Event Preview | Avery Sour Fest Pour List

Avery’s Sour Fest returns this weekend for its 6th iteration and it’ll be another tremendous showcase of both national and local pucker inducing gems. This year’s lineup features a monster … Read More

Brewery Showcase | WeldWerks Brewing (Greeley, CO)

Greeley, CO looks and feels much like any of the other needle pinned micro communities that dot a map of the U.S.—so much so, that its slogan reads, “An All-America City”. With its deep roots in agriculture, livestock, and community, Greeley has developed a equally misguided stigma that has become hard to shake. But make no mistake, Greeley is no mere cowtown, at least not when it comes to beer.

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Event Recap | Great Divide 22nd Anniversary Party

95 degrees and not a complaint in the world. That pretty much sums up Saturday’s Great Divide 22nd Anniversary party. On a day when festival goers could have been deterred … Read More

BREAKING | 14 Breweries Split from Colorado Brewers Guild

*Updated Saturday, June 11 at 1pm to include The Colorado Brewers Guild’s statement to The Westword*

It’s been a tumultuous month for Colorado breweries and an even more turbulent afternoon, as Governor John Hickenlooper officially signed Senate Bill 197, allowing grocery stores to sell full strength alcohol at up to 20 locations throughout the state over the next 20 years. While the implications of this bill will have a major impact on the way Colorado’s craft breweries distribute their product, a greater underlying rift has finally bubbled to the surface leading 14 craft breweries to split from the Colorado Brewers Guild to form their own trade advocacy organization. Read More

Brewery Showcase | Banded Oak Brewing Company (Denver, CO)

Special thanks to Stephen Adams, The Colorado Beer Geek for assistance in research for this post.

Great ideas are often born from great beer, such was the case with South … Read More

Event Preview | Great Divide 22 Anniversary Party

Great Divide may be one of the original gangsters of Denver’s craft beer scene, but in a lot of ways, it’s still evolving. 2016 will mark the first anniversary of Great Divide’s Barrel Bar, their second production facility located on Brighton Boulevard, and the 22nd anniversary of the brewery’s existence. Last year, anniversary goers got a sneak peek in the first phase build out of The Barrel Bar, and this year’s Great Divide 22 Anniversary Party celebration, will feature all the bells and whistles. Read More

Casey Brewing & Blending Announces New Taproom Experience

In many ways Casey Brewing & Blending was created to capture the true essence of Belgian style wilds and sours. The terroir, the wild yeast and microbes that inhabit the … Read More

Event Preview | Innovation in the Beer Industry Panel Discussion

Aside from mergers, buyouts, expansions, and satellite facilities, craft beer is also evolving naturally due to the growing influence of technology and innovation. As such we decided to host a … Read More

*BREAKING* 2016 GABF Ticket Sale Dates Announced

The Brewers Association announced this morning that tickets for the 2016 Great American Beer Festival will go on sale August 2, 2016 and August 3, 2016. This year’s event celebrates … Read More

Falling Rock Owner Cries Foul on Oskar Blues Brewery

*This post has been updated, as we’ve been informed that Oskar Blues joined the Texas Craft Brewers Guild last month*

If you ever thought craft beer was all just fun and games, you don’t know this industry. This is a craft built on passion, long standing traditions, and the unspoken agreement of mutual investment in growing the industry as a community. However as with any field, business is business. As we’ve already seen over the past 3-4 years, growing pains have begun taking shape in many different forms for craft beer. The latest of which manifested Friday night, when Falling Rock Tap House Founder / “King” Chris Black, took to Facebook to pen an open letter to Oskar Blues Brewery and more specifically Dale Katechis. Falling Rock, the world-renowned beer bar located in downtown Denver has garnered cult following status, by maintaining 75+ active taps and over 130 bottles of beer on the menu since they first opened in 1997. Read More

Denver Passport Program On-Sale and PD Giveaway

The Denver Passport Program is BACK!  For those who aren’t familiar with The Passport, it’s a physical book that houses a host of slammin BoGo (buy one get one) deals for … Read More

The Brewtography Project Launches Kickstarter for Discovering Colorado Breweries

I still remember the first time I met up with Dustin & Marcia Hall to enjoy a beer. I had only seen Dustin’s work on Instagram via his Brewtography Project account, but … Read More

Most Budweiser-y Move Yet, Budweiser Renames Beer America

In what can only be described as the next chapter of Budweiser-y moves, Anheuser-Busch InBev has re-branded its domestic lager for the summer from Budweiser to “America”. Yes, you read that … Read More

BREAKING | Colorado Breweries Win Big at 2016 World Beer Cup

Colorado breweries showed up in full force during tonight’s World Beer Cup. The competition featured breweries from across the world competing in 96 categories, and Colorado’s contingent scored top marks taking home 37 medals, including 12Degree Brewing which took home World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster of the year in the Small Brewpub category. Additionally CO Breweries swept the Belgian Strong Pale Category. Read More

The PorchCast | Ep 20 Our Mutual Friend Brewery

In Episode 20 we sat down with Brandon Proff and Jan Chodkowski of Our Mutual Friend Brewery to talk about the amazing strides the brewery has taken since their inception. … Read More

Vermont and Colorado Breweries Top Untappd’s Highest Rated Breweries

It should come as no surprise that Colorado breweries rank amongst the highest when comparing the best breweries in the industry. Such was the case once again when social beer app Untappd … Read More

Ratio + Crooked Stave + PorchDrinking TOMORROW at Avanti F&B

Game of Thrones Season 6 may be debuting Sunday, and the Rocky Mountain region might have gotten rocked last weekend by a late season snow storm, but don’t be fooled, … Read More

The PorchCast | Ep 19 Matt Hess & Patrick Annesty of River North Brewery

For episode 19 of The PorchCast we were joined by Matt Hess, Founder of River North Brewery and brewery Vice President Patrick Annesty to talk about the tenuous journey that … Read More

BREAKING | 2015 Top 50 Craft Breweries By Volume

Every year the Brewers Association releases lists of the top breweries based on beer sales volumes.

We took a quick look at last year’s list to compare some of the growth of some of our favorite breweries in the country and broke down some of the major changes. Read More

GIVEAWAY | Brewed Food Revolution Embarks on National Tour

A food and beer revolution is primed to sweep the nation. No I’m not talking about food and beer pairing dinners, nor am I referencing cooking with beer. This runs … Read More