Philly Beer Week 2016

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And it was fairly useless given that most events had not yet been posted.

 

Philly Beer Scene publishing something useless? Get out of town.

 

not touching Bru again, i will say that. fooled me twice

 

This will be goooooooooooooood
http://www.phillytapfinder.com/event/city-tap-house-logan/

 

i was set for the sour event, but i like the sound of that more... especially since i missed Finback during CBC. any feedback on how City Tap House handles their events?

 

Many bars will not publicly post their events until the beer is either in hand or confirmed by the distributor. Bars have been burned in the past by setting up an event with Beer X and Brewer Y, but then are told a week before the beer won't make it (<cough> or more is allocated to a much bigger bar <cough>) and the brewer is not coming.

 

yeah, i get that. didn't mention it since it seems like a given and other posts referenced that. in your scenario, that would definitely be the proper thing to do (wait). BBE wasn't a good example in retrospect since they can advertise a beer style event with no specifications as to what breweries, and therefore, no hearts broken. i like that they brought in some foreign stuff though

 

<not touching Bru again, i will say that. fooled me twice>

I remember there were some issues last year, but not the specifics as I didn't make it down to Philly for beer week last year. Every time I've been there, the place has rocked.

 

CTH at logan square is new (opened less than a year ago) but its a huge place. Not sure how they will handle this but I have been to Bru, Varga, Khyber, BrainBridge, POPE, Cambridge, CTH @Univercity CIty for few PBW events. If a beer is highly sought out it will gone in less than hour of tapping. Ex. Kybher always have Founder event (its tomorrow @ 6)KBS, CBS were kicked in 30 mins.

That being said I am not sure if BrewYork will pull that much crowd.

 

never been to either. went to khyber, bainbridge, strangeloves, bru, & pretty much all the fishtown places last year. checked out mccrossens during cbc, then bru again. jerry's was quite busy for the Other Half even last year, but if you showed up a few minutes before tap time you were fine... i like finback just as much, not sure how others are.

favorites from last year were probably the Other Half event & Lost Abbey/Port at Khyber

it is next to impossible to get served at bru. some hiccups are understandable given the locale and the nature of these events, but i showed up 30 minutes before tap time, got a seat at the bar, no taps were up at tap time, bartenders were scrambling for another 20 minutes changing taps, then when they finally started pouring, it still took an hour to get a beer. sitting at the bar. last year, there was a wait as well, not nearly as long but due to crowds (totally get it). i think it also had to do with them pouring drafts into pitchers, then serving out of those, was not a fan of that, but whatever. then the credit card system went down. learned my lesson about not carrying cash during pbw that day. felt horrible for the bartenders, just trying to manually enter cards and failing. some guy who i presume to be the manager appeared, asked about the holdup, and then essentially told them they were on their own to figure it out and disappeared. it took a full hour just to get my check. i had enough cash for what i ordered minus tip, but obviously i wasn't going to do that. they brought in huge names and events esp during CBC, but they simply can't seem to handle it. i wish i was exaggerating about the place, but i am not. if you're like me and like to hop from place to place, or if venturing out to CC is not the norm for you, i'd either make it your last stop, or just expect to be there a while.

 

I went to Jerry for other half and walked out...it was croweded as hell and service was awful...so jsut walked to Sancho Pistolas. Then went to Brainbridge for OH on Sunday. Also, I agree with Bru...its a shit storm. I was there last year for Half Acre event...it wasn't bad. Most of these venues are really small and cant handle large crowd. Unfortunately, if you are after highly sought out beer ....there is no way to skip it...However, I still think Barrier/Finback event will not be crazy

I used live in Old city, couple of blocks from Khyber and always loved hopping. I am really going to miss this PBW.

 

are you near hamilton? the uno's over there seems to be having some good stuff coming. i do remember the other half getting really crazy, but it was well after tap time at that point. i watched reps from Other Half (recognized them from a festival) wait to get served! khyber is a gem, and i want to say they did something with the seating bc i was able to walk up and get goodies despite being crowded. there's really no good way otherwise. wish lost abbey was there again
i'm in fishtown mostly. both areas are great for bar-hopping.

 

I moved to Hoboken, NJ last August. Eventhough I do have access to OH, HF and other great beers on regular basis. Yet, I still miss Philly beer scene and all the regular spots. Fishtown reminds me of Pizza Brain/Paisano's/Sancho...damn it

 

Deer Creek Malthouse is doing a Field Day/Malthouse Tour this Saturday. You need tickets in advance, includes a t-shirt, logo tasting cup, and 7-beer tasting. Check it out!

www.deercreekmalt.eventbrite.com

 

In general, CTH is professional as they come in terms of event organization. I don't expect a huge crowd at this one though. However, if you get there on the early side, you may have to sift through post-work Friday happy hour shenanigans. I plan on being there for dinner with my family.

 

Below are the events at Capone's in East Norriton...love their IPA war list!

** Friday June 3rd - Noon until 2:00 PM
Meet Greg Kirlin of Alpine & Green Flash Brewery
On Draft Will Be:
GREEN FLASH WEST COAST IPA
GREEN FLASH IMPERIAL IPA
ALPINE HOPPY BIRTH DAY
ALPINE NELSON DIPA
ALPINE WILLY VANILLY

** Saturday June 4th - Noon until Close
== Founders Draft KBS Vertical ==
There will be limited amount of Aged KBS bottles available also ToGo !
On Draft Will Be:
2012 KENTUCKY BREAKFAST STOUT
2013 KBS
2014 KBS
2015 KBS
2016 KENTUCKY BREAKFAST STOUT

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***** NO EVENT FOR SUNDAY *****
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** Monday June 6th - 5:30 PM until 9:00 PM
== 10 Barrel Draft Event Meet the Rep w/Free Samplings ==
10 BARREL JOE
10 BARREL RIDING SOLO IPA
10 BARREL APOCALYPSE DIPA
10 BARREL APRICOT CRUSH

** Tuesday June 7th 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Draft Event Meet the Brewer From Mispillion
POUND TOWN IMPERIAL PORTER "New & Limited Release"
REACH AROUND IPA
HOLY CRAP TRIPLE IPA
BEACH BUM JOE "New For Beer Week"

** Wednesday June 8th - 5:30 PM until 8:30 PM
== MANOR HIGHWAY SOUR DRAFT EVENT ==
Meet with Head Brewer "Johnnie" from Camp Hill PA.
If you Like Sours you must Attend !
Mr. BLUEBERRY
Mr. STRAWBERRY
DADS BELT CHERRY FLANDERS
FUZZY SAY JOHN
TASTING MY PLACE BARREL AGED SOUR

** Thursday June 9th - Noon until Closing
== OUR ANNUAL IPA DRAFT WAR ==
SINGLECUT 18 WATT IPA
PORT BREWING CITRUS & PINEY
GREEN FLASH IMPERIAL IPA
ALPINE HOPPY BIRTH DAY
ALPINE NELSON DIPA
RUSSIAN RIVER BLIND PIG
RUSSIAN RIVER PLINY ELDER "4pm Tapping"
SIX POINT PUFF DOUBLE IPA
DOGFISH HEAD ALTERNATE TAKE 1 DIPA
SIERRA NEVADA HOPTIMUM
GREAT LAKES CHILL WAVE
FIRESTONE DOUBLE JACK
STONE DELICIOUS
DRAKES HOPOCOLPYSE BLOOD ORANGE IPA
EPIC MOSIAC IMPERIAL IPA
BEAR REPUBLIC MACH 10
BEAR REPUBLIC HOP SHOVEL
LEFT COAST HOP JUICE
FUNK BREWING CITRUS IPA
FREE WILL KRAGLE IPA
FAT HEADS HEAD HUNTER
CONSHY ISLAND SUN PINEAPPLE DIPA
GIGANTIC BREWING GIGANTIC IPA
SINGLE CUT 18 WATT IPA
AVERY MAHARAJA DIPA

** Friday June 10th - Noon until Closing
== SOUR DRAFT EVENT ==
RUSSIAN RIVER SUPPLICATION
RUSSIAN RIVER CONCENCRATION
LOST ABBEY CUVEE DE TOMME
LOST ABBEY RED POPPY
BOON OUDE KRIEK
BEAR REPUBLIC CUVEE DE BUBBA
GOOSE ISLAND HALAI
MIKKELLER SPOTAN WATERMELON
WAKEFIELD BREWING STUSH PINEAPPLE HABENARO
WICKED WEED La BONTE FIG
FREE WILL PHILLY BEER WEEK COLLABORATION WHEN DOVES CRY
BOTTLE POURS OF: 3F INTENSE RED OUDE KRIEK "Limited"

** Saturday June 11th - Noon until Closing
== BOURBON BARREL DRAFT EVENT ==
ALLAGASH CURIEX
DESCHUTES ABYSS
BOAKS WOODEN BEANIE
BRECKENRIDGE 25th ANNIVERSARY RUM BARREL
FOUNDERS KBS 2016
LAUGHING DOG DOG FATHER
FLYING DOG GONZO BARREL AGED
HOPPIN FROG COLORADO WHISKEY AGED BORIS
PORT BREWING OLDER VISCOSITY 2014

** Sunday June 12th starting at Noon
== The Best of the Left Overs from the Week ==
DRAFTS WILL FOLLOW SOON AFTER EVENTS ARE FINAL

 

@PhillyTapFinder thanks for the info. PBW is probably one of the few times someone can expect me to be early. decisions, decisions as always.
one of my favorites from the past was the homebrew & hot dogs event Memphis usually has in their beer garden. could have sworn it's usually 'round the end of PBW, maybe i'm wrong.

 

I know its not likely now, but is cigar city showing up again? loved the port zhukov event last year and was hoping they woudl be back.

 

I went to the Cigar City/Perennial event at Strangeloves last year and was hoping for a repeat, but haven't heard anything yet. There's no question CBC has impacted PBW. Fewer events overall and I know of at least one place that is sitting out PBW because it still has tons of CBC inventory to move.

 

yes, that was always ones of my favorite events as well. so much talent among our homebrewers here. not sure if they are having it this year. i haven't heard anything about it.