The other day in the mail I received a special double issue magazine wrapped in plastic. Take your mind out of the gutter, it was the July issue of All About Beer. The special part was the accompanying Beer Traveler issue. The magazine covers festivals, beer excursions, provides a beer vacation planner for the US and Europe and some helpful travel tips. Along with that comes a list of the 150 Perfect Places to Have a Beer. I know these lists are always popping up: Must Have Beers Before You Die, Best Bars in America, The Country's Best Beer Cities and so on. I love them all because like many who are into the craft thing I want to see how many places, beers or whatever I can check off and there's fun in seeing where your favorites rank.
In this version of the perfect beer list the Philly area is represented, not once, but twice. Monks Cafe rolls in at the #4 spot and Eulogy takes #79. Not too shabby. However for "America's Best Beer Drinking City" I want more. Heck, Chicago hit 6 spots on the list (Goose Island, The Map Room, Piece Brewery, Clark Street Ale house, Hopleaf and Delilah's). All excellent, however classic places like Capone's and Grey Lodge can easily hold their own against any of them. I guess we can take some comfort in the fact that some other places in the area and PA got props: Selin's Grove Brewing Company #63, Dogfish Head Ale House Rehoboth #91 and Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh #130. For the record, #1 spot went to Great American Beer Festival.
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