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Events for

MARCH 16, 2008

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Sunday, MARCH 16

Real Ale Festival
Triumph Brewing
117 Chestnut St.
215-625-0855

www.triumphbrewing.com
1-4 p.m. $50
Co–hosted by Yards Brewing and Triumph, this fest will feature traditional cask-conditioned ales and participation by over 20 local breweries. Participants include Yards, Flying Fish, Dock Street, Tröeg's, Sly Fox, Iron Hill, Stewart's, Nodding Head, Manayunk, General Lafayette, Rock Bottom, Victory, Stoudt's, Clipper City, Legacy, Southampton, Lancaster, Cricket Hill, and more.  A few surprises and special guests are also in the works. Tix and info at 215-625-0855 or sales@triumphbrew.com.

Sunday Morning Brunch

South Philadelphia Tap Room
1509 Mifflin St.
215-271-7787
www.southphiladelphiataproom.com
11-3 p.m.
Wake up Sunday morning with discounted Bell's Java Stout and brunch.

Winter Adventure Tour of Eastern State Penitentiary and Early Beer Dinner with Stoudt's Brewery

London Grill

215-978-4545
www.londongrill.com

1:30 p.m. $45 plus tax and gratuity
Meet at London Grill and owner Terry McNally and Stoudt’s Brewery owner Carol Stoudt will first take you to Eastern State Penitentiary for a winter adventure tour of this historic site, which was once home to Willie Sutton, the moniker that Stoudt’s and London’s Willie Sutton Beer was named for. Back at London enjoy a three-course dinner with Stoudt’s beers.

Lew Bryson’s Pennsylvania Brunch
Fork
306 Market St.
215-625-9425
www.lewbryson.com
Noon-2 p.m. $35 (excluding tax and gratuity; beers extra)
Join Fork in welcoming nationally-noted beer writer Lew Bryson for a special brunch featuring a breakfast variety of local beers from his book Pennsylvania Breweries. You'll enjoy pairing those beers with Fork's interpretation of dim sum, the Asian small plates traditionally served with tea!  The menu will include items like pot stickers, braised ribs, clams in black bean sauce, etc. Consider it a delicious preparation for the Real Ale Festival at Triumph, just two blocks away.

Belgian Beer Sunday Brunch

Drafting Room Taproom & Grille
900 Bethlehem Pike, Spring House
215-646-6116

and

635 North Pottstown Pike, Exton
610-363-0521
www.draftingroom.com

Join us for a Belgian Beer Sunday Brunch Buffet while we pour Belgian beer from De Proef (Flemish Primitive), Blaugies (La Moneuse), Duysters (Loterbol Bruin), De Graal (Hector Tripel). While drinking fine beer our buffet will be enhanced with Belgium menu items like: Mussels in a lager beer broth, waffles served with a cherry lambic syrup, Belgian cheese fondue, roasted garlic steak frittes with garlic chive aioli, carved maple porter glazed pork loin, and stout-spiked chocolate cake.

Brunch at the P.O.P.E
The P.O.P.E
1501 E Passyunk Ave.
215-755-5125
www.myspace.com/pubonpassyunkeast
Noon-3 p.m.

Featuring Flying Fish Apple Jack Grand Cru Beer on draft until last call.

Stone Brunch
Teresa’s Next Door
124-126 N. Wayne Ave., Wayne
610-293-0119

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Featuring local rep Scott Sheridan and many rare Stone kegs such as Double Bastard ’06, Imperial Stout ’06, 11th Anniversary Black IPA and more to come from the cellars of Stone Brewing!

Meet the brewer: Chris the Enabler of Philadelphia Brewing
Good Dog
224 S. 15th St.
215-985-9600
www.gooddogbar.com
Chris “the enabler” Morris of Philadelphia Brewing will join us to impart his wisdom on why Kolsch is the beer of the future, and other smart things. Beer TBD.

Drie Fonteinen Tasting with Armand Debelder
Monk's Cafe

264 S. 16th St.

215-545-7005
www.monkscafe.com

2 p.m.  $35
Armand makes some of Belgium's most interesting lambics. 3 Fonteinen brewery & restaurant is located in the village of Beersel, just outside Brussels. Their food is excellent and their beers are even better. We'll be serving Armand's Gueuze, Kriek, Schaersbeek Kriek, Homage (frambozen), and a straight lambic. Armand is a traditional lambic blender who now brews his own lambics for blending. Don't miss this opportunity to meet this man. A small snack will be served.

Ladies Beer Tea
The Belgian Café

21st & Green streets
215-235-3500
www.thebelgiancafe.com
3 p.m. $25
There will unique beers, including a special surprise, paired with a twist on high tea with savories, tea sandwiches and dessert complementing the beers. The location is the sunny dining room of The Belgian Cafe, conveniently located near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Hats Optional!Tix available at:

Home Sweet Homebrew: 215-569-9469.

The Belgian Cafe: 215-235-3500.

Highlights from 10 years of Dinners with Michael Jackson
Monk’s Café

264 S. 16th St.
215-545-7005
www.monkscafe.com
6 p.m. $85
Our dinner will feature six of our favorite pairings from the past 10 years of dinners with Michael Jackson. We are donating $15 from each ticket sale to the National Parkinson's Foundation to honor Michael's lifetime of contributions to the world of beer. Michael was a good friend to me and to the entire beer industry. He is greatly missed. So come toast the life and lines of Michael Jackson.

1st Annual ZoT MusselFlex – Mussel Eating Competition.
ZoT
122 Lombard St.
267-639-3260
info@zotrestaurant.com
5 p.m.
$20 entrance fee, $100 gift certificate to ZoT for the winner. Half the profits donated to the Red Cross.

Who Loves It In The Can-Fest 2008

Aspen Restaurant

747 N. 25th St.

215-23-ASPEN

www.theaspenrestaurant.com

9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Wrap up Philly Beer Week with a good old fashioned Canned Beer!! Join us for "Who loves it in the can?" Fest 2008! Canned offerings with something for everyone, from Sly Fox Phoenix Dunkle to Dale’s Pale Ale to good old PBR.

Authentic German Menu
The Blue Ox
7980 Oxford Ave.
215-728-9440
www.blueoxbistro.com
5:00 pay as you go

T.U.D.* - The Last Huzzah of Philly Beer Week

Fergie’s Pub

1214 Sansom St.
215-928-8118

www.fergies.com

7:05 p.m. Free admission

Karaoke party with local and transient brewers and the ladies of In Pursuit of Ale. Plus special guest bartenders from the brewing profession serving $3 imperial pints of craft brews on tap. Say Goodbye to all the beer madness with that T.U.D. (Totally Unnecessary Drink.)

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