The Chicken Run is back! The 3rd Annual Fried Chicken Run will be held on Saturday, June 1st. Join us for this delicious run from Philly Brewing Company to the American Sardine Bar. Price of the run includes a T-Shirt, 3 PBC brews, and an all-you-can-gorge-yourself-on fried...
Thursday, May 2, FBR will run to Urban Saloon located at 2120 Fairmount Ave. in Fairmount. Urban Saloon will donate a portion of everyone’s tab to Girls on the Run. There is no cover charge and the success of the fundraiser depends on the size of your tab. So the more you eat and drink...
The Fishtown Beer Runners were among 30 city running groups that ran in support of the city of Boston last Thursday, after the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15. As the sun began to set over 7th and Bainbridge streets in Center City last Thursday, it cast a golden glow over the people...
Ryan Callahan, outreach coordinator for athletic store Philadelphia Runner, said Tuesday that after he brainstormed ways to support the victims along with the local chain’s owner and a colleague, they came up with the idea of bringing together the area’s disparate running clubs for a citywide run on Thursday. The Fishtown Beer Runners, the...
The following article was written by Jim Galligan, TODAY contributor and beer and marathons. He mentions FBR and the Philadelphia Brewing Company. Local brewer Samuel Adams has whipped up something special for the Boston Marathon Monday: Boston 26.2 Brew, a refreshing 4.5 percent ABV Gose-style beer that boasts a sweet wheat backbone, hints of coriander...
Come On FBR, let’s support this run that is in our backyard! St. Laurentius School was slated to be closed last year, but the Fishtown community banded together to keep it open. You can help to sustain the school by supporting this 5K. Did I mention there is a beer tent! A fun, flat-course race...
It’s not too often we get to import a beer runner from across the Atlantic. Lina Elmquist of Stockholm, Sweden, discovered the group through the Spanish press. A fervent fan of running and beer (particularly, the hoppy variety), Lina was inspired to interrupt her NYC tour to run with FBR last Thursday. She joined us...
Fishtown Beer Runners: America’s Coolest Running Club The beer might be the hook that gets people lacing up to join Fishtown Beer Runners, but it’s community that keep members coming to the weekly runs that end at a local bar or brewery. David April, who founded the club in 2007 with friend Eric Fiedler, says...
On Saturday, April 6, Fishtown Beer Runners and the South Philly Striders are returning to Philabundance’s Hunger Relief Center at 3616 S. Galloway St. to help sort and pack food that will help feed the city’s neediest residents. Orientation is from 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Leonard DeProspo is bringing coffee and donuts to share, and...
Ever since Bottle Bar East opened a few months ago, it has been a mecca for Fishtown-based brew aficionados, who no longer have to make the trek to The Foodery on N. 2nd. But owner Mike Kellett and staff have created more than an exceptional bottle shop, but also an inviting new bar. And, at...
One afternoon in November, 2007 while running together in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Eric Fiedler told David April about a beer study conducted by Professor Manuel Castillo at the University of Granada, Spain. Eric and David decided to test the study and stopped for a beer at the New Wave Cafe on Allegheny Avenue. Several...
