BARS THAT SERVE GOOD BEER:

South Philadelphia Taproom 1509 mifflin st. 215-271-7787. Hands down the cleanest bar I've ever been in. Huge selection of tap and bottled beers.

South Philly Taproom site

Grace 23rd and South St. grays ferry area. Sir Tom Peters and company have done it again! Real beer selection and good food.

YELLO'BAR Greysferry and Cathrine streets. Good food, good beers and good times.

yellobar

Brigid's 726 N 24th St. @ off Fairmount in the Art museum area. Real Belgian restaurant that has a cool downdraft system and lots of hand pumps.

For Pete's Sake Front and Christian. Small and cozy with a big screen TV for sports.

Royal Tavern 937 E. Passyunk Ave. It's like the Khyber but with good food and no ultra loud music. A good South Philly stop.

Tattooed Mom's. 6th street on South St. Tattoos and piercing abound. Yards, Chimay and Pabst blue ribbon mix well here. 530 South St 215-238-9880

Standard Tap Liberties area. Fresh local breweries only. Crowded hipster hangout with an open deck for the ocasional outdoor meal. Great food too.

Standard Tap Website

Druids Keep. Liberties area. Clean and friendly. right in between the tap and 700.

Druid's Keep website

700 club Liberties area. Young and artsy crowd. It gets crowded around 10:00 pm. good dart board. 700 N 2nd Street 215-413-3181

Grey lodge North Philly. I wish this place was closer to me. A must go for Friday the firkinteenth!

Grey Lodge Website

Monk's Center city. The place to go for Belgian beers and frites.

Monk's Website

McGlinchey's Pub 259 S 15th St. Cheep cheep! Smoke filled bar with $3.00 pints of Yards and Guinness.

Nodding Head Center city. Brew Pub. Good standard beers and one tap is usually something weird and neat. Very good food too.

Nodding Head Website

Khyber 56 south 2nd St. Well known for live bands and good beer. Great happy hour.

Khyber Website

Sugar Moms Old City. Sugar moms Hidden in an alley but worth hunting for. Foosball, pool and pinball. The barleywine fest on Easter Saturday should not be missed. 225 church street 215-925-3181

Dawson St Pub Manayunk. Hard to find but worth the effort. Good selection and fair prices

Dawson's Website

Chaucer's Tabard Inn 1946 Lombard Street - Philadelphia, PA. 215-985-9663. 12 All local beers on a semi nitro line and locally grown food that is better than good

Triunph Brewing co. 117-121 Chestnut Street Philadelphia 215-625-0855. Brewpub. Go for the fresh handcrafted beer, the food and service are either very good or very poor depending on the day you go.

Pub on Passyunk East (POPE) 1501 E Passyunk Ave
Philadelphia.(215) 755-5125 Lots of taps and tons of bottled beer. Dark and cozy with the misic playing in the backround, not drowning out your conversation.

Memphis Tap Room 2331 E Cumberland St
Philadelphia (215) 425-4460 Kensington's darling of a find. People rave about the perogies and they have a good variety of beers including a full line of Philadelphia Brewing Company's (PBC) beers brewed right around the corner.