About- Tristan Chan
BREAKING | Scientists Discover World’s Oldest Barrel-Aged Beer
April 1, 2016 | Tristan ChanArchaeologists in the Saqqarah necropolis of Egypt have just made a discovery of a lifetime. While excavating an newly unearthed cavern, within the Pyramid of Djoser, Dr. Benjamin Gates and his … Read More
River North Brewery Reopens This Weekend
March 31, 2016 | Tristan ChanDon’t call it a comeback, they’ve been here for years. This weekend, after a long overdue six month hiatus, River North Brewery will re-open its doors to a brand new … Read More
The PorchCast | Episode 18 Chad Melis – Oskar Blues Brewery
March 28, 2016 | Tristan ChanThis weekend, our team sat down with Chad Melis, all around Marketing Guy at Oskar Blues Brewery to breakdown Oskar Blues Holding Corps’ acquisition of Cigar City Brewery, the real … Read More
The Unabridged Story of How I Started PorchDrinking
March 28, 2016 | Tristan Chan 2Over the past three and a half some years, I’ve been asked countless times about how PorchDrinking got its start. In most instances, I’ve re-hash the same elevator pitch for sake … Read More
TONIGHT’S New Kids on the Block Beer Festival Radical Pour List
March 24, 2016 | Tristan ChanIf you didn’t think a combo 80’s dance party and new breweries beer festival was radular enough, wait till you get a whiff of this pour list. The fourth annual … Read More
Verboten Brewing Re-Opens in Downtown Loveland
March 22, 2016 | Tristan ChanWhen Verboten Brewing opened just over three years ago in the nondescript industrial alcove of Taurus Ct on the Eastern side of Loveland, CO, Co-Founders Josh and Angie Grenz had eyes firmly fixed on distribution. While Verboten has continued to grow its distribution across the Front Range, a new chapter is about to begin. Last week, Verboten Brewing ended its five month hiatus, with the grand opening of their new facility, now located in downtown Loveland, at the corner of E Fifth and South Roosevelt St.
BREAKING | Deschutes Brewery Announces East Coast Location
March 22, 2016 | Tristan ChanWhile much of the beer industry has been obsessed over acquisitions and mergers over the past three years, an equally prevailing theme is the growth and expansion of mid-to-large sized breweries into brand new state of the art facilities to expand their national footprint.
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The PorchCast | Jensen Cummings Brewed Food & Mark Slattery First Draft
March 18, 2016 | Tristan ChanFor Episode 17 of the PorchCast we stopped by our sponsor First Draft Taproom & Kitchen to chat with owner Mark Slattery and Jensen Cummings of Brewed Food about his … Read More
The PorchCast | Episode 16 – Nick Nunns TRVE Brewing
March 10, 2016 | Tristan ChanFor Episode 16 of the PorchCast, we visited Nick Nunns, founder of TRVE Brewing at their Acid Templed production facility and barrel house. On this episode we touched on the … Read More
Event Recap | 14th Annual Avery Strong Ale Festival
March 8, 2016 | Tristan ChanBeers 8% and lower need not apply. Such was the tagline for this year’s 14th Annual Avery Strong Ale Festival. However, this grand celebration of exclusively high ABV beers, was about more … Read More
Inside the Tank | Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
March 7, 2016 | Tristan Chan 1Video Created by PorchDrinking Videographer Travis Weger
After a little over two years in operation, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. has quickly become one of the hottest new breweries in the country. … Read More
Event Preview | Cochon 555 Denver
March 6, 2016 | Tristan ChanDate: Sunday, March 6, 2016
Time: VIP at 4pm, General Admission at 5pm
Location: The Ritz-Carlton – 1881 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80802
Sunday’s Cochon 555, is the ultimate exhibition of … Read More
2 Days, 2 Nights of Craft Beer in Denver
March 3, 2016 | Tristan Chan*Header photo by Kyle Cooper, on behalf of 303 Magazine*
Special thanks to Dustin Hall of The Brewtography Project for capturing such iconic photos of Denver’s beer scene.
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Event Preview | 14th Annual Avery Strong Ale Festival Lineup
February 26, 2016 | Tristan Chan
Local fans of Avery Brewing Company can relate that over the past 14 years, Avery has been on the forefront of throwing niche mid-sized beer festivals with a mega … Read More
The PorchCast | Ep 15 Anthony Martuscello of WestFax Brewing
February 26, 2016 | Tristan Chan
Episode 15 of the PorchCast features guest Anthony Martuscello, founder of WestFax Brewing, which opens it’s doors on March 4th next to Casa Bonita just off of West Colfax.
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First Draft Taproom & Kitchen Joins PorchDrinking Family
February 24, 2016 | Tristan Chan
Location: 1309 26th St, Denver, CO 80205
When it comes to partnerships, we don’t work with just anyone. A few examples, Creed once offered to sponsor the intro of our podcast and pay us $50,000 to use it, we politely declined. We once had Donald Trump approach us about writing a sponsored post on the merits of building a wall around our breweries to keep big beer away from further acquisition, we considered it for a hot second but eventually had to pass as well.
The PorchCast | Episode 14 – Winter Bottleshare Hangover
February 22, 2016 | Tristan Chan
Our team may have been a little bit worn down from the PorchDrinking.com post-winter holiday bottle share, but there was just way too much craft beer news to not … Read More
Big Day in Beer | Victory Brewing Merging with Southern Tier Brewing
February 16, 2016 | Tristan Chan
Today was one of those mega days in beer, where everything just seemed to happen all at once. Many of these breaking stories will end up having greater long term effect on the industry so we figured we’d provide a bit of a recap of the major stories. I’ll kick things off with the biggest announcement, which broke earlier this morning of Victory Brewing merging with Southern Tier Brewing. Read More
Brewery Showcase | Ratio Beerworks
February 12, 2016 | Tristan Chan
I wanna go where everybody knows your name… perhaps it reads a little too closely to a sitcom cliché, but ever since I moved to Denver I’ve been … Read More
The PorchCast | Episode 13 – Super Bowl 50
February 10, 2016 | Tristan ChanThe PorchCast makes its glorious return with a brand new format, and a relatively new crew with hosts Tristan Chan, Cory Pelc, Sam Pike, Chris Day, Connor Shreve and Producer … Read More
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