TOMORROW

5-Mile Run In Pursuit of Hoppiness

Dock Street Brewery 701 S. 50th St. 215-726-2337 www.dockstreetbeer.com 11 a.m.

Meet Bryan of The Brew Lounge and Suzanne of "In Pursuit of Ale" for a 5-mile run through the city concluding with beer and food at Dock Street Brewery. The run will pass noteworthy beer landmarks. This is a FUN RUN to celebrate Philly Beer Week and burn off some calories! RSVP by March 5 to beerguys@brewlounge.com

South Philly Pub Crawl

6 p.m. $12 Check out the growing South Philly beer scene with a tour of the locals, including the P.O.P.E., 1601, SPTR, The Dive, and Ray's Happy Birthday Bar. Tickets for sale at each of the participating taverns and entitle you to one free pint at each location.

Drink Your Wheaties! Wheat Beer Brunch

Grey Lodge Pub 6235 Frankford Ave. 215-825-5357 www.greylodge.com 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. (a la carte pricing)

Start your Saturday right with Lew Bryson's Wheat Beer Brunch at the Grey Lodge Pub in Northeast Philly. Enjoy the Breakfast of Champions, wheat beer, in all its glorious styles. We will have all sorts of wheat beers, including Victory Moonglow, Yards Pynk and Troegs Dreamweaver on tap plus varieties of bottles, and various types of pancakes. Beer authors Lew Bryson, Don "Joe Sixpack" Russell and Duane Swierczynski will sell and sign copies of their books.

Weyerbacher Tasting

Watson Kunda and Sons, Inc. 349 S. Henderson Road King of Prussia 610-265-3113 www.kundabev.com 2-5 p.m.

Lancaster Brewing Brunch

901 N. 2nd St. 215-238-0630 www.standardtap.com

Porter & Stout-A Bright Dark Line

Tria's Fermentation School 1601 Walnut St. 215-972-7076 www.triacafe.com 6:30 p.m. $45

What's the difference between Porter and Stout? Noted beer writer Lew Bryson will answer this common question and more as we drink through the history of these dark beauties and explore their surprisingly diverse spectrum of flavors. Tickets will be available on Tria's website.

Meet the Brewer: Yards Brewing

Good Dog 224 S 15th St. 215-985-9600 www.gooddogbar.com 7 p.m.

The Yards Brewing Company will roll out a firkin of cask ESA, and have promised some imaginative drinking games.

Pennnsylvania's German Beer Heritage with Marnie Old

The German Society of Pennsylvania 611 Spring Garden St. 215-627-2332 2:30-4:30 p.m. $35

Join Philly's favorite drinks expert, Marnie Old, for a lively and informative seminar and tasting celebrating this region's German-American brewing heritage. Compare and contrast during the guided tasting of 10 beers - 5 original "old world" German icons side by side with 5 "new world" Pennsylvania interpretations of classic German beer styles, from pilsner to weizen, from dunkel to doppelbock. The Philly RollerGirls will be on hand to pour beer from Victory, SlyFox, Yuengling, Stoudt's, Troeg's, Warsteiner, Paulaner, Kostritzer, Ayinger and Spaten breweries.

SUNDAY

Brew? You?

Home Sweet Homebrew 2008 Sansom St. 215-569-9469 www.homesweethomebrew.com 11 a.m.

Join Home Sweet Homebrew's own award winning brewer and Mid-Atlantic Brewing News Homebrew columnist George Hummel as he shows you how to become your own brewer. This introductory homebrew workshop is FREE, but space is limited, so reservations are required.

Lancaster Brews All Afternoon

Johnny Brenda's 1201 Frankford Ave. 215-739-9684 www.johnnybrendas.com 1-4 p.m.