The guide:
• With Love Beer Garden: This is going to be awesome. And it’s going to be Beer Week central! We’ve teamed up with Philly Beer Week and The Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia to launch a brand new pop-up With Love Beer Garden in the Four Seasons Hotel’s awesome outdoor courtyard exclusively for Philly Beer Week 2011.
Each day, a different local brewery will be on hand with some of their featured beers. Beer Garden patrons will be able to “Meet the Brewer” and enjoy the featured brewery’s beers. The brewer lineup includes Victory, Weyerbacher, Dock Street, Sly Fox, Yards and Stoudt’s. The With Love Beer Garden will offer beer, food, music, some special programming and more. Start your Beer Week evenings here and then move on to the other events around town. June 6-10, 4-8 p.m. Four Seasons Philadelphia. Pay as you go.
• Philly Beer Week Opening Tap: This is the official opening festival of the week, taking place within a few steps of America’s birthplace, at the Independence Visitor Center. Witness the arrival of the legendary Hammer of Glory; raise a toast with your favorite beer from one of 30+ local breweries; rub elbows with special guests including Mayor Nutter, Ben Franklin and Joe Sixpack; all to the tune of live music. Friday, June 3, 7:30 p.m. Independence Visitor Center. $41 ($15 designated drivers).
• Philadelphia Night Market: 30+ food carts and restaurants serving the best of American street eats; The Blockley Beer Garden, with top local beers from brewers like Victory, Rogue, Troegs and Yards; local bands, fire performers and crafts; say no more. We’re there. So will you be. Thursday, June 9, 6–10 p.m. 39th and Market Streets. Pay as you go.
• Craft Beer Day On East Passyunk: Eight East Passyunk bars are hosting events all day, from beer brunch to home brew demos to beer-bucket-and-pizza-deals to “Meet the Brewer” happy hours. Sunday, June 5, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Along East Passyunk Avenue. Pay as you go.
Below, we’ve got some more highlights.
• International Great Beer Expo: 50+ breweries from across the globe (Belgium, Germany, Japan and more) return to the Navy Yard for the 3rd Annual International Great Beer Expo. There will be plenty of water and food available for purchase as well. Saturday, June 4, 12:30-4 p.m. and 5:30-9 p.m. Philadelphia Cruise Terminal. $45.
• PBC Fried Chicken Run: Join SPTR, Philadelphia Brewing Company and the Fishtown Beer Runners for a brisk run from PBC in Kensington to the Taproom followed by a fried chicken cookout. Non-runners aee welcome at the festitivies at SPTR, too. There will be an $8 fried chicken special and a full lineup of specially priced PBC beer. Saturday, June 11, 4-8 p.m. South Philly Taproom. $25.
• Dock Street to Dock Street Philly Beer Week Run: Run for great beer and prizes at the 4th Annual Philly Beer Run. The course returns to the site of 2009′s with a Dock Street (that’s an actual street in Old City) to Dock Street (the brewpub in West Philly) run. Along the run, runners “collect” clues that can help them win great prizes donated by local bars and breweries. After, stick around for Dock Street’s 3rd Annual Music Festival. Sunday, June 12, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dock Street Brewery. Pay as you go.
• Dock Street Philly Beer Week Music Festival: Wood-fired pizza, Buttercream Cupcakes, live local music and lots of craft beer make kicking back easy at this indoor-outdoor annual festival. Sunday, June 12, 2-6 p.m. Dock Street Brewery. Free.
• Varga Bar Pin Up Block Party: Varga starts its 2012 Varga Bar Calendar girl search with the help of a variety of craft breweries, outdoor grilling, hotdog and wing-eating contests, water balloons, music, games and much more. Saturday, June 4. 11:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. Varga Bar. Pay as you go.
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