Philly Beer Week 2023 Starts this Friday

Philly Beer Week 2023 kicks off on Friday, 02 June with the annual Hammer of Glory Relay.

Since the second year of Philly Beer Week, the Hammer of Glory has traveled around on a set route from venue to venue until it arrived on time (usually) to tap the first keg for Philly Beer Week.

Philly Beer Week 2023

After missing two years due to Covid, the Relay returned last year. Opening Tap and Philly Beer Week as an official organization didn’t survive Covid, but Philly Beer Week lives on semi-officially.

The list of 2023 Philly Beer Week events is here. http://www.phillylovesbeer.com/copy-of-submit

2023 Hammer of Glory Relay

The timetable for this year’s HOG Relay is here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT0m25FoR3gIoLGNX0Ye58GKBVRsMj0R0b79xgi7kck0hrJ2cEzGiqyFj_OszbjVz8x1aXmd6G_vhIu/pubhtml?gid=1114866072&single=true

Historically each venue tried to outdo each other and some fun times were had lemme tell ya. I look forward to seeing what everyone has in store for this year.

Varga's Rich Colli and I will be meeting up with the HOG at noon at 12 Steps Down. We’ll be making it as far along the route as we can. Why not join us for some or all of the legs? Bring your walking shoes!

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