Monday, May 4, 2009

Duck-Rabbit Season


'Tis the season of Duck-Rabbit. Duck-Rabbit Brewery located in Farmville, NC is launching huge in PA starting today. Duck-Rabbit's beers are already available in bottles and on daft but this week is the official state launch. Between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh approximately 14 bars and beer sellers will run special promotions to spread the word about the brewery and its beers.

Duck-Rabbit is still fairly young as breweries go. They will celebrate their 5th anniversary in August. Brewmaster and founder Paul Phillippon started out as a homebrewer and when his job as a philosophy teacher no longer seemed promising he ventured into brewing as a career. Philippon's focus is dark beers. There are no IPAs or Hefeweizens on their draft list. With the tag line, "The Dark Beer Specialist" you shouldn't expect anything on the light side. During the launch Amber, Brown Ale, Porter, Milk Stout, some specialty and seasonal beers will all be available.

Here is a quick list of Pittsburgh and Philly locations welcoming Duck-Rabbit. Check the individual sites for specific beers available.

Philadelphia

Mon May 4th
Beer Yard, Sampling 4-6pm
Teresa's Next Door, 6-8pm
Monk's Cafe, 5:30-7pm

Tues May 5th
Sidcar Bar and Grille, 6-9pm
Capone's, 5-8:30pm, tap time is 11:30am

Wed May 6th
The Foodery (N. Lioberties), 4-6pm
The Grey Lodge Pub, 5-9pm

Pittsburgh

Wed May 6th
Harris Grill, 5-7pm
Sharp Edge (302 South St. Clair Street), 7-9pm

Thurs May 7th
D's Six Pax & Dogz(Regent Sq), 5-7pm
Smokin' Joe's Saloon, 8-10pm

Fri May 8th
Fat Head's Saloon, 5pm-?

Sat May 9th
Bocktown Beer and Grill, 5-7pm
Piper's Pub, 7:30-9:30pm

Also
Harrisburg
Thur May 7th
Shady McGrady's (204 Verbeke St), 7pm-?
Bethlehem
Mon May 4th
Abe's Cold Beer, (1301 W. Broad St.), 4-6pm
Wed May 6th
Tally Ho Tavern (205 W. 4th St), 6-9pm

A duck rabbit classic

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Had the Duck Rabbit last night at Capones.

My favs:
The Brown Ale - More hoppy than the usual brown ale.

Bourbon Barrel Aged Milk Stout - very smooth and nice balance of the stout and whisky flavors.

All of them were decent though (the Porter, Amber Ale). The "Duck-Rabbit Paul's Day Off" was probably my least favorite.. a little unpolished and had some off alcohol vapor flavors.