Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Weekly Beer Calendar Update: September 1st-September 8th

Any of my concerns last week about a paucity of beer events to close out the Month of August have been quickly allayed with a review of the next 8 days of beer events around the Philadelphia region. Holiday? Our good folks around here take no such thing from the pursuit of better beer. Be safe during the extended holiday weekend and enjoy! Check out the entire September 2010 calendar over here. If I'm missing any that you feel should be on here, let me know. Small tastes, sometimes free, can be the best ones @Beer Yard, Wayne, PA--- Sat. 9/4 - Tröegs/Teresa's/Beer Yard Event for Delco SPCA (1:00pm-4:00pm; $5 plus donations gets you Tröegs award-winning beers that will be available for sampling in front of the Beer Yard. The beer samples will be accompanied by a variety of tasty food treats from Teresa's Next Door.) @Bell's Beverage, Philadelphia, PA--- Fri. 9/3 - Friday Night Tasting (4:00pm-6:00pm; Free tasting samples of American Fest Biers) @Bethlehem Brew Works, Bethlehem, PA--- Thu. 9/2 - Charity Cask Night (5:00pm; PAYG for Sling-Load Ale) @Brew Works on the Green, Allentown, PA--- Mon. 9/6 - Cask Night on the Green (5:00pm; PAYG for a selection still TBD) @Dos Segundo, Philadelphia, PA--- Tue. 9/7 - Brewsday Tuesday (PAYG for dollar tacos and Philadelphia Brewing's Joe Coffee Porter and Kenzinger Kölsch) @Hawthornes, Philadelphia, PA--- Wed. 9/8 - Belgian Beer Sampling (6:00pm-8:00pm; Free tasting samples of Blanche de Bruxelles, Malheur, Barbar, and Hopus) @Iron Hill, Media, PA--- Fri. 9/3 - Firkin Friday (5:00pm; PAYG for the Rye Not Roggenbier) @Iron Hill, Maple Shade, NJ--- Wed. 9/8 - Pete's Celebration Release Party (5:00pm; PAYG for a Belgian Quadrupel brewed/named in honor of the guy, Pete, that got assistant brewer Jeff Ramirez into brewing) @Sly Fox, Phoenixville & Royersford, PA--- Fri. 9/3 - Incubus Friday (all day; PAYG for the usual First Friday Tripel antics) @Teresa's Next Door, Wayne, PA--- Tue. 9/7 - Tasty Tuesday (PAYG for not-the-usual-suspects from Anchor Brewing: Humming Ale, Anchor Steam, Liberty Ale, Summer and Xmas '09..okay, maybe just one usual suspect) @Triumph, Princeton, NJ--- Wed. 9/1 - Brewer's Reserve Barrel Tappings (6:00pm; PAYG for a selection still TBD) @Triumph, Philadelphia, PA--- Thu. 9/2 - Brewer's Reserve Barrel Tappings (6:00pm; PAYG for a selection still TBD) @Triumph, New Hope, PA--- Fri. 9/3 - Brewer's Reserve Barrel Tappings (6:00pm; PAYG for a selection still TBD) Food, beer...tomato, tomatoe @Iron Hill, Lancaster, PA--- Wed. 9/8 - Beer and Cheese Pairings (7:00pm-9:00pm; $25 for beer and cheese pairings conducted with Town Clocke Cheese Shoppe) @McGillin's, Philadelphia, PA--- Thu. 9/2-Sat. 10/2 - Month-long Oktoberfest (PAYG for beers like Stoudt's Fest, Flying Fish's Oktoberphish, Victory's Festbier, Ramstein's Oktoberfest, Warsteiner's Oktoberfest & more local and international Oktoberfest beers. Plenty of authentic German cuisine as well) @Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA--- Sat. 9/4 - BBQ at the Ballpark (3:00pm-7:00pm; $80 for an all-inclusive pass including a ticket to the game (sections 412 & 413, rows 1-5 ), access to our tailgate party, two-hour bar-b-que buffet, complimentary beer from our brewery partners, non-alcoholic beverages, passes to our “Brewmaster’s Tent” to sample specialty beers, and a keepsake tee shirt and plastic mug.) @Spinnerstown Hotel, Spinnerstown, PA--- Wed. 9/1 - A Summer Crab Boil (7:00pm; $45 for a night of beer and crabs co-hosted with The Brew Works) @Tria Café, Philadelphia, PA--- Wed. 9/1 - British Invasion (6:30pm-8:00pm; $50 for cheeses like English Farmhouse Cheddar and Stilton with British-style ales like IPA, Stout and Barleywine from innovative American breweries.) Festivals and weekend-long fun @Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA--- Fri. 9/3 - Pils Picnic (12:00pm; PAYG for great picnic-style beers like Dock Street Bohemian Pils, Manayunk Bill's Pils, Tröegs Sunshine Pils, Southampton Keller Pils, Stoudt's Pils, Victory Prima Pils, Sly Fox Pikeland Pils, Sly Fox Keller Pils (firkin), Victory Braumeister Pils-Saaz, Victory Braumeister Pils-Spalt) @Teresa's Next Door, Wayne, PA--- Fri. 9/3-Sun. 9/5 - Labor Day Weekend Port / Lost Abbey Extravaganza (all weekend; PAYG for Avant Garde, Carnevale, Gift of the Magi, Serpent Stout, 4th Anniversary, Mongo, Summer Pale Ale, 2009 Brandy Angel's Share and 2010 Bourbon Angel's Share all on tap... possibly more...like Hop15 and WipeOut...plus food and cheese and beer pairings all weekend long) @The Drafting Room, Exton, PA--- Fri. 9/3-Sun. 9/5 - West Coast Brewery Weekend (all weekend; PAYG for Sierra Nevada Beer Camp ExPorter, Russian River Consecration, Hair of the Dog "Blue Dot", Left Coast Hop Juice, Bear Republic Racer X, Stone 14th Anniversary, Port Brewing Wipe Out IPA, Green Flash Grand Cru, 21st Amendmant Back in Black IPA, Russian River Supplication, Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale, Ballast Point Sculpin IPA, Lost Abbey Avante Garde, Rogue Captain Sig’s Northwestern Ale (Firkin), & More To Be Announced)

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