Joe Sixpack

Joe Sixpack drinks beer and writes about it for a living in America's Best Beer-Drinking City. Yes, it is a dream come true and, no, he is not currently in need of an assistant. He's won a bunch of journalism awards and was named America's top beer columnist in 2002 and 2006. He is the author of the upcoming Joe Sixpack's Beer Reporter Notebook (Camino Books) and he hosts a Web site at www.JoeSixpack.net.

Email Joe at joesixpack@phillynews.com

Joe Sixpack: Whasssup? Bud sale no biggie in Philly

Posted 07/18/2008

THE WAFFLE-HUMPERS, as Stephen Colbert mockingly called them the other night, may have an American institution in their Euro-paws, but Philly-area beer drinkers are just shrugging and taking another sip of Bud.

Joe Sixpack: Recession-proof your beer habit

Posted 07/11/2008

YOUR GAS TANK is empty, your home is in foreclosure, and your little ones go to bed with empty tummies. Worse than that, Budweiser just announced it's jacking up prices.

Joe Sixpack: Try a good ol' American classic 07/03/2008: GERMAN hefeweizen, Belgian abbey ale, Mexican lager, English bitter, Canadian malt liquor - beer styles come from around the world. But how about good, ol' American beer?
Joe Sixpack: This Bud's for EU 06/27/2008: PATRIOTISM, THE LAST refuge of scoundrels, is apparently the first line of defense against Belgium-based InBev's $46.4 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch. Somehow, an otherwise run-of-the-mill international corporate-takeover proposal has exploded into an assault on American values.
Joe Sixpack: There's a reason it's not called the beer garden state 06/20/2008: MORE THAN a million people live in the four New Jersey counties just across the Delaware from Philadelphia, and presumably, many of them like to drink good beer.
Joe Sixpack: Boston Beer's Jim Koch spills it all 06/13/2008: PENNSYLVANIA'S newest brewer stopped in town the other day. That would be Jim Koch, chairman of Boston Beer, whose company just completed its purchase of the old Schaefer plant up in Fogelsville, Lehigh County.
Joe Sixpack: The art of craft brewing: Label it creative 06/06/2008: NEXT TIME you're idly peeling the label from your favorite bottle, stop! You may be defacing a fine piece of art.
Joe Sixpack: Feel the burn this summer . . . with beer 05/30/2008: THE SUMMER beer season is upon us and you're still not ready to show off your six-pack? Can't fit into last year's keg? Didn't achieve the proper shade at your friendly indoor drinking salon? Ashamed of your can?
Joe Sixpack: Iron Brewer: Battle of the beer leftovers 05/23/2008: THE IRON BREWER sounds like a steel-cage death match between rival beer makers. But the annual homebrewing showdown held at Iron Hill's brewpub in West Chester might be the feel-good beer event of the year.
Joe Sixpack: The pairing of beer and gourmet food isn't so crazy anymore 05/16/2008: WILL BEER ever edge out wine as the go-to beverage of gourmet cuisine? That's the underlying theme this weekend in Washington, D.C., at Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience. The highly anticipated, first-time event features 48 breweries from across the country, pairing their beers with small plates.
Joe Sixpack: Yo, Belgium, we make stinky-cheese beer, too 05/09/2008: THERE IS a small river, which flows beneath the streets of Brussels and into the rolling countryside, called the Zenne. Along its valley, in small towns like Lembeek and Schepdaal, one of the world's most unusual beers is made.
Joe Sixpack: Build a good bar, and they will come 05/02/2008: I KEEP HEARING from readers who tell me, "I moved to this neighborhood because of [fill in the blank] bar." I hear it in South Philly, West Philly, Bella Vista, Center City and, more than anywhere, Fishtown, home of Johnny Brenda's Tavern.