OK, so there’s another pub crawl this Saturday, but this time there’s actually legit reasoning behind it… Philly Beer Week!
Philly Beer Week is a 10-day series of beer events starting on the first weekend in June in Philadelphia as a celebration of America’s Best Beer-Drinking City. Last year, it featured 674 separate beer events. The Hammer of Glory was used to tap the ceremonial first keg at Opening Tap on March 6, 2009. This year, more than 875 events are scheduled.
So, if you aren’t headed in to the city, where are you going in P-ville?
As FLYERS fever sweeps southeastern PA, many people (who can’t afford the $750 average ticket price) will be making their way to local watering holes to cheer on the Fly-boys in the company of like-minded imbibers. We’ve reached out to all the P-ville bars over the last week or so to figure out who’s doing what for Flyers games and uncovered the following specials:
Epicurean – $9.95 entree and drink special, a $12.95 2 tapas special, half price drafts, and $2.00 bottle specials on Bud, Coors, Miller and Yuengling.
Pickering Creek Inn – Half price appetizers and $2.50 Yuengling Lager bottles.
Some of the other bars replied saying they don’t have Flyers specials per se, but they do have certain specials every night of the week (consult the DEALS sections for info).
N’Awlins is by far my favorite city in the U.S…great food, great atmosphere and great music. Though I’ve never been there for actual Mardi Gras I could only imagine the debauchery and good times, especially combined with the Saints’ Super Bowl victory.
In celebration of Mardi Gras and the tastes of the Crescent City (no mention of the Saints’ win, though), Iron Hill is offerin’ up some gator gumbo and a schwarzbier (black beer) named Voodoo in honor of New Orleans’ own Dixie Brewing Company.
According to Iron Hill Head Brewer Tim Stumpf, Dixie “produced a very dark beer as their core product in a time that all other American beers were of the fizzy, yellow variety. This beer revived their brewery in hard times, but then they were ravished by Hurricane Katrina.”
The gator gumbo features authentic Creole seasonings and has hints of subtle herbal notes from German Hopes. Stumpf explains that the darkness of the Voodoo brew mixes nicely with the soup’s dark buttery roux. The gumboshould be ready by tomorrow (Weds.) and free samples of the beer and soup will be given out then as well.
Recovery from Mardi Gras never sounded so delicious.
by Washington Washington
N’Awlins is by far my favorite city in the U.S…great food, great atmosphere and great music. Though I’ve never been there for actual Mardi Gras I could only imagine the debauchery and good times, especially combined with the Saints’ Super Bowl victory.