2024 Election Night Drinking Game November 4, 2024 | Tristan Chan
Firestone Walker Announces 2025 Brewmaster’s Collective... November 4, 2024 | Britt Antley
DelaWeAre Statewide Collaboration Returns... October 31, 2024 | Zeke Ottemiller
Disc-O Fever | How Craft Beer Got Hooked on Disc Golf... October 30, 2024 | Grace Weitz
Bean to Barstool Podcast | Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival... October 30, 2024 | David Nilsen
Firestone Walker’s 805 Brand Launches 8ZERO5 as its First N/A Beer... October 29, 2024 | Tristan Chan
American Craft Beer Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Class of Nominees... October 24, 2024 | Tristan Chan
Recapping the Highlights from 2024 Denver Rare Beer Tasting... October 22, 2024 | Ryan Pachmayer
Table by New Image Brewing October 18, 2024 | Britt Antley
Celebrating Three Years with Duneyrr Fermenta
October 17, 2024 | Emma WargoletAfter originally brewing at the brewery incubator, Pilot Project, in Chicago, Duneyrr Fermenta opened its doors in the South Loop. We spoke with their owner, Tyler Davis, about how Duneyrr started, what is up next for them, and about their upcoming three year anniversary!
Wayfinder Beer Crowned the Krispy King
October 15, 2024 | Scott GrossmanFor the third year in a row, Barrels and Bottles Brewery in Golden, Colorado, hosted the Krispy King Lager Competition in advance of the Great American Beer Festival. This year — for the first time — they crowned a Krispy Queen. Read More
Odell Brewing | Lincolns Lager
October 14, 2024 | Britt AntleyIt’s no surprise that craft beer is expensive. Perhaps it has always been this way, especially compared to macro beer. The strain of high price points to consumers is more acutely felt these days. To be sure, prices are high at every point in the supply chain, from raw materials to reliable labor to taproom space, and breweries themselves are struggling to balance all of these factors while still providing quality product at a palatable cost. It is because of all these elements that it is all-too-refreshing to find a good and affordable beer—or any drink for that matter. That is where Lincolns Denver steps into the picture, offering all drinks for only $5 cash.
2024 GABF Awards Results | Full Breakdown of GABF Winners
October 12, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe 2024 Great American Beer Festival stormed back in a big way from an attendee standpoint, as we noted earlier in our day one recap, in large part due to its experiential tweaks for festival-goers and the competition yielded impressive results as well.
Colorado Breweries Who Won Big at the 2024 GABF Competition
October 12, 2024 | Tristan Chan 2Colorado breweries boasted another impressive showing at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival. This year, Colorado breweries took home 38 medals with 34 different brewery locations celebrating awards, nearly matching the impressive outing of 40 medals coming from the Centennial State. An additional three medals were awarded to a pair of Colorado cideries, in Haykin Family Cider (Aurora, CO) and Snow Capped Cider (Austin, CO), the first time cideries were awarded medals at the competition with support from the American Cider Association.
2024 Great American Beer Fest Night One Recap | Standouts & Hidden Gems
October 11, 2024 | Tristan ChanWhat a difference a year can make.
By 9 p.m. of last year’s Thursday night opening session, I had navigated most of the festival floor and left feeling underwhelmed, confused, and a bit dejected. After covering the biggest and best beer festival in the country for 11 years, the 2023 Great American Beer Festival, to put it politely, felt a bit stale.
Bean to Barstool Podcast | Coffee, Cacao, Cocktails & Curiosity with Charlene Cabioch
October 11, 2024 | David NilsenWhile the bean in Bean to Barstool primarily refers to cacao for chocolate, and the barstool to craft beer, we have also covered craft coffee and spirits on this podcast periodically, and we’re looking at doing that more often going forward. Today’s guest brings both of those worlds together, giving new meaning to the name Bean to Barstool. Charlene Cabioch is a barista and mixologist from France who has a deep knowledge of both specialties, and has professional awards to prove it. She was a winner at the Aeropress World Championship in 2019, and the Coffee in Good Spirits Championship for coffee-infused cocktails in 2021 and 2023.
2024 GABF Guided Routes | Fruit-Forward, N/A Beers & Ciders to Try at GABF
October 9, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
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2024 GABF Guided Routes | Best Barrel-Aged & High ABV Beers to Try at GABF
October 9, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
Earlier this week we featured the best Non-Alcoholic beers at the fest, and this morning we featured lower ABV Lagers, but now we turn up the octane to Barrel-Aged & high ABV beers. This year’s most prolific barrel-aged producers at the festival include 3 Floyds, Firestone Walker, Fremont, Maplewood, More Brewing, Modern Times, Pure Project, Revolution, River North Brewery, and WeldWerks to name a few.
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A Year in Michigan Beer | 52 Brews for All Seasons
October 9, 2024 | Zach VanderGraaff 1Michigan is known as the “Great Beer State” for good reason. With over 400 breweries spread through two peninsulae, there’s no shortage of Michigan beer to try. You could spend an entire year drinking your way through the state and still not see all there is to offer.
2024 GABF Guided Routes | Spontaneous / Wild / Sour Beers to Try at GABF
October 8, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
2024 GABF Guided Routes | Hoppy Beers to Try at GABF
October 8, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
BREAKING | 2025 WeldWerks Invitational Festival Returns in February
October 8, 2024 | Tristan ChanAfter taking a two-year hiatus, the WeldWerks Invitational, one of the country’s premiere showcases of rare and specialty beers is primed to return on February 8, 2025. Next year’s festival … Read More
2024 GABF Guided Routes | Best Lagers to Try at GABF
October 8, 2024 | Tristan ChanThe Great American Beer Festival is finally back! With the insane multitude of beers being served on the festival floor, it can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. So PorchDrinking is once again here to help you navigate that lineup and help with planning your route at the fest. As part of that research, we’ve sifted through every beer pouring at this year’s fest to curate a series of themed routes to help you plan for your GABF based on various styles and flavors.
2024 Denver Rare Beer Tasting Pour List Still Brings the Heat
October 8, 2024 | Tristan ChanGABF week is finally upon us, and with it returns one of the industry’s best festivals focused on showcasing rare and specialty beers. While the Great American Beer Festival itself does a great job of bringing together the largest collection of beers from around the country into one three-day event, Rare Beer has historically showcased quality and this year is no different.
And while this year’s event does include some slight updates including a move to Thursday, October 10 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. instead of its usual Friday slot, and a new location in Bierstadt Lagerhaus, both changes bode for the better.
Lone Tree Brewing | Vanilla Caramel Amber
October 8, 2024 | Scott GrossmanLone Tree Brewing Vanilla Caramel Amber combines flavors that, while a seemingly natural pairing, is a relatively rare one in the beer world. According to Lone Tree co-owner John Winter, few other breweries use these flavors in combination.
“It’s in a category all by itself for the most part,” Winter says. “I don’t see things that even come close to this out in the marketplace.” Read More
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