Posted on Thu, Mar. 6, 2008
Somebody had to do it: Navigating the city's beer scene without a native guide gets scary. Enter Joe Sixpack (Don Russell), the irrepressible beer columnist at the Philadelphia Daily News. His new guide answers a beer-drinker's deepest questions: How did Johnny Brenda's get its name? When do you use a goblet? Where can you get real ale on old-fashioned hand pumps? You'll be lost without it!
Joe Sixpack's Philly Beer Guide, by Don Russell, $14.95, Camino Books. At bookstores and selected watering holes, or www.caminobooks.com.
- Rick Nichols
The proper vessel
Nothing thrills a beer-head like a proper glass for their kolsch or strong ale - especially one emblazoned with the label of their favorite brewer. There's an entire wall of such glassware at Shangy's in Emmaus, which is possibly the best import beer distributor in the region. If that's too far a hike, the Foodery in Northern Liberties is your next best bet to find that towering Paulaner heiferweizen glass, gilt-rimmed Goffel kolsch beaker, or hex-bottomed Kwak glass you've been thirsting to hold.
Beer glasses range from $4.99-$7.95 apiece at the Foodery Northern Liberties, Second and Poplar Streets, 215-238-6077.
- Craig LaBan
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