Today saw the opening of Hawthornes at the corner of 11^th and Fitzwater. Chris Fetfatzes and Heather Annechiarico are behind the eatery, bruncherie and bottle shop. The Fetfatzes family also own Bella Vista Beer Distributors across the street.

The Space

• The corner space has been completely redone from its warehouse past.
  • Hardwood floors
  • Wood fireplace
  • Living room feel
  • Takeout and prepared foods counter
  • Chalkboard menu
  • Hours
    • 11am to 11pm Monday through Thursday
    • 8am to midnight Friday, Saturday
    • 8am to 4pm Sundays

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Here’s a new deal for the Recession Specials. Starting this Sunday Resurrection Ale House is offering a three-course dinner fro $25. The deal is available Sunday through Wednesday and there are some new menu options to choose from including grilled pork loin, vegan sloppy Joe and mussels Puttanesca.

In other deals, Sunday through Wednesday after 11pm all Belgian 12-ounce bottles are 25% off.

Monday through Friday from noon to 7pm all local beers are just $3.

Resurrection Ale House [Official Site]

Brooklyn Brewing Brewmaster Garrett Oliver will be at the Bishop’s Collar from 6 to 8pm tomorrow evening and then at St. Stephen’s Green till 10pm. Both bars will feature tons of Brooklyn beer on tap including limited edition and one-off beers.

Upcoming Events [Bishop's Collar]
St. Stephen’s Green [Official Site]

The Grey Lodge’s traditional Friday the Thirteenth celebration, Friday the Firkenteenth gets started at noon today. There will be 23 or 24 casks poured throughout the day. It’s always a great time and there are some truly original beers on tap for the event.

Check out the Grey Lodge’s web site for all the details. And if you miss this one, you’ll have to wait all the way to August, 2010 for the next.

Friday the Firkenteenth [Grey Lodge]

Joe Sixpack further profiles the pair behind Naked Pint in today’s Daily News. We’ve got a copy of the book to the first person who nails the following trivia questions. Email your answers to tips@foobooz.com with the subject Naked Pint for your chance to win a copy of the book.

We have a Winner!

1. What restaurant resides in the first floor of the five-story building shown in this photo?
2. What Brewery does this lovely lady represent?
3. What is the name of Philadelphia’s only still standing colonial tavern?
   (Note, it’s not a functioning tavern today)

These two authors say: Chuck the chardonnay [Philadelphia Daily News]
The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer [Amazon.com]

Congrats to Dave Allen who answered all 3 questions and emailed us within 8 minutes of our posting the questions.

Check out the answers after the jump.

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Fork is hosting a book launch party this Monday for The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer. A book by women beer experts, Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune.

Perozzi and Beune are based out of Los Angeles and their book covers all the bases of craft brewing from getting into the beers, transforming into a hophead as well as tastings, food pairings and more.

Several local ladies of suds will also be in attendance, Suzy “Beer Lass” Woods (Sly Fox), Whitney Thompson and Tracy Mulligan (Victory), Wendy Dormant (Dogfish), Megan Maguire (Ommegang), Seb Buhler (Rogue) and Jodi Stoudt (Stoudts).

They’ll be feasting on a menu prepared by Chef Terence Feury that will include everything from grilled house made chorizo with spicy white beans to Lightly smoked duck breast with spiced croutons, caramelized onion, bacon, parsnips.

Each of the courses will be paired with a beer and you can join these women for $55.

Check out the menu after the jump and make your reservations now.

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Suzanne Woods, who it should be pointed out also works for Sly Fox, nonetheless brings up a good point regarding Philadelphia’s attitude towards its own craft beers. At some bars, locals are being ignored for the latest releases and one-offs from breweries as far off as Michigan, Colorado and California.

Should we be buying local? Have we become obsessed with the latest and greatest from around the country at the detriment of our local breweries?

What do you think?

When it Comes to Beer, Stay Local [Philadelphia Weekly]

Joe Sixpack is prepared to take a stand against the “moraly wrong” idea of mixing beer and spirits in beer cocktails. But in the end he has to admit, some of them can be tasty.

Beer cocktails: Could it be? [Philadelphia Daily News]

On Saturday, November 14th Johnny Brenda’s is hosting a Wet Hop Rodeo, a roundup of wet-hopped beers from around the area and around the country.

Beer is typically made with hops that are dried to preserve the ingredient and make it suitable to ship and store. But some oils and tastes are lost in the process. A wet-hopped beer is made with fresh, not dried hops and tends to be especially fragrant and hoppy.

Typically these wet-hopped beers have come from Northwestern brewers near hops fields. But as Eastern brewers and farmers have experimented with growing  their own hops, wet-hopped beers have made their way east.

Philadelphia Brewing Company’s Harvest from the Hood is truly from the neighborhood with hops harvested at Kensington’s Greensgrow Farm.

• Victory Harvest Pils
• Victory Harvest Ale
• Weyerbacher Harvest Ale
• Philadelphia Brewing Company Harvest from the Hood
• Manayunk Brewing Hop Harvest
• Port Brewing High Tide
• Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale
• Rogue Wet Hop Ale
• Iron Hill Wet Hopped Ale firkin

Wet Hop Rodeo: A Round-Up of Local and National Wet-Hopped Beer [Johnny Brenda's]

It’s a homebrew event at Meme with 10 home brewers bringing out their best beers to be judged. The event starts at 6:30 and is open to the public. It’s $25 and includes tasting of the beers, additional beer from Resurrection Ale House and bites prepared by Resurrection chef, Joey Chimko.

Tonight -= Homebrew event @ MEME open to the public 6:30 [Beer Lass]