Maxim toasts Philly's beer scene
The lad mag's February issue says the town is better than, gulp, Portland.
Maxim toasts Philly's beer scene
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Maxim mag, which you read for the articles anyway, drops this bombshell in February's issue in a spread about beer:
"Sure, Portland, Oregon, still produces great suds (Widmer, Hopworks) — and, yes, you P-town natives are so cool because you all can telemark ski — but the crown of Best Beer Town has been swiped from you guys and smuggled back east to the scrappy and beer-soaked City of Brotherly Love."
The story gives a shout-out to Philly Beer Week and provides a history lesson ("The Constitution was hatched while dudes in wigs knocked back beer in Philadelphia taverns. Ben Franklin says so: 'Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.'”).
Singled out for praise were Victory Brewing's Helios Ale, Dogfish Head's Indian Brown, Sly Fox's Phoenix Pale Ale, and Intercourse's Blue Ball. OK, so they're not in the city proper, but still...
Intercourse offers Blue Ball as a nice remedy for what ales you........— Earl J
The Beer Revolution is at hand. Join or....keep drinking crappy beer!— sla6yer- We do have some great beer spots in the city I love that there are places that will laugh at you then say NO if you ask for a Miller Lite.— cuso20
- www.TrentonRoadTakeOut.com— mfbeer
- Trenton Road Take Out in Fallsington PA has one of the best selection of craft beer in the area— mfbeer
- and there it is, folks, what should have been the new city logo! :)— buca
- Agreed!....It will sell a lot more shirts, guaranteed.— enabler1
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- BeerYard in Wayne (behind Starbucks) has one of the best selections of craft beers around. Plus they have Friday beer tastings from time to time with different brewers.— workin365
- BeerYard in Wayne has great micro-brew selections.— workin365
- Maxim does have a lot of good articles. Like this one for instance.— nicolefink
- I know this not near Philly but Troeggs in Harrisburg makes some great beers.— bossrjc
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"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin Philly been a good beer town for a while ;). With the emergence of all these tasty new brews (like Dogfish Head's craft brews) and the best dollar for dollar beers out there from Yuengling (Lager, Black & Tan & Porter) I think Ben would be very happy in Philly these days...— highfive
I grew up in Philly but now live in NYC. Some random points: 1. NYC at a time thought it ovel to get Rolling Rock (ok I date myself..it was the 80's) and Yuengling (that was an uber premium beer at the time). 2. In NYC bars can only buy from wholesale distributors thus stifling small breweries. 3. Philly even has a section called Brewery town! 4. Craft beer is getting big in NYC..you can growlers at whole foods. 5. f you read this and still drink coors or Miller lite, let me ask you, Why drink the same beer you did in College? Do you drive the same car? wear the ame clothes? Time to grow up kiddies and have REAL beer— Bone
