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Sure, Philly Beer Week is three months away, but you can’t stop us Philadelphians from getting excited about it. In fact, we’ve opted to start celebrating a little early this year, with the Philly Beer Weekend.

From Friday, March 12th, to Sunday, March 14th, many of this year’s Beer Week participants are paying tribute to 2009’s incredibly successful week-of-beer, by offering up a number of outstanding beer specials, events, and tastings.

I’ve pasted the full schedule after the jump, but do visit Philly Beer Week’s official website for updates. Have a look and plan your weekend.

Philly Beer Week
www.phillybeerweek.org

Friday, March 12:

Celebrate the Ales of the Revolution @ the City Tavern (138 South 2nd Street)
Available all day, beginning at 11:30 a.m., $45 – join chef/proprietor Walter Staib for a special menu honoring Yards Brewing Company’s ‘Ales of the Revolution’ beers

IPAs Greatest Hits @ Sidecar Bar & Grille (2201 Christian Street)
Available all day, beginning at 3 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring special pricing on famed IPAs, ideal for side-by-side tasting comparisons

Meet Latis Imports @ London Grill (2301 Fairmount Avenue)
6 p.m. – 12 midnight, “Pay as you go” – featuring special pricing on Belgian draught beers including the nation’s best seller and Kriek’s popular cherry lambic

Ommegang and Duvel @ The Belgian Café (601 North 21st Street)
7 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring hard-to-find offerings from Ommegang and Duvel, including draughts, with Philadelphia market representative Megan Maguire available for Q&A

Pour Your Own Guinness @ O’Neal’s (611 South 3rd Street)
9 p.m., “Pay as you go” – learn to pour Guinness like a pro and compete for the “Best Pour” prize

Firkin Friday @ Good Dog Bar (224 South 15th Street)
7 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring a firkin from Yards Brewing Company

Saturday, March 13:

The First-Annual Craft Beer Express @ Various Locations
11 a.m. until 7 p.m., pick-ups every half-hour, $15 for non-stop on-off bus transportation, plus “Pay as you go” at each bar – an eight-bar “craft beer bus tour,” featuring ferry buses with on-board “beer ambassadors” between stops that include: Johnny Brenda’s (1201 Frankford Avenue) “Stout Brunch”; Standard Tap (901 North 2nd Street) “Big Wood Weekend”; The Institute (549 North 12th Street) “Beastly-Good Barleywines”; Brauhaus Schmitz (718 South Street) “Stoudt’s Debut of Karnival Kolsch”; Devil’s Den (1148 South 11th Street) “Cheese and Beer Pairing, featuring Duvel and Ommegang”; Jose Pistola’s (263 South 15th Street) “Ithaca Brewing Brunch”; Kite and Key (1836 Callowhill Street) “Around the Clock with Dogfish Head’s IPAs”; and Sidecar Bar & Grille (2201 Christian Street) “The Double IPA Event”.

Celebrate the Ales of the Revolution @ City Tavern (138 South 2nd Street)
Available all day, beginning at 11:30 a.m., $45 – join chef/proprietor Walter Staib for a special menu honoring Yards Brewing Company’s ‘Ales of the Revolution’ beers

Russian River Keg Tap @ Tria (123 South 18th Street; 1137 Spruce Street)
12 noon, “Pay as you go” – featuring two kegs of rare Russian River beers: Pliny the Younger (Wash West location) and Supplication (Rittenhouse location)

Philly Beer Crawl Day @ McGillin’s Olde Ale House (1310 Drury Street)
12 noon, “Pay as you go” – featuring green beer and “green cheer” at Philadelphia’s oldest continuously operating tavern

Scandinavian Ski Saturday Draft @ The Belgian Café (601 North 21st Street)
4 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring Scandinavian draughts from Nogne-O Brewery in Norway, Mikkeler in Denmark and Sinebrychoff in Finland

Kick the Keg Night @ London Grill (2301 Fairmount Avenue)
6 p.m. – 12 midnight, “Pay as you go” – featuring Stoudt’s Willie Sutton Lager and special incentive pricing to “kick the kegs” and make way for spring beers

Iron Hill Beer Dinner @ Swift Half Pub (1001 North 2nd Street)
7 p.m., $55 – featuring a four-course menu of Chef Jessica O’Donnell’s innovative pub fare paired with beers from Iron Hill Lancaster’s Paul Rutherford

Fermentable Love Fest @ The Belgian Café (601 North 21st Street)
7 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring flights of Duvel and Ommegang beers paired with various cheeses, as well as sampling and giveaways

Feats of Strength & Weakness @ The Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford Avenue)
8 p.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring brewery reps competing in feats of physical and mental strength while their lowest-octane beers compete in a feat of weakness to determine best session beer

Sunday, March 14:

IPAs Greatest Hits @ Sidecar Bar & Grille (2201 Christian Street)
Available all day, beginning at 10:30 a.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring special pricing on famed IPAs, ideal for side-by-side tasting comparisons “Big Wood Weekend,” Standard Tap (901 North 2nd Street), 11 a.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring special pricing and availability of wood-smoked and wood barrel-aged beers

St. Patty’s Parade Beerfest @ O’Neal’s (611 South 3rd Street)
11 a.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring local and microbrews on draught and in bottles, as well as Irish favorites

3rd-Annual Stone Brunch @ Teresa’s Café & Next Door (124-6 North Wayne Avenue, Wayne, PA)
11 a.m., “Pay as you go” – featuring Stone Brewing Company’s beers and brunch foods

Celebrate the Ales of the Revolution @ City Tavern (138 South 2nd Street)
Available all day, beginning at 11:30 a.m., $45 – join chef/proprietor Walter Staib for a special menu honoring Yards Brewing Company’s ‘Ales of the Revolution’ beers

St Patty’s Day Parade Warm-Up @ McGillin’s Olde Ale House (1310 Drury Street)
12 noon, “Pay as you go” – featuring green beer and “green cheer” at Philadelphia’s oldest continuously operating tavern

Sixth-Annual Brewers Plate @ Penn Museum (3260 South Street)
4 p.m., $55 – a beer-lovers’ favorite that pairs dozens of locally brewed ales and lagers with dishes created by the region’s top restaurants. Proceeds benefit the Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal Market, a year-round venue for local, humane producers, growers, farmers and fishers to sell their wares.