Your First Beer Is Free at Brauhaus Schmitz

Your first glass of Frankenheim Alt is free. The growler fill, you have to pay for.

If you want to try a new drink, now’s the time. Your first beer is free if you’re one of the first 100 guests at Brauhaus Schmitz, or at least while supplies last today, Wednesday, August 5th. Moral: Wednesday is not the day for fashionable lateness.

At 5 p.m., Brauhaus Schmitz will be the only bar in the United States to tap Frankenheim Alt. The beer is a German top-fermented lager that fine folk at Brauhaus describe as “copper in color, malty and sweet with subtle fruit notes.” The Dusseldorf brew hasn’t been available in Philadelphia since 2002. Brauhaus owner Doug Hager has been working for over two years to bring the rare beer back to Philadelphia.

Going forward, Frankenheim Alt will be available in 14-oz mugs for $5.50, and in growlers if you want to take it home.

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