Happy Hour Post | Shakey Graves and Esme Patterson

Have you ever been a part of that magical moment when you witness someone reach super stardom right before your eyes? Whether it’s dropping back-to-back buzzer beating daggers like Aaron … Read More

Happy Hour Post | Doe Bay Music Festival with NBB

If you haven’t learned by now, I get no greater joy in life than great music, great beer, and Kentucky Basketball. And while I try to make as many references … Read More

2014 GABF Recap

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Glass Is Life for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Well folks the 2014 Great American Beer Festival is … Read More

2014 GABF Fantasy Brewery League Results

It’s officially time to crown a new champion to this year’s 2014 Fantasy Brewery League. This year’s league faced challenges due to new limitations on the number of entries a brewery could … Read More

GABF Medal Results and Takeaways

On Saturday morning, the craft beer industry celebrated the competition portion of the Great American Beer Festival. The GABF competition recognizes proficiency in brewing beer stylistically in 90 categories as well as … Read More

GABF Night Must Trys!

Day 1 of the Great American Beer Festival is in the books. Many beers were consumed to bring you this recap, pretzel crumbs still being brushed off my clothes, and … Read More

GABF Event Preview| Pints for Prostates Rare Beer Fest

As we’ve articulated a few times, GABF week’s multitude of events have lately grown to the point of overshadowing the event itself. And while many of these periphery activities … Read More

2014 GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft Results

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

GABF Route Preview | Sours Route

From the moment New Belgium’s La Folie touched my lips back in 2010 I was hooked. It may have tasted like liquified Shock tarts that first time, but ever … Read More

Beginner’s Guide to the Great American Beer Festival

The Great American Beer Festival is upon us. It comes like a storm engulfing everything around the city of Denver. For over a week, sports bars turn into beer bars with extravagant tap takeovers, normally wine-centric fine dining establishments host carefully curated beer-paired 5 course meals, and the words prost, cheers, and OHHHHHH (don’t drop your glass) become part of the every day lexicon.

To the casual beer fan this can seem a bit overwhelming but we’re here to offer a few pointers to not look like a complete novice.  And who knows… perhaps if you follow our Beginner’s Guide to the Great American Beer Festival, by the end of next weekend, your friends will consider you the group’s Cicerone.

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GABF Event Preview | Vine Street Pub Brewer’s Dinner

Can you believe it’s finally here? GABF week has arrived, and the diehards have already started this week off with a bang at Upslope’s Falling Rock Collaboration event, as … Read More

The Glass Is Life | GABF Bottles to Try

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There’s a certain mystique that still exists when cracking open a rare … Read More

2014 GABF Pour List Preview *UPDATED 9/26*

The Great American Beer Festival has always meant so very much to us. We were granted credentials to the festival in our first year of existence, and since then we’ve vowed … Read More

2014 GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft (Live at 6pm MST)

Live Blog 2014 GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft

It’s hard to believe, but we’re finally arrived at year two of the GABF Fantasy Brewery Draft! True to the nature of PorchDrinking, … Read More

Denver International Airport Celebrates Craft Beer

I love the airport. I love the romanticism behind reuniting with loved ones, the anticipation of traveling somewhere exotic, the ebb and flow of humans moving toward a different destination.

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Colorado, The State of Craft Beer Launch

Yesterday, the Colorado Brewers Guild announced the launch of a new consumer brand to help promote craft beer in the state of Colorado. Currently, the state has over 200 breweries in … Read More

Event Recap | Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund Bites and Brews

There are many things that make the state of Colorado so distinctly unique, the west-ward mountains who’s beauty evolves with the passing time of day or weather. There’s also the people, a melting … Read More

Top 5 Things to Expect from iPhone 6

Tech nerds everywhere are emerging from their dark cavernous dwellings, pausing episodes of HBO’s Silicon Valley, brushing off can of Red Bull and bottles of BAWLS, and in many cases … Read More

Event Preview | Denver Brew at the Zoo

Over the past few years, its become a bit hard to break through the clutter of beer festivals that have dotted our event calendars. And while this summer has proven … Read More

Porch Swing Editorials | Pumpkin Beers Arms Race

We built this site based on the premise that positivity is the best way to promote the craft beer industry. However, I also feel it is our responsibility to constructively address some of the alarming issues, trends, or behaviors within the craft beer community. This recurring post won’t always take a negative stance on things, but rather I’d like for this to help start the conversation, and I’d love to hear your views in the comments section below. So have a seat with me on the Porch Swing and lets dive into some of the bigger ideas swirling around the craft beer world at the moment. Read More