PTE in Philly

i saw several cases of damnation at bella vista a few weeks back and i know you can find sours (except beat) down town. Teresas is a guarantee for bottled sours (also for take out) and prices arent horrible considering they ALWAYS have them. picking up cases of sours however require a waiting list. you're easiest bet is to fly out to the damn brewpub!

 

Because the Philly beer scene is light years ahead of ny, boston, and dc, combined.

 

That and if Philly did get bottles of PtE, certain d-bags would treat it as a "commodity" and buy it all up for "trade bait".

 

More obvious? Philly is a far better craft beer town than any of those you mentioned, with a far better and more developed beer scene. It's also the second largest metropolitan area in the NE corridor after NYC, so I'm not sure why marketing would target DC or Boston first.

Michael Jackson also would rather be in Philly. Craft beer was in here far before it caught on most other places. Philly was also the leading pioneer in importing Belgian beer to the U.S. A lot of brewers of Belgian inspiration, including the crew at RR, owe a lot of their success to the folks in Philly who were daring enough to try and sell Belgian beer to Americans. The passion here for beer is unmatched anywhere in the country, and has been for probably longer than most people even realize.

http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000210.html

 

Prior to coming down here you may want to throw out an IP trade request out there for PtE. I'm sure there are some Philly folk who have some extras they've received in trade and travels (Sadly not myself). If you're coming from Maine I'm sure you have access to some New England stuff we can't get down here.

 

“Just thought I could bring some back for my buddies but apparently not!” Maybe one of the bars would be willing to sell you a growler that you can bring home with you?

Cheers!

P.S. As others have posted there are lots of great breweries and brewpubs in SEPA. You might enjoy a visit to Tired Hands, Forest & Main, Barren Hill, Iron Hill (multiple locations), etc.

 

Good thought, but I don't know of any bar that has PtE in the past that would fill growlers, let alone filling PtE growlers. PtE is pretty coveted by bars that are lucky enough to get some so I'd have a hard time believing they would even consider filling PtE growlers even if they filled other growlers.

 

Doesn't hurt to ask. The worst case is they say no.

I would suggest that Brutus627 approach the bar with a forlorn look and explain that he is from Maine and is looking to bring some beer back to his sick father (or something like that). Hopefully that will 'work'?

Cheers!

 

I live and work within an hour of the brewery and you essentially need to know the delivery schedules or have a friend who works at the store to get any bottles of PtE here. The few places where it does even reach the shelf, it's gone within two hours. I thought I would be swimming in it when I moved to SF and while it is easy to find on draft here, they may as well not even distribute the bottles any more. The number one thread in the Pacific forum is "traveling to x California city, where can I find some Pliny bottles" and the answer is that the only place you're usually guaranteed to find it in bottles is at the brewery.