We went to Dock Street yesterday for a lecture from Philadelphia Area beer historian Rich Wagner. A decent crowd was gathered by the time he started, shortly after 6:00. He jumped right into the history (well short lived history, his starting point was 1978) and began going over all the previous Philadelphia craft breweries. While I found it fascinating that seemingly everyone who is involved in Philadelphia beer now got their start and worked together at some of these early brew pubs/breweries, I was a bit disappointed that he didn’t go deeper into the history. However, he did pepper his lecture with tales of his own experiences at certain breweries and his pictures were certainly interesting. Overall, I’m glad I went, I did learn a few facts, and as always, the Dock Street food and beer were amazing.
Some happy and some sad thoughts come to me now that Philadelphia Beer week is coming to an end. I have a new found respect for alcoholics, who can drink night in and night out. At this point I’m a bit beered out, but I’ll push through the last couple events. Up next for us, is the beer run tomorrow at the art museum. Andrew sent out an email earlier so hopefully some of you can make it! Take care and keep drinking, —Joe