeast Nutrient.Step 5: The Fermentation After the boil, cool your wort as fast as possible to 48F. You will need an adequate amount of yeast to ferment clean. Use about 3 tubes of yeast or use a similar sized yeast starter. I like to pitch the yeast cold and raise the tem-perature slowly to 52F over the first two days. Ferment out fully at 52F and allow a couple more days for the yeast to clean up any bi-products from the fermentation process (usually a total of 10-12 days).Step 6: The ConditioningOnce fermentation is complete, rack beer into a keg (or secondary) and lager at 35F for 1 month. Once lagering is done, hook the beer up to the gas lines to car-bonate to 2.5 vols (if kegged).Step 7: Serving Call Andy and I up, have a party, and serve this brew cold in a Pilsner style glass. This is a session beer, so enjoy!

Pre-Prohibition Porter

By: Thomas Foley

Specialty Grains:

10 oz. Thomas Fawcett Crisp Pale Chocolate

Malt:

4 oz. Briess Chocolate Malt4 oz. Dingemans Debittered Black Malt

Extract:

6 lbs. Muntons Plain Amber DME

Hops:

2 oz. Cluster Pellet Hops (7.4%AA) 68 min1 oz. Fuggle Pellet Hops (4%AA) 8 minutes1 oz. Fuggle Pellet Hops (4%AA) steep

Additive:

8 oz Grandma’s Unsulphured Molasses

Yeast:

Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager 3 pint starter

Procedure:

Step 1: Heat 2 gallons of water to 160F.Step 2: Place milled chocolate and black malts in a mesh bag and steep in the heated water for 30 minutes.Step 3: Remove grains from brewpot.Step 4: Add the amber DME and 1 gallon boiling water to the brewpot and bring to a boil.Step 5: Add the Cluster hops and boil for 1 hour.Step 6: Add 1 oz. of Fuggle hops and boil for 8 minutes.Step 7: Turn off heat and add 1 oz. Fuggle hops and molasses. Stir and let sit for 3 minutes.Step 8: Cool, pour into a carboy and top to 5 gallons.Step 9: Add 3 pint yeast starter. Step 10: Start fermentation at 70F.Step 11: After 1 day, move carboy to a 55F refrigerator and ferment for 17 days.Step 12: Keg with ¾ cup of corn sugar.


Label Art

Beer First, Art SecondA little glimpse into the artwork that has helped to make Troegs famous. By mAt FAlco

Whether it’s their suspiciously looking jolly elf or the intensity of that hand squeezing the juices out of a large nugget hop, Troegs’ artwork has always stood out and given all of their bottles reason for a second glance. In a day where competing breweries are opening up quicker than Blockbusters are closing down, something special is needed to get the attention of the beer drinkers. Troegs is one of the breweries that never has to worry about standing out, especially in the past couple of years, as they’ve put out some of the most original local labels.

“Our approach has always been to develop the beer first, artwork second, and the artwork should compliment what the beer is.” This is the mindset of owners Chris and John Trogner. “Whether it is the name or the logo, it should tell a story of what was brewed.” When they first started out designing their artwork, most everything came from in-house, whether it was from brewers, tasting room employees, or from Chris and John themselves. About two years ago, they hired a single person to take over the art department in an attempt to bring unity to the artwork and make the labels look more

like a family. “Coming up with a name and an image is difficult,” says John. “It’s not a simple thing, we talk about it daily. You might come up with twenty great names, search them out and they’re already taken or close to something taken.” But, their hard work and creativity shines through and has definitely helped bring their beer to a different level.

Aside from their labels, artwork takes on a whole new meaning in their brewery. Having an excess of bottle caps lying around and seeing how they were wasted and tossed in the trash at homes and bars, the Trogners wanted to find another use for them. This is what led to the now annual art contest at the brewery. Every year, they offer a $500

prize to whoever comes up with the most creative/best piece of artwork using Troegs’ bottle caps. All artwork remains on display at the brewery and most of it is quite impressive and unique, offering another great reason to tour the place. Even beyond the contest submissions, people will randomly bring artwork based off their beer. One of their favorite pieces was anonymously dropped off by a fan on a chaotic Saturday. Since they were so busy, they didn’t realize what was given to them and have no clue who submitted the piece in order to give them credit or thank them.

The idea for Mad Elf came from an image drawn on a napkin while at the bar discussing the possibility of a brewery only holiday ale. Today, that napkins image is one of the most well known and sought after beers in the region and no holiday season is complete without a few nights with that Mad Elf. It’s amazing how beer can inspire art and Troegs is a great representation of this. And, at the same time, it’s crazy how art can inspire some of the most classic beers, just ask the Trogners.


Tapping into Technology

Mobile DrinkingSocial media drinking apps for sending, sharing and enjoying. By ZEkE diAZ

Last issue, we covered Pintley, an application that helps to keep track of the beers that you’ve had and makes suggestions based on your likes/dislikes of those beers. We continue exploring the same aspect this time but focus on those applications that integrate with social media.

Untappd – This is a web based application that allows you to “check in” with the beer you’re drinking and gives you the option of adding the location (pulled from Foursquare) as well. The pub tab allows your friends to see what you’re drinking and “toast” (the Facebook equivalent of “like”) your choice. There are, of course, badges you can earn for various things: drinking before noon, drinking beers from specific countries, etc. Basically, this is Foursquare for beer. The updates are real-time, making it hard to be “at the office.” You can check in on Foursquare and post through Twitter, Facebook or by joining on the website. Since the site is still in beta, it can feel a bit clunky but the support forums seem to get very quick responses from the developers. I’m wondering if this will spawn a new tool for beer lovers.

Beerby – (rhymes with nearby) A mobile application that allows you to rate the beer you’re drinking and check into Foursquare as well. Since this is a location based app, you search for places that serve a specific beer close to where you are. This will, hopefully, keep you from walking into a bar looking for craft beer and finding the usual macro beers on tap. Yes, you can check in with the big three and earn “badgers” (badges) as well. My favorite badger is The Silver Mullet, unlocked by drinking 24 Coors beers.

Red Pint – This app rewards you by giving you…. medals! Event medals, featured medals and regular medals. Good looking medals earned by drinking beer. I think I see a pattern here. Still, it’s enough of an inducement to get the app and give it a trial run. I’m glad I did. If your friends are on Red Pint, you can tag the photos (like Facebook) and post the update to Facebook and Twitter. Upload photos of the beers you’ve had to grow their database.

I put the apps through their paces and was pretty impressed by the beers I found when searching the respective databases. Beerby mentions having 30,000 beers in their searchable database; Red Pint has about 7,000 waiting to be enjoyed, although that number will grow since they use the Open Beer Database as their source. I’m leaving these apps installed on my phone since I’m going on a trip next week. I’m going to be using them in lieu of my standard locator web-based sources. I’m excited about the convergence of location based and social media. I see it as a way to meet other beer lovers and it gives me another reason to find a close bar.

These apps are available for iPhone, Android and some of the other popular operating systems. When in doubt, contact the developers for questions about your particular operating system.

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Discovering Craft Beer

How I Discovered Craft BeerMatt Scheller of Fork & Barrel and Tap & Table describes his discovery of craft beer.

Beer? The million-dollar question can be cracked with a simple proper noun: Lehigh University. Yes, amidst the fury of shot-gunning, funneling, bar rallying, keg standing, morning cocktail-ing, golf pros and tennis hoes-ing, (studying?), and beer pong-ing the crisp, decisive flavors of our nation’s finest pilsners, I was able to purge forward, rise above, and evolve, unlike most of my fraternal colleagues.

I had grown fond of the mystique I associated with the beer world. My knowledge came from reading various texts, most notably, Michael Jackson’s dense, yet portable, “Great Beer Guide.” My ignorance propelled me to be overwhelmed by the dizzying variety of bottle shapes, bottle colors, and labels. I would find myself routinely reading this and other books by Jackson. This is what released my adrenaline: reading about beer. I suppose, in retrospect, I was exceptionally dorky, but this became one of my hobbies.

Being able to FINALLY clasp my fingers around a REAL bottle of beer was a profound moment for me. What a relief for my palate to finally be able to savor the flavors I so often fell asleep to while reading about. My mission was to sample. I would try to locate beers that I read about in books or online. My first pickings, I‘ll sadly admit, were often based on appearance. (“Wow - a white bottle! Cool!”)

As time shuffled forward, so did my passion, knowledge, palate, and overall ability to be a discerning patron of the beer world. While my adventure persisted, I became increasingly bewildered by the lack of knowledge the average person in our country had in regards to beer. It was as though I unearthed a private culture and felt

supremely privileged. I was swept up in another world, invigorated with the knowledge I was attaining.

While in college (in addition to studying architecture) I bartended infrequently at the Spinnerstown Hotel. John and Susan (owners) and Hal (beverage manager) gave me my first pragmatic opportunity to explore my passion. They also presented me with the challenge of designing a 30-page beer “bible,” replete with facts and style guidelines, and used in conjunction with their outstanding beer list (generated by Hal and John). Towards the end of college, I began traveling every summer. Most of my five trips abroad were rationed with academics and beer. I’m grateful for having visited almost every country in Europe numerous times and even organizing a 10-day tour to Belgium for 12 Americans. Experiencing the beer culture from the source is irrefutably essential to fully understand the breadth of the beer world.

Currently, I’ve been privileged to partner with Matt and Colleen Swartz to create a number of thematic beer bars/restaurants: Tap and Table (Emmaus), The Bookstore Speakeasy (Bethlehem), recently Fork and Barrel (Philadelphia), and soon Bahnhof (Bethlehem). After visiting so many small artisanal breweries such as Fantome, Schlenkerla, and many incredible domestic breweries, I’ve realized the passion and rich history incorporated into their trade. Having the ability to educate and serve these products to excited patrons generates the ultimate feeling of satisfaction.

The beer world is more exciting than ever and I’m delighted to now be a part of the undoubtedly supreme beer city of Philadelphia.


evening spots, or D’s in Regent Square, who has one of the best rotating draft selections and an attached bottle shop that is one of the largest I have seen anywhere. Also, be sure to check out The Church Brew Works in Bloomfield, a former church turned brewpub. So, if you ever find yourself in the Steel City be assured that your craving for good beer will not go unfulfilled!

Beer Travel

Since Pittsburgh’s first craft beer was made available in 1986, the city has continued to expand on its ever-growing availability to the beer drinking public. Although I had never known about and experienced what the city had to offer until mid-way through my college career at Drexel, traveling back home was always a treat. My most recent trip had no shortage of great beer and proves that Pittsburgh is an exceptional destination for good brews.

The first bar on my trip was Piper’s Pub in the South Side. Sitting at the bar, it is hard not to notice the beautiful wood paneling that holds a collection of whiskeys as far as the eye can see. As much as I would have liked to indulge, I was there for beer; cask beer to be exact. Piper’s has three pumps that begin in a custom cellar designed to serve the beer in the most traditional way possible. My choice was an Amber from Sprague Farm, a brewery just north of the city; a beautiful copper colored, malty, sweet pint to start the day…wonderful.

I then decided it was time to make the trek back across the city to go to one of my favorite happy hours at the Sharp Edge. The bar has a massive draft selection, half of which are Belgians (28 of them) that are all half priced for the special. After a couple Petrus Oud Bruins, it was time to go get a growler for dinner, so it was off to East End Brewing.

East End is located on a barren side street in a warehouse and is marked only by a keg placed in front of an open door…the place is definitely hard to find on your first try. As soon as I walked in, I was greeted by smiling faces packed into a narrow hallway, tasting their way across all of the offered drafts. Tasting is highly encouraged, whether it is to try one of their new seasonals or to remind you just how good their year-rounds are. On any visit you will definitely see their Big Hop IPA, Black Strap Molasses Stout, and Fat Gary Nut Brown. But, what I always look forward to is the one-off drafts and bottles.

The next day, I got together with some friends and we decided to have lunch at Penn Brewing Company, Pittsburgh’s traditional German brewery, which had just re-opened after original owner and brewer, Tom Pastorius had gained full ownership. The exterior and entranceway of the brewery are breathtaking; a huge, old, red-brick warehouse that towers over a narrow cobblestone alleyway transported me to a nostalgic European setting.

The restaurant was small but full of color and eccentricity. It was decorated with a dozen flags hanging from the ceiling on top of picnic table seating, all overlooked by the shiny brass German brewing equipment. Since the brewery had just recently reopened they were only brewing a few select beers in their regular line-up, with one brand new addition, an American Pale Ale. The Allegheny Pale Ale marks the first time in the brewery’s 24 years of brewing that they have used a non-German ingredient; hops from the Pacific Northwest.

There are many other places to find a good beer in Pittsburgh. There is Kelly’s in East Liberty, which is one of my favorite late

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Weyerbacher and RoquefortThe perfect holiday beer and cheese pairing. By mAt FAlco

With the change of season and the approaching holidays, breweries have started putting out their darker, stronger beers. On cold winter nights, holiday ales and winter warmers are the perfect complement to complete an evening. Weyerbacher Winter Ale is a great example of such a beer. Brewed with deep-roasted chocolate malts, Winter Ale is the malt heavy brew that, despite a surprisingly low alcohol percentage of 5.6%, is ideal for keeping you warm no matter how cold it is outside.

With the heavy flavors of warm roastiness and the dry finish, Weyerbacher Winter Ale is the perfect companion of robust, creamy cheese. One cheese in particular that pairs superbly is Roquefort Blue Cheese. Made in the South of France, Roquefort is one of the most established and sought after bleu cheeses on the market. There are many similar cheeses but in order to be a true Roquefort bleu, it must be aged in natural Combalou caves located in Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. Roquefort has a very distinct look of green, moldy veins throughout and a complexity of flavors that start out mild but gradually become sweet and eventually salty as you continue to enjoy it. These flavors along with the sharp tang from the moldy veins make it a perfect complement to the Winter Ale. The creaminess of the cheese also completes and enhances the already full bodied feel of the beer, really setting this pairing apart.

This holiday season, when you are selecting your cheese plates for Christmas dinner, choosing cheese such as the Roquefort can pair beautifully with the holiday ales and is sure to keep everyone’s taste buds satisfied. Beer and cheese are both great alone, but together they bring each other to another level and take your mind off the cold, winter blues.


You’ve Been Served

Thistle Warm You UpA Scottish thistle glass is the perfect companion for anything that is a “wee

heavy” on the alcohol content. By Scott willEy

The thistle glass is aptly named after Scotland’s national flower, which was adopted as a national symbol by Alexander III during his reign from 1249-1286. Legend has it that the thistle flower was a key part to a war victory against Norway. It is believed that during a night- time attack, the Norsemen removed their footwear to move more stealthily and overtake the Scots. Unbeknownst to the Norsemen, lying in wait for the invaders was the Scottish thistle, a prickly plant with a purple plume. Upon stepping on the prickly plants, the Norsemen cried out in pain, alerting the Scots and ultimately defeating the Norsemen. The Scottish thistle saved the nation and that is why it has been a national symbol ever since. This is purely speculation, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the glass style was invented to celebrate not only national pride, but also the victory over Norway.

The thistle is a variation of a tulip glass; a stemmed glass with a bulbous bottom that flares towards the top, mimicking the shape of the flower. The most noticeable difference between a thistle and a tulip is how dramatic the flair is. This glass actually looks like a hybrid between a pilsner glass and a tulip. The shape does an excellent job of accenting the malty aromas in scotch ales, and allows for great head retention. To capture the complex flavors of winter seasonal beers and scotch ales, I prefer to enjoy them closer to room temperature, so “palming” the bulb does an excellent job of transferring the heat from your hand and warming up your brew. Hoppier beers fair well in this glass as well, due to the great head retention, and the wide mouth captures the hoppy aromas. Single-malt whiskey drinkers enjoy a stemless, smaller version of this glass because of how well it captures the aromas.

I must say that I did have a little bit of trouble finding an affordable thistle glass online, especially after the shipping costs, but I am pleased to say that I did find them somewhere in the range of $10-$15 at Keystone Homebrew (www. keystonehomebrew.com). This glass makes for an excellent gift this holiday season for your favorite craft beer drinker.

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‘Tis the Season For CellaringComparing a 2000 to a 2009

Samichlaus. By PhilliP l. PittorE iii

Deciding which beers to compare is always a tough choice. This article was no exception. In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season, I thought it wise to choose a beer that best exemplified tradition and brewing significance.

Samichlaus, at one point in time, before Brewdog and Schorschbrau, held the record for world’s strongest beer at 14% ABV. It is brewed only one day a year, December 6th, and then aged for 10 months.

For this issue, I compared a Samichlaus 2000 with a Samichlaus from 2009. Having read many reviews, I looked forward to trying a beer with the prestige that Samichlaus has earned.

Upon first glance, the bottles were slightly different. The 2000 made a note of being in the Guinness book of records for world’s strongest beer. The 2009 version, a 750ml limited edition, had a picture of St. Nicholas, and the words “classic” inscribed on it.

The initial pour yielded no surprise. Both beers were a dark honey color. The 2000 Samichlaus was very cloudy with a lot of sediment. The 2009, on the other hand, was quite clear.

The aromas between the two were very different. The 2000 Samichlaus was definitively dried fruit, and a tad sweet, reminiscent of dates. The 2009 was quite solvent-like and phenolic. There was an acetone type quality that stood out. The Beer Flavor Wheel was very handy throughout the tasting.

The first sip from the 2009 had a faint hint of molasses. It’s important to note that these beers were quite cold at the start. The 2000 version had a distinct burnt and resinous characteristic. It was smoky and woodsy. There was a slight hint of chocolate as well. Neither beer had any carbonation.

Both beers were very viscous on the tongue. The mouth feel on the 2000 Samichlaus was harsh and dry. To this point, it was not a pleasant experience. However, that would quickly change.

After 20 minutes at room temperature,

had a regnant fig taste, with hints of raisins.When first opened, the 2000 and 2009

were difficult to drink. It was tough to decipher what, exactly, the beer was trying to yield. As time progressed, both beers became quite enjoyable. The transformation over a 45 minute period was extraordinary.

Looking back on this comparison, my first impression certainly wasn’t a lasting one. I definitely did not like this beer initially, but garnered a great appreciation once the beer opened up and yielded its true character.

the complexity of these beers started to change dramatically. The aroma of the 2009 started to yield a grape-like quality. The 2000 was still quite perplexing. It was different to ascertain what aromas were prevalent. One thing to note, both beers masked the 14% ABV incredibly well. There was a lot of residual sugar in both beers.

After 30 minutes at room temperature, the 2000 tasted like burnt toffee, and was becoming very boozy. The chocolate notes I noticed earlier, were now dominant. The 2009


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D - L I T E P R E S E N T S

HOW

TO B

E A

Rules by Neil Harner

D-Lite created by Andrew Loder


First off, regardless of whether you are drinking craft or crap, never

drink and drive. If you require a vehicle to get around, have a designated

driver with you, jump on SEPTA, or get a cab. PHL Taxi service can be found

throughout the city, just call 215-232-2000.

RULE #1

YEAH! I’m gonna

live forever!*

*NOT LIKELY. -A.L.

RULE #2 Drinking craft beers from red Solo cups is definitely a foul

with few exceptions: tailgating, flip cup, and beer pong ( See

rule 7). Craft beer is best from the appropriate drinking glassware.

Check out our monthly column, “You’ve Been Served.”

RULE #3

RULE #4

When out on the town,

always have a buddy with

you to guide you around. And,

preferably one that’s more

sober than you. According to

SuperFreakonomics authors,

Steven Levitt and Stephen

Dubner, “walking drunk leads

to five times as many deaths

per mile as driving drunk.”

YO, where the

party at?

I’m not as think

as you drunk I am.

Who brought

this guy?

Craft beer is meant to be shared. Always drink with friends and share your limited

edition beers with your buddies, even if it means reducing your 12oz. bottle to 2oz.

for yourself. Someday they’ll return the favor.



Respect women craft beer lovers and convert the ones that

aren’t. You may just be surprised when the lady knows more about

hops and barley than yourself. And, for the inexperienced, if she likes

cocktails and wine, try a fruity beer to start.

RULE #5

Respect the bottle. Always store your craft beers at the

appropriate temperatures and out of direct sunlight. This is a

must whether you're drinking a case this weekend or cellaring

for much later dates.

RULE #8 Enjoy hops today, not tomorrow. IPAs and other hops-

dominate beers are meant to be drunk fresh. Make sure when

buying your beer, whether it’s on draught, in a bottle, or by the

case, it’s of relative freshness.es.

RULE #9

Convert your friends with every opportunity and

remember the younger they are (but still legal), the

easier they are to convert. They will likely not be as tainted

by poor quality macro-beers.

RULE #6

RULE #7 When playing drinking games with craft beers, make sure to select a sessionable brew

under 7% ABV. In fact, this is the perfect opportunity to break out one of Craft’s many

canned beers, such as Sly Fox.

LEAN!


If you’re at a bar and the young, attractive girl flirting with you wants you to buy her a

drink, check ID. Craft beer is not for the underage and besides, she has to be trying to get

a free and illegal drink off of you because you’re not that good looking and too old.

RULE #10

RULE #11 Always have a meal before drinking craft beers. Or,

have a craft beer with your meal. Not only do craft

beers pair well with a ton of great foods, having something

in your stomach other than high ABV beverages will help you

maintain your sobriety. We recommend high protein foods

such as cheese and peanuts. These will help slow down the

absorption of alcohol.

RULE #12 Recycle your cans, bottles, kegs and cases. Most people involved

in the brewing industry care a great deal about the environment,

sustainability, and supporting local farmers and businesses. Respect them

by doing your part to recycle the packaging when you’re done enjoying

their brews. Make sure to return your kegs. And, non-screw top bottles

are the perfect gift for your home brewing buddy. They may even refill

some of the bottles and give them to you as thanks.

Dude, gross.

Beer-sagna.

I’m a genius.

yeah, the

environment.



How local breweries are making

tHe community better, one beer

at a time. by george Hummel

Brewing Up A Cause

as we wassail with family and friends over the holiday season

with our favorite craft winter warmers and holiday ales, we often

pause to consider our many blessings. naturally, our train

of thought may lead us to ponder the idea of helping those

in need, and what we can do to contribute. increasingly,

the beer that you have been quaffing over the holiday festivities

and well in to the new year is helping many charitable organizations

to make the world better as a whole.

For the past 10 years, Iron

Hill’s Brandywine Valley

Craft Brewer’s Festival has

collected over $90,000 for

the Media Youth Center.


Local 44, along with

Memphis Taproom and

Resurrection Ale House,

played host as a MANNA

pie pick-up location this

past November.


any of our favorite local breweries make numerous charitable contributions year-round by either writing a check or providing softer support, donating their products and willingly donating their time to organize, staff, and run charitable events.

“Being a community leader and supporting neighbors has always been a priority,” explains Steve Mashington, Operations Manager at Yards Brewing Co. “The arts and various other non-profits are experiencing difficult times. We value all the work that they do and we want to ensure that they are able to continue contributing to a rich, cultural lifestyle.”

Steve says their recent list of charities includes: Eastern State Penitentiary, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, WHYY, Delaware Valley Green Building Council, Philadelphia Folksong Society, Philadelphia Theater Company, Asian Film Festival, Liberty Bears of Philadelphia, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as their successful summer fundraiser, Hops and Cops.

Steve’s thoughts are echoed by Bill Covaleski of Victory Brewing Co. “Based on the premise of, ‘We make beer at Victory, not money,’

M

Not only do craft brewers support worthy causes, the pubs that serve them help out, too. Tom Peters of Monk’s Café always lends a hand. On October 25, Tom hosted Beers for Breasts featuring Russian River Brewing Co., to raise cash for Natalie Cilurzo’s (co- owner of RRBC), breast cancer charity, the Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation. Pouring was; Blind Pig, Pliney the Elder, and Damnation, as well as, Consecration, Temptation, and Supplication. Some of these were very rare vintages like, Batch 1 of Supplication, bottled on June 4, 2005. The 750ml bottles went for $75 each, with all of the cash being donated to the aforementioned charity. He did the

same with $10 drafts of Temptation and topped it off with 10% of the sales for the other drafts. Tom also raffled off some very rare 750ml bottles Perdition - Batch 1and Supplication- Batch 1, even before the label was ready, Toronado 20th Anniversary- the only extremely rare batch, and Beatification - Batch 1, also extremely rare. Tom raised $2,500 and rounded the check up to $3,000.

Leigh Maida of Memphis Taproom, Local 44 and Resurrection Ale House is looking for a charity.

“Memphis Taproom will be hosting the third annual Boxing Day Beer Festival on Sunday, December 26. Expect a spectacular

lineup of beers. Bring blankets and coats, or three cans of food to receive a buck off your draft beer! All canned food donations are given to Philabundance. WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING for an agency who will be able to take coats and blankets and get them into the neediest hands this winter. Please send all leads to: [email protected].”

Also, all three locations served as pick-ups for MANNA’s Pie in the Sky drive this past November. MANNA Pie’s help to provide life-sustaining meals to locals who are suffering from life-threatening illnesses.

Raising The Bar, Beer Bars step Up

we have done a lot to benefit organizations through smart use of our products and services.”

Creativity overflows within Bill, and sometimes all he needs to donate is the germ of an idea. “I’m most proud of The Brewer’s Plate. [It was] my concept… handed to Fair Food. [It’s been a] big financial success [for the charity].”

Other charities that Victory is involved with include; The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture’s Bike Fresh, Bike Local, as well as Mugs and Music. “We sponsored Mugs and Music, a local event that benefits the PASA and features mugs created by local artists,” inserts Victory’s Anne Shuniak, Communications Coordinator. “[We also support] the Fermentation Festival as part of the Kennett Square Farmers Market.” If all of that wasn’t enough, Anne says that they’ve also become more involved with the Brandywine Conservancy and their Young Friends group.

Bill continues, “The Green Valleys Association, another watershed group, has benefitted [by receiving soft support], as has the Chester County SPCA.” The only groups we write checks to are the Downingtown Fire companies,” Bill concludes. Victory also serves as a patron to

tHe arts and various otHer non-profits

are experiencing difficult times. we value

all tHe work tHat tHey do and we want to

ensure tHat tHey are able to continue

contributing to a ricH, cultural lifestyle.

“



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the arts. “We have been a part of the Immaculata Art Show’s Opening Reception, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Vox Populi and The Clay Studio have been recipients of our product,” adds Anne.

“We support a number of local events from schools, churches, or local groups supporting larger causes like Susan G. Komen or the American Cancer Society,” Anne continues. “Our restaurant has worked with fundraisers. We will give a fair price to the organizer for them to hold their fundraiser in our beer hall and they can charge a ticket price to help raise funds.”

Mark Carter’s job description at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery reads as follows: “Event Czar/Donation Dude/Off-Centered Concierge.” “Our philanthropy program here at Dogfish is called Beer & Benevolence,” he explains. Their largest benefit event is the Dogfish Dash; a 5K/10K run benefiting The Nature Conservancy. “Over four years, we’ve raised over $80,000 for the organization,” says Mark.

He adds that DFH hosts other events throughout the year including benefit nights at the pub. “[We invite] an organization to spread the word about their group and give a percentage of the proceeds.”

“We teamed up with Habitat for Humanity and literally built a house in the parking lot of our pub,” Mark continues. [DFH] workers were paid for the day. It was a great teambuilding experience.”

In addition, Dogfish supports numerous local parks, donating to the Friends of the Canalfront Park in Lewes, DE, Friends of Cape Henlopen State Park, and the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal Improvement Association. “We really focus on groups with an art and/or environmental focus,” Mark concludes. Dogfish Head also supports: Surfrider Foundation, Marine Education Research and Rehab Institute (MERR), and Rehoboth Beach Museum and Historical Society, to name just a few.

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Curt Decker has a soft spot for kids and animals, citing an 11 year relationship with the Support Center for Child Advocates (advokid.org), who are a local group of lawyers who do pro bono work for kids. “Most years I personally attend their annual party/fundraiser to pour the beer. I enjoy meeting the people... the kids, and the people who give their time to make differences in their lives. Some of the stories are amazing, and the strides that are made are astounding.” He adds, “I try to do something every year for Parkinson’s because of Michael [Jackson, the Beer Hunter, who suffered from the disease.] I never do anything political, and like to do things for locally based small groups, [particularly] for animal and child-related charities.”

The Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant group’s donated over $80,000 to non-profit and charitable organizations through their “Give 20” program. “[It’s] been a powerful way for us to involve ourselves in our community…joining them in giving something back,” says owner Mark Edelson. For the past 10 years, they’ve held the Brandywine Valley Craft Brewers Festival, collecting $90,000+ for the Media Youth Center. Other activities include, Muscular Dystrophy Lock-Ups and Habitat for Humanity.

Regionally, Iron Hill is dedicated to one major fund-raising campaign, The CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF), donating over $130,000.

With so much need in this recession-weary world, it is comforting to know that our local breweries are doing their part to benefit so many charities. As we sip our favorite local brews this time of year, remember that in choosing to drink craft beer, you are aiding these phenomenal breweries in their philanthropy efforts, one bottle at a time.

Yards’ owner, Tom Kehoe

(left) grabs his sample of

craft beer during one of

their fundraisers, Hops

and Cops, benefitting

the Philly FOP.


the 2010 holiday gift guideGrab your favorite winter warmer, throw on your comfiest clothes and sit back and relax. we did the legwork for you this holiday season, providing an exceptional lineup of gifts sure to please even the pickiest of tastes. There is something for the homebrewer, the tailgater, the fisherman, and of course, the environmentalist. and don’t forget, it is always better to give than to receive, so consider those around you who may be less fortunate as you make those holiday purchases.


Infinium Sam Adams collaboration with Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery is a great alternative for holiday toasts this season. And, coming in at 10.3 ABV, you’ll still be feeling good enough to get through family gatherings. ($20; available at most bottle shops)

esslinger Tee

Esslinger Beer featured

one of the most beloved

advertising icons in Philly.

Pay homage to the “Little

Man” and one of the most

successful breweries in

our city’s history with a

tee from Yesterbeer.

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bottle lamp Don’t leave a beer connoisseur in the dark! The bottle lamp kit is an easy way to show the earth some love by recycling your favorite beer bottles and creating beer themed illumination. ($40; replayground.com)


pennsylvania breweries book- 4th editionLew Bryson released the newest edition of his popular book (see our review on page 10) with updated breweries and brewpubs for your drinking pleasure. Order a copy for the PA beer lover at Bryson’s blog, “Seen Through a Glass.” ($20; lewbryson.blogspot.com)

puttlePuttle is a tailgater’s dream; portable, fun

and simple enough to incorporate drinking. Put it under the tree

of your favorite competitive beer lover. ($30; iloveputtle.com)

beer school Gift certificate Give the gift that keeps on giving- beer knowledge! The Beer School of Philadelphia offers unique beer, brewing and pairing classes for both the expert and novice beer (or wine) lover. (vinology.com)

homebrew kitsWine, Barley and Hops

(pictured), Keystone Homebrew, and Home Sweet Homebrew

have a wide range of kits that are a perfect match for any

homebrewing fan. And, who knows, they might even share

one of their brews with you! (winebarleyandhops.com, keystonehomebrew.com,

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beer savers Beer Savers are reusable, silicone bottle caps that are great for the avid beer drinker to keep brews fresh and safe. Also perfect for homebrew sterilization. ($13; savebrands.com) bottle mate bottle opener No more bulky keychain bottle opener! The self proclaimed “World’s Thinnest Bottle Opener,” Bottle Mate, is a credit card sized opener that fits right in your wallet. ($8; bottlemateopener.com) Flying Fish Fishing lures Add some flare to your tackle box courtesy of Flying Fish Brewing Co.’s fishing lures. When used while drinking one of the Exit Series brews you might actually catch a fish. Or at least a good buzz. ($3; flyingfish.com) brew caddy You aren’t good enough at golf for us to rent you a caddy. Hell, you can’t even hold on to your beer, Fumbles McDropstuff. The Brew Caddy will help that! ($10; www.brewcaddy.com)

Stocking StufferS


beer & snack Gift basket Indecisive? No need to be with beer and snack gift baskets from The Bottle Shop (pictured) or The Six Pack Store. Available in an array of themes including; Hops and Spice, The Local and The Winter Basket from The Bottle Shop, as well as a variety of holiday gift baskets from The Six Pack Store. Or, customize your own! ($65-$120; bottleshopbeer.com, $25- $100; thesixpackstore.com) bottle cap coastersDon Russell (AKA Joe Sixpack) isn’t the only craft beer lover in the family. His brother Blaine, creates unique clocks, frames and these awesome coasters incorporating your favorite beer caps. ($12; etsy.com/shop/ZapsCaps) oskar blues hot sauces One of Colorado’s most respected breweries has found another way to satisfy the palates of beer lovers; taking some of their most popular brews to create beer-infused hot sauces. ($7; oskarblues.com)

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beer buckleSleek and discreet, the newest Beer Buckle allows you to drink in style with a leather front, and of course, a spring action center to hold your favorite bottle or can. ($40; thebeerbuckle.com)

33 beersWho said drinking can’t be productive? Thanks to the

Beer Journal, you can keep track and review your favorite

beers, cheeses or wines, all with the ease of checking a few

boxes. (3 for $10; 33beers.com)

hopolatesHops and chocolate might

be the best combination since peanut butter and

jelly. Available in a variety of flavors, this chocolate is

sure to please any hophead. ($10-$17; hopcandyinc.com)

brewmaster GameUse your cards to “brew” six different styles of beer, experiencing all of the triumphs and

tragedies of the microbrew industry along the way. No prior beer knowledge is needed! ($20; brewmastergame.com or locally at

Barry’s Homebrew Shop)


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Gretz hoodieCelebrate one of the most influential breweries of the early Philly beer scene and stay warm this season with Gretz Beer Hoodies from Yesterbeer. ($30; yesterbeer.com)

bike chain bottle openerNeed a great stocking stuffer for the eco-friendly beer lover on your list? Resource Revival’s Bike Chain Bottle Opener is made from recycled bike parts and comes in a variety of colors. ($14; resourcerevival.com)


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Behind the Facade Lies a Quaint Tavern A burger and a beer at Ron’s Original Bar & Grille in Exton. By Neil HarNer

Whenever I pull up to a bar or restaurant located in a shopping center, my initial gut instinct is, “This place is going to suck.” My second instinct is to look at the glass half full and not let myself be deceived by a plain, red brick façade shared with dry cleaners, pizza places, and pharmacies. Once I get in the right mindset, I usually find myself pleasantly surprised. Ron’s Original Bar & Grille located in Exton was no exception.

First, I accidentally stepped into their take-out room where people can pick up food from their extensive restaurant menu or six packs of a fine selection of craft beers, ranging from everyday locals to more desirable finds like the Stone Vertical Epic 10-10-10.

Walking into the restaurant itself caused me a bit of confusion as once inside the front door, their foyer had stone work mixed with old glass that was reminiscent of what I would imagine an old-world pub being constructed with. Immediately to the left of the entrance was a tiny bar area with TVs to watch sporting events but oddly still having that old-world feel. On tap, I was happy to find a wide range of craft beers including the Novemberfest by the new Copper Crow Brewing Co.

On this occasion, I enjoyed my beer in one of their dining rooms which was a dramatic shift from their bar. Sitting

in old-fashioned chairs at a wood table, the décor felt like an old country-style restaurant. When we got our menus though, I was happy to find an extremely diverse selection that would appeal to anyone, whether they were there to watch a game or looking for a casual day out with the family. Of course, they had great pub fare like appetizers, burgers, and Philly favorites, but they also had a wide range of entrees.

I decided to go the burger route since I had heard many people compliment their gourmet stylings. Today it was the Ponderosa burger, which is a certified Angus burger with bacon, sharp cheddar, onion rings, BBQ sauce, and ranch dressing. When it reached the table, I realized I underestimated what would be arriving. This was one well-stacked burger and every bite was delicious! There are not many occasions where I haven’t been able to finish my plate, but this was one of them.

If you find yourself in the Exton area, Ron’s is a must! Take your family after shopping at one of the many stores or mall in Exton and enjoy a pint and a burger before rushing back into holiday traffic. Ron’s Original Bar & Grille is located at 74 E. Uwchlan Ave. (Rt. 113), Exton, PA 19341.

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The Cherry Street TavernSetting the stage for the corner, neighborhood bar. By: Mat Falco

Nestled right outside of Center City, lies one of Philly’s best gems. The Cherry Street Tavern has mastered the art of keeping patrons coming back for years. Cherry Street isn’t your typical Center City pub. There is nothing fancy about this place. It’s simple, old fashioned, and high quality. They’ve been doing things right since they were established and that is what keeps the bar stools full.

Don’t walk in expecting to find Dogfish 120 Minute or Founders Breakfast Stout on tap. It isn’t that kind of beer bar. Cherry Street is the local, neighborhood hangout trying to keep all of the neighbors happy. Yes, they have crap on tap, but they also have a good selection of some solid local beers. You can always expect to see local favorites such as, Yards Philly Pale Ale and Dogfish 60 Minute on tap or a seasonal favorite from Stoudts. There are also days you walk in and find some random offerings from West Coast favorites like Stone. The selection is perfect for the setting and the atmosphere provides exactly what every Philly corner bar should; a wide range of beer that keeps everyone content, good

prices, and a laid back neighborhood feel.But, what really makes this place is the food. More

specifically, the hot roast beef and cheese sandwich. With the service kitchen placed at the end of the bar, you can watch your beef being sliced and prepped for what is easily one of the best roast beef sandwiches in the city. Nothing fancy about it, it’s just a big mound of freshly sliced, rare roast beef topped off with cheese on a Kaiser roll. Pile on the horseradish and add some onions and hot peppers and it could be the best sandwich going. Aside from roast beef, they offer a variety of hoagies and sandwiches as well as nachos and cheese and pepperoni plates.

Maybe it’s the food, or maybe it’s the drinks, or maybe it’s just the décor of local university sports paraphernalia, or perhaps, it’s all these things together that make this bar the time-tested classic it is. Whatever it may be, Cherry Street is definitely worth a visit. It may not be a cheesesteak joint, but hot roast beef and a pint of Yards Philly Pale Ale are definitely as Philly as it gets.

Cherry Street Tavern is located at 129 N. 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.


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Every issue Mat, Neil & Melissa, from Philly Beer Scene, get together with a notable guest and a member of the scene for a small, private, tasting session called the “The Tasting Room.” Approximately a dozen beers are chosen that are new, seasonal or just interesting.

Rather than presenting an overly-detailed single perspective review, “The Tasting Room” serves to be a brief written account of key points made between the tasters. Each taster designates a rating from zero to five stars, justifying it in their own way. The scores are then averaged and always rounded to the nearest half star for a final rating.

star gazing

Stay Away From This Beer

A Drinkable Beer But Not Worth Seeking Out

An Average Beer

A Pretty Decent Beer Worth Drinking Anytime

If You See This Beer, Order It

You Better Go Out And Find This Beer Now

The Tasting RoomThe December/January Tasting Room was fittingly set around the fireplace at the UNO’s in Bensalem. In what may be surprising to many, UNO’s has an exceptional tap list that will rival most of the great bars, as well as an extensive list of bottles. They are definitely a group of bars worth a second look.

our notaBLe guest

Our notable guest this issue is Ben Potts. Ben is the brewmaster for Dock Street Brewing Co. in West Philly. He is a rising brewer in the area, and has put out some great beers including; Barrel-Aged Barley Wine and Bubbly Wit as well as Saison du Potts. Over the past two years, Ben has helped rebuild and take Dock Street’s reputation to new levels.

From the scene

Vince Caperelli is a craft beer enthusiast from Central Bucks County. He enjoys a wide-range of beers from IPAs to dark rich stouts. Not only does he drink great beers, be brews from home with his wife.


Mørke Pumpernickel Porter

This beer is brewed and bottled by Beer Here at

Nøgne Ø, Grimstad, Norway and is a collaboration

with Shelton Brothers. Lots of rye malt and spices

inspired by the dark German bread. ABV: 7.5%

Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale

Rogue dedicated this brew to farmers and fermenters.

This beer was a “grow your own,” made with their

hops and barley, finishing dry with robust cherry

flavors. ABV: 6.0%

Lancaster Brewing Co. Winter Warmer

Finishing with a warming alcohol flavor, this beer

is brewed with a blend of American and British

hops, providing complex malt flavors and an even

bitterness. ABV: 8.9%

Weyerbacher Big Ern’s IPA

Big Ern’s is an IPA brewed exclusively for Uno

Chicago Grill. This drinkable brew with a pleasant

hop aroma is another solid offering from one of

the premier PA breweries. ABV: 6.0%

Philadelphia Brewing Co.Joe Coffee Porter

This ale is brewed with locally-roasted, fair trade

coffee, and Dark Munich and chocolate malts which

combine to create a well-balanced, flavorful Porter

with a fresh roasted coffee aroma. ABV: 5.5%

J.K.’s Solstice Hard Cider

Lightly spiced with ethically traded cinnamon,

vanilla and a drops of syrup from old Maple trees on

their farm. Enjoy this cider cool or gently warmed,

to reflect on your last year and New Year beginning.

ABV: 6.9%

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Tasty cider. Nice and light on the palate. Spice adds nice twist. “Tadtional/Homey” tasting.

A little sweet but light & crisp. Nice finish flavor, just not my style.

Perfect for holiday drinking, but a little too sweet.

Extremely sweet but cleanses nicely.

A good replacement for apple juice with breakfast on Christmas morning. Sweet, crisp and refreshing.

Unexpectedly pleasant beer. Nice sourness from cherries.

Nice tart hit in the opening. Stays smooth. Subtle, sweet finish after sour cherry start.

Wish it was a tad more sour but still a nice solid beer.

A little cherry sour in the nose. Mild sour body but finishes sweet.

Sour cherry nose, I like it. A nice balence of sour and cherry tartness, not really a winter beer though.

Interesting spice/grain flavor. Tasty, roasty porter base.

Nice, smoky/roasty malt flavor. Nice body, enjoyable smoothness.

Great spice flavor and mouthfeel. Really like it.

Tan head, dark, roasty and spicy. Subtly sweet.

Roastiness. A nice bodied porter.

Light bodied, easy drinkin’ winter spice beer.

Nice malt flavor but nothing special as a winter warmer. Decent body and finish.

Mild spice characteristics for a winter warmer.

Sweet nose, smooth, sweet, light spice, mild.

Expected a heavy winter beer and got a light, full flavored experience instead.

A tad sweet but really nice. Fresh hop aroma/flavor.

Pleasant hop flavor. Nice & smooth, feels well balanced. I could have multiple of these!

Really clean, crisp. Not overwhelming with hops but extremely drinkable.

Light body, floral-subtle bitterness in finish.

Light with a touch of sweetness- as far as IPAs go...

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Interesting take on coffee beer. Really evokes a creamy iced coffee with sugar.

A bit light & thin. I expect more body from a coffee porter. Decent coffee flavor; not too strong or weak.

Very drinkable and refreshing. Like enjoying an iced coffee.

Rich iced coffee taste.

A light, drinkable coffee porter. Finishes clean, but leaves that nice coffee flavor.

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Southampton Abbot 12

Southampton’s Quad is a strong, dark ale that pos-

sesses hints and notes of raisins, figs and caramel,

as well as “dark rum” character to make this brew

deceptively smooth. ABV: 10.5%

Rock Art ESB2

Dry hopped with Tettnang hops, Rock Art’s big

ESB2 is bitter, but balanced and has a distinct

floral aroma. Perfect for any strong bitter lover.

ABV: 8.0%

Rogue Yelllow Snow IPA

First introduced for the 2000 Winter Olympics, this big

hopped, yet fruity IPA is complemented by a medium

body and lingering bitter finish. ABV: 6.2%

Ithaca Gorges Smoked Porter-This dark porter offering from Ithaca Beer Co. is

full-bodied with predominant fruit ale notes, and

is topped off with a nice, toasted head. ABV: 7.5%

Nebraska Brewing Co. Black Betty Imperial Stout

From Nebraska’s Barrel Aged Reserve Series, This

Stranahan’s Whiskey version meshes rich chocolates

and coffee-like aromatics with the sweet whiskey

nose and drying character of the oak. ABV: 9.3%

Left Hand Chainsaw Ale

Chainsaw Ale is Left Hand’s “connoisseur version” of

their award winning Sawtooth Ale. Brewed with Magum,

US Goldings and Cascade hops, this Double ESB is

smooth and consistent. ABV: 9.4%

Balanced smoke beer. Smoky upfront with maltiness to balance. Needs more dark malt character.

Big smoky nose that gives way to a surprising spiciness before coming back to the smoke.

Surprisingly complex.

Smoky nose. Sweet & spicy. Relatively clean finish, but a bit of smoke.

Smoky nose with some spice through the finish.

Very floral. Nice & balanced for being “imperial” & 80 IBU’s.

Consistent floral aroma & flavor. Fairly smooth. Consistent finish.

Very drinkable, great hop flavor. Really like this brewery.

Malty & full bodied. Real quick touch of floral hops before hitting high bitters.

I know by the name I’m probably not going to like this... *takes a sip* Nope! Too bitter.

Clean IPA. Easy drinking. Nice aroma. Wish it had a bigger hop flavor.

Nice hop hit. Not totally smooth, but smooth enough. A bit floral in the finish, but a nice, hoppy IPA.

Solid IPA, but isn’t as good as the name.

Hazy yellow. A little chewy. Bitter, a touch of sap. Cleanses nice.

Great name. Too bitter for me, all I taste is hops!

Fruity, malt forward ale. Not overly sweet, keeping it drinkable.

Not bad, but nothing special. Smooth & consistent, but not that great.

Really smooth. Hops aren’t overwhelming, but nice malt characteristics.

Malty, sweet, subtle dry fruit & full body.

A mild bitterness, has an oaky flavor as well.

Intense aroma , but scarily drinkable. Bourbon flavor integrated well, if not TOO subtle.

Aroma & flavor work together, but doesn’t deliever on expectations. Nice smooth finish, middle unenjoyable.

Initial taste brings beer down a notch. Great finish & amazingly drinkable.

A little mild until finish. Vanilla bourbon in finish.

Surprisingly drinkable, but I think it lacks full flavor.

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Really nice flavor. Not too sweet, very drinkable for more than one pint. Not too yeasty.

One of my favorite Quads. Not overwhelmingly smooth.

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WeirD Beer #10Pizza Beer

Every time we find a weird beer, it seems like we

discovered the oddest one out there and won’t be

able to come across anything weirder. This time is

no different, except I don’t know if this is something

to be weirded out by or to drool over. Mamma Mia!

Pizza Beer is pretty much exactly what it sounds like,

beer made with pizza ingredients.

Looking to make the first culinary beer and having

a bunch of tomatoes, a bag of garlic, and fresh herbs

coming from the garden, creators Tom and Athena

Seefurth came up with the concept of Pizza Beer.

It was intended to be the perfect beer to pair with

foods and they were shocked to find out that it ended

up being a solid beer to enjoy on its own. Who would

have thought that brewing with garlic, tomatoes and

Italian seasonings would be such a great idea?

Just brewing a beer wasn’t enough. The Seefurth’s

took their brew further and made up a bunch of recipes

to showcase it. They have everything from pizza crust

and fry batter mixes to chili and dip concoctions all

using their unique brew.

With everything said about Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer,

it seems that this “weird beer” might not be so weird

after all. It makes you wonder why everyone isn’t

making a beer for one of the most popular foods in

the world. Seriously, who doesn’t love pizza and beer?

The Final PicksAfter some long discussion and debate over the twelve craft beers

that were sampled, our panel is ready to reveal each of their favorite

picks for December/January.

Ben’s Final Pick: Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale. Really well done and balanced fruit beer. Defied expectations. The fact that they grew all ingredients is even better.

Vince’s Final Pick: Weyerbacher Big Ern’s. Well balanced hop quality. Easy drinking. I could definitely have more than one of these.

Mat’s Final Pick: Southampton Abbot 12. It’s one of the best quads I’ve had in a while. I could drink more of this.

Neil’s Final Pick: Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale. Hard to pick between Southampton & Rogue but it is more approachable and something I’d order frequently.

Melissa’s Final Pick: Chatoe Rogue Creek Ale. I love the light fruitiness, even though I don’t think of this as a winter beer. It was very unexpected in flavor and body.

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Directory

PhiladelphiaCenter CityBars & Restaurants

BAR1309 Sansom Street

The Black Sheep247 S. 17th Streettheblacksheeppub.com

Cavanaugh’s Rittenhouse1823 Sansom Streetcavsrittenhouse.com

Cherry Street Tavern129 N. 22nd Street

Chris’ Jazz Café1421 Sansom Street chrisjazzcafe.com

Coffee Bar1701 Locust Streetintoxicaffeineation.com

Devil’s Alley1907 Chestnut Streetdevilsalleybarandgrill.com

Doobies2201 Lombard Street

Fergie’s Pub1214 Sansom Streetfergies.com

Finn McCools118 S. 12th Streetfinnmccoolsphilly.com

Good Dog224 S. 15th Streetgooddogbar.com

Grace Tavern2229 Grays Ferry Avegracetavern.com

The Headhouse122 Lombard Streetheadhousephilly.com

The Institute549 N. 12th Streetinstitutebar.com

Jose Pistolas263 S. 15th Streetjosepistolas.com

The Khyber Pass Pub56 S. Second Streetthekhyber.com

Ladder 151528 Sansom Streetladder15philly.com

Las Vegas Lounge704 Chestnut Streetlasvegaslounge.com

McGillin’s Old Ale House1310 Drury Lanemcgillins.com

McGlinchey’s259 S 15th Street

Misconduct Tavern1511 Locust Street misconduct-tavern.com

Monk’s Café264 S. 16th Streetmonkscafe.com

Moriarty’s Pub1116 Walnut Streetmoriartyspub.com

Prohibition Taproom501 N. 13th Streettheprohibitiontaproom.com

Pub and Kitchen1946 Lombard Stthepubandkitchen.com

Resurrection Ale House2425 Grays Ferry Ave.resurrectionalehouse.com

Sansom Street Oyster House1516 Sansom Street oysterhousephilly.com

Slate102 S 21st Streetslatephiladelphia.com

Smiths39 S. 19th Streetsmiths-restaurant.com

Smokin’ Bettys 116 S. 11th Streetsmokinbettys.com

Tangier1801 Lombard Sttangier.thekalon.com

Tavern 17220 South 17th Streettavern17restaurant.com

Tavern on Broad200 South Broad Streettavernonbroad.com

Ten Stone2063 South Streettenstone.com

TIME1315 Sansom Streettimerestaurant.net

Tria123 S. 18th Street1137 Spruce Streettriacafe.com

Tir Na Nog1600 Arch Streettirnanogphilly.com

Tweed114 S. 12th Streettweedrestaurant.com

Valanni1229 Spruce Street valanni.com

Varga Bar941 Spruce Streetvargabar.com

Westbury Bar261 S. 13th Streetwestburybarandrestau-rant.com

Brewpubs

Nodding Head Brewery and Restaurant1516 Sansom Streetnoddinghead.com

Yards Brewing Co.901 N. Delaware Avenueyardsbrewing.com

Retail Beer

The Foodery324 S. 10th Street fooderybeer.com

Latimer Deli255 South 15th Street

Monde Market100 S 21st Street

Homebrew Supplies

Home Sweet Homebrew2008 Sansom St.homesweethomebrew.com

Fairmount Bars & Restaurants

The Belgian Café2047 Green Streetthebelgiancafe.com

The Bishop’s Collar2349 Fairmount Ave.thebishopscollar.ypguides.net

Bridgid’s726 N. 24th Streetbridgids.com

Jack’s Firehouse2130 Fairmount Avejacksfirehouse.com

Kite And Key1836 Callowhill Streetthekiteandkey.com

London Grill2301 Fairmount Ave.londongrill.com

Lucky 7 Tavern747 N. 25th Street

North Star Bar2639 Poplar Streetnorthstarbar.com

Rembrandt’s 741 N. 23rd Streetrembrandts.com

St. Stephen’s Green1701 Green Street saintstephensgreen.com

ManayunkBars & Restaurants

The Cask Saloon4213 Ridge Ave

Dawson Street Pub100 Dawson Streetdawsonstreetpub.com

Flat Rock Saloon4301 Main Street

Fork & Barrel4213 Ridge Ave

Jake’s and Cooper’s Wine Bar4365 Main Streetjakesrestaurant.com

Kildare’s4417 Main Streetkildarespub.com

Munk & Nunn4382 Main Stmunkandnunn.com

Old Eagle Tavern177 Markle Streetoldeagletavern.com

Terrace Taproom3847 Terrace Streetterracetaproom.com

Union Jack’s4801 Umbria Street

Brewpubs

Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant4120 Main Streetmanayunkbrewery.com

Retail Beer

Doc’s World Of Beer701 E. Cathedral Road

North/NortheastBars & Restaurants

Campbell’s Place8337 Germantown Ave.

Coos Sports Bar822 N Broad Stcoossportsbar.com

The Draught Horse1431 Cecil B. Moore Ave. draughthorse.com

The Grey Lodge Pub6235 Frankford Ave.greylodge.com

Hop Angel Brauhaus7890 Oxford Avehopangelbrauhaus.blogspot.com

McMenamin’s Tavern7170 Germantown Ave.

Three Monkeys9645 James Street3monkeyscafe.com

Trolley Car Dinner7619 Germantown Ave.trolleycardiner.com

Brewpubs

Earth Bread + Brewery7136 Germantown Ave.earthbreadbrewery.com

Retail Beer

The Beer Box3350 Grand Ave

The Beer Outlet77 Franklin Mills Blvd.

Craft Beer Outlet 9910 Frankford Ave. craftbeeroutlet.com

The Six Pack Store7015 Roosevelt Boulevardthesixpackstore.com

Northern Liberties/FishtownBars & Restaurants

700700 N. 2nd Street the700.org

The Abbaye637 N. 3rd Street

Atlantis: The Lost Bar2442 Frankford Ave.

Bar Ferdinand1030 N. 2nd Street barferdinand.com

Cantina Dos Segundos931 N 2nd Streetcantinadossegundos.com

Druid’s Keep149 Brown Street

El Camino Real1040 N 2nd Streetbbqburritobar.com

Johnny Brenda’s1201 Frankford Ave.johnnybrendas.com

Kraftwork541 E. Girard Ave.kraftworkbar.com

Memphis Taproom2331 E. Cumberland St.memphistaproom.com

Murphs Bar202 E Girard Ave

North Bowl909 N 2nd Streetnorthbowlphilly.com

North Third801 N. 3rd Streetnorththird.com

PYT1050 N. Hancock Streetpytphilly.com

Silk City435 Spring Garden Street silkcityphilly.com

Standard Tap901 N. 2nd Street standardtap.com

Swift Half1001 N. 2nd Streetswifthalfpub.com


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Breweries

Philadelphia Brewing Co.2439 Amber Streetphiladelphiabrewing.com

Retail Beer

The Foodery837 N. 2nd Streetfooderybeer.com

Global Beer Distribution1150 N. American Streetglobalbeerphilly.com

Old CityBars & Restaurants

Beneluxx Tasting Room33 S. 3rd Streetbeneluxx.com

Brownie’s Irish Pub46 S. 2nd Streetbrowniesirishpub.com

City Tavern138 S. 2nd Streetcitytavern.com

Eulogy Belgian Tavern136 Chestnut Streeteulogybar.server101.com

The Irish Pol45 S. 3rd Streettheirishpol.com

Mac’s Tavern226 Market Street

National Mechanics22 S. 3rd Streetnationalmechanics.com

Plough and The Stars123 Chestnut Streetploughstars.com

Q BBQ & Tequila207 Chestnut StQoldcity.com

Race Street Café208 Race Streetracestreetcafe.net

Sassafras Café48 S. 2nd Streetsassafrasbar.com

Society Hill Hotel301 Chestnut Street

Sugar Mom’s225 Church Streetmyspace.com/sugarmoms

Brewpubs

Triumph Brewing Co117-121 Chestnut Streettriumphbrewing.com

Queens Village/ Bella VistaBars & Restaurants

12 Steps Down 831 Christian St. 12stepsdown.com

1601 Café1601 S. 10th Street1601cafe.com

Adsum700 S 5th Stadsumrestaurant.com

Brauhaus Schmitz718 South St.brauhausschmitz.com

Bridget Foy’s200 South Streetbridgetfoys.com

The Dive947 E. Passyunk Ave myspace.com/thedivebar

For Pete’s Sake900 S. Front Streetforpetessakepub.com

Lyons Den848 S. 2nd Streetlyonsdenphila.com

Manny Brown’s512 South Streetmanny-browns.com

New Wave Café784 S 3rd Streetnewwavecafe.com

O’Neals Pub611 S. 3rd Streetonealspub.com

Percy Street Barbecue600 S. 9th Stpercystreet.com

Royal Tavern937 East Passyunk Ave. royaltavern.com

Southwark701 S. 4th Street southwarkrestaurant.com

Tattooed Mom530 South Streetmyspace.com/ tattooed_mom

The Wishing Well 767 S. 9th Streetwishingwellphilly.com

Retail Beer

Bella Vista Beer Distributors738 S. 11th Streetbellavistabeverage.com

Hawthornes738 S. 11th Sthawthornecafe.com

South PhillyBars & Restaurants

Cantina Los Cabalitos1651 E Passyunk Avecantinaloscabalitos.com

Devil’s Den1148 S. 11th Street devilsdenphilly.com

Lucky 13 Pub1820 S 13th Streetlucky13pubphilly.com

Pub On Passyunk East (POPE)1501 E. Passyunk Ave.pubonpassyunkeast.com

Raw Dawgs 1700 S. 2nd St. rawdawgssaloon.com

South Philadelphia Tap Room1509 Mifflin Street southphiladelphiatap-room.com

The Ugly American1100 S. Front Streetuglyamericanphilly.com

Watkins Drinkery1712 S 10th St

Retail Beer

Beer Heaven1100 S Columbus Blvd

Bell’s Beverage2809 S. Front Street

Brew1900 S. 15th Streetbrewphiladelphia.com

The Bottle Shop1837 E Passyunk Avebottleshopbeer.com

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Homebrew Supplies

Barry’s Homebrew Outlet101 Snyder Ave.barryshomebrew.com

University City/West Bars & Restaurants

Biba3131 Walnut Stbibawinebar.com

The Blockley38th & Ludlow Streets theblockley.com

City Tap House3925 Walnut Streetcitytaphouse.com

La Terrasse3432 Sansom Streetlaterrasserestaurant.com

Local 444333 Spruce Streetlocal44beerbar.com

Mad Mex3401 Walnut Streetmadmex.com

Mary Oaks3801 Chestnut St.maryoaks.com

New Deck Tavern3408 Sansom Streetnewdecktavern.com

World Cafe Live3025 Walnut Streetworldcafelive.com

Brewpubs

Dock Street Brewing Company701 S. 50th Streetdockstreetbeer.com

SuburbsBucks CoBars & Restaurants

Blue Dog Tavern4275 Country Line RoadChalfont, PA 18914bluedog.cc

Brady’s4700 Street RoadTrevose, PA 19053bradys-pub.com

The Buck Hotel1200 Buck RoadFeasterville, PA 19053thebuckhotel.com

Candlewyck LoungeRoutes 413 & 202Buckingham, PA 18912

Green Parrot Restaurant Pub & Patio240 N Sycamore St,Newtown, PA 18940greenparrotirishpub.com

Honey42 Shewell Ave.Doylestown, PA 18901honeyrestaurant.com

Hulmeville Inn4 Trenton RoadHulmeville, PA 19047hulmevilleinn.com

Isaac Newton’s18 S. State StreetNewtown, PA 18940isaacnewtons.com

Maggio’s Restaurant400 2nd Street PikeSouthampton, PA 18966maggiosrestaurant.com

Manny Brown’s3900 Rockhill Dr.Bensalem, PA 19020manny-browns.com

25 Doublewoods RoadLanghorne, PA 19047manny-browns.com

Maxwell’s on Main Bar & Restaurant37 North Main St.Doylestown, PA 18901momsmaxwellsonmain.com

Mesquito Grille128 W. State StreetDoylestown, PA 18901

Newportville Inn4120 Lower RoadNewportville, PA 19056newportvilleinn.net

Puck14 E. Court StreetDoylestown, PA 18901pucklive.com

Spinnerstown Hotel2195 Spinnertown RoadSpinnerstown, PA 18968spinnerstownhotel.com

Tony’s Place Bar & Grill1297 Greeley AveIvyland, PA 18974tonysplaceivyland.com

Uno Chicago Grill198 N. Buckstown RoadLanghorne, PA 19047

801 Neshaminy MallBensalem, PA 19020 unos.com

1661 Easton RoadWarrington, PAunos.com

Brewpubs

Triumph Brewing Co400 Union SquareNew Hope, PA 18938triumphbrewing.com

Retail Beer

B&B Beverage3670 Sawmill RoadDoylestown, PA 18902bandbbeverages.com

Bensalem Beer & Soda1919 Street RoadBensalem, PA 19020bensalembeer.com

Bound Beverage2544 Bristol PikeBensalem, PA 19020

Edgemont Beer & Cigars5042-B West Chester PikeNewtown Sq, PA 19073edgemontbeerandcigars.com

Stephanie’s Take-Out29 S. Main StreetDoylestown, PA 18901stephaniesrl.com

Richboro Beer & Soda1041 2nd Street Pike Richboro, PA 18954 geocities.com/richborobeer

Trenton Road Take Out1024 Trenton RoadLevittown, PA 19054trentonroadtakeout.com

Trevose Beer & Soda550 Andrews RdLanghorne, PA 19053

Homebrew Supplies

Wine, Barley & Hops Homebrew Supply248 Bustleton PikeFeasterville, PA 19053winebarleyandhops.com

Chester CoBars & Restaurants

The Drafting Room635 N. Pottstown PikeExton, PA 19341draftingroom.com

Epicurean Restaurant902 Village At ElandPhoenixville, PA 19460epicureanrestaurant.com

Flying Pig Saloon121 E. King StreetMalvern, PA 19149

Half Moon Restaurant & Saloon108 W. State StreetKennett Square, PA 19348halfmoonrestaurant.com

Pickering Creek Inn37 Bridge StreetPhoenixville, PA 19460pickeringcreekinn.com

Ron’s Original Bar & Grille74 E. Uwchlan Ave.Exton, PA 19341ronsoriginal.com

TJ’s Everday35 Paoli PlazaPaoli, PA 19301tjseveryday.com

Brewpubs

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant130-138 Bridge StreetPhoenixville, PA 19460

3 W. Gay StreetWest Chester, PA 19380ironhillbrewery.com

McKenzie Brew House451 Wilmington-West Chester PikeChadds Ford, PA 19342mckenziebrewhouse.com

Sly Fox Brewing Co519 Kimberton RoadPhoenixville, PA 19460slyfoxbeer.com

Victory Brewing Company420 Acorn LaneDowningtown, PA 19335victorybeer.com

Retail Beer

Exton Beverage Center310 E. Lincoln HighwayExton, PA 19341extonbeverage.com

Homebrew Supplies

The Wine & Beer Barrel101 Ridge RoadChadds Ford, PA 19317

Delaware CoBars & Restaurants

2312 Garrett bar2312 Garrett Rd.Drexel Hill, PA 19026

Flanigan’s Boathouse118 N. Wayne Ave.Wayne, PA 19087flanboathouse.com

Frontier Saloon336 Kedron Ave.Folsom, PA 19033frontiersaloon.com

JD McGillicuddy’s690 Burmont RdDrexel Hill, PA 19026mcgillicuddys.net

Oakmont National Pub31 Eagle RoadHavertown, PA 19083oakmontnationalpub.com

Quotations37 E. State StreetMedia, PA 19063

Teresa’s Next Door126 N. Wayne Ave.Wayne, PA 19087teresas-cafe.com

UNO’s Chicago Grill3190 West Chester PikeNewtown Square, PA

Brewpubs

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant30 E. State StreetMedia, PA 19063ironhillbrewery.com

Retail Beer

Back Alley Beverage2214 State Rd.Drexel Hill, PA 19026backalleybev.com

Beer Yard, Inc.218 E. Lancaster Ave.Wayne, PA 19087beeryard.com

Pinocchio’s131 E. Baltimore Pike Media, PA 19063pinbeer.com

Township Line Beer & Cigars5315 Township Line RoadDrexel Hill, PA 19026townshiplinebeerand cigars.com

Homebrew Supplies

Brew Your Own Beer & Winemaking Too!2026 Darby RoadHavertown, PA 19083

Montgomery CoBars & Restaurants

Blue Dog Pub850 South Valley Forge RdLansdale, PA 19446bluedog.cc

Broad Axe Tavern901 W. Butler PikeAmbler, PA 19002broadaxetavern.com

Capone’s Restaurant 224 W. Germantown PikeNorristown, PA 19401caponesdraftlist.blogspot.com

Craft Ale House708 W. Ridge PikeLimerick, PA 19468craftalehouse.com

Fingers Wings And Other Things107 W. Ridge PikeConshohocken, PA 19428fwot.com

Firewaters1110 Baltimore PikeConcord, PA 19342firewatersbar.com

Flanigan’s Boathouse113 Fayette StreetConshohocken, PA 19428flanboathouse.com

Gullifty’s 1149 Lancaster Ave. Rosemont, PA 19010 gulliftys.com

Iron Abbey Gastro Pub680 N. Easton RoadHorsham, PA 19044ironabbey.com


Brewers Towne TavernHaddon Ave. & Crystal Lake Ave.Westmont, NJ 08108brewerstownetavern.net

Buckley’s Tavern5821 Kennett PikeCenterville, DE 19807buckleystavern.org

ChamppsMarlton Cr. 25 Rt. 73 S.Marlton, NJ 08053champps.com

Cork90 Haddon AvenueWestmont, NJ 08108corknj.com

Dublin Square167 Route 130 Bordentown, NJ 08505dublinsquarepubs.com

Eclipse Restaurant 1020-B N. Union StreetWilmington, DE 1980

The Firkin Tavern1400 Parkway Ave.Ewing, NJ 08628www.firkintavern.com

Geraghty’s Pub148 W. Broad StreetBurlington, NJ 08016geraghtyspub.com

Giumarello’s Restaurant329 Haddon AvenueWestmont, NJ 08108giumarellos.com

High Street Grill64 High StreetMount Holly, NJ 09199highstreetgrill.net

Jug Handle Inn2398 Route 73Cinnaminson, NJ 08077

Madison Pub33 Lafayette StreetRiverside, NJ 08075

Mexican Food Factory601 W Route 70Marlton, NJ 08053themexicanfoodfactory.com

P.J Whelihan’s 700 Haddon AvenueHaddonfield, NJ 08033pjspub.com

Kildare’s 826 Dekalb PikeKing of Prussia, PA 19406kildarespub.com

Lucky Dog Saloon And Grille417 Germantown PikeLafayette Hill, PA 19106theluckydogsaloon.com

McCloskey Restaurant 17 Cricket AveArdmore, PA 19003

Otto’s Brauhaus233 Easton RoadHorsham, Pa 19044ottosbrauhauspa.com

PJ Whelihan’s 799 Dekalb Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422pjspub.com

The Saloon Bar & Grill2508 W. Ridge PikeJeffersonvile, PA 19403thesaloonbarandgrill.net

Union Jack’s2750 Limekiln PikeGlenside, PA 19038

Uno’s Chicago Grill1100 Bethlehem PikeNorth Wales,PA 19454unos.com

Brewpubs

General Lafayette Inn & Brewery646 Germantown PikeLayayette Hill, PA 19444generallafayetteinn.com

Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant1460 Bethlehem PikeNorth Wales, PA 19454ironhillbrewery.com

McKenzie Brew House240 Lancaster Ave.Malvern, PA 19355mckenziebrewhouse.com

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery1001 King of Prussia PlazaKing of Prussia, PA 19406rockbottom.com

Directory

Breweries

Copper Crow Brewery810 Dickerson RdNorth Wales, PA 19454

Prism Brewery810 Dickerson RdNorth Wales, PA 19454prismbeer.com

Royersford Brewing Company 519 Main StreetRoyersford, PA 19468royersfordbrew.com

Sly Fox Brewing Company519 Kimberton RoadRoyersford, PA 19468slyfoxbeer.com

Retail Beer

Capone’s Restaurant (takeout)224 W. Germantown PikeNorristown, PA 19401

Domestic & Imported Beverages485 Baltimore PikeGlen Mills, PA 19342

Epps Beverages79 W. Ridge PikeLimerick, PA 19468

Frosty Caps1745-47 Old York RoadAbington, PA 19001

Hatboro Beverage201 Jacksonville RoadHatboro, PA 19040hatbev.com

Home Brew Supplies

Keystone Homebrew Supply779 Bethlehem PikeMontgomeryville, PA 18936

599 Main StBethlehem, PA 18018keystonehomebrew.com

New Jersey / DelawareBars & RestaurantsBlue Monkey Tavern2 South Centre St.Merchantville, NJ 08109bluemonkeytavern.com

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2214 State Road, Drexel Hill, PA 19026

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Pour House124 Haddon AvenueHaddon Twp, NJ 08108

Taproom & Grill427 W. Crystal Lake AvenueHaddonfield, NJ 08033taproomgrill.com

Treno233 Haddon AvenueWesmont, NJ 08108trenopizzabar.com

UNO’s Chicago Grill225 Sloan AvenueHamilton, NJ

1162 Hurffville RoadDeptford, NJ

2803 S. Rt. 73Maple Shade NJunos.com

Washington Street Ale House1206 Washington StreetWilmington, DE 19801wsalehouse.com

BrewpubsIron Hill Brewery & Restaurant710 S. Madison StreetWilmington, DE 19801

124 E. Kings HighwayMaple Shade, NJ 08052ironhillbrewery.com

Triumph Brewing Company138 Nassau StreetPrinceton, NJ 08542triumphbrewing.com

BreweriesFlying Fish Brewing Company1940 Olney AvenueCherry Hill, NJ 08003flyingfish.com

River Horse Brewing Co.80 Lambert LaneLambertville, NJ 08530riverhorse.com

Twin Lakes Brewing Co4210 Kennett PikeGreenville, DE 19807

Retail BeerCanal’s Discount Liquors10 W. Rt. 70Marlton, NJ 08650

1500 Route 38 Hainesport, NJ 08060

5360 Route 38Pennsauken, NJ 08109

2004 Mount Holly RoadBurlington, NJ 08016joecanals.com

Canal’s Discount LiquorsRoute 73 and Harker Ave Berlin, NJ 08009canalsofberlin.com

Circle Super Saver222 Rt. 31 S.Pennington, NJ 08534sswines.com

Frank’s Union Wine Mart1206 North Union StreetWilmington DE 19806FranksWine.com

Hops And Grapes810 N. Delsea DriveGlassboro, NJ 08028hopsandgrapesonline.com

Joe Canal’s 3375 US Rt. 1Lawrence Twp, NJ 08648www.joecanals.com

Monster Beverage1299 N. Delsea DriveGlassboro, NJ 08028

Red White and Brew33 High StreetMount Holly, NJ 08060redwhitebrew.net

Total Wine and More 2100 Route 38Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

691 Naamans RoadClaymont, DE 19703

1325 McKennans Church RdWilmington, DE 19808totalwine.com

Walker’s Liquor Store86 Bridge Street Lambertville, NJ 08530

Wine Works319 Route 70 WMarlton, NJ 08053

Wonderful World of Wine8 South Union StreetLambertville, NJ 08530wonderfulworldofwines.net

Home Brew SuppliesBeercrafters, Inc.110A Greentree RoadTurnersville, NJ, 07728

BYOB162 Haddon AvenueWestmont, NJ 08108brewyourownbottle.com

Keg and Barrel Home Brew Supply41 Clementon RoadBerlin, NJ 08009

Princeton Homebrew208 Sanhican DriveTrenton, NJ 08618


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Beer Events

Beer EventsFor more events, visit phillybeerscene.com

DecemberWednesday, December 1st HAPPY HANUKKAH!

Tuesday, December 7thYuengling’s Homebrew ContestThe Draught Horse1431 Cecil B. Moore Ave., Phila, PA 19122

Brewmaster’s Fall Beer DinnerIron Hill Phoenixville130 E. Bridge St., Phoenixville, PA 19460

Friday, December 10thMad Elf, Happy You NightThe Grey Lodge6235 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19135

Sly Fox 15th AnniversarySly Fox- Phoenixville520 Kimberton Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19460

Saturday, December 11thBeers & Steers with Roy Pitz BrewingThe Institute 549 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19123

Yards Beer LunchHigh Street Grill64 High St., Mount Holly, NJ, 08060

Triple 3 WaysNodding Head Brewery & Restaurant1516 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA 19102

Tuesday, December 14thAnnual Holiday DinnerMonk’s Cafe264 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102

Holiday Beer DinnerVictory Brewing Co.420 Acorn Ln., Downingtown, PA 19335

Wednesday, December 15th 2nd Annual 12 Beers of Christmas Iron Abbey 680 Easton Rd., Horsham, PA 19044

Thursday, December 16thTroegs Brewing Co. Beer DinnerChifa Restaurant707 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 19106

Tuesday, December 21stThe Grinch Drank ChristmasTeresa’s Next Door126 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA 19087

Thursday, December 23rdKick the Keg NightLocal 444333 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

Festivus CelebrationHulmeville Inn4 Trenton Rd., Hulmeville, PA 19047

Friday & Saturday, December 24th & 25thMERRY CHRISTMAS!

‘09 & ‘10 Troegs’ Mad ElfDevil’s Den1148 S. 11th St., Philadelphia, PA 19147

Sunday, December 26th HAPPY KWANzAA!

Winterfest ‘10World Café Live3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104

3rd Annual Boxing Day Beer FestMemphis Taproom2331 E. Cumberland St., Philadelphia, PA 19125

January Saturday, January 1stHAPPY NEW YEAR!

20 Stouts on TapMonk’s Cafe264 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA 19102

Wednesday, January 19thFounders Beer Dinner Iron Abbey680 Easton Rd., Horsham, PA 19044

Thursday, January 20th120 on 1/20The Grey Lodge Pub6235 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19135

Saturday, January 22ndTJ’s Belgian Beer ParadiseTJ’s Restaurant & Drinkery35 Paoli Plaza, Paoli, PA 19301

Winter Beer FestStarlight Ballroom 460 N. 9th St., Philadelphia, PA 19123

Saturday, January 29th 3rd Annual Winter Beer FestHigh Street Grill64 High St., Mount Holly, NJ 08060


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