Philly Beer Week

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What is ship bottom night?

 

http://shipbottombrewery.com/about-shipbottom.php

Cheers!

 

Ship Bottom Brewery/w founder and brewer Rob Zarko
Friday, June 5 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Price: Pay As You Go
Capone's • 224 W Germantown Pike Norristown Montgomery County
Category: Tap Takeover
Come out and meet local Nano Brewery of Ship Bottom of Wallingford Pa. Rob Zarko
And Try some of his Finest and Freshest beers!

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30824/

 

anyone know if funky buddah is coming this year? loved their events last year

 

Churchville Inn will have an event (https://m.facebook.com/TheChurchvilleInn/posts/917790208243645:0). I'd keep an eye out on Bainbridge, Cambridge, and Monks as possible places as well.

- Joe

 

thanks Joe, they list it on Wednesday June 2nd however wednesday is the 3rd. need to know which day to head down there

 

Here is your next feed to watch since Bullfrog is long over. @Rizzy17

 

Tasty stuff. Actually, the last time I was at Capone's it was last winter and I bought a bottle of Double Overhead.

 

No Neshaminy Creek is surprising. Any word on why not?

 

Monks seems a little quiet this year. I wonder if they're backing out of PBW a bit

 

Tom's going for the lunch time activities:

Ok Campers –
Are you ready for Philly Beer Week? We certainly are stoked. We are hosting four lunch time events with a distinct educational bent. Consult monkscafe.com for all the detail.
Tickets to all of our PBW 2015 event go on sale… MONDAY, MAY 18th @ 11:30AM
We're calling our Philly Beer Week events FERMENTATION STATION - a fun way to learn about beer. Each of these four classes will offer the brewer's unique perspective on crafting world-class beer.
As always, we will offer tickets to those who arrive in person. After that, we will take care of any guests who would rather call in for tix. ONLY 25 Seats Available & a maximum of two tix per person, per event. These events will sell out very quickly. Don't worry...we'll have great beer on tap on the 18th, so line up before we open and join us for lunch.
Please note...these tickets are non-refundable. You may pass them on to any responsible person who has reached the age of 21. We do not charge your credit card until the day of the event, but you will be charged whether you're here or not. Sorry but no exceptions, no excuses.
IMPORTANT - your ticket price covers food, beverage and taxes. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE GRATUITY FOR YOUR SERVER. PLEASE BE KIND.
FERMENTATION STATION - STOP #1
VEGAN LUNCH WITH TRINITY BREWERY
Monday, June 1st @ Noon $55
Jason will give a presentation on his approach to brewing, using unusual ingredients, yeast strains and barrel aging. We kick off this week with a series of lunch events. We start with an outstanding brewery from Colorado Springs. Jason specializes in barrel aged beers, often with fruit and or brettanomyces yeast. Some of these beers deeply complex, yet are quite quaffable. Jason established his brewery and has always been firmly committed to sustainability. All their food compost and spent grains to a local, organic farm. In that same spirit, our new Chef, Michael Joyce, will create a vegan menu using only local ingredients. 8 Beer Samples paired with four small plate of vegan fare.Here are the beers:
1. Mr. Saison (bottles)
Mr. Saison, Saison Vieille. Inspired by native ingredients we found during a local hike in Colorado, this beer won best of show in the "Beers Made by Walking" competition in 2012. Our use of amaranth grain imparts a toasty presence in the malt bill, mustard seed lends a nice spiciness to the beer that is balanced with a light citrus from lemon grass and an implied dried cherry essence from the use of rose hips. 5.6% ABV
2. Wild Apple (Bottles)
Wild Apple Saison. A 'Co-Loveration' by two brewers inspired by their mutual sincerity for: Saison, wild yeasts, and locally grown raw materials. This crude but delicate creation was crafted with apples grown in Palisade Colorado, wild Brettanomyces, and locally grown organic flat leaf parsley. No hops were used in this Saison. 8.1% ABV
3. Sauvage Blanc (Draft)
Sauvage Blanc. A 'Co-Loveration' celebration between two brewers inspired by their mutual sincerity for: Saison, wild yeasts, and an artisanal approach towards using unique ingredients. This recipe was structured from a 'Sauv' theme ... 30% Sauvignon Blanc must, 100% Nelson Sauvin hops, and aged in first run Sauvignon Blanc barrels. A 100% Brettanomyces Saison, naardenensis and farmhouse brett are the yeast choices. We use a light grains of paradise to this beer for dry drink-ability, and added goose berries to the barrels to match the hops. 6.6% ABV
4. Magical brett Tour #1 B. drie (draft)
Magical Brettanomyces Tour #1, Brett drie. Curious about Brettanomyces? With our 7th Anniversary Project we've developed a series of 7 unique beers with the same base Saison recipe built with amaranth, lemon grass, grains of paradise, and rose hips. Each individual beer within this series is fermented from start to finish with 100% Brettanomyces and aged on French oak Chardonnay barrels. Each beer within this project is fermented with a single unique Brett, showcasing the dramatic diversity of the organism. Brettanomyces drie is by far the most aromatic with notes of light peach, straw, pleasant subtle manure, and graphite. 5.6% ABV
5. Accessibility Mode (Draft)
Accessibility Mode, Saison Printemps. Inspired by uberless cab rides in Portland Oregon during Craft Brewer's Conference, This spring Saison is brewed with enough jack-fruit to create a refreshingly acidic profile perfect for sipping on the patio. Grains of paradise are used in this recipe for a lightly spicy and dry finish. 6.4% ABV
6. Le Capitaine (Bottles)
Le Capitaine, Golden Saison Regal. A Petite Buddha Saison brewed with an absurd amount of pumpkin, candied endive, cacao nibs, and Buddha's Hand. Fermented with various strains of Brettanomyces along with Saison yeast then aged on Chardonnay barrels, the resulting beer has a light body and very softly spoken complexities. 10.4% ABV
7. You Never Even Call Me By My Name (Bottles)
You Never Even Call Me by My Name, Black Saison Regal. This recipe is an intimidating jet black color. Flavored with a blend of sarsaparilla, sassafras, coriander, hibiscus and cumin to create a perfect balance of spiciness, sweetness, and acidity. 12.2% ABV
8. Saison Beams (Draft)
Saison Beams. A 'Co-Loveration' celebration between two brewers inspired by their mutual sincerity for Saisons, wild yeasts and an artisanal approach with unique ingredients. Inspired by tasting creatively designed drinks together during an epic 'FOBAB' trip to Chicago, this Saison features a ridiculous amount of rare yuzu fruit, grains of paradise, and fruity shiso herb. A 100% Brettanomyces Saison, we showcase naardenensis and farmhouse as our yeast choices. Aged in Chardonnay barrels, this beer develops a soft vanilla maturity along with a tannic and oaky dry finish. The two 'savant' Saison brewers, 7venth Sun and Trinity Brewing, have gone past the point of 'reality' with this recipe and into a realm of surrealistic insanity. 5.4% ABV; 70 IBUs; 3.8pH

FERMENTATION STATION - STOP # 2
FARMER’S LUNCH WITH JEF of Hof ten Dormaal
TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd @ Noon $60
A Farmer's Lunch with Hof ten Dormaal's brewer, Jef Janssens, and importer Brian Ewing of 12%. We will feature at least four of Jef's beers, including the Philly Beer Week collaboration, "Leuven on a Prayer", between John Stemler of Free Will and Jef of HtD. We weren't sure that PBW's annual collaboration was going to happen at Hof ten Dormall because they had a catastrophic brewery fire a couple of weeks before our scheduled brew date. Brian Ewing will speak about his love of Jef's beers and how he went about setting up a visit and eventually being able to import HtD into the US.Jef will speak about living and working on the family farm and at the family brewery. They raise barley and hops on their farm. This is beyond farm to table, this is farm to brewery to lips.Our Chef will create house made patés, sausages and pair them with local cheese. Hearty fare for hearty beer.50% of ticket sales will be donated to the Hof ten Dormaal rebuilding project.
FERMENTATION STATION - STOP #3
THE EFFECT OF BRETTANOMYCES
With Terry Hawbaker and Kristen Mullen of Pizza Boy and Intangible Ales
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3rd @ Noon $55
This is a lunch time event with an educational bent. This class will show how brett is a voracious sugar eater which produces super dry ales. It is not a souring agent when used on it’s own.
Terry is well known in these parts as an outstanding brewer. In addition to being the head brewer at Al’s of Hampton Pizza Boy Brewery, he has co-founded Inatangible Ales with Kristen Mullen. Intangible Ales has so far focused on Saison style ales. Some of those have fermented with brettanomyces.
Terry has made excellent sour ales using brettanomyces as one of the yeast cultures. He added fruit to many, then aged them in a variety of previously used oak barrels.Our new, beer-centric Chef, Michael Joyce, will create a small plate menu to pair with these fine beers.
Here is the Pizza Boy Bottle List:
Abascio-Cell: aged in white wine barrels with Pinot Grigio juice
Golden Sour 2014: aged in white wine barrels with lemon zest
Plum Sour: aged in oak barrels with plums
Intangible Ales
Future Primative
Juxtapose
FERMENTATION STATION - STOP #4
WHAT IS A SAISON?
THURSDAY, JUNE 4th @ Noon $55
We are lucky enough to tear Jean away from his just opened Tired Hands Fermentaria. I've known Jean & Julie for many years and feel that their passion for brewing great beer will resonate with all of beer-world. Like the 1966 song by Donovan, Must Be The Season of the Witch...I was thinking about calling this "Must Be The Saison of The Pitch" (yeast pitch).Jean will update me over the weekend with his list of outstanding Saisons. He's the real deal, folks.
Remember that tickets for all four of these events GO ON SALE MONDAY, May 18th @ 11:30AM –
Hope to seeya here,
Tom

 

Thanks Monks. I prefer the lunch time functions. It's more fun to drink in the day time.

 

Has anyone ever been to the Churchville Inn for beer week events? I'm trying to get a feel for the crowds and if I should get there early.

 

Last year it was BA Abraxas and California Brandy Huna.

 

This event being on the same day as TH's anniversary party hopefully will spread people out a bit.

 

any word on what funky buddah will be at churchville inn