The X Fest was a really nice Christmas Beer tasting event held last Friday night at the Penn Museum. Joe Sixpack (Don Russell) and the Philly Beer Week crew put together some great winter brews at the site of the old “Book & Cook” beer tastings at Penn. Unlike those events, you could actually hear yourself ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on December 15, 2009
Was my sincere pleasure to attend the American Craft BeerFest in Boston on June 19th at the Seaport Complex – accompanied by Brendan Goggin of the Oakmont National Pub and Séamus Cummins and Matt Ansbro of Coleraine Design. (When you read this you’ll be looking at my new site, thanks to their talents). Read More No Comments
Written by admin on August 19, 2009
On a beautiful fall day at the Roxborough YMCA, I poured beers for a hunderd or so local beer enthusiasts at the first annual Roxborough Beer Fest. Much fun was had and money was raised for the Roxborough YMCA. Joe Sixpack (Don Russell) was there along with folks from the Manayunk Brewery and local beer ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on November 15, 2008
Another 5000 beer fans attended the Philly Craft Beer Fest at the Navy Yard on Saturday March 1st. BeerAppreciation was there – handing out our beer “field guide” with information about beer styles, flavors, food pairings and local brands. While Shane worked the booth taking votes for “best beer” at the event, Peter spoke in ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on March 1, 2008
Over 3,000 beer enthusiasts showed up at the Philadelphia Craft Beer sampling extravaganza held at the cruise terminal at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. BeerAppreciation was there – with veteran beer appreciator Shane Rivers helping me answer questions about beer and facilitate the vote for Best Beer and Most Interesting Beer. The winner was Magic Hat’s Vanilla ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on March 3, 2007
Gullifty’s in Rosemont continued their anniversary celebration week of events with their first Beer Gaarten beer fest. The open tasting featured local brewers Victory, Sly Fox and Legacy; and local distributors Kunda, Gretz, InBev, Global Brewers and Diageo-Guinness. Steve German of Victory offered his now classic brews (and insights) from nearby Downingtown including Hop Devil and Golden Monkey Read More No Comments
Written by admin on July 13, 2005
Craft Beer News
If you haven’t visited the Yard’s Brewery in their Penn’s Landing location on Del Read More
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Out in the Philly area, Straub’s beers aren’t that easy to find. You may have heard of it, and m Read More
You all know BeerAppreciation focuses on local breweries, local beers and is very pro Philly and the Read More
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