This Thursday Bridget Foy’s is hosting Victory Brewing for a beer and bites night. 5 beers are being paired with 5 hors d’ouerves for $30.

• Prima Pils paired with Seared Scallop & Bacon Flatbread
• Festbier paired with Butternut Squash Risotto Cake
• Hop Devil paired with Roast Pork & Broccoli Rabe Spring Rolls
• Moonglow Weizen Bock paired with Short Rib Sliders
• Storm King Stout paired with Butterscothc Krimpet Tiramisu

On November 5th at 7 pm Jose Garces and Victory are partnering for a beer dinner at Chifa. The event costs $55 and will feature five courses paired with Victory beers including Victory’s newest seasonal, Yakima Twilight (see more on that beer after the jump).

Victory Brewmaster and Owner Bill Covaleski will be on hand to discuss the beers and pairing beer with food.

• Hiramasa with aji Amarillo leche de tigre, passion fruit and roasted corn paired with Prima Pils
• Octopus Ceviche with purple olive and avocado paired with WildDevil
• Grilled Thai Sausage with tamarind chile sauce and jasmine rice paired with Golden Monkey
• Smoked Rib Eye with revuelto de chorizo and huacatay chimichiri paired with Yakima Twilight
• Coconut Tapioca with semisweet chocolate cremeux and quinoa chicaronnes paired with Baltic Thunder

In other Victory news and notes, the dangerous Victory Storm King Stout (9.1% ABV) is on the handpump at the Standard Tap and the Moonglow Weizen Bock is out and still excellent.

After the jump, the newest seasonal from the Downingtown brewery.

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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]

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]

Mediterranean small plates are what’s on the menu at Old City’s new Bocca. [Meal Ticket]

Gulph Mills’ Savona is closed for renovations. They’re aiming to reopen by Mother’s Day. [The Insider]

Michael Solomonov’s Zahav and Michael Schulson’s Izakaya were both named to Travel + Leisure magazine’s 50 Best New US Restaurants. [Travel + Leisure]

Johnny Brenda’s comes in at number two in Gourmet’s Eight Great Rock Venues with Great Food. [Gourmet via Phoodie]

Bon Appetit slots Marigold Kitchen in at number three in their list of Top 10 Brunch Spots. [Bon Appetit]

Yuengling (5th largest), Dogfish Head (33) and Victory (46) are all among the top 50 breweries in the US by sales volume in 2008. [Brewers Association]

Coquette brings in former Fork chef, Thien Ngo. Look for hints of Vietnamese and Thai to show up  on the menu. [The Insider]

Mt. Airy is getting a Thirsty Monk, an American bistro and wine bar. [Beer Lass]

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenney is said to be in “deep talks” to open a bar in Philadelphia. [Inqlings, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Philly Mag has some more details on Michael O’Halloran’s new Chinese restaurant, Kong. [Philadelphia Magazine]

John Mims, forced off the Main Line is now looking to open a pair of restaurants in Phoenixville. New Orleans Pizza Kitchen will open March 13th and his Creole BYOB, Daddy Mims will be ready March 19th. [The Insider]

Fort Washington’s long time Bent Elbo is going to become MaGerks Pub & Grill. MaGerks is out of Maryland but with local roots. Renovations could take as long as six months. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Victory’s Easton brew pub is now a collaborative effort between Downingtown’s Victory Brewing and the Farmhouse restaurant in Emmaus. [Morning Call]

Rare, a 30,000 square foot gentlemen’s club and steakhouse is aiming to open in April. [Meal Ticket]

Ah, Beer Week, the only 10-day week of the year! And it’s just 14 days away! So many numbers! So many events! So many beers! So many days! Weeeee!

Joe Sixpack wets our whistles with a sampling of new brews that will be making their first appearances during the festival. Who are these frothy debutantes? Sixy has a full list over on Beer Radar, but a few that stand out are  Philadelphia Brewing Imperial Stout, Nodding Head Da Phunk and Victory WildDevil. Plan now on taking one of these ladies out for a whirl during Beer Week – they’re going to have a very full dance card.

New Beers [Beer Radar]
Philly Beer Week [Official Site]

Mad Mex is doing a brewer feature with Victory Brewing all January. They’re pouring 22oz Prima Pils for just $4 all month and starting tonight they are also featuring kegs of St. Victorious.

Mad Mex [Official Site]

The 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition is tomorrow and naturally we and bars are celebrating.

If you’re out early hit up the Memphis Taproom from 3 to 4pm when they’ll pouring all beer on draft for just a buck.

Chick’s Cafe will be featuring several old school specialty cocktails priced at $7.50 that are made using all American spirits – the Ward Eight (bourbon), Sazerac (rye), Scofflaw (blended American whiskey) and the Jack Rose (applejack).

The Institute gets in on the repeal day specials with 3.50 Tullemore Dew, $3.50 flavored Bacardi $1.50 PBR  all day.  From 9pm until 11pm there will be $2.00 Philly Brewing and Yards drafts. And they go all 1933 crazy at 19:33 (that’s 7:33pm), they’ll be offering all their draft beer for 10 cent beers for 19 minutes and 33 seconds. Never tried a Backwoods Bastard, it’s a worthwhile gamble for a dime.

On Saturday from 7 to 10pm APO Bar and Lounge (formerly Apothecary) and Philadelphia Distilling will be celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Repeal with big of Punch and some early jazz. APO will be offering bottles of punch (which serve 4-5), featuring Bluecoat American Dry Gin and Penn 1681 Organic Rye Vodka, for $19.33. They’ll also have select cocktails available for $6. [Facebook Invite]

Resist Prohibition is the tag line for Victory Brewing, so do your part and lift a pint of cask-conditioned Hop Devil at the London Grill.

And where could be more appropriate to go than to the recently opened Prohibition Taproom.

The shock, the outrage! Tomorrow, Brasserie Perrier is turning to skin to celebrate fall beer in an eye-popping way as Delilah’s Showgirls, undoubtedly filling out dirndl dresses will be featured along with beers from Victory Brewing Co..

Through the rest of October each Thursday from 5:30 to 11pm will feature another bier bash, Magic Hat will be featured on the 23rd and Troegs on the 30th.

Brasserie Perrier [Official Site]

Victory Brewing Company co-founder Bill Covaleski shares some details regarding opening a prew pub in Easton. [Beer Yard]

The New York Times gives insight on just what it means to Stephen Starr’s bottom line that Buddakan was in the “Sex and the City” movie. [New York Times]

The owners of Las Tarascas en Zocalo are opening a cafe next door to their Lancaster Avenue Mexican restaurant. Zocalito will offer La Colombe coffee and freh nibbles for under $5. [The Clog]

Champps Marlton has added 24 new taps featuring craft beer from the likes of Allagash, Dogfish Head, Flying Dog, Lancaster, Troegs, River Horse, Victory, Red Hook, Magic Hat, Stoudt’s, Sly Fox and more. [BeerAdvocate]

The Clog has four other West Philadelphia openings including everything from popcorn to thieboudienne (fish stew over rice). [The Clog]

The Insider has a list of recently and soon-to-open bars and restaurants that’s worth a gander. [The Insider]