Beer historian Dale Van Wieren is set to hit an impressive milestone on Saturday, November 21st at Sly Fox Brewery in Phoenixville. He will be trying and logging his 10,000th different beer.

Dale’s 10K, an “amber Pils/Dubbel/Bier de Garde hybrid of about 7.5% abv” in O’Reilly’s words, will be tapped at 5pm and Dale will then sip and make notes as his friends and an expected crowd of Sly Fox regulars and beer aficionados drawn to the historic occasion cheer him on before rushing to the bar to enjoy their own pints of 10K.

That’s pretty darn impressive.

Beer Historian Dale Van Wieren will create history at Sly Fox [via Jack Curtin's Liquid Diet]
Sly Fox Brewery [Official Site]

Friday afternoon we received a note that Monday evening Pub & Kitchen would be kicking off the Phillies game with a “shotgun rally” of 100 free cans of Sly Fox Pikeland Pils. We were a bit incredulous. Had a Blackberry been compromised? Was someone pulling our leg? Was Pub & Kitchen losing its mind?

But we checked in over the weekend and it is true. Owner, Ed Hackett wants 100 people on the sidewalk shotgunning cans of Pikeland Pils t 7 tonight. Maybe it’s just the thing the Phillies need to get back on track, it’s certainly worth the try.

In other Pub & Kitchen news, the Illadelph spotted the 20th and Lombard bar in last week’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode.

Pub & Kitchen [Official Site]

Sly Fox has committed to making Chester County Bitter a year-round cask conditioned beer and tonight they’ll be kicking off its release at the Standard Tap. The handpump starts pumping at 6pm.

Tonight, the Beer Lass will be pouring complimentary Sly Fox Oktoberfest at Smiths this evening starting at 6:30.

The New York Times’ Sunday travel section makes like Craig LaBan and praises Bibou too! [New York Times]

The Los Angeles Times’s Daily Dish notices that Roots drummer Questlove is showing the love for P.Y.T. [Los Angeles Times]

Gourmet Magazine lists eight great pilsners around the world and both Victory Prima Pils and Sly Fox Pikeland Pils make the list. [Gourmet]

Leigh Maida and Brendan Hartranft are working hard on opening Resurrection Ale House but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening at their other two bars.

Tonight at Local 44 they’ve got 4 special firkins from SlyFox.  Stop by after 6pm and enjoy Robbie Burns Scottish Export and Phoenix Pale Ale pouring off the edge of the bar for just $3. The Palisades Pale Ale and Rt. 113 IPA will pour from the beer engines for just $4 a glass.

And tomorrow there will be Ommegang Adoration at Memphis Taproom. Share this strong Belgian-style ale brewed with spices with the folk of Ommegang from 5 to 7pm this Wednesday.

And don’t forget, the second Mystery Beer Weekend will be this Labor Day weekend (September 4th through 6th).

Mystery Beer Weekend [Memphis Taproom]

Craft beer made the cover of the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday as Rick Nichols details the recession defying success of local craft beer.

[Dogfish Head] beer sales are up a phenomenal 40 percent over last year, 45 percent if you include its first foray into the Nevada market.

What is more remarkable is that those aren’t unremarkable numbers for local craft brewers. At Downingtown’s award-winning Victory Brewing, sales were up close to 30 percent; at smallish Sly Fox near Phoenixville, hovering close to last year’s 38 percent gain.

Heady days for craft breweries [Philadelphia Inquirer]

Four different Sly Fox beers pouring on tap at the Memphis Taproom tonight. And they’re just $4 a pour. [Beer Lass]

The Sly Fox Brewhouse is moving into a bigger facility across Rt. 113 this fall. The new pub will have 3 handpumps and automated growler filler. [Liquid Diet]

Philadelphia Brewing Co. will be bottling their Joe Porter when it becomes available in September. [Seen Through a Glass]

The Grey Lodge is now doing mix-and-match six packs to go. [The Grey Lodge Pub]

Sly Fox is lookingt to put its O’Reilly’s Stout in 16oz cans with nitrogen cartridges by St. Patrick’s Day 2010. The perfect defense against bartenders who can’t pour a stout. We’re looking at you Ladder 15. [Liquid Diet]