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

Gallery: Joe Sixpack's 6 choice beers from Philly Beer Week
Gallery: 8th annual Great Chefs Event hosted by Marc Vetri
Joe Sixpack: New documentary on craft beer looks good but isn't very filling

Marc Summers is genuinely pleased that viewers not only remember but seem to revere the Nickelodeon game show "Double Dare," which he hosted from 1987 to 1993. Now they´re at Beer Week.

Marc Summers returns with his beer-themed 'Dare'

06/04/2013

Marc Summers, the popular host of Nickelodeon's "Double Dare," brings "Dunkel Dare" back to Frankford Hall for Philly Beer Week.

Don't miss these Philly Beer Week events 05/29/2013: There's a record 1,098 separate events over 10 days, beginning tomorrow. You won't make every one of them, but here's a selection of smaller events to fill out your calendar.
Joe Sixpack: New documentary on craft beer looks good but isn't very filling 05/22/2013: “Crafting a Nation” spends 90 minutes fussing over exactly what makes America’s craft beer so special but never talks taste.
A movable beer-canning operation makes its local debut 05/15/2013: You know a microbrewery has stepped it up a notch when it graduates from kegs to bottles and cans.
Taking a shine to Shiner Bock 05/08/2013: Texas lager finally arrives in Pennsylvania, where it has a lot of catching-up to do.
What's brewing for Philly Beer Week 05/01/2013: With Philly Beer Week just five weeks away, word is beginning to spill about many of the new brands the locals will show off.
The science behind beer nuts 04/24/2013: A Philadelphia Science Festival event at Yards Brewery will explore the chemistry in beer-and-food pairings.
Beer and food: Friends with benefits 04/17/2013: Ommegang competition winner George Sabatino talks about why food cooks better (and cooks cook better) with beer.
It's bock to bock for spring beer drinking 04/11/2013: Classic, warming bock beer is giving way to newer, spicy, flowery varieties of spring beer.
A pox on beer taxes? Not so fast 04/03/2013: Taxing liquor helped repeal Prohibition on April 7, 1933 — and that’s worth celebrating, says Joe Sixpack.
Stop wining and try some beer 03/27/2013: Joe Sixpack explains that "beer taste" can be just about anything.