The Brewtography Project | Oskar Blues Brewery

This week’s installment of The Brewtography features Dustin Hall’s original photos from a recent shoot at Oskar Blues Brewery. Dustin’s Brewtography Project aims to capture the essence of the craft beer industry by … Read More

Have Beer Festivals Jumped the Shark?

I used to relish summers. As a child, we lived for those three fleeting months of freedom from homework, exams and responsibility. Summer was the stuff of legend, building towering forts in the woods, cannonballs, s’mores, catching fireflies, shagging fly balls and bolting recklessly into streets at the flat echoes of an ice cream truck jingle. Sure, things have changed a bit as an adult, but I haven’t entirely allowed myself to lose summer’s sense wonderment, instead trading t-ball for 14er hikes, neighborhood flashlight tag for booze-y sessions of jazz in the park and weekends getting burnt crisp at the pool for weekends getting burnt crisp a beer festivals.

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GABF Tickets Go on Sale July 28, 2015

The Brewers Association announced this morning that tickets for the 2015 Great American Beer Festival will go on sale July 28, 2015 and that this year’s event will be … Read More

Aspen Brewing | 10th Mountain Oatmeal Stout

It’s May 11th. In Colorado. It snowed this weekend. I cannot even begin to explain just how ridiculous yet predictable that is due to the fact that this happens … Read More

The PorchCast | Episode 12 – Pasteur St Brewing & Spangalang Brewery

Episode 12 of the PorchCast welcomes an all-star cast including Alex Violette and Bethany Lovato of Pasteur Street Brewing and Taylor Rees of Spangalang Brewery. We discussed Alex and Bethany’s decision … Read More

Event Recap | 2015 Boulder Strong Ale Fest

If Maryland does crab cakes, then Avery does strong ales, so it only makes sense that the Boulder Strong Ale Fest remains as one of my favorite mid-sized specialty-themed beer festivals. It … Read More

BREAKING | Green Bench Brewing Coming to Denver

Green Bench Brewing is coming to Denver this week and we couldn’t be more excited.

Our love affair with Green Bench Brewing extends back to CBC 2014 in Denver, when … Read More

Why The New Belgium Ben & Jerry’s Collab Will Not Ruin Children

News dropped back in April (actually we broke the story back in January if you had been paying close attention to PorchDrinking for the 2-3 hours where we … Read More

CBC15 Events Guide

Alas folks, we have arrived at CBC 2015. Bags affixed with birds are packed, handle bar mustaches neatly quaffed, and bellies ready to be destroyed by onslaughts of beer, coffee … Read More

BREAKING | Dick Cantwell Resigns From Elysian Brewing

As reported earlier today via Seattle Beer News, Elysian Co-Founder and Head Brewer, Dick Cantwell has officially resigned from the brewery. Elysian was acquired by Anheuser-Busch at the beginning of the … Read More

ANNOUNCEMENT! | PorchDrinking Brewing Company Opening

On behalf of the entire PorchDrinking.com team we are extremely excited to announce the forthcoming opening of PorchDrinking Brewing Company. After nearly three years of existence as solely a craft beer and lifestyle blog, we are thrilled to move into the next phase of our site’s evolution with a brick and mortar brewery. Our hope is to capture the PorchDrinking experience, not just by writing about beer, but by actually brewing it for all of our fans to enjoy.

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BREAKING | Top Craft Breweries of 2014

Every year the Brewers Association releases lists of the top breweries based on beer sales volumes. This year we saw the first inclusion of Yuengling, due to the newly formed definition … Read More

2015 Mascot Madness

Your favorite PETA agitating edition of Mascot Madness is back for another year! For those who aren’t familiar, every year we have a little fun by picking the tournament field based … Read More

Alpine Beer Company Colorado Launch Events

As you’ve probably heard by now, Alpine Beer Company is coming to Colorado later this month and once again we’re thrilled to partner with Elite Brands Distributors to help welcome … Read More

*UPDATED* Bells Brewing, Litigation, and Collaboration

Admittedly I was a bit irresponsible in jumping the gun on this post. I should have done a better job at reaching out to both sides, especially since I chose … Read More

The PorchCast | Episode 11 – Wurstküche

Location:

Wurstküche Denver

2036 Broadway St., Denver, CO 80205

Episode 11 of the PorchCast features took place at Wurstküche Denver! Tristan and Justin were joined by Tyler Wilson and Joseph … Read More

*Updated* 2015 Craft Beer Release Calendars

Visit our 2016 Roundup of Beer Release Calendars

*Updated 10/25/2015 at 11:20 A.M. EST w/ Oskar Blues

*Updated 3/15/2015 at 02:05 A.M. EST w/  Excelsior, Foothills, Pretty Things, Santa Fe, Two Brothers, Victory*

*Updated 2/27/2015 at 6:30 P.M. EST w/  Beachwood BBQ, Brewery Vivant, Boulder Beer, Cambridge Brewing Company, Coronado, Fort Collins Brewing, Laurelwood, Nebraska Brewing*

*Updated 2/15/2015 at 11:45 P.M. EST w/  MadTree, Smuttynose, Terrapin*

*Updated 2/9/2015 at 2:30 A.M. EST w/  Lagunitas, Ommegang, Pelican*

*Updated 2/3/2015 at 1:50 P.M. EST w/  Great Lakes, Sun King*

*Updated 1/30/2015 at 11:50 P.M. EST w/  Allagash, Big Boss, Great Northern, Good People, and Ninkasi, Westbrook*

*Updated 1/28/2015 at 2:30 A.M. EST w/  Devils Backbone, Fremont, Golden Road, and Shipyard*

*Updated 1/25/2015 at 1:45 A.M. EST w/ Almanac, Back Forty, New Holland and Sly Fox*

(Special thanks to all of the breweries who willingly provided these calendars for publish and to Justin Vicroy who helped assist with the research for this post! We did not publish any release calendars without expressed consent from each brewery)

This is going to be a BIG year for craft beer. Many breweries who started developing around the beginning of the craft beer resurgence have begun distributing their product more widely, and several of the country’s largest breweries are set for major expansions. With that wider distribution and those expansions, we’ll begin seeing tons of new beers hitting store shelves.

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TBT | New Belgium Lost in the Woods Denver

Last month we had the honor of covering New Belgium Brewing’s Lost in the Woods beer festival both up at the brewery and also down at Denver’s Union Station Terminal … Read More

3rd Annual NKOTB Beer Festival and 80’s Dance Party Returns!

Like, we hope you’re totally ready to rock a gnarly sideways ponytail and radular perm because the 3rd Annual NKOTB Beer Festival and 80’s Dance Party is back! Once again we’ve teamed … Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Denver’s Best Bands

In honor of 303 Day, we compiled a list of Denver’s best bands and comedians. The Mile High City has so much musical and comedic talent and while we left off a … Read More