On Saturday, March 13th eight bars will be hosting must-hit beer events. But how to get to them all?That’s where the Craft Beer Express comes in. The $15 bus service will run from 11am to 7pm. You’ll never have to wait more than 30 minutes for a bus that will whisk you among the participating establishments and absolutely no green beer.

Check out the bars and events after the jump.

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The 2010 Winter Olympics kick off today from Vancouver, British Columbia and several local bars are ready.

Five area bars are competing in the “Bar Stool Olympics.” From February 12th to the 28th, Kite & Key, New Wave Cafe, Smiths, South Philly Bar & Grille and Swift Half Pub will be competing to sell the most $3 Molson bottles.  The competition also is a fundraiser benefitting the Fraternal Order of Police Survivors Fund. Each location will also offer Canadian food specialties like poutine and Canadian Bacon. [Grub Street]

Devil’s Den is also getting in the spirit for the Olympics with Medal winning beers. During each day of the Olympics, the Den will be tapping a Gold, Silver or Bronze medal winning beer from the Great American Beer Fest.

Check out the full list after the jump.

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Devil’s Den has new glass growlers in and tonight they’re free to the first 75 people to buy a growler of Sixpoint beer tonight. On tap from Sixpoint:

• Double Sweet Action
• Diesel Stout
• Masons Black Wheat
• Righteous Rye
• Bengali Tiger IPA
• Sweet Action
• Apollo Wheat
• Otis Oatmeal Stout
• Brownstone

Fills will be around $14 with Double Sweet Action going for more.

If you like growlers, check out our growler guide.

Tomorrow, Devil’s Den is hosting  Weyerbacher Wednesday, an event with a draft list that will include Winter Ale, Fireside Ale and Hotel, an Imperial Porter. It all kicks off at 7pm with draft and flight specials.

Thursday, the women of In Pursuit of Ale are hosting a mixer and pot luck at Yards Brewing. Beers will be $3 for ladies and $4 for the lads. It’ll be a great time to check out the tasting room too. [Beer Lass]

Also on Thursday and on the heels of the news that Flying Fish’s Exit 4 is becoming a year-round beer for the Cherry Hill brewer comes word that Swift Half will be tapping a special firkin of the American trippel at 7pm. [Swift Half Pub]

Saturday, the ingeniously named “Trouble with Trippels” will be happening all day at Johnny Brenda’s. Ten Belgian-style beers will be available, pay as you go.[Johnny Brenda's]

R2L’s chef de cuisine Alex Urena has left the restaurant before it even opened and landed at Devil’s Den in South Philadelphia. Urena has an impressive resume and was the chef-owner of the well regarded Pamplona in New York.

No word on why Urena left R2L before the official opening but the move to Devil’s Den figures to bolster what has been Devil’s Den’s biggest weakness, it’s food.

A representative for Devil’s Den passed along these accolades for Chef Urena:

• 2000 James Beard nominee for “Best new Restaurant: Blue Hill”
• 2001 Gold medal winner, Culinary Excellence, American Tasting Institute
• 2006 Rising Star Chef Award
• 2006 Emerging Tastemaker Award, Food Arts Magazine
• 2007 Recipes published in Art Culinaire
• 2009 Recipes published in “New York Cooks: 100 recipes from the City’s best Chefs”

Update: Michael Klein has some more details about the shakeup.

R2L’s chef de cuisine is suddenly Devil’s Den’s new chef [Meal Ticket]

It’s a Great Lakes Brewing night at Devil’s Den from 7 to 9pm. Get $1 off Commodore Perry IPA, Elliot Ness Lager, Burning River Pale Ale, and Dortmunder Gold. Or try them all in a flight.

And then of course it’s country night with fried chicken at Pub & Kitchen. Check out all the hay!

Michigan’s Dark Horse Brewery has just recently started distributing to Pennsylvania and tonight they’ve got four of their beers (Crooked Tree IPA, One Oatmeal Stout, Raspberry Ale, Scotty Karate) on tap at Devil’s Den.

When Devil’s Den opened they got kind of busy and never got around to a Grand Opening. But now, a year later they’re finally going to throw a big party complete with $1 off beers and a complimentary buffet. 

Oh and did we mention the beers? When the event kicks off Wednesday at 7pm there will be great beers from Russian River, Bell’s, Allagash, Ommegang and many others. And because one night isn’t enough, there will be special drafts the rest of the week including rare beers like Hitachino Nest White Ale, St. Feuillien Printemps and much more. 

Devil’s Den [Official Site] via Joe Sixpack.

I Am Beer Wise points out that there are a couple of brewery/bar combos to choose from this evening. Kite and Key is offering a firkin of Yards Cocoa Porter and Devil’s Den is showing off Weyerbacher’s new smoked beer, Fireside Ale. A smoked beer next to a roaring fireplace sounds pretty smart. But if you’re more Northern Liberties inclined, the Standard Tap does weekly firking tappings on Wednesdays. Tonight it’ll be Riverhorse.

Liberties Walk expert Foodaphilia checks out El Camino Real. Buttermilk onion rings and crazy spicy jalapeno poppers are among the highlights. [Foodaphilia]

Fries with that Shake also visit El Camino Real. It’s the mac n’ cheese that has her singing though. [Fries with that Shake]

Not to be left out, the Beer Lass has a photographic post of yummies from El Camino. [Beer Lass]

There is a problem with Local 44, it isn’t local to everyone. [Femme Fermental]

Living on the Vedge recommends the oyster mushroom po’boy at Local 44. [Living on the Vedge]

Friday night was Italian wines with tricky names at Tria and some delicious looking photos of truffled egg toast, bruchetta and white bean dip. [Veggicurious]

With highs in the mid-twenties later this week, see if warming up by the fire at Devil’s Den is worth your while. [Foodzings]