My new policy of trying to avoid The Silliness unless the temptation is too strong or I am suffering from writer’s block and therefore willing to do anything has led to a paucity of posts of late and meant that I was going to ignore the kerfuffle that sprung up around this article which might fairly be considered the personification of silly. Jeff Alworth is a less circumspect man than I, so he jumped into the fray yesterday morning. Brilliantly. Go read. Every word.
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He’s back, because he always comes back. Scott Morrison will be the brewer at Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery, the new venture which is replacing the General Lafayette Inn in Lafayette Hill. I’ve been sitting on this one for a while because I was asked to and now am regretting that a bit, mostly because I wasn’t able to use the news in columns I wrote for print publication which will not appear until early June. Ah well…
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This looked like it could be fun, so I asked Keg & Kitchen owner Kevin Meeker to tell me more:
“How this competition works is we have teams, 2 people on each team, they taste a beer that they have no idea what it is. They will then be asked a series of 4 multiple choice questions about each beer. These questions have a right answer it is not about picking out flavors. The last question maybe to choose exactly what beer it is out of 4. An example would be after they tasted a beer this is a PBR, a Guinness stout, a Jacks cider, a goose Island IPA ? Each correct answer is worth so many points and the team with the highest point score is declared champion.
“We have a nice trophy for the first, second and third place finishers. There is a Beer Week Trophy that each years winning teams name will be added. Prizes are also to be awarded. The tasting is going to be 2 ounces per beer. Team members can discuss the beer and decide on the answer together.”
I’ll be posting other PBW events that will occur at less well known venues and might escape your attention over the next few weeks. Fell free to offer suggestions (suggestions offered with as many details as possible, including time, address and phone #, plus art, if any, even if just the venue’s logo, have the best shot at being used).
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At Buddy’s insistence, I direct you to All the news that’s fit to pee so that you will not be culturally illiterate in the eyes of your canine friends. Go and sin no more.
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The big story of yesterday’s goings-on in Phoenixville, as you’ve likely heard by now, was that a three-legged goat won the race to name the Maibock for the third straight year but that it wasn’t the three-legged goat most people arrived hoping to see take the honors. Two-time champion Peggy lost in the semis and her stable mate and good buddy Simon won the finals. I’ve posted a bit more information and a link to local news coverage over here and I assume we will be seeing a rematch in 2014.
The crowd was huge, clearly the largest one yet, but things went incredibly smoothly. After 15 years, the entire staff and all the volunteers know what they’re doing. As I noted in that Beer Yard story, the big video screen was a great addition.
[Update]
Here’s Team Simon celebrating the victory.
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Photo, via Facebook via Don Russell, is the Maifest taking place on South St. in Philadelphia, taken in front of Brauhaus Schmitz. Just look at that sky.
There will be a lot of beer consumed today and maybe even more Bourbon, certainly in Louisville at the Derby. But tomorrow there will be doubt about what will be the beverage of choice.
Cinco de Mayo. The Broad Street Run. The Sly Fox Bock Fest & Goat Race. Need I say more?
Massive quantities of beer will be enjoyed (responsibly, one hopes) in conjunction with those gatherings. And the weather is supposed to be even better, if that’s possible.
Here’s the clever logo done by Virtual Farm Creative for the Sly Fox event, acknowledging the other big party event of the day…
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I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
