One Brewery in Philly?

Tired Hands.

 

what he said

 

What they both said. Hit the Ferm and Cafe for a different mix of brews. It's only a 5 min walk between the two.

 

It depends where you'll be staying and how much time you'll have. Victory is well outside
Philly, probably an hour. Tired Hands is closer, but still outside the city. If you're close to 2nd Story,
they are decent, but a bunch of new breweries have opened up recently, all over the city, and I haven't
had a chance to visit any of them. Also some right across the river in Jersey.
As mentioned above, if you have the time, Tired Hands would be your best bet.

 

I recommend 2SP in Aston, PA, outside of the city but not far.

 

If you have to stay in or close to the city, I've heard Crime & Punishment is a good one, but I've never been so I can't speak personally to it.

 

If you are in the city proper, then I would say Yards.

 

Big fan of Yards. Their ESA might be my fav beer.

Haven't check out tired hands, but I hear they are awesome.

 

Forest and Main if you want the best overall experience.

 

I second Forest & Main if you want a great atmosphere and a variety of styles. Yards if you want to stay in Philly proper as they have a wider variety of styles. You know, that's if you want more than saisons and hoppy beers.

 

And I think the Tired Hands hoppy beers I've tried are all very similar.

 

i'd skip the drive/train ride to tired hands and just do a pub crawl around philly. there are several cool bars with above average tap lists. this would give you a chance to try multiple breweries, visit multiple places, and spend time exploring a city vs. sitting in traffic going to one place (which i believe is severely over hyped).

 

What ashellen said. Check out phillytapfinder to see what's pouring where.

 

Tired hands by far you can stop at any bottle shop in philly and get victory and yards brews but you cant say the same about Tired hands.

 

Not so much "any bottle shop" but you don't have to go to Tired Hands to get Tired Hands.

http://www.tiredhands.com/findourbeer/

 

Tired Hands
Forest & Main
Free Will

In that order.

 

True, but both of those do also have brewery-only beers if you visit:

http://www.victorybeer.com/brewpubs/downingtown/
http://yardsbrewing.com/visit/whats-on-tap