Beerstagram | September 15 – September 22

Happy Fall! We are still amidst the hop harvest season and saw a lot of photos of it shared over Instagram this week! We also saw a lot of tasty bottles shared, looking good Beerstagram world, keep on enjoying! Be sure to keep tagging us to be featured! Cheers! Read More

2016 Presidential Debate BINGO

The Presidential Debate on Monday, September 26 is maybe the most anticipated debate in your lifetime or mine. Expect massive ratings on TV. Anticipate hostility between the candidates on stage. Plan on a few major soundbites to play on cable news for days afterward. And overall, honestly, you can likely expect to be a bit bored by the end. Which is why PorchDrinking brings you Presidential debate Bingo!

PorchDrinking has the antidote to debate boredom and political bickering. Republicans, Democrats, and Independents can ALL play our Debate Bingo game. Whichever candidate you support, we’ve got the card for you (five for each candidate, to be exact). Enjoy competing with friends. Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Fuzzy Sock Moonwalk

As I approached mile 3,000 on my seemingly never ending cross-county road trip, the novelty of bumping to an infinite playlist of my favorite sounds had sadly worn off. Just as mesmerizing mountains gave way to an endless expanse of less than captivating flatness, my treasured playlist suddenly found itself back to ‘Track 1’ … for about the 20th time. I quickly realized two things: one, that I had zero cell service and two, that I had made a huge rookie mistake in thinking that I could solely rely on a single playlist, no matter how fantastic, to get me across the country.

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Chicago’s Best Craft Beer Bars to Watch the Bears

During this football season don’t be subjected to drinking subpar beer while watching the Chicago Bears. We have a continuously updated list of Chicago’s best craft beer bars to watch the Bears, which includes the surrounding suburbs. These game watch-spots serve top-notch craft offerings, while also turning up the audio during the games.

Want to add a brewery or craft beer bar to the list? Email us. We’ll update this list daily. Read More

Beerstagram | September 8th – September 15

Fall is right around the corner and we all know that means…it is the start of Oktoberfest and the Great American Beer Festival is also happening in just a few short weeks! You all better get your beer drinking pants on! (As if you didn’t already have them on!) Be sure to enjoy a few pretzels along the way too! A few folks are also still soaking up the great outdoors it seems like (as they should be), from the looks of this week’s Beerstagram. Also, how cute is that doggie? Cheers to that! See you again next week! Read More

Election 2016 | The Star Wars Party Awakens

Just about 2 months to go until the god-awful election season is over. Thank goodness. And if you’re one of the many people struggling to find a candidate you care about, we’ve already asked you to consider the GOT Party – in other words, the murder-y borderline-evil characters from HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” It’s a small step in the right direction.

But “Game of Thrones” isn’t the only pop culture institution with characters who could run for President this election season. There are plenty of powerful leaders in a galaxy far, far away who could feasibly make America great again.

That’s right. We invented a political party. The Star Wars Party.

Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike could stand to take a look at The Star Wars Party. Below, we take a look at a few potential nominees. Like all politicians, they have their pros and cons, but maybe you can find someone you’d vote for this election if you were Forced to.

So contact your state board of elections and let them know you’re changing your affiliation to the Star Wars Party. Because in a messed up two-party system, this Star Wars party could be a new hope for America.

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Beerstagram | September 1st – September 8th

Welcome to the first week of September! Did you all have a nice Labor Day? From the looks of it, it seems like you all did at least in the beer drinking department! This week marks the start of the “offical” NFL season between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers, with Sunday Night Football kicking off this Sunday as well. Football and beer, one of America’s favorite combos. See ya again with more Beerstagrams next week, cheers! Read More

An Open Letter (from the World’s Most Annoying Customer)

Dear United Airlines,

I am deeply disappointed by the service I received from you last Saturday. You may have lost a customer forever, because I cannot believe you’re able to still operate after what you did to me, the World’s Most Annoying Customer. Read More

Beerstagram | August 25th – September 1st

How the heck is it already September?! Where did summer go? We are still trying to drink it in over here at PorchDrinking before fall comes and are still enjoying your summery Beerstagrams. What are you all up to this long weekend? Beer drinking we hope! Any fun travel plans or brewery visits you are planning? Let us know what you’re up to! Be sure to tag us in your Instagram photos this weekend for a chance to be featured next week! Cheers to Labor Day, enjoy it!

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2016 Riot Fest Denver Ticket Giveaway

Riot Fest, the three day music festival founded in Chicago, is returning to Colorado this year at The National Western Complex. This year’s lineup includes the likes of Jane’s Addiction, Death Cab for Cutie, Ween, Sleater-Kinney, Devotchka, The Hold Steady, The Misfits, NAS, Sleigh Bells, Descendents, NOFX, Sleigh Bells, Fitz & The Tantrums, Motion City Soundtrack along with a helluva ton more bands spanning everything from hip hop to indie rock. Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Labor Day Weekend

Somehow we are already talking about the “unofficial” end of summer, Labor Day weekend. Summers end always seems to come too soon and is very bittersweet so make the most of your last holiday weekend of summer hiking, biking, grilling, camping, swimming, or porch drinking with this Labor Day weekend playlist! Soak every last bit of summer in and get your groove on but also remember that you still have two more weeks of “official” summer before fall sneaks it chilly way onto your calendar! Read More

Beerstagram | August 18th – August 25th

This week’s edition of Beerstagram is dedicated to hops. It is time for our annual hop harvest in many places in the Northern Hemisphere, hop hop hooray! These bright green beauties are surely bound to make for some incredible batches of beer. Be sure to check out local breweries in your area, many of them make fresh hop IPAs around this time and they are surely a treat to be savored and enjoyed. Cheers!

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The Weekly Buzz | August 19th – August 25th

Another week is in the bag, and social media has been all a-twitter (pun DEFINITELY intended) with craft beer events, musings, and nonsense. Your time is far too valuable to sort through it all, so we have decided to boil it down to a few memorable posts in our new weekly social media recap! Without further ado, here is this week’s Weekly Buzz!

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PorchDrinking Playlist | Summer Transitions

Have you noticed the change in the weather? Mornings that are a little cooler than normal, and evenings that are a bit more brisk than we’re used to? Whether we like it or not, summer is slowly coming to a close. For this week’s PorchDrinking Playlist we’ve got 10 songs to help ease the transition for you. Read More

Event Recap | 2016 Burning Can REEB Ranch

The light showers and skirting thunderstorms around the mountains in western North Carolina couldn’t hold a candle to the electricity coming from the stage at Oskar Blues Burning Can held at their REEB Ranch in Brevard the 15th and 16th of July. A weekend full of nature, funky tunes, great beer and fantastic activities swarmed festival attendees, with just enough rain to keep the crowd cool from the scorching summer heat many have been suffering. Read More

Beerstagram | August 11th – August 18th

This week’s Beerstagram is a mixed bag theme-wise and that is okay because there are plenty of nice photos nonetheless. This week’s beers are from a little bit of everywhere it seems. Cheers to another week! Read More

Gun Hill Brewing | Rise Up Rye

In “Hamilton,” the musical that is STILL dominating Broadway (and taking home 11 Tony Awards), our entry point into the American Revolution is a toast between friends with a shared vision. Alexander Hamilton, played by Javier Munoz, is a tenacious revolutionary with humble origins and big aspirations.

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Event Preview | 2016 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival

Got plans this weekend? The Rocky Mountain Folks Festival might be the only festival in the world where you can float down a river while watching musicians perform on the main stage. It’s a small town festival with big charm and tickets are still available. Read More

Stone Brewing Co. | Stone IPA Virginia Brewery Prototype

During a trip to Richmond, VA, earlier this spring, I was lucky to receive a behind-the-scenes tour of Stone Brewing Co.’s new East Coast operation. Located in the Fulton neighborhood east of downtown Richmond, the 220,000-square-foot facility was very much in the building stages during my visit, with both hard hat and vest required for walking through the construction site. None the less, it was exciting to see an operation of this size being built from the ground up. Read More

Beerstagram | August 4th – August 11th

Are you binge watching the Olympics this week and wishing you were winning some gold? Perhaps your gold is in the version of golden beer? Regardless, it’s been fun to watch! This week also marked National S’mores Day (August 10th) and Denver’s Our Mutual Friend is currently doing a collaboration brew with Brazilian brewery, Koala San Brew which happens to be not too far from Rio, appropriate timing! We also got a couple of #porchdrinking shout out tags this week as well, hooray! Cheers to another week of beers and photos! Read More