Beerstagram | May 11 – May 18

And just like that it’s Friday again. Where is this year running off to?! Hello Beerstagram friends, how was your week? Welcome to Friday! We’re hoping summer will come to us soon in Colorado, and are still cracking open bottles of winter styles while we wait out yet another spring snowstorm. We are definitely looking forward to lightening things up a bit, at least in beer style terms, and certainly looking forward to some authentic porch drinking! Hopefully the weather has been nicer in your part of the world. We have a nice looking lineup of beers (and photos of beers) this week it seems. Cheers to that. See you back here again next week!

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Ultimate 6er | “Better Call Saul”

“Better Call Saul” is not just the most successful TV spin-off of all time (apologies to Frasier Crane), but the best drama currently on television.

Fans of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” came to love Saul Goodman, the smug, sleazy, wise-cracking *criminal* lawyer. Saul got Walter White and Jesse Pinkman out of a few legal jams, and his way of bluntly telling the truth delivered some of the series’ best one-liners.

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PorchDrinking Playlist | An Ode to Summer Movie Season

Featured image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

It’s funny how Hollywood has decided that the best time to release their biggest, CGI-fueled blockbusters is during the season when the weather is finally nice enough that you actually want to go outside. I blame Los Angeles’ eternal summer for Hollywood’s ignorance of seasons. But, here we are in early May, and as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 gets our Baby Groots dancing, let’s take a moment to pay tribute to one of the great American pastimes: the hit soundtrack song. Read More

Beerstagram | May 4 – May 11

Hey Beerstagram fans! Welcome to another week and another edition of your favorite beer-filled Instagrams. Did you get up to anything fun for the Kentucky Derby last Saturday? Are you planning something fun for all the moms in your life this weekend? Hopefully so. Cheers to all of the moms out there, have a great Mother’s Day! Keep tagging us (@porchdrinkingCO) and we’ll see you back here again next week!

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ChoLon Restaurant Concepts Team to Bring Dim Sum and Bahn Mis to Avanti Food & Beverage

Lon Symensma, the chef behind the acclaimed Denver staple ChoLon, and his newly formed ChoLon Restaurant Concept team announced that he’s opening Kaya Kitchen within Avanti Food & Beverage in July 2017. The quick-service Asian concept will replace Souk Shawarma and be the fourth project from Chef Symensma joining the recently opened Concourse Restaurant Moderne in Stapleton.

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Chicago White Sox Partner with Revolution Brewing and a Tour of the Craft Kave

It was merely spring training when we first reported on the White Sox Craft Kave, and now a month into the season the south siders are looking up with a tie for first in the AL Central. Recently, the White Sox organization invited PorchDrinking to visit the Craft Kave for an inside look into MLB’s finest collection of craft offerings in a single stadium.

Although The Kave is not all about craft — macro’s and macro-owned quasi crafts certainly exist, the infusion of Craft Beer into the White Sox home is not only substantial, it’s celebrated. In fact, The Chicago White Sox recently announced a new marketing agreement with Revolution Brewing: Rev will be featured as the “Beer of the Homestand” during the Detroit and Boston series on May 26 through May 31.

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Beerstagram | April 27 – May 4

Happy May Beerstagram fans! It seems like it was a big news week in the beer world. Also, did you do any Star Wars themed activities for May the 4th? We sure hope you’re looking forward to the weekend. Be sure to keep tagging us in your photos @porchdrinkingco and we will see you back here again next week. Cheers!

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PorchDrinking Playlist | Having Kids

Are you thinking about having kids? Parenting is one of the most beautiful, rewarding, alcoholism-inducing jobs you can have, but they don’t even pay you for it. NOTHING. Well…there is that tax break, but it doesn’t quite cover the costs. If raising children was a business, your ledger would always be in the red.

Luckily, there are plenty of non-monetary upsides to having kids. They are snuggly, weird creatures whose love and adoration far outweighs the havoc they create. Cuddling makes you forget the back-talk. Their strange pronunciation of words allows you to overlook the minor property damage. Kisses make the lack of sleep seem less terrible. There is, however, one thing that I’m unable to overlook: children’s entertainment. Read More

Beerstagram | April 20 – April 27

Hello Beerstagram followers! How has your week been? Did you celebrate National Pretzel Day on Wednesday? Mmm pretzels & beer. As we wrap up April this weekend, doesn’t it feel like it needs to be summer already? With an impending snowstorm looming this weekend here in Denver, the beach is definitely calling. Cheers to warmer weather. See you back here again next week!

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Craft Beer’s Identity Crisis

Peanut butter, chai tea, lemongrass, oranges, roadkill, lemons, gunsmoke, dill: these are a few of the featured ingredients in craft beers on display at my local bottle shop. The variety does not stop there. How about a triple-pale ale, dry-hopped, cosmic-toasted, sour-peat-pilsner-stout loaded with enough alcohol to sterilize a barbershop comb? Is there a “normal” in beer anymore? And when did the word “infused” become the craft beer buzzword? Everything is infused.
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Ultimate 6er | Feeling Nostalgic About Pop-Punk Music

I recently attended 2 sold out nights of New Found Glory’s 20 years of pop-punk anniversary tour in Philadelphia. I was feeling a little nostalgic to think this band has been around for 20 years now. They had performed during the first concert I ever went to. Completely unsure of what to expect at my first concert, I stood in a mosh pit with platform sandals on. Years later, I learned not to wear that same footwear attire to a concert ever again. Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Spring Storms

Photo Credit: Mathew Powers: Campo, Colorado tornado (2010). 

No place on Earth enjoys conditions more conducive for tornadoes than the U.S. It’s not even close. And, late April into June marks the peak of tornado season. Music, like severe weather, masterfully pieces otherwise chaotic components into an orderly, harmonious sensory delight. Both can evoke feelings of tranquility or make one’s heart beat rapidly.

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Beerstagram | April 13 – April 20

Hey, hey Beerstagram fans! How is it going this week? I want to give a big thank you shout out to Hannah for taking the feed over for me last week while I was traveling. It was fun to jump back in again this week and catch up with what you all have been sipping on, plenty of great photos to choose from, that is for sure. Cheers, folks! See you again back here next week!

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QuickFish Poke Bar Announces Launch at Avanti Food & Beverage

This is a Sponsored Post for Avanti F&B

One Hawaiian appetizer has recently created a food trend foothold on the U.S. Mainland, and one Portland restaurant is bringing its own version of this seafood cuisine to Avanti Food & Beverage this summer.

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Vinyl & Beers | Milli Vanilla-i and Other Tales

As with all great vices, we tell ourselves that as long as we are contributing something positive to the world, then we can indulge our heart’s desires. At least that is what I have convinced myself with Vinyl and Beers, that I can drink as much beer and buy as many records as I deem necessary for the sake of beauty. Being fully committed to my art, I pair a record from my collection with every beer I drink at home, and these are their stories. DUN DUN.

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PorchDrinking Playlist | Heavy Hitters

Welcome to baseball season! It’s no secret some songs get the crowd pumped. For this playlist, I had to listen to a few hours worth of “walk-out music” (tough, I know). What transpired is a list of songs that made me want to move and jam out. It also caused me to conjured up fond memories of baseball games throughout the years.

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Waking and Baking News | Declaration Brewing 420 Pack of Beer Is Actually a Thing

Declaration Brewing Co. (Denver, CO) announced the sizable unveiling of its “420 Freedom Pack.” Requiring 4 people to be carried out of the liquor store, the 420 Freedom Pack boasts 17 ½ cases of beer. The 420 pack consists of Declaration’s signature beer series including 1,872 fluid ounces of Impure Penelope Armstrong American IPA and Hardtack Copper Ale, and 1,296 fluid ounces of Purloined Pearl Pale Ale. The unfathomably purchase-able gimmick is available at Winter Park Wine & Spirits and the Preamble Taphouse (inside Declaration Brewing).

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Beerstagram | April 7 – April 13

This week, it was literally my job to stalk my favorite breweries on Instagram. Isn’t life rough?

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Ultimate 6er | Gilmore Girls

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

Carole King said it best when she sang, “where you lead, I will follow,” in the intro song for the Gilmore Girls. Since the beginning, the show has created a cult following that’s multi-generational, divisive (are you Team Jess or Team Logan) and very loyal. For seven seasons I followed the Gilmore Girls around the town of Stars Hollow, through the halls of Chilton, attended Friday night dinners, and had coffee at Luke’s. I cheered as Netflix announced the release of a four-episode continuation of the series and then mourned when it was all over (seriously, what’s up with those last four words)? But what I love about the show is that it’s always there waiting for you. Frozen in time, from the span of 2000 – 2007, filled with kooky characters and questionable fashion choices, the Gilmore Girls welcome you to step into their world and enjoy the ride. Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Two Rivers Brewing Company

Featured Image Credit: Two Rivers Brewing Company

Situated in a historic building in the heart of Easton, PA, you’ll find Two Rivers Brewing Company. Although it had been already been … Read More