PorchDrinking Playlist: Brothers Playlist

Whether they’re loving, protective, annoying or all of the above, brothers are still family, and as the Avett Brothers so eloquently stated, “Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our names.” Here’s a brothers playlist for those with whom we share our names.

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Beerstagrams 8/2-8/9

If you’re looking for something to help those mundane chores feel a little more exciting- look no further. Mowing the Lawn? Pick up a Wolf Among Weeds IPA from Golden Road Brewing and you might find yourself actually enjoying the outdoors. Gardening? Avery’s Barrel-Aged Wild Ale brewed with Chardonnay grapes can turn any occasion into a fancy affair. Sweeping the porch? Nah. Forget that. You’re better off sitting down with good company and a Bell’s Two Hearted. Whatever you need to accomplish this weekend, we hope you find the perfect craft beer companion to help you through it. Happy Friday, PorchDrinkers!

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Pop Culture Week in Review 8/2-8/9

And the new Doctor is…

Exactly who everyone thought it was going to be!  In an extremely dragged out special on BBC Sunday, Matt Smith’s replacement was revealed at The … Read More

Settling On National Television: The Bachelorette

Oh hey, guys. Did you know that The Bachelorette two part season finale aired last night and it was as actually epic as these shows can be? You didn’t? Well … Read More

Discovery’s Running Out of Ideas for Shark Week Programming

Now in its 25th season of broadcast, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week seemingly begun running out of ideas for original shark related programming. Here’s a rundown of some of the more outlandish and ridiculous programming that has been slated for this year’s Shark Week. Read More

Roundtable Discussion: Alternative to Shark Week

Now it it’s 25 years of terrorizing baby seals and wayward beach-goers, Shark Week has perhaps waded it’s way through one too many chum-filled murky waters.  So we asked our writers, if they were to choose another being or object to devote an entire week towards, what would be the best alternative to shark week? Share your suggestions below as well!

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PorchDrinking Playlist: July 2013

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but summer is almost over. So thank God for new music, right? July2013 brought us a new contender for “song of the summer” with the Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake collaboration, Holy Grail. Other new releases included The Civil Wars, Franz Ferdinand and a new single from Pearl Jam. Enjoy the waning days of summer with this brand-spanking new PorchDrinking playlist!

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Faking Adulthood | Frantic Speed Cleaning

Crap! People are coming over in 30 minutes and your apartment looks more like a hobbit hole than anything a human could inhabit. It’s bad enough if your friends have it relatively together—maybe they are married but don’t have kids, so their home is all crafty and hasn’t yet turned into a war zone— but if this is a potential love interest… well, there really is nothing like the fear that your crush will discover that you’re actually a horrible slob to make a girl go into a cleaning frenzy.

Regardless, you have a very limited amount of time to clean up and make your place look habitable before your guests arrive and discover your messy little secret. Here are some tips on frantic speed cleaning, from my own personal experience. Read More

New Faces Atop MLB Standings

What if I told you that on July 31^st the two best teams in baseball were both in the National League Central? What if I told you that the two teams were the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals? You might expect the Cardinals but it finally looks like the Pirates will keep it together for an entire season. Major League Baseball is facing a lot of issues but new teams at the top of the MLB standings are definitely a positive.

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Beerstagrams 7/26- 8/2

IPA day might have been yesterday, but just in case you missed it (or were left wanting more) we’re following-up with a few special IPA Beerstagrams. Earlier this month Sun … Read More

Awesomesauce Double Helping- Cooking Comically and Thug Kitchen

While I LOVE most typical food blogs (really, what else is Pinterest for, besides clicking on a recipe and then falling down a rabbit hole in the internet and reading about every fatteningly delicious looking dish that blogger has ever made?) they can tend to get a little cookie cutter (“Hi, I’m Jennifer/Sally/Sandy, a stay-at-home mother of two ADORABLE munchkins, and I love to cook!”) That’s why I find both of the below food blogs so entertaining- they’re SO not in that mold.  (Fair warning, there is some, uh, *salty* language to follow…) Read More

Roundtable Discussion | Best Beer for Camping

Last year, Phil put together an Ultimate 6er for gettin’ off the grid with canned beer.  With the spirit of adventure ever-present in these parts, we reached out to our staffers to see what they’d take along on a woodsy jaunt.

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PorchDrinking Playlist | Summer Music Festivals

Throughout the land, kids, parents, adults (and the rest of us) are coming to terms that summer is more than half over. Don’t despair, my friends, we still have plenty of sunshine and good times to go around. In today’s PD Playlist, I will be sharing some of my favorite artists from this year’s summer music festivals (Coachella, Xponential, Americanarama) that overlap and will also be gracing the presence of some 100,000 dancing maniacs this weekend in Chicago at Lollapalooza.

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Porch Trivia

In an effort to interact more with our legions of loyal readers, we are going to start a weekly trivia post on Saturdays. The trivia can range from questions about … Read More

Beerstagrams 7/19- 7/26

Is that Venti iced vanilla chai tea latte just not cutting it for you in the mornings anymore? Looking for something to mix up the monotony? We hear the Dayman … Read More

Pop Culture Week In Review July 19-26

So far, this summer has knocked it out of the park with pop culture happenings. If there’s one theme permeating the pieces from various pop culture writers here at PorchDrinking, … Read More

The (2nd Annual) Universal Drinking Game

Remember last year when we presented the Universal Drinking Game? A year later, we’re back for round two. We’re tired of drinking game rules for individual movies and TV shows. We need a list that applies to ALL our entertainment.

So the rules of this game are simple: turn on ANY show or movie you want. And drink any time any of these things happen. ENJOY (responsibly)! Read More

Faking Adulthood | Buying a Car

As of July 7, 2013, I have officially been driving the same car for the last 10 years. My parents did me a huge service by making the downpayment on my beloved Toyota Matrix when I was 16, and then passed the monthly lease payments off to me for the next 6 years, until I owned my car outright. By with the realization that I’ve been driving the same car for the last 10 years comes the thought: how long can this last? Read More

Roundtable Discussion: Best Brewery in America

PorchDrinking Playlist: Underrated Bands

Finding great music can be daunting.  But even more daunting is for great artists to break through the clutter and really find traction on the airwaves.  While sifting through my musical libraries for this list of underrated bands, I realized that I first started listening to most of these in college.  I’m not sure if that means I had awesome musical tastes in college or awful musical tastes, I choose to believe the prior.

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