Brewery Showcase | River Dog Brewing Co.

Sometimes when you travel off the beaten path, you are rewarded by the sweetest of treasures. This is what you’ll find when you reach River Dog Brewing Co.

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Inside the Tank | WeldWerks Brewing Co.

Video Created by PorchDrinking.com Videographer Travis Weger

Voted Best New Brewery in America via a USA Today reader poll,  WeldWerks Brewing Company has quickly become one of the hottest new breweries not just … Read More

Brewery Preview | Dovetail Brewery

Days before the craziness of Chicago Craft Beer Week (CCBW), I was offered the opportunity to tour soon-to-open Dovetail Brewery, which is co-owned, operated and run by Bill Wesselink and Hagen Dost. What better way to begin the beer week, than with a preview of the next chapter of Chicago’s burgeoning beer scene.

Dovetail is a reference to the carpenter’s joint of interlocking boards, it is famed for its resistance to being pulled apart. As Bill so elegantly expressed, “It’s coming together to make a stronger brewery. A mix of old and new, American and European to create what we feel is our interpretation.”
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Brewery Showcase | Pig Minds Brewing Company

It’s all about the liquid.

That may seem like an oversimplification, but as the American craft beer landscape becomes ever more infused with concerns of Big Beer – mergers, acquisitions, … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Hop Lot Brewing Co. (Suttons Bay, MI)

Featured photo by Garrin Ball, courtesy of themittenadventure.com

When Steve and Drew Lutke bought a Groupon for a beer brewing kit they never imagined it would lead to them opening a brewery. After years of talking about the idea, gathering investments, planning the space and actually building a brewhouse, Hop Lot Brewing Co. is celebrating their one year anniversary this month.

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Brewery Showcase | Silver City Brewery (Bremerton, WA)

Steve and Scott Houmes were bored.

The brothers were in the thick of their family restaurant business — a burger and fry joint. Despite their success, Steve and Scott … Read More

Chicago’s Atlas Brewing is now Burnt City Brewing

Macrobreweries are buying craft breweries. Breweries are fighting over names and labels. All this “business talk”  may shock, annoy, and upset craft-beer aficionados, but let us not forget, that beer … Read More

Brewery Showcase | New Image Brewing Company (Arvada, CO)

Arvada’s newest brewery has finally opened their doors, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome New Image Brewing Company to the neighborhood!

The road to New Image started way back in … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Lake Anne Brew House (Virginia)

Lake Anne Village Center in Reston was active Saturday, April 16 with the opening of Lake Anne Brew House. Reston residents Melissa and Jason Romano purchased a retail space at 11424 Washington Plaza and renovated it, seeking an English pub concept for their new Virginia establishment. The husband and wife team were pleased with the turnout, and the Reston community was enthusiastic Lake Anne Brew House finally opened.

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Brewery Showcase | Keweenaw Brewing Company (Houghton, MI)

There must be a phrase (I’m assuming in German) for the relief felt when seeing the chaliced lines of a passing lane. This would be a feeling I don’t have often; driving … Read More

Brewery Showcase | The Modern Brewery (St. Louis, MO)

No fear and big ideas. What else can you say about the local brewery whose tap handles are adorned with light bulbs? Our visit to Modern Brewery‘s tasting room came … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Regular Guy Brewing Gets New Brain

The Scarecrow would be proud. The guys at Regular Guy Brewing kicked off their 2016 brewing season with an exciting addition. They got a new brain. Read More

Brewery Showcase | Right Proper Brewing Company (Washington, DC)

Now that DC has solidly established its brewing scene, it’s time to see how the beloved facilities will be spreading their wings. One of the first to open a second location is … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Senn Bierwerks Planning 2017 Debut

St. Louis is a thirsty town and getting thirstier. Thankfully, the local brewing community is responding with new ideas, new beers, and new breweries.

This week we learned the plans … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Geaux Brewing (Bellevue, WA)

The history of Geaux Brewing starts, innocently enough, with a pizza party and a Whole Foods run.

The year was 2011, and Jeremy Hubbell was planning his weekly Friday pizza party in a business park in Bellevue, Washington. Every Friday, Hubbell would order a few pizzas and pair them with a selection of solid beers purchased from the local Whole Foods down the road for his coworkers. Read More

Brewery Showcase | Nighthawk Brewery

The story of Nighthawk Brewery is that of a community built entirely by hand, from the ground up. The owners, Ethan & Nikki Hall, have had their hands in as … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Peddler Brewing Company (Seattle, WA)

Haley Keller, co-founder of Peddler Brewing Company, wasn’t always a biker. Come to think of it, she didn’t always like beer, either.

“I would say that both of those were … Read More

Brew(store) Showcase | The Brew Shop

The Brew Shop had a steady stream of customers on a Saturday afternoon — 20-somethings coming in to taste Italian wine, grab multiple growlers, or beeline to the back of … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Cognition Brewing Company (Ishpeming, MI)

It is late June, 2014 and my friend and I are asked to volunteer for the Ishpeming Historical Society by giving scripted tours to the second story of a Victorian-style home. My name tag reads Gerald and my tie does not match my shirt. I’m missing a shoelace and nobody notices until the middle of the day when I catch a twenty-something woman staring intently at my shoe. She would be my favorite patron of the day, for we shared a similar disinterest: she, with what I had to say; I, with what I had to say.

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Brewery Preview | WestFax Brewing Co. (Denver, CO)

Over the last couple years East Colfax has been filling up with breweries, including Fiction Beer Company, Lost Highway Brewing Company, Alpine Dog Brewery, and Mu Brewery, but West Colfax has had a clear void in the craft beer scene. To fill that void, Anthony Martuscello is opening WestFax Brewing next to one of Denver’s most infamous landmarks: Casa Bonita.

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