Beer Radar

One of the city’s longtime craft beer supporters is finally putting himself behind a bar. Bruce Nichols, owner of Museum Catering, will be opening a new location, a beer bar in Society Hill in March.

It’ll be called The Headhouse (122 Lombard St., the former location of Zot).

He describes the style as “global comfort food” with an oyster bar and a focus on the great craft beers from Philly and beyond. It’ll have a event space for parties, plus more than twenty taps on two floors.

Though this will be Bruce’s first bar, it’s certainly not his first foray into great beer. Bruce is the guy who brought Michael Jackson to Philly for the annual tasting at the Penn Museum. (Michael fell in love with Philly and frequently declared it was his favorite beer-drinking destination.)

And, of course, Bruce was one of the founders of Philly Beer Week. He’s also my partner in Philly Beer Fests, which runs a bunch of local beer events.

Speaking of which, the legacy of that Michael Jackson tasting continues in March with one of America’s leading beer experts: Randy Mosher, author of the superb “Tasting Beer.” Here’s the details:

20th Anniversary Jackson Beer Tastings
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Penn Museum
Tutored seatings at 1:00, 3:30, and 6:00
Tickets: $50, $60 at the door if available
Theme: Beer As Art

Each of three one-hour tutored sessions will be followed by two hours of open tasting of more than 100 additional beers and beer-friendly edibles by Museum Catering Company.

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