It's Philly Beer Week

March 7, 2009 6:20 AM

It's Philly Beer Week. And that is pretty great. But what is really cool is this, the keg Hammer Of Glory. Scroll down and click embedded video to watch. It made its way through Philadelphia by bike, foot, and wheelbarrow to the opening tap, where the mayor used it to tap the first keg.
posted by fixedgear (10 comments total)

Gotta love a city where the mayor isn't afraid to hammer a bunghole.
posted by exogenous at 6:44 AM on March 7, 2009 [1 favorite]

Ah, I walked past the Comcast building last night and was wondering what all the commotion was.
posted by The Straightener at 6:48 AM on March 7, 2009

I wish I could clone my liver so I could go. It's rockstar how the events start at 9 AM.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:00 AM on March 7, 2009

Damn, there is a lot of cool stuff going on. I can't decide whether to come up from DC tomorrow or stay home and make beer.
posted by exogenous at 7:05 AM on March 7, 2009

I just woke up and am on my way to Cavanaughs Rittenhouse to spin for the next 14 hours strait. Not only is it Philly beer week... but it is the first day of the Erin Express. This is going to be one of the drunkest week / week and a half you can find, anywhere.
posted by Addiction at 7:26 AM on March 7, 2009

Yeah, I just got back from a 9AM event.
posted by fixedgear at 8:31 AM on March 7, 2009

Man, that's a pretty serious hammer.
posted by zamboni at 8:35 AM on March 7, 2009

These guys built the hammer.
posted by fixedgear at 8:41 AM on March 7, 2009

In Philly, every week is Beer Week.
posted by LilBucner at 10:41 AM on March 7, 2009

I ended up staying home and making about 8 gallons of classic american cream ale:

10 pounds flaked maize
5 pounds two-row barley
2 ounces Cluster hops
Safale US-05 yeast

It will be consumed in short order.
posted by exogenous at 12:08 PM on March 9, 2009