BREAKING | Bell’s Brewery Beers Coming to Colorado for GABF

That’s right midwesterners, your wet dream is finally coming true… at least for a few weeks beginning September 21. This morning Kalamazoo based, Bell’s Brewery announced that Crooked Stave Artisan Ales … Read More

Alltech Brewing | Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale

This post originally appeared on December 5, 2013

Kentucky Ale

ABV 10%

Can we all just enter into a covenant together? Don’t worry I’m not just making an obscure quote reference from the movie Yes Man, though kudos if you picked that up. I really do want us to come together on this one and curtail the growing trend of releasing pumpkin beers so damn early in the year. Read More

Join us for Paper Bird Tour Tasters at Elevation Beer Co.

As we announced on Monday, Denver based band Paper Bird will be joining us for the second installment of our Tour Tasters session at Elevation Beer Company tomorrow night … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Elevation Beer Company

Location: 115 Pahlone Parkway, Poncha Springs, CO 81242

Hours: 7 Days a week from 12-8pm

Brew Capacity: 15bbl system and 615bbls of fermentation

Distribution: CO, TX, AZ, and WA

Some moments stick with you. Whenever you search back through your memories, you can still see the entire scene echoing vividly through your consciousness. And while it may sound a bit silly, the first time I tried Elevation Beer Company is one of those moments. Read More

Event Preview | Bristol Freewheelin’ Music Fest

It’s been a great year to be a music fan in Colorado, this year’s Red Rocks lineup is back to a premiere lineup after a down year in 2014, … Read More

New Belgium President Christine Perich Becomes CEO

Just announced today, New Belgium Brewing‘s current President and Chief Operating Officer has been named CEO as Co-Founder Kim Jordan moves solely into the role of Executive Chair of … Read More

Call To Arms Brewing Begins Open Fermentation

IT’S NOT A KOELSCHIP! (yelled in the accent of Arnold Schwarzenegger)

A few weeks ago we showcased the grand opening of Call to Arms Brewery, the brain child of former … Read More

Why Anheuser-Busch’s Distribution Moves Are A Concern

Wars don’t just spring up over night. They develop slowly through polarizing perspectives, tension and aggression, subtle maneuvers, and eventually the cacophonous opening shots signaling all out warfare.

To many, Anheuser-Busch’s series … Read More

PorchDrinking Playlist | WYSBLT Summer 2015 Playlist

New music is medicinal, it can help to re-center, refocus, realign, but it can also be addictive in the most alluring manner. Every summer I get an intense urge … Read More

Q/A with Wynne Odell on Odell’s Employee Ownership

Two weeks ago the Odell Brewing family made a major splash but announcing that it would be selling ownership back to it’s employees rather than following recent trends of … Read More

2015 GABF Brewery List | New Attendees & Missing

*Be sure to check back often as we’ll be bringing complete GABF coverage leading up to, during and after the festival*

Nearly 800 Breweries. 4 Sessions. 3 Days. Over 4000 beers. 60,000 … Read More

Great Divide’s Barrel Bar Opens Friday

Address: 3403 Brighton Boulevard, Denver, CO 80216

If you haven’t noticed the smell of malted grains emanating from Brighton Boulevard yet, you will soon, very soon. Great Divide has … Read More

*UPDATED 7/26* 2015 Underground Music Showcase Preview

* This post will be updated daily w/ must see bands and daily highlights to check out *

It’s 11 p.m. on a Wednesday night and I am absolutely … Read More

BREAKING | New Belgium to Open Pilot Brewery in Denver’s RiNo

Photo credit: blog.virgin-atlantic.com

Hot off the heels of a big announcement yesterday, that Odell Brewing Company has become employee owned, Fort Collins continues to make a splash today. Neighboring, New Belgium … Read More

Beer Tech | Denver’s Most Popular Craft Beers + Drizly Expansion

Denver, Colorado, where the beer flows like wine. Yes, I’m aware that quote was originally referencing Aspen, but here in the Colorado state capital, there might be a little … Read More

Brewery Showcase | Call to Arms Brewing Company

Header photo by: Jessica Wailes

Quality. Consistency. Camaraderie. These three ideals serve not only as the motto to Denver’s newest neighborhood craft brewery, Call to Arms Brewing Company, but they also echo as a rallying cry to reclaim what the craft beer industry has at some times lost focus on over the past two years. Read More

Venue Preview | Avanti Food & Beverage

3200 Pecos Street

Denver, CO 80211

Welcome to Avanti Food & Beverage. It has a sort of John Hammond, Jurassic Park ring to it, doesn’t it? Well, that’s for good reason. Denver’s newest dining concept is a hybrid of one part restaurant incubator, housing seven developmental eateries operating out of repurposed shipping containers all under one roof, meets another part Sam Calagione’s western Dogfish Head outpost, and a final element of the most amazing view of the city of Denver. For those of you Jurassic World fans, this is the Indominus Rex of restaurants/beer halls.
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PorchDrinking Playlist | America the Playlist

I love America, and I love Amurrrcuhhh Day aka July 4 aka Independence Day.  There’s nothing like burgers on the grill, a cold beer in hand and the soulful tunes of the stars and stripes.  So as we gear up for this Independence Day, I bring you America the Playlist to help spangle your stars, and kick off that party in the U.S.A.

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Odell Brewing & Radiantly Raw | Chocolate and Beer Pairing

I can’t reiterate enough just how integral Odell Brewing has been to shaping my passion for beer. As I’ve stated many times before, I came to Colorado in … Read More

State of the Porch Address | PorchDrinking 3 Year Anniversary

Well hello there fellow PorchDrinkers! Let me start by saying a big thank you to everyone for supporting the website over the past three years. For those of you … Read More