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MARCH 8, 2008

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Saturday, MARCH 8

5-Mile Run In Pursuit of Hoppiness
Dock Street Brewery
701 S. 50th St.
215-726-2337
www.dockstreetbeer.com
11 a.m.

Meet Bryan of The Brew Lounge and Suzanne of “In Pursuit of Ale” for a 5-mile run through the city concluding with beer and food at Dock Street Brewery. The run will pass noteworthy beer landmarks. This IS NOT A RACE. Think of it as a FUN RUN to celebrate Philly Beer Week and burn off the calories! RSVP by March 5 beerguys@brewlounge.com

South Philly Pub Crawl

6 p.m. $12

Check out the growing South Philly beer scene with a tour of the locals, including the P.O.P.E., 1601, SPTR, The Dive, and Ray's Happy Birthday Bar. Tickets for sale at each of the participating taverns and give you one free pint at each location.

Drink Your Wheaties! Wheat Beer Brunch
Grey Lodge Pub
6235 Frankford Ave.
215-825-5357
www.greylodge.com
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. price a la carte
Start your Saturday right with Lew Bryson's Wheat Beer Brunch at the Grey Lodge Pub in Northeast Philly. Enjoy the Breakfast of Champions, wheat beer, in all its glorious styles with a beer breakfast honed by years of Groundhog Day experience. We will have all sorts of wheat beers, including Victory Moonglow, Yards Pynk and Troegs Dreamweaver on tap plus varieties of bottles, and various types of pancakes. Our chefs will be making syrup from a Victory Moonglow reduction. Beer authors Lew Bryson, Don "Joe Sixpack" Russell and Duane Swierczynski will be selling and signing copies of their books.

Weyerbacher Tasting

Watson Kunda and Sons, Inc.
349 S. Henderson Rd.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
610-265-3113

www.kundabev.com
2-5 p.m.

Lancaster Brewing Brunch

901 N. 2nd St.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19123
215-238-0630
www.standardtap.com

Porter & Stout—A Bright Dark Line
Tria’s Fermentation School
1601 Walnut St.
215-972-7076
www.triacafe.com
6:30 p.m. $45
What’s the difference between Porter and Stout? Noted beer writer Lew Bryson will answer this common question and more as we drink through the history of these dark beauties and explore their surprisingly diverse spectrum of flavors. Tickets will be available on Tria's website on Tuesday, February 12.

Meet the Brewer: Yards Brewing
Good Dog
224 S 15th St.
215-985-9600
www.gooddogbar.com
7 p.m.
The Yards Brewing Company will roll out a firkin of cask ESA, and have promised some imaginative drinking games. God only knows what!

Pennnsylvania's German Beer Heritage with Marnie Old
The German Society of Pennsylvania
611 Spring Garden St.
215-627-2332

2:30-4:30 p.m. $35
Join Philly's favorite drinks expert, Marnie Old, for a lively and informative seminar and tasting celebrating this region's German-American brewing heritage. Come along on a tasting tour as we explore how 19th-century German brewing innovations changed the beer world forever. Discover how local German roots made Pennsylvania a brewing center before the devastation of Prohibition, and how craft brewers are reviving the region's beer reputation by focusing on quality ingredients according to German tradition. Compare and contrast a guided tasting of 10 beers - 5 original "old world" German icons side by side with 5 "new world" Pennsylvania interpretations of classic German beer styles, from pilsner to weizen, from dunkel to doppelbock. The Philly RollerGirls will be on hand to pour beer from Victory, SlyFox, Yuengling, Stoudt's, Troeg's, Warsteiner, Paulaner, Kostritzer, Ayinger and Spaten breweries.

U.S. Craft Beers on Draft.
At ZoT
122 Lombard St.
267-639-3260
info@zotrestaurant.com
8:00 p.m.
OK, so there’s a couple of Canadian crafts included…. Selections from Allagash White, Dogfish Head Midas Touch, Legacy Euphoria, Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot, Stone Double Bastard, Ommegang Witte, Smuttynose IPA, Unibroue Maudite, Lancaster Brewing Milk Stout, Bear Republic’s Red Rocket Ale, Founders Brewing’s Dirty Bastard, Southampton Ales’ Secret Ale

Meet the Brewer: Larry Bell of Bell's Brewing Co.
Eulogy Belgian Tavern
136 Chestnut St.
215-413-1918
www.eulogybar.com
8 p.m.
Meet Larry Bell over a few pints of his well respected ales. There will be over 10 beers from the Bell's lineup with selected drafts such as Expedition Stout and the infamous Hopslam. Beer Geeks Unite! Believe this is well worth the pilgrimage.

Meet the Importer: Artisanal Imports
Quotations
37 E State St., Media, Pa.
610-627-2515
8 p.m.
Quotations is a great neighborhood spot with a fine selection of beers, great food, and excellent service. If you have some beef with "the media" in general sit and drink with the finest offerings from Lanny Hoff of Artisanal Imports. The night will feature the likes of Deus, Koningshoeven Trappist, St. Feuillen, Triple Karmeliet, Grotten and a guest appearance from the Urthel Brewery owners Hildegard & Bas.

An Evening with Unibroue

Aspen Restaurant and Bar

747 N. 25th St.

215-232-7736
www.theaspenrestaurant.com

7:30- 10 p.m.

Join us as Aspen becomes the first bar in Philadelphia to pour five drafts from Unibroue simultaneously! On tap will be: Maudite, Blanche du Chambly, Ephemere Apple, Chambly Noire and Trois Pistoles. As always, La Fin du Monde and Maudite will be available in bottles. The Culinary Attache from Unibroue will be here to present guests with samples of cheese and chocolate that pair well with each of the beers. The first 100 guests to order a Unibroue draft will receive a souvenir glass from the evening.

Nodding Head Tasting
Grace Tavern
2229 Grays Ferry Ave.
215-893-9580
www.gracetavern.com
3-6 p.m. pay as you go
Sample a selection of Beers from Philly’s Favorite brewpub.

Beer Pairing and a Special Irish Menu 

The Blue Ox

7980 Oxford Avenue

215-728-9440

www.blueoxbistro.com

5 p.m. pay as you go

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