Weekend Picks, 1/19-1/22
Thursday, January 19
Sierra Nevada Night with Patrick Mullin
What: Tasting and meet and greet
Where: London Grill, 23rd & Fairmount (Fairmount)
When: 7 PM, Thursday, January 19
Price: PAYG
Patrick Mullin – regional sales manager of Sierra Nevada Brewing, and soon to be Sly Fox director of sales – will be in house, along with Sierra Nevada brews: Exportation (6.3% American Wild Ale), Ovila Saison (7%), Quad (10.4%) and Dubbel (7.5%).
Friday, January 20
120 on 1/20
What: Dogfish 120 minute IPA tapping
Where: Grey Lodge Pub, Frankford & Hawthorne (NE Philly)
When: 10 AM–9 PM, Friday, January 20
Price: PAYG
The folks over at Grey Lodge Pub are tapping a sixtel of Dogfish Head’s 120 minute IPA – at 10 AM. For a beer as heavily hopped as this (putting it lightly), and hovering somewhere around 15-20%, it’s not for the faint of heart, but well worth it.
Saturday, January 21
What: Craft beer festival with 50 beers that are over 8% ABV
Where: Starlight Ballroom, 460 N. 9th St.
When: 12-4 PM, 5-8 PM, Saturday, January 21
Price: $45 in advance
The Trouble With Trippels III
What: Tripel Tap Takeover
Where: Johnny Brenda’s, 12th & Frankford (Fishtown)
When: 11 AM–Close, Saturday, January 21
Price: PAYG
For the third year in a row, Johnny Brenda’s is devoting it’s downstairs bar and taps to Tripel style brews. This years lineup is: Victory Golden Monkey, Sly Fox Incubus, Stoudt’s Abbey Tripel, Weyerbacher Merry Monks (9.5%), Dock Street Prisoner of Hell (10%), Flying Fish Exit 4 (9.5%), Allagash Tripel (9%) and Flying Fish Grand Cru (5.5%).
Sunday, January 22
Center City Restaurant Week
This Sunday is the kickoff of Center City’s Restaurant Week – lasting until the January 27 and picking up again from January 29–February 3. Every year restaurants all over the city offer up delicious pre-fix, three course, menus for $35 each. We’ve got you covered with our picks of six places where you can grab some drinks for happy hour before taking on three rounds of food.
