Philadelphia was more than the cradle of its nation’s independence—it was the cradle of its brewing industry too. In the late 1700s, Philadelphia was producing more beer than all of the country’s seaports, and had the most taverns too. Today, a clutch of micro-breweries have sprung up producing award-winning craft beer. Yards’ line of celebrated suds includes Ales of the Revolution based on colonial recipes. Sample before you buy in the tasting room, where old bowling alley lanes serve as bar tops and you can play on a century-old pool table.