Favorite Philly Beer Week Event?

a pbr event?

 

no, please god no

 

I only got to go to the HF lunch at Jose Pistolas. It was really good. Very crowded but I got to enjoy many Abners, Edwards, and WIEs. the bar staff worked their tails off. The HF guys were there and were really great to talk to about their craft. I am addicted to their beer.....phenomenal stuff. Glad it's only a 9hr drive north....I couldn't make it til next PBW.

 

My favorite event was the bottle share that went on at my place from Wednesday the 6th through Saturday the 9th. Great time with some awesome BA's



The Alchemist Luscious
Arbor Brewing Framboozled
Ballast Point Victory at Sea
Boulevard Saison Brett
The Bruery Fruet
The Bruery Trois Poules Francais
The Bruery Chocolate Rain B1
The Bruery Chocolate Rain B2
Cantillon Fou Foune '11 750mL
Cantillon Mamouche '11 750mL
Central Waters 1414 x2
Deschutes '10 Abyss
Deschutes Black Butte XX
Deschutes '10 Dissident
Deschutes Hop Henge
Drake's Alpha Session
Drei Fonteinen Armand 4 Lente
Drei Fonteinen Doesjel
Elysian Prometheus
Firestone Walker Parabola B1
Firestone Walker Parabola B2
Flossmoor Station Hi-Fi Rye
Flossmoor Station Barrel Aged Hi-Fi Rye
Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout
Founders Better Half
Founders Blushing Monk '07
Founders Blushing Monk '11
Half Acre Galactic Double Daisy Cutter x2
Hangar 24 Barrel Roll #3 Pugachev's Cobra
Hangar 24 Barrel Roll #4 Hammerhead
Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Goose Island Bourbon County Bramble
Goose Island Bourbon County Vanilla
Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee '10
Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee '11
Goose Island Bourbon County '07
Goose Island Bourbon County '08 x3
Goose Island Bourbon County '09 bomber
Goose Island Bourbon County '10 x2
Goose Island Bourbon County '11 x2
Goose Island Juliet
Goose Island Madame Rose
Hill Farmstead Arthur
Hill Farmstead Damon
Hill Farmstead Everett x2
Hill Farmstead Jim
Hill Farmstead Art
Hill Farmstead What is Enlightenment 750mL growler x2
Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged Naked Evil
Ithaca Brute '11
Ithaca LeBleu '11
Jackie O's Bourbon Barrel Dark Apparition original bottling
Jolly Pumpkin Cinco Anos
Jolly Pumpkin LaRoja Gran Reserve
Lawson's Double Sunshine
Lawson's Knockout Blonde
Lawson's Oak Aged Fayston
Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze
Maine Beer Company Peeper
Marble Russian Imperial Stout
McKenzie Vautour du Bois
Olde Hickory Event Horizon
Portsmouth Kate the Great '11
Red Bud Cuvee 3
Russian River Consecration B2 750mL
Russian River Consecration B3 750mL
Southampton Black Raspberry Lambic
Springhouse Big Gruesome
Surly Darkness '10
Three Floyds Arctic Panzer Wolf
Three Floyds Dreadnaught
Three Floyds Live a Rich Life
Three Floyds '12 Behemoth
Three Floyds '11 Darklord
Three Floyds '12 Darklord
Three Floyds Zombie Dust x3
Tilquin Gueuze
Triple Goddess Unity Vibration
Upright Blend Love
Weyerbacher Rapture
White Birch Wild Ale
White Birch Commemorative Ale
Williamsburg Alewerks Cafe Royale

 

Sounds like great fun and a lot of awesome beers! i' ll get to PBW someday, even if it' s when the kids are grown and in college!

 

I guarantee you that it'd be worth the wait!

 

My favorite event was the Dogfish Extreme Homebrew competition at Jose Pistola's. The event itself was a cluster, but I was able to drink Tom Bastian's Death Metal and Belgian Death Metal in abundance. Hands down one of the best beers I've ever had and it was great seeing people try it and come back for more.

 

The conflicts are what helps keep the crowds down at most places. If they spread it out, every event would be nuts to butts.

 

You hit the nail on the head. As it is, Philly Beer Week is getting so popular, that in conjunction with the rise in popularity and knowledge of craft beer, every event is damn near packed to the gills no matter how many are going on concurrently. The demand, especially during that week, is quickly getting to the point where it far outweighs the supply. I don't think any event I attended this past week qualified as anything remotely close to low key. I figured Pistola's would be a great place to go for Hill Farmstead. It was smack in the middle of the week, starting in the morning. It was packed like any other event on a Saturday. Next year, word will spread further, and it'll be more crowded still. I think it's a trend that simply cannot be avoided at this point.

 

Uh, Friday isn't really in the middle of the week but I agree with the rest of your statement. Maybe you meant Founders since I saw you there and that was on Tuesday?

 

Yes...I did. Sorry. Went to the HF event at Pistola's too. Couldn't recall which event was which day. It was a long two weeks for me.

 

No worries, I was just confused. As I said, I agreed either way.

The funny thing about both lunches is that Founders was busy earlier, but Hill Farmstead was more crowded for way longer. Once CBS ran out, a lot of people left.