Friday The Firkinteenth in Philadelphia

[Rich Pawlak]

In less than 10 days, we will once again experience Friday The

Firkinteenth at the Grey Lodge Public House (6235 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia). a benchmark beer event in Philadelphia for the last 7 years.

Every Friday the 13th, our buddy Scoats (owner Mike Scotese)

brings forth almost a dozen

(I think it's actually 11 this year) small barrels of cask-

conditioned beer, arranges them around his bar and serves them up via

gravity pour, to the giddy delight of beer aficionados from up and

down the East Coast. This year, the lineup is really impressive, I

think.

You can check out the details of this year's lineup on the Grey Lodge's website,

www.greylodge.com (check out the Random Bar Joke Generator, too!), and have your taste buds teased.

If you've ever wanted to taste a selection of extraordinary local beers,

served up in small servings for variety's (and safety's) sake, and

served up as they were meant to be enjoyed, without extraneous carbonation, you will be rewarded with an experience like no other. I havent missed one of these yet, and every year, the selection and offerings get better and better.

This is truly an epicurean event.

It starts at 6PM on Friday June 13th, so get there extra early, it

fills up quickly. Hope to see many of you there!

(I have no financial or public relations interest in the Grey Lodge,

but I do love telling people about the place, a truly unique part of

Philly's hospitality sector.)