Philly Loves Beer Board Members – Tom Kehoe (Owner of Yards Brewing Co), Mike “Scoats” Scotese (Owner of Grey Lodge Pub, Hop Angel & More) & William Reed (Owner of Standard Tap & Johnny Brenda’s)
‘Philadelphia Is The Best Beer City In America!’
If you have heard of Philly Beer Week, a non-profit promoting Philly’s beer culture, the organization has rebranded itself as Philly Loves Beer!
Philly Beer Week is usually known as a 10-day celebration that takes place in the beginning of June every year. The problem was that many thought it stopped right there and they would have to wait until the following year.
Hence the rebranding as Philly Loves Beer, which will be dedicated to raising awareness of the beer scene in both Philly and its surrounding areas 365 days a year. Yet Philly Beer Week will still continue as the main event on an annual basis while never losing a beat!
The organization has trademarked the motto “America’s Best Beer Drinking City,” which will host a series of events dedicated to the local beer scene, and will work to promote the well-regarded beer scene in Philly.
Kristine Kennedy, Executive Director of Philly Loves Beer, told us:
Philly Loves Beer is a year-round entity devoted to raising Philadelphia’s global profile as a destination city for beer tourism. We are excited to be promoting more events, highlighting more about the local beer scene and much more.
It’s hard to believe that Philly Beer Week has been around for so long, considering that it’s celebrating its 10 year anniversary! Since its inception, many cities all around have copied Philly’s Beer Week.
Philadelphia is known for many firsts (just some of Philly’s firsts)!
- 1682 – First brick house erected in this country
- 1719 – First fire engine bought by any municipality
- 1790 – The oldest law school in America was founded
- 1830 – First successful women’s magazine, Godey’s Lady’s Book
- 1840 – John Wagner brewed the first American Lager in Northern Liberties (Info from Tara Nurin of Forbes ~ If You Like Your Local Beer Week You’re Going To Love Beer Year
- 2007 – First City Beer Week founded
Some Philly Loves Beer events to experience coming up in 2017:
Flannel Animal – February 19 – Join Philly Loves Beer at Heritage in Northern Liberties and cheer on the “flanntily-clad” gentlemen of the Philadelphia beer scene as they strut their stuff down the catwalk at the first annual fundraiser – Flannel Animal: an All-Male Review. $5 at the door gets you entered to win a Philly Loves Beer prize! For more info, click here.
Beer Madness – March 13 – Do you like College Basketball’s March Madness? Then you will LOVE Philly Loves Beer’s annual Beer Madness Bracket! This event will feature a highly-anticipated field of 32 all local beers.
Opening Tap – June 1 – Philly Beer Week’s marquee event returns to The Fillmore Philadelphia! Guests will enjoy rare pours from Philly’s best local breweries and others from across the country. Opening Tap is kicked off with the Hammer of Glory, aka the HOG. You can parade around with the HOG prior to Opening Tap as it visits 15+ bars and breweries during the day. For more info, click here.
Photo Credit: Left photo by Jeff Belonger for MyPhillyAlive & right photo from Philly Loves Beer
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