Kick off the world's largest beer celebration of its kind with a festival like no other. Welcome the arrival of the Hammer of Glory from its daylong relay through the streets of Philadelphia, cheer award-winning brewers and watch Mayor Nutter smash open the first official keg of the week: Brotherly Suds 4.

It's a can't-miss toast to America's Best Beer-Drinking City... and it all happens on Independence Mall in the shadow of the Liberty Bell.

Opening Ceremony - FREE - 7 p.m.
Independence Mall - 6th & Market streets.
Opening ceremony with the Hammer of Glory, The Third Annual Philadelphia Inquirer Brew-vitational awards PLUS live music

Festival admission - $45 - 7:30 p.m. ORDER BEFORE MARCH 1, SAVE $5.

phillybeerweek.org/opening_tap.cfm