Events for September 2010

Meet the Brewer: Fegley's Brew Works @ Spinnerstown September 01, 2010 - Spinnerstown Hotel, 2195 Spinnerstown Rd., Spinnerstown

Meet the Brewer Presents a Summer Crab Boil with Fegley’s BrewWorks featuring: Four beers all paired with a traditional Crab Boil: Strummin’ Summer Blonde Ale, Hefeweizen, Devious Imperial Pumpkin & Hop’solutely Triple IPA . 7pm Start $45 per person. Reservations: 215.536.7242

Italian Sparkers & Cheese @ Tria September 02, 2010 - Tria Fermentation School • Medical Arts Building, 1601 Walnut St, Phila

Enjoy an effervescent evening with David McDuff of McDuff's Food & Wine Trail and Tria's own Erin McLean as you taste and toast the nuances of Italy's sensual, celebratory sippers and their lovely lactic companions. Pair bubbly Prosecco, Franciacorta, Lambrusco, Moscato, Brachetto and more with fresh, luscious, pungent, crunchy and blue cheeses from the best regions in Italy. Now that's la dolce vita! 6:30 - 8:00 PM. $68 per attendee

West Coast Brewery Weekend @ Drafting Room September 03, 2010 - September 05, 2010 - Drafting Room, 635 N. Pottstown Pike, Exton

Pay as you go, starts at 6pm Friday. The beers: Sierra Nevada Beer Camp ExPorter, Russian River Consecration, Hair of the Dog Blue Dot, Left Coast Hop Juice, Bear Republic Racer X, Stone 14th Anniversary, Port Brewing Wipeout, Green Flash Grand Cru, 21st Amendment Back in Black, Russian River Supplication, Lagunitas a Little Sumpin' Sumpin', Ballast Point Sculpin, Lost Abbey Avant Garde & Rogue Captain Sig's Northwestern (Firkin).

Labor Day Weekend Port / Lost Abbey Extravaganza @ Teresa's September 03, 2010 - September 06, 2010 - Teresa's Next Door, 124 N. Wayne Ave.. Wayne

From the website: Tomme will be here in liquid form only, sorry. Although after a few glasses he may still speak to you though his beers.

Beginning no later than Friday September 3rd we will be featuring a whole sh#tload of Tomme Arthur's best brews... Avant Garde, Carnevale, Gift of the Magi, Serpent Stout, 4th Anniversary, Mongo, Summer Pale Ale, 2009 Brandy Angel's Share and 2010 Bourbon Angel's Share all on tap... possibly more...like Hop15 and WipeOut...

Expect food and cheese pairings and possibly even a pig roast too, look out! \

Johnny Brenda's 2nd Annual Pils Picnic September 03, 2010 - Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., Philadelphia

Enjoy an end of summer beer-fest at the 2nd Annual Pils Picnic at JBs! This region is becoming famous for our incredible local pilsners, so drinkable and so delicious. Here's what's going to be on tap starting from noon and into the night:
Dock Street Bohemian Pils, Manayunk Bill's Pils, Troeg's Sunshine Pils, Southampton Keller Pils, Stoudt's Pils, Victory Prima Pils, Sly Fox Pikeland Pils, Sly Fox Keller Pils- FIRKIN!, Victory Braumeister Pils- Saaz, Victory Braumeister Pils- Spalt.

Tröegs/Teresa's/Beer Yard Event for Delco SPCA September 04, 2010 - The Beer Yard

1-4 pm, in front of the Beer Yard. Award-winning beers from Tröegs Brewing Company will be available for sampling and accompanied by a variety of tasty food treats from Teresa's Next Door. Every case of Tröegs beer sold during the event will benefit the Delco SPCA to the tune of $6.00 (including a $1 per case pledge from an anonymous Beer Yard customer)and all profits from the food menu, which will feature $1 hot dogs as a specialty, will also go to that worthy cause. Additionally, every customer buying a case of Tröegs will receive a free logo-ed pint glass and Famous Kirby's will be on hand with pretzel samples.

Friday Night Sampling: Magic Hat September 10, 2010 - The Beer Yard

Beers will be pouring, spirits will be soaring and Mark will be doing his Magic Hat dance. Must be seen to be believed. 5-7pm

40th Annual (Beer) CAN-vention September 11, 2010 - Valley Forge Convention Ctr., N. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia

They say: meet hundreds of collectors of all sorts of brewery advertising collectibles: trays, labels, coasters, glasses, neons, steins, tap handles, lights and signs of all description, new & old, national, local & craft brewers, and 1,000,000 beer cans. 9:00am – 3:00pm/. A small admission fee may be charged. More information: 215.412.2344.

Local Beer / Local Food Dinner @ Monk's September 14, 2010 - Monk's Cafe, 16 & Spruce, Philadelphia

Tom's annual Local Dinner. All beers and food served will be sourced from within 50 miles. They might stretch that just a bit for the beers, though. The staff is working with farmers already to be sure there is some very interesting food available. Detail will follow. 7pm

Great American Beer Festival September 16, 2010 - Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

America's most important beer festival. All details on website. SOLD OUT AS OF MID-AUGUST.

Building a Better Boyerstown Oktoberfest September 18, 2010 - Inner Core Parking Lot off Reading Ave., Boyertown PA

The Wine & Beer Tent at Boyertown will feature Sly Fox beers and wines from Blair Vineyards & Manatawny Creek Winery from Noon-9pm. . The celebration begins at 10am. For more information regarding this event contact: 610.369.3054

Friday Night Sampling: Sam Adams September 24, 2010 - The Beer Yard

Details to come, except for that 5-7pm thing. That part we got down.

Anti-Reinheitsgebot Oktoberfest Beer Dinner & McKenzie Malvern September 30, 2010 - Mckenzie Brew house, 240 Lancaster Ave. Malvern

To kick off the second annual McKenzie-fest weekend at both the Malvern and Chadds Ford locations, brewers Ryan Michaels and Gerard Olson will host an Anti-Reinheitsgebot dinner on McKenzie Brew House Malvern’s outdoor deck and patio tonight. The dinner will feature several courses of German-inspired fare, each complemented by a German-influenced beer. The dinner is priced at $39 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.

The beers: Pumpkinfest, brewed with Pennsylvania Dutch pumpkins, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and ginger; Oktoberfest: A malty, strong amber lager brewed with black pepper; La Faute: A dark, strong lager brewed with candied sugar; Oer Faute: La Faute, aged in a French red wine barrel in the house micro flora, providing added acidity, depth, and complexity; Krüg Bier: A hoppy, orange-colored German Ale made with lots of candied sugar and German Hops.

7 courses, $39, 7pm. More info & reservations: 610.296.2222.