Philly Beer Week is hosting an exciting event next week, a raffle to choose one lucky home brewer and one local brewery to go to Belgium and brew a collaborative beer for Beer Week!  The beer will be brewed at Brouwerij Dilewyns with Anne Catherine Dilewyns, the youngest female brewer in Belgium.

The drawing will be held on Tuesday the 10th at the Field House in Center City.  You can buy raffle tickets there or online, just make sure to pick our brewery as the one you want to brew with!

That link again to buy raffle tickets is: http://bitly.com/Hnyd74

I’m thrilled to announce that St Benjamin is no longer a one person operation.  From now on the “we” in post will be the actual “we” not the royal “we”.   Christina Burris, formerly of Bombshell Brewing Company, has joined the brewery.  You may have seen her posting online or pouring beer at events.  She has already shared some excellent brews with y’all, including her Lavender Saison and Orange Blossom Pale Ale.  Christina’s former career was in architectural preservation and she will use her skills to make sure construction and management of the brewery go smoothly.

“We” are also please to say that construction has finally begun on the brewery.  Workers are on site as we speak, digging, running wires and plumbing and prettying up the place.  We expect work to be complete this winter or spring and if we are lucky we will be open in March.  We will post pictures and updates as construction progresses.

We were interviewed last week by KYW1060 and the interview went live today.  You can hear it today and tomorrow on the radio, or check out the full interview online.