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]

Lew Bryson reports on the reopening of Victory’s restaurant and bar yesterday and fellow beer scribe Jack Curtin does him one better with a series of photographs of the revamped space.

Snatched from the jaws of defeat… [Seen Through a Glass]
The Day Victory Re-Opened [Liquid Diet]

Today the brew pub at Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown reopens. The doors swung open to the revamped space at 11:30.

Among the improvements are a new bigger kitchen, BBQ smoker and an event room with room for 70. The main restaurant and bar area will fit 150. And of course there will be Victory beer pouring forth.

And even better news to anyone who finds themselves in the area on a weekday, Victory will now be open for lunch every day. Free Wi-Fi can even make it a “working lunch.”

Victory Brewing Co. [Official Site]

In just four short weeks, Philly Beer Week–the most blessed 10 days in the life of Philadelphia beer drinkers–will start up its engines.

If you’re like us, you’ve been poring over the burgeoning beer week calendar, cross-referencing, calculating and wondering how you can be in two places drinking two different beers at once.

Until we solve that quantum physics challenge, we’ll be featuring a daily pick from the beerlicious list of events, starting today! Read the rest of this entry »

Victory Baltic Thunder debuts tomorrow at the Drafting Room in Exton and Joe Sixpack has the details and beer geeks have the shakes.

So, what is Baltic porter?

The story goes that the British introduced Russia’s Catherine the Great to their strong (or stout) porter. They fortified their dark ale with even more alcohol to survive shipment to freezing St. Petersburg, and imperial stout was born. Not all the beer made it to Russia.

Port cities in Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland and elsewhere took a swallow and then added their own twist. Showing their German roots, Baltic brewers reproduced the inky porter with lager yeast that ferments at cooler temperatures.

Joe Sixpack Victory Baltic Thunder arrives [Philadelphia Daily News]
Other bars with Baltic Thunder [Joe Sixpack]

The Brew Lounge tips us off that the Victory Brew Pub will be undergoing some major renovations starting in January.

A major, major renovation of the entire brewpub will most likely begin after the first of the year. The planned changes will be dramatic and give an entire different appearance to the bar/restaurant area. The current bar area will be gone….a new bar will be installed along the west wall in the new expanded dining area. The wall with the neon “V” sign will be removed to enlarge the dining area. The capacity of the bar and dining area will double from 120 to 240. There will be a combination of booth and table seating. There also will be a new entrance where the current hostess area is located.

Changes a-brewin’ at Victory [The Brew Lounge]

Wednesday at Capone’s in Norristown is going to be Victory Day. in celebration of the Victory Brewing Company’s recent medals at the Great American Beer Festival their turning all the taps over to Victory.

Expect 12 different Victory beers on tap.

Victory @ Capone’s [Beer Radar]