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Afternoon Snacks
Raffles, suburban restaurant deals, and fermentation: all on today's Afternoon Snacks!
Afternoon Snacks
Today's edition of Afternoon Snacks has a chance to win a brewing trip to Belgium, restaurant deals coming up in Ambler, and some helpful info for fermentation hobbyists.
It’s time again for Philly Beer Week’s annual benefit raffle: For $5 a vote ($20 for 5 votes), you can help select Philly’s favorite local brewer and buy yourself a chance at a trip to Belgium at the same time. Nominees include brewers from established outfits like Yards and Dock Street right down to newer names like Boxcar and Round Guys. The winning brewer will travel to De La Senne Brewery in Brussels to brew this year’s official Beer Week collaboration, and one lucky person who voted for the winner will be chosen at random to tag along. Now through Sat., Jan. 12, you can enter online or print a ballot to bring with you to the official drawing, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the newly-revamped Field House (1150 Filbert St.).
Suburbanites take note: Ambler Restaurant Week is scheduled for Jan. 20 through Jan. 27 this year. No menus up yet (and some places not actually in Ambler—but we’re willing to overlook that if it means Cantina Feliz makes the cut), but keep checking back here for updates as we get closer. If you’ve been meaning to check out places like Forest and Main (2 bells from Craig LaBan, in case you forgot) or Dettera, this could be the motivation you’ve been waiting for.
Amanda of the fantastic fermentation blog Phickle just returned from a 5-week vacation and now has a look at how her extensive collection of ferments fared over her long absence. This is the kind of really helpful info that sometimes gets overlooked in fermentation how-tos. Turns out most of the ferments were fine upon her return, but if you’d like to see which ones died and which ones molded (harmlessly, she assures us), head over there to read the whole post.
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