Beer Radar

The Philly Beer Week calendar continues to grow. Here’s a cool event that even non-DYIers should check out:

The Extreme Beer Homebrew Challenge, presented by Home Sweet Homebrew at Jose Pistola’s, 263 S. 15th St., 215-545-4101. 7:00 p.m. $45
Join us for beer, food and fun. Meet & greet with Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione, Home Sweet Homebrew’s George Hummel and award-winning local homebrewers. Sam will pour extreme beers from the DFH stable of wacky beers. Signed copies of his “Extreme Brewing” book will be available. Some edgy homebrews will pour and you’ll have a chance to pick up brewing tips from some of the area’s most knowledgeable homebrewers. Tickets available at Jose Pistola’s and Home Sweet Homebrew, 2008 Sansom St. 215-569-9469.

With all the beer festivals I attend, the one thing I’ve come to learn is that, frequently, it’s home-brewed beer that’s the most interesting stuff that’s being poured. Last October at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, one of the best beers I tasted was a homebrew; same goes for last year’s Michael Jackson tutored tasting at the Penn Museum. It may be that I’m overly familiar with many of the craft beers at these events; but the fact is, homebrew can be pretty damn fantastic.

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