A prelude to Philly Beer Week 2016 - t minus 1.5 days

**UPDATE: Now includes Alla Spina, Fat Head's, Sly Fox, New Holland, Sam Adams, Terrapin, and Brü Craft & Wurst. in addition to Allagash, Firestone Walker, River Horse, Standard Tap, Good Dog, and Brauhaus Schmitz.**

And now for some paid advertising. Just kidding. In lieu of a more efficient online planning tool for Philly Beer Week, here are some handy promo cards put together by some of our most passionate and marketing-savvy beer folk in the area.

(Allagash Brewing Company)

(Firestone Walker Brewing Company)

**note: Heritage event on 6/6 begins at 9 p.m., not 7 p.m.**

(Good Dog Bar)

(River Horse Brewing Company)

(Brauhaus Schmitz)

(Standard Tap)

(Alla Spina)

(New Holland)

(Fat Head's)

(Sly Fox)

(Brü Craft & Wurst)

(Sam Adams)

(Terrapin)

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Word (and pictures) has it that Firestone Walker has arrived in southeastern PA

And it's generating quite some excitement. The Origlio crew is showing David Walker (he's the tall one in the picture) and the FW crew around town this week. See below for the rest of the week's lineup.

Between the picture from Andy (thanks) and the picture from Brian (ditto), Teresa's Next Door looks to be a fine place to have dinner tonight.

4/11 – Memphis Taproom
4/11 – Monk’s Cafe
4/12 – Teresa’s Next Door
4/12 – Hawthornes
4/13 – Kraftwork
4/13 – Capone’s
4/14 – Hulmeville Inn
4/15 – Jose Pistolas

Beer Dinner landscape in SF about to change

I've never made it to a Beer Dinner with Bruce Paton in San Francisco. For all of my Bay Area visits, the timing has never lined up just right to make it to one of Paton's storied dinners in the city at The Cathedral Hill Hotel. Now, they are coming to an end as the 50-year-old hotel is going off to the great hospitality suite in the sky. Recently, Jay Brooks has written about the Russian River dinner and you can bet that he'll have more to say during the last two beer dinners at the hotel to come in October. Where Paton will stage his beer dinners in the future has not apparently been decided (or disclosed) as of yet. But, in the meantime, there are two dinners remaining to be enjoyed at the hotel. The next is this coming Friday, 10/2, when a four-and-a-half course meal with Matt Brynildson and his Firestone Walker beers will be served. The last hurrah comes on Friday October 23rd, when Rob Tod will join the farewell party and bring his Allagash beers to dinner. I'll be flying through SFO in October, but do not have any trips that will land me there during either of these dinners. If you will be, consider yourself in the know.