Event Preview | #PourHard Beer School at World of Beer LoDo

When: Thursday, November 5 from 6-7pm

Where: World of Beer LoDo, 1555 Blake Street Unit 102

Sharpen your pencils, break out your trapper keepers, and jot down some notes … Read More

The Ultimate Brewery Road Trip Mapped by Algorithm

What happens when nerdy beer fans (not to be confused with mere beer nerds) get bored? They use their penchant for analyzing data, using algorithms, and mapping results toward the … Read More

Event Preview | Dry Dock Tenth Anniversary Party Pour List

We all know Dry Dock Brewing for their mainstays. Apricot Blonde, which added a bronze medal in the highly contested Fruit Beer category at the 2015 GABF, along with the … Read More

Happy Hour Post | The Saga Continues

Times are a changing in the craft beer-o-sphere. Each day, more and more news breaks on acquisitions, ESOPS, private equity stakes, and CEO successions of long time industry staples. We’ve also seen major brewery expansion announcements, exciting bottle releases, event debuts and essentially more news that can possibly be distilled into individual breaking stories and our weekly growler fill alone.

So as we first alluded to nearly a year ago in the debut of the Happy Hour Post, we want to do a better job of serving our readership. We’ll begin slowly, mostly on major news days, and soon moving to a daily format, recapping all of the major beer news that happens each day. But even more so, borrowing from our good friends at Kentucky Sports Radio as they’ve been doing with their their late night post recapping Kentucky sports news each day, we’ll also add a little pop culture to keep things interesting. This is after all, what the porch drinking experience is all about.

Usually this post will take place at the end of the day, but for this kickoff (and since we had such a big news day yesterday) I thought I’d bring y’all a morning shot of Mocha Stout. Lets get to the good stuff. Read More

The Brewtography Project Kickstarter Needs YOUR Help

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 … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Black Shirt Brewing Company

Special thanks to Dustin Hall of the Brewtography Project for Photos. To see more, visit The Brewtography Project.

Location:

3719 Walnut St, Denver, CO 80205

Hours:

Mon-Tues: Closed

Wed-Thurs: … Read More

Tour Tasters | Paper Bird at Elevation Beer Company

While craft beer has always been the focal point on PorchDrinking, no porch drink would be complete without the perfect soundtrack to accompany those stellar beers. Over the past … Read More

PorchDrinking’s Denver Beer Beat | Oct 17, 2015

Well, hi there folks! As you probably saw last week, Cory aka Buddhist Zombie, aka Viking Grip, aka Pelican, aka PorchDrinking.com’s Denver Events Editor is making a pilgrimage to … Read More

Brewery MASH

Many of us played the game MASH at some point during our childhood, perhaps while riding home on the bus amid boogers being flung at our faces. MASH translates … Read More

2015 GABF Fantasy Brewery Results

We here at PorchDrinking believe beer should be fun. So two years ago we set out to add a different take on the Great American Beer Festival by inviting a … Read More

Major News and Storylines from GABF 2015

Earlier this year, when The Brewers Association announced that the Great American Beer Festival would be Bigger, Better and Beerier, we assumed that was merely a reference to the … Read More

GABF Event Preview | NBB & Leopold Bros Whiskey Sour Barrel Hour

When: Saturday, September 26 at 1pm

Where: Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox – 1215 20th Street, Denver, CO

Pat yourself on the back. You’ve survived most of GABF week and you’re still … Read More

GABF | 2015 Fantasy Brewery Draft Picks

All graphics created by Erin Horn

We here at PorchDrinking believe beer should be fun. So two years ago we set out to add a different take on the Great … Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | Songs About Beer Playlist

Can you feel the energy in the air? Can you smell the malted grains and hops wafting through the city? GABF week is upon us again and in honor of this weekend’s upcoming Great American Beer Festival we compiled a playlist devoted to songs about beer. So start flexing those livers, turn up the jams and get beer-hyped for an insane week of craft beer heaven!

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LIVE CHAT | 2015 Fantasy Brewery Draft

We here at PorchDrinking believe beer should be fun. So two years ago we set out to add a different take on the Great American Beer Festival by inviting a mix of national and local writers to participate in our GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft. Each year we draft breweries based on how we believe they’ll finish during GABF awards ceremony and earn points based on those finishes.

During the inaugural year, PorchDrinking took home the gold, last year Brewtally Insane took first narrowly edging out Mike Snider of USA Today, who also did a wonderful write up of our draft. But this year the field is out for blood. We had a few of the previous year’s participants come and go, but we also added a new host of new talent to join our familiar friends. Here’s how the field shook out.
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BREAKING | Heineken Forms Joint Venture with Lagunitas

Well the chips continue to fall in the craft beer land grab today, as this morning it was announced that Heineken will acquire a 50% stake in Lagunitas Brewing Company. … Read More

Reasons to Attend Vail Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines Fest

Admittedly, it might be a tad early to think about buying tickets to a beer festival in January, but not when it’s the Vail Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines Festival. I’ve already waxed poetic a number of times on VBBB’s level of awesome.

I’ve also stated before, and I still maintain that this is the best beer festival I have ever attended. In the past, it has also generally been the best kept secret in the beer festival scene, but I have a feeling that title won’t endure much longer (my bad). Luckily for you readers, we’re excited to announce that tickets for the 2016 Vail Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines Fest are on sale NOW. The festival takes place during the afternoon of Saturday, January 10th.

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Station 26 Brewing | Single Hop Citra IPA

ABV: 6.8%

I can still vividly remember the unseasonably warm December day when Station 26 first opened its doors two and a half years ago in Park Hill. As … Read More

Event Preview | CSA Tap Takeover & Oktoberfest at First Draft

Location: 1309 26th Street, Denver, CO

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2015

Two weeks ago we announced that Bells Brewery would be taking Colorado by storm for a brief GABF stint … Read More

Oskar Blues Brewery | Oskar Blues IPA

ABV: 6.43%

The craft beer landscape has evolved drastically since we first started PorchDrinking a little over three years ago. Styles like Goses, Kentucky Commons and Berliner Weisses certainly existed, … Read More