It’s this kind of flexibility—the idea that while you should have your best-sellers on draft, you don’t always have to—that allows Gordon to experiment. “I’m sending our Ragnarok to Denver [to the Great American Beer Festival]. It’s a sour, barrel-aged, iced Barleywine—I think that fits the ‘Experimental’ category!” His experiments also lead to some of the city’s favorite beer events for Nodding Head’s monthly series of Second Saturday events. The events include the Ice Capades, which features a selection of “iced” beer; Phreddie & the 4 Phunks, a showcase of limited barrel-aged sour beers; and the Royal Stumble, one of Philadelphia’s favorite drinking events. The ability to keep putting out quality events every month is something Gordon counts as one of his greatest successes since he started brewing. What are some of his other great successes? Well, he’s the head brewer at Philadelphia’s favorite brewpub. He’s won multiple medals from multiple beer competitions. He consistently puts out great beer, whether it’s on draft, in a cask or soured in Nodding Head’s famous phunk barrel. The way to really find out Gordon’s other successes is obvious: go to Nodding Head and have a pint—they should be immediately obvious. But in case they aren’t, settle in and have a few more. We all come around eventually.
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