Now that you’ve purchased your ticket to Philly Beer Week Opening Tap, you’ve still got some time to kill until the big day arrives. A good (and topically-relevant) use of some of that time would be for you to acquaint yourself with the newly-launched beta of BreweryFans.com, which combines craft beer and social networking in [...]
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BreweryFans.com Aims To Connect Craft Beer Fans, Breweries, And Distributors
Aired March 15th, 2010 on Beer.0 CommentsPhilly Beer Week Opening Tap Tix On Sale Now
Aired March 15th, 2010 on Beer, Beer Week and Events.0 CommentsSince announcing last May that the sudsy annual tradition known as Philly Beer Week would be making the move from March to the warmer days of June (the 4th through the 13th, specifically) for 2010, we’ve been quietly brooding over the fact that we’d have to wait those few extra months to (over)indulge. Beer Weekend [...]
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Is So Much Dumber And More Inept Than You Can Even Imagine
Aired March 8th, 2010 on Beer.1 CommentHow else to explain raids on Resurrection Ale House, Local 44 and Memphis Taproom that occurred last Thursday? In simultaneous raids by state police that sought to flush out, prohibition style, “unregistered” beers, all three bars saw thousands’ worth of kegs and bottles confiscated. One problem: Many of them were in fact registered with the [...]
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Stephen Starr’s Beer Dinner Frenzy Is Unstoppable
Aired March 4th, 2010 on Beer and Stephen Starr.0 CommentsFresh of beer/dinner pairings at The Continental and Parc, the Starr Organization just announced a third beer dinner, this one at Barclay Prime with Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver. Sure, this one is the priciest, but it’s also the one that’s closest to our fat-clogged, dark-beer-loving hearts.
Stephen Starr’s Fishtown BierGarten Overwhelmingly Passes Neighborhood Test Of Zoning Meeting Endurance
Aired March 3rd, 2010 on Beer, Openings and Stephen Starr.4 CommentsLast night, the Fishtown Neighborhood Association held a public zoning committee meeting for Stephen Starr’s proposed BierGarten at 1208-1214 Frankford Avenue. Revealed therein were some more details about the project: It’ll be 10k square feet, 6k indoor, 4k outdoor, with the outdoor portion walled in off the street. According to our sources, it went mostly [...]
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Two Guys On Beer To Celebrate First-Ever Beer Taps At The Continental
Aired February 25th, 2010 on Beer and Events.0 CommentsEver get soused on beer at The Continental? After years of regular attendance and perhaps thousands blown on teriaki filet mignon with wasabi mashed potatoes and bok choy, neither have we. But for the first time in its 15-year history, Stephen Starr’s signature outpost is offering draft beer. To celebrate, noted beer podcasters Two Guys [...]
Beer Blob: Taps At Tap, Tasting Room, Beerrings?
Aired February 18th, 2010 on Beer and Food Blob.1 Comment· If you haven’t noticed already, The Standard Tap has installed its massive twenty line tap system and even if you’re not a beer person, it’s goddamned pretty. If you are a beer person, it’s a challenge; first to get through all twenty beers gets a kiss from Ron The Bartender. But seriously, great job [...]
Dept. Of Beautiful Friendships: Parc And Yards Get Together To Make Sweet Love… In Your Mouth
Aired February 18th, 2010 on Beer, Events and French.2 CommentsAll told — and from the perspective of someone whose Parc habit is quickly outstripping, say, Pete Doherty’s drug habit — THIS IS NOT A BAD DEAL. Get on it!
