Just 23 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 highlighting an event that should appeal to both homebrewers and extremists…

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Just 25 days until Philly Beer Week–the most blessed 10 days in the life of Philadelphia beer drinkers–begins.

Every day we’re highlighting an event from the burgeoning beer week calendar. Since we skipped the weekend, today we’ll highlight three beerlicious happenings that we think are worth your time.

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Jose Pistola’s has a new chef–apparently the old one is attempting to pull off a heroic feat–Brenton Wallace, most recently of Loie. He just came on board last Friday and he’ll be tweaking the menu, owner Casey Parker says, expanding, fine-tuning and just for fun, “throwing in things that will make no sense.” We believe this translates into “expect to see the menu expand far beyond south of the border”, but we’ll have to wait and see.

El Vez is running one of its Get Your Agave On tequila dinners this coming Monday, Feb. 4th. $35 gets you four courses and a Don Julio tequila tasting and lesson.

Tequila has taught us many lessons, the most important one being to respect its might.

El Vez [Official Site]

Philadelphia Weekly checks out Jose Pistolas and enjoys the “Meximerican” fare even if it seems strange to wash it down with Chimay.

What you can get, though, is solid “Mexican” fare with gringo leanings. Presented on a pretty wooden tray, the whole chicken wings are straight Texas, glazed in sticky cayenne sauce and showered with peppery cilantro confetti. Nachos speak to the border towns along the Rio Grande. A high pile of guac manages to stay fresh beneath a deluge of shredded carnitas, refried beans, onions, pickled jalapenos, tomato, queso and sour cream. A heady breeze of Californication blows in from the Baja peninsula for the smoked swordfish and grouper tacos, which have all the tempura-battered goodness of a sun-bleached Cabo surf shack.

Gringo Star [Philadelphia Weekly]
Jose Pistolas [Official Site]

If Santa didn’t bring you a Wii for Christmas head upstairs at Jose Pistolas and play theirs. It’s free and goes well with their great beer selection.

Joe Sixpack will be at Jose Pistolas on December 5th for a Christmas beer dinner.

Tickets are $45, available at the bar or by phone (215-545-4101).

Check out this lineup after the jump.

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I’ll Have Another Stout, who occasionally works at Jose Pistolas, has the lowdown on some menu additions at the Center City beer and burrito bar. Vegan chili and cinnamon crisps.

New Nibbles At Jose Pistolas [I'll Have Another Stout]

Trey Popp finds 15th Street’s Jose Pistolas is an ideal spot for beer and sports on the upstairs flat screens.

But the place has more than exposed brick walls, a mellow vibe, a fine black pilsner on tap and Rodenbach Grand Cru in the cold case going for it. It’s also got fish tacos in three top-notch forms and one of the tastiest empanadas in town.

We picked up a copy of Jose Pistolas menu the other night and wanted to share. Tacos, sopes and burritos, oh my.

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Daily Candy has an early look at Jose Pistolas, the brand new burrito bar on 15th Street.
Packing Pistolas [Daily Candy]