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Great name for a beer, and an excellent label. Unfortunately, this IPA was brewed in honor not of Philly’s Northern Liberties section, but a neighborhood with the same name in Cincinnati. Turns out that, like Philadelphia’s N.L. section, the one in Cincinnati was also home to early American immigrants who, presumably, dressed up like Lady Liberty and paraded around with pint glasses.

I checked in with William Reed, co-owner of of Philly Northern Liberties’ Standard Tap, to see if he’d be pouring this IPA anytime soon. True, the Tap serves only locally brewed beer; but you’d figure that an ale called Northern Liberties automatically makes it local, right?

Nope, said Reed, Cincinnati isn’t close enough. Maybe some other Northern Liberties bar will track it down.

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