You know I love me some smooth, cold-matured lager loveliness, and there's no place like Pennsylvania to get great fresh examples; er, outside of Germany, that is! For your $45 ticket (or $60 VIP), you'll get lagers and weizens from fantastic Pennsylvania breweries like this:
Appalachian Brewing Co. Berwick Brewing Co.
Lancaster Brewing Co. The Lion Brewery
Pennsylvania Brewing Co. Philadelphia Brewing Co.
Manayunk Brewing Co. Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.
Nodding Head Brewery Round Guys Brewing Co.
Sly Fox Brewing Co. Stoudts Brewing Co.
Straub Brewery Susquehanna Brewing Co.
Victory Brewing Co. Yuengling and Sons Brewery
Meanwhile, down in the Ratskellar, the beer-loving folks from The Foodery will be pouring beers from German breweries like Ayinger, Jever, Trauenstein, and a number of smaller, less-familiar (and delish) brewers, including one possible surprise they're still working on; keep your fingers crossed that this famous doublebock makes it in!
Why am I plugging this? What, a guy can't like lagers? Okay, okay: I'm plugging it because I'm in it, a member of the Brewer’s Discussion Panel on ‘Lager-Love and the Resurgence of Session Styles’ (I swear, I had nothing to do with the title!) at 4 pm in the Society's historic Horner Memorial Library.
Other members of the panel? Artie Tafoya, of Appalachian Brewing (and a past-master of hefe-brewing), Bill Covaleski of Victory Brewing (where they've been known to brew a lager or ten), and German beer importer Lars Dahlhaus. It's moderated by Marnie Old, Philly's best-known sommelier...who is also a fierce proponent of beers, especially lagers. We'll have a few good things to talk about.
I hope you can remember to come hear us, after three hours of lager, weissbier, great German eats from Brauhaus Schmitz (snacks for freesies, more substantial -- and the Germans do know "substantial" -- eats for additional bucks), and the bluegrass picking of the Keystone Mountain Boys.
What do you get for that extra $15 for the VIP ticket? You get a bigger cup...and if that's not enough, you also get in at noon for a tutored tasting on German beer styles by Marnie. Trust me, there are more German beer styles than most people know. It's more than just light lager/dark lager/strong lager/wheat!
Oh, and the Roller Girls. Don't you worry about them, you'll understand that soon enough. So...check it out here, and I'll see you there!
The German Society -- 611
Spring Garden St. Philadelphia,
PA 19123
4 comments:
Der Ständer, nicht "Stiffe":
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Interessant!
Es war nur ersatz Deutsch, mein Freund!
Philly apparently doesn't love "Lager" as much as you think... http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/city/20130205_City_says_Yuengling_owes__6_6_million_in_taxes.html. Any thoughts, Lew?
Saw this in today's Inquirer. Left wondering exactly what taxes Yuengling would owe Philadelphia. Sales and excise taxes would, I'd think, be paid by the wholesaler/retailer. Business taxes? Do they have a Philly office? Philadelphia has tried for years to get me to pay business taxes, but I do my business by email. I don't know.
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