Tippler's Tour: Yuletide Cheers & Beers

The Tippler’s Tour is Historic Philadelphia, Inc.’s weekly tavern tour of Colonial and modern day watering holes, where visitors join a Colonial host sharing authentic stories and drinking traditions with fun and lighthearted songs and toasts of the era. With drinks and snacks at each of four stops – Red Owl Tavern at the Hotel Monaco (new for 2013!), Salon 401 at Omni Hotel, National Mechanics, and the historical City Tavern – the tour guide entertains guests with songs and stories of the drinking traditions from Colonial times, and shares some of Benjamin Franklin’s most fun phrases for someone who is drunk, including “nimptopsical” and “tipsicum grave.” Hear tales about how taverns were used as recruiting stations (getting people inebriated sometimes helped convince them) and how news of the day was discussed in the taverns.