Owner Derek Davis and chef de cuisine Josh Sobel are hosting Yards Brewing founder and brewmaster Tom Kehoe at a beer dinner at Derek’s on Wednesday, October 21st at 7pm.

It’s 4-courses and 4 beers for $50.

See the menu after the jump.

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Even if Philadelphia Weekly’s Brian McManus and Tim McGinnis weren’t going by the name Spinal Tapas we’d still be excited by their Must Eats: The Event.

Inspired by the Philadelphia Weekly cover story “Must Eats: 50 Things You Gotta Have Right Now,” the nine course tasting menu featuring items from the story is set for October 24th at 7pm. The all-inclusive meal is $90 per person and limited to just 16 guests.

What Philadelphia mash-ups will you see on the menu? How about Fiorella’s sausage on a Parc baguette washed down with a Yards beer.

Check out the menu after the jump.

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Joe Sixpack’s article today is chock full of beery goodness. He profiles the recently opened Brauhaus Schmitz, gives props to Varga Bar, updates us on the New Jersey Turnpike and Flying Fish saga and tips us off to BeerMenus.com. And then he really gets us wanting with a link to a Yards Brawler cycling jersey and rundown of a sixpack of chocolate truffles made with local beers at Verde.

Among the new stops: Brauhaus Schmitz on South St. [Philadelphia Daily News]

Joe Sixpack is reporting that Yards Brewing is close to agreeing to open a new brewpub in nearby Merchantville, New Jersey. The brewpub would take over an 80-year old bank building. Making the plan doable is the borough owns the building and the liquor license already and want to bring Yards in.

Yards to the Garden State? [Beer Radar]
Yards Brewing [Official Site]

Tonight Oceanaire is hosting a $65, six-course Yards beer dinner and although it’s a little last second, we thought we’d share the menu.

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Philadelphia Weekly posts a good writeup on Tom Kehoe and Yards Brewery today. The story profiles the Yards founder and brewmaster and what’s going on at the Delaware Avenue brewery, namely the new tasting room that is coming along well. 

Yards is open for retail sales Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm. And is open Saturdays for informal tours from noon to 3pm. 

Yards Brewery Moves Up [Philadelphia Weekly]
Yards Brewery [Official Site]

This weekend, the New York Times discovered that THERE IS A MAGNIFICENT CRAFT BEER CULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA! Of course, we have known this all along, but getting a shout-out in the Times makes it more likely that our out-of-town friends will actually believe us when we tell them about it.:

Much of the upswing can be attributed to Philadelphia’s bubbling night life. The new breweries, said Don Russell, who as Joe Sixpack writes a weekly column about beer for The Philadelphia Daily News, “are filling a need that’s out there being created by the local bar scene. Every single bar that has been opening up has a multitap system and is featuring microbrews.”

Combine that robust tavern scene with cheap real estate in emerging neighborhoods, and you’ve got the ingredients for a beer blast. In recent years, a half-dozen breweries and specialty pubs have opened in Philadelphia, ranging from boutique breweries that make micro batches to green-powered plants looking to become the city’s next biggest thing.

We knew that cheap real estate was good for something. EBB, Yards, and Dock Street are all name-checked in the article.

Breweries of Brotherly Love [NYT]

Yards Brewing is pouring a firkin of their new Cocoa Porter tonight at Dos Segundos. Get over to Northern Liberties and check that out. Also pouring is Philly Pale Ale, ESA and Brawler.

It’ll be $2 a pint and the promo starts at 7pm.

You may have noticed more Yards Brews popping up around town as their new brewery on Delaware Avenue comes on line. And now Jack Curtin shares that there are bottles out there and they’re really good. Especially the reintroduced Yards Brawler.

Yards bottles are back [Jack Curtin's Liquid Diet]
Yards Brewing Co. [Official Site]

The Inquirer has some more tidbits on Starr’s Butcher & Singer and how exactly it’ll be different from Barclay Prime. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Mediterranean delights come to south 10th Street as Mazag Cafe is pumping out stuffed grape leaves, couscous, Turkish coffee and more. [Meal Ticket]

File this under things that we find exceptionally cool but we don’t really think anyone else will care about. Victory Prima Pils is available in the mini-bars at the Ritz Carlton. [Seen Through a Glass]

Giorgio’s on Pine is opening Monday. Who’s Giorgio? Well he’s Giorgio Giuliani, a veteran of Monte Carlo Living Room and Primavera. [Table Talk, Philadelphia Inquirer]

Lew Bryson visits Yards Brewery to get the lowdown on Yards big plans. [Seen Through a Glass]

Teri’s Restaurant gives South Philadelphia another breakfast and option, this one featuring BBQ Brunch. [Feeding Frenzy, City Paper]