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Sacred Vice Brewing | Rubbish NEIPA

March 18, 2024 |

Philadelphia, PA-based Sacred Vice Brewing started as a small nanobrewery when they first launched in 2018. The brewery was founded by cousins Matt Brodsky and Justin Steinberg who, as most professional brewers do, started out homebrewing.

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Can’t-Miss Beers to Try at the 2024 Collaboration Fest

March 15, 2024 |

It’s almost that time of the year again! The time to celebrate the art of collaboration at the highly anticipated Collaboration Fest. Hosted by the Colorado Brewers Guild, this unique festival features local and national breweries coming together to collaborate on distinctly unique beers made specifically for the festival. As one of the more novel festival concepts in the country has continued to serve as one of the best and brightest beer events in the country where creativity knows no bounds — and this is the largest year yet, with 145 beers from 180 breweries.

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Event Preview | Feast Wilmington

March 15, 2024 |

Wilmington, North Carolina is launching a new food and drink festival this month to showcase and celebrate the region’s emergence as a top culinary destination. Feast Wilmington takes place March 22-24 at Live Oak Bank Pavilion.

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Collaborating for a Cause | Strawberry Arabesque

March 14, 2024 |

Like many of the other fundraising efforts conducted for Alex Kidd and his family following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis, this benefit from Phase Three Brewing took place during the summer of 2023. On June 22 the brewery announced their newest Ambassador-exclusive release, Strawberry Arabesque. However in an unexpected move, they also stated that they would be donating a portion of all the proceeds from bottle sales, draft pours and an in-person raffle to the GoFundMe set up for the Kidds.

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Guinness Goes Big with First-Ever St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at Chicago Open Gate Brewery

March 13, 2024 |

“Bartender – Guinness please?” It’s an actionable phrase that Guinness brewery ambassador Ryan Wagner says will be uttered more than 13 million times on St. Patrick’s Day weekend this year around the globe. And while the spectacle and celebration concentrated at Guinness’ St. James Gate brewery in Dublin, Ireland is the stuff of legends, local Chicago beer drinkers should get ready for a similar celebration fit for a city that treats St. Patrick’s Day with particular fervor.

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AleBlazers | Q&A with Ralph Marion (@beeredblackman)

March 12, 2024 |

Our AleBlazers series identifies and spotlights folks throughout the craft beer industry who bring a positive light and inclusion to craft beer as a whole.

If you’ve ever stopped in Birmingham, Alabama, there’s a good chance you recognize Ralph Marion, also known as @beeredblackman. You’ve probably seen him behind the bar or welcoming you as you came through the door at Hop City. Hell, you might have been around long enough to have seen him at J. Clyde’s. There’s a good chance it could have been at one of the taprooms around town, too. He sat down with PorchDrinking to talk about Birmingham, beer and inclusivity in the industry. Read More

New Ownership Takes Over Resolute Brewing Company

March 11, 2024 |

Resolute Brewing Company, a brewery with locations in Centennial and Arvada, is changing ownership. “We are thrilled to embark on this journey as the new owners of Resolute Brewing Company,” said Jacob Wells, a new owner of Resolute. “Resolute has established itself as a cornerstone of the community, and we are committed to upholding its values while infusing fresh energy and creativity into the brewery and taprooms. We’ve been big fans of Resolute for a long time and can’t wait to get started.”

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Colorado’s Best Saisons Blind Tasting Presented by On Tap Credit Union

March 11, 2024 |

Back with another edition, in fact, the tenth edition(!), of our Blind Tasting Series. For this iteration, our Blind Tasting focused on trying to find the best Saisons made by Colorado breweries. Altogether, 16 beers from 16 Colorado breweries were submitted. In the end, two took home Honorable Mention awards, two scored Top Marks, and one was crowned Best In Show.

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Ultimate 6er | The 96th Academy Awards

March 8, 2024 |

2023 has one of the best rosters of Best Picture nominees in recent memory. From festival favorites to big blockbusters; I’ve been seeing nearly every film in this category appear in every critic’s Top 10. Even after the Academy Awards ceremony, I’m hoping that people remember how these films defined last year through their top tier artisanship.

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Go Big Or Go Home: Can Smaller Producers Recreate 19.2 Ounces of Success?

March 8, 2024 |

“Where’s your bomber section?” — said no Millennial or Gen Z craft beer shopper ever in the past four years. So is the once revered 22-ounce craft beer bomber dead? In short, not really. Most consumers can find plenty of high-end, special release large format bottles from a multitude of brewers on shelves nationwide. But the format of choice, and one of the fastest growing package segments in the alcoholic beverage space, is now the 19.2-ounce single serve can, a.k.a. the stovepipe. And growth is not slowing down any time soon. The 19.2-ounce can accounts for more than 92% of craft sales in the convenience channel according to Circana, a leading industry data aggregation firm, which adds up to about $221 million in sales dollars. In a mid-year 2023 report from Bump Williams Consulting, the 19.2-ounce can was the top growth contributor to incremental dollar sales in the single serve category (Brewbound, August 2023).

So how did we get here? The simple beer can — once disregarded as a sign of lower quality has now become the shining star of the craft beer industry. The concept of single serve, once touted as the beverage that you hide in a brown paper bag is now trending in every corner of the Off Premise market. Something in our consumer base has shifted and with that comes questions from smaller producers about whether or not they should jump on the trend wagon.

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Colorado Beer Beat | Bi-Weekly Beer Release Guide 3/7

March 7, 2024 |

Welcome to the Colorado Beer Beat, a bi-weekly roundup of all of the new can releases around the state. From Denver to Grand Junction and everywhere in between, we have you covered. Be sure to check back on Thursdays (usually!) to find out what’s new in the Colorado beer scene.

As March gets going and we start approaching the spring season, one thing is for certain: West Coast IPAs are the big thing you’ll be seeing early this year. It seems like every brewery is breaking out a classic West Coast style to add in to their offerings. In an ever changing world of craft beer, the big question is what style are we going to see popping up everywhere next?

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Regulation Rollercoaster: Chasing compromise between small brewers and wholesalers

March 7, 2024 |

With almost 10,000 operating craft breweries in the United States vying for customer dollars and craft beer sales down about 2% coming out of 2023 (IWSR, January 2024), the need for regulatory reform for small brewers has become more important than ever. 
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Phase Three Brewing | Arabesque & Minutiae Reserve 2024

March 6, 2024 |

A few weeks ago, those who follow Phase Three Brewing were given a heads up to mark their calendars for a huge release to start out the month of March. Reserve Weekend 2024 celebrated a very special release of two of Phase Three’s most highly sought after beers: Arabesque and Minutiae. PorchDrinking is here to give you all some early insight into these exciting new reserve beers, including an exclusive review of each of these high-gravity beasts.

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Eight & Sand Beer Co. | Gabagool Italian Pilsner

March 5, 2024 |

“Gabagool? Over here!”

Eight & Sand Beer Co. has risen to become the face of brewing in Woodbury, New Jersey, since its founding in 2016. Named after a common railroad phrase meaning “quick and safe travels,” where Notch 8 was the quickest setting on certain trains and sand was used to prevent track slippages, Eight & Sand has embraced its New Jersey heritage.

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Beer Cocktails | The Lunchbox

March 4, 2024 |

Do you ever come across a pairing so peculiar that it captures your interest? That’s what happened to me when I was exploring mixology channels on Youtube and one video grabbed my attention. The channel VladSlickBartender makes tons of slickly produced shorts talking about cocktails and bartending gadgets. Beer is normally not his modus operandi, but he took one exception talking about an American original: The Lunchbox.

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11th Hour Brewing | New Cult NEIPA

March 1, 2024 |

The state of Pennsylvania produces some of the best New England-style IPAs in the market right now. Pennsylvania might not be as well-known as some of the more northeastern states, but Pennsylvania is a hotbed for the style.

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Amalgam Brewing | Present Time (Pilsner)

February 29, 2024 |

Making world-class lagers is no easy feat. The knowledge required to do so is not gained overnight, and no amount of luck can produce a clean and drinkable bottom-fermented beer without the requisite skill. A successful lager brewer must put in their time and learn from their mistakes on the way to creating something great. And it certainly doesn’t hurt to have a renowned mentor along the way.

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Barquentine Brewing Celebrates 1st Leap Day Birthday

February 28, 2024 |

Happy Leap Day and a happy birthday to all the Leap Day babies! This includes Colorado’s Barquentine Brewing, as it is celebrating its first Leap Day birthday (and fourth anniversary) … Read More

Tuckerman Brewing Company | Pale Ale

February 26, 2024 |

We have a belated birthday we want to celebrate. This birthday beer is one of New Hampshire’s longest-running beers, recently celebrating its twenty-sixth trip around the sun. Join us as we celebrate Tuckerman Brewing Company‘s Pale Ale.

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NoDa Brewing Company Unveils Vibrant New Look

February 23, 2024 |

NoDa Brewing Company is thrilled to announce an exciting brand refresh as it embarks on a new era aimed at broadening its appeal and solidifying its position as “The Beer of The Carolinas.”

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