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The truly wonderful thing about the Philly Beer Week Hammer of Glory - beyond the stunning aura of its presence - is the way it will be brought to the Opening Tap.

The hammer was the brainchild of local bar owners Scoats (of the Grey Lodge) and William Reed (of Standard Tap). And I think I should give a nod to writer Jack Curtin who egged them on, I think. In any case, it’s certain that alcohol was involved.

From the beginning, the talk was about how this hammer would be transported to the Comcast Center. (Actually, if truth be told, I think they came up with the hammer before we even settled on the location of the event.) It quickly evolved into a relay, in which bar owners would be responsible for coming up with an imaginative way to transport the hammer from one joint to the next.

And so it begins tonight, wit a “test” run, from  from Standard Tap, via Time Cycle courier, to Good Dog.

We’re still working on details on where it’s headed next, but we now know the last leg. Friday night, it will be brought to the Opening Tap, via tandem bicycle, navigated by Nodding Head assistant brewer Mike Fava and the Greatest Beer Drinker in the Entire History of Philadelphia, Ben Franklin.

This will become one of those great moments of local beer lore that they will talk about for ages. Or at least till next Beer Week.

Update: Opening Tap is closing in on a sellout. As of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, there were about 100 tix remaining. You can order them online here.

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