The Beer Lass, Suzanne Woods is profiled on AroundMainLine.com during a recent outing to Wayne and Teresa’s Next Door. Look for Woods during Beer Week, she’ll be everywhere.

Breaking Bread with Beer Lass [AroundMainLine.com]
Beer Lass [Official Site]

In Pursuit of Ale and The Latest Dish are getting together this evening for beer and food pairing. Just four seats remain. 5 Courses for just $35.

So if you’re female, grab the girls and RSVP ASAP!

Email the Beer Lass, Suzanne Woods immediately.

Menu after the jump.

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In Pursuit of Ale, the women’s beer group of Philadelphia is having their bi-monthly meet-up this Wednesday at Jones and if you’re female and haven’t gone before, this looks like a good one to start with.

The event will be a pair five courses with five beers that will have you experiencing Stephen Starr’s comfort food restaurant in a whole new light.

Details after the jump.

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Suzanne Woods is a lot of things, she’s the founder of In Pursuit of Ale, the women’s beer club of Philadelphia, she’s a blogger at “I’ll have another Stout”, she’s a bartender at Jose Pistola’s, she’s a Sly Fox beer rep, she’s an all round beer lass, she’s the Vanna White to Johnny Goodtimes’ Pat Sajak on the quizzo circuit, she’s our best Foobooz tipster and we’re sure we’re missing at least three other occupations. As of today she has yet another hat, that of monthly columnist for Philadelphia Weekly. Today, her initial column calls out bars to recycle and gives us all a heads up on some new beers worth drinking.

Introducing the Beer Lass [Philadelphia Weekly]

In Pursuit of Ale, Philadelphia’s beer club for women was recently at South Philadelphia Taproom where they were profiled for NBC 10. If you were out drinking a beer on Friday when the piece ran, here’s the video.

Babes Have Palate For Superior Suds [NBC 10 Video]
In Pursuit of Ale [MySpace]

Just 24 days until Philly Beer Week–the most blessed 10 days in the life of Philadelphia beer drinkers–begins.

At Foobooz, we’re doing our part to help you select wisely from the many events. Today, we’re taking a breather from all of that serious beer learnin’ for some fun and games, courtesy of In Pursuit of Ale and triviator Johnny Goodtimes…

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Photo by HGruber

In his latest online column for Portfolio magazine, local beer scribe Lew Bryson chastises brewers both corporate and craft-y for their failure to properly market beer to women and offers suggestions on how to go after the ladies. In case you’ve been living under a rock:

Beer marketing reeks of testosterone. The staples include sports, cowboys, rappers—male rappers—big powerful animals, physical labor, and frat-boy humor. When women appear, they’re either carrying a tray of beers or standing around looking beautiful.

Women standing around drinking craft beer – now that’s real beauty. Just ask the ladies of In Pursuit of Ale.

Also, the 2008 Dogfish Head Beer Release Calendar is up and on their website, should you want to get a head start on scheduling your drinking.

Make sure you pick up Philadelphia Weekly today and check out the glossy dining guide inside. Not only is there a story on some of Philadelphia’s food bloggers (yes we’re mentioned) but also our favorite beer lass is also profiled.

The Bite turns us on to several interesting items this week.

• In Pursuit of Ale is bringing a Beer Judge Certification Course to Philadelphia for the summer. More details here.
• This Saturday is the Garden State Craft Brewers Festival at the USS New Jersey in Camden.
• Gayle is offering hardshell Tuesdays. $30 gets you three hardshell crabs, a side of coleslaw and either a beer or glass of wine.

Of Brews And Battleships [Philadelphia Metro]

The women of In Pursuit of Ale are meeting at the Abbaye in Northern Liberties starting at 7:30 PM.

Crawl with Claus through the Passyunk East neighborhood, meet Santa and fellow revelers at the Broadway Bar, 1909 East Passyunk Avenue and then head out and paint the town red.