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Delaware Keep the Pint Day Returns
May 13, 2025 | Zeke Ottemiller
It’s American Craft Beer Week, an annual celebration of independent craft brewing organized by the Brewers Association. Simply put, it’s a nationwide, beery bonanza. Here in Delaware, breweries are joining in on the fun with the return of the Keep The Pint program.
BREAKING | 2025 World Beer Cup Results Announced
May 1, 2025 | Tristan Chan
The largest international competition for craft beer has crowned its newest class of medal winners.
This year’s 2025 World Beer Cup awards took on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Indianapolis, IN, as part of the yearly Craft Brewers Conference. Launched by the Brewers Association in 1996 to celebrate brewing and brewers across the world, the World Beer Cup is often referred to as “The Olympics of Beer Competitions.”
Colorado Breweries Win Big at 2025 World Beer Cup Awards
May 1, 2025 | Tristan Chan
It was another impressive showing for the Centennial State at the 2025 World Beer Cup competition, as many Colorado breweries once again earned top marks. Often referred to as the Olympics of Beer Competitions, the World Beer Cup features breweries from across the world vying for medals.
This year’s competition featured 8375 entries from 1761 breweries and cideries across 49 countries entered into 112 beer categories, 5 cider categories, and Colorado’s contingent showed out in a MAJOR way, taking home 21 medals from 16 breweries, including 8 gold medals.
The PorchCast Ep. 116 | Fiction Beer Co.
April 16, 2025 | Tristan Chan
In episode 116 of the PorchCast, Tristan, Bryant, and Korey spoke with Ted Menendez and Elise Sjostedt, two of the seven new owners of Fiction Beer Co who helped revive the brewery after its announced closure in December.
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Firestone Walker’s Mind Haze Rage Radlers Debut for Warmer Days
March 11, 2025 | Tristan Chan
As the country collectively sprang forward yet again this past weekend, the seasonal milestone signaled a welcome reminder that warmer days are finally on the horizon, and patio beers are near.
Prost Brewing Announces Plans to Open Fifth Location in Wheat Ridge
March 5, 2025 | Tristan Chan
While the Colorado craft beer scene has experienced its share of closures in recent years, one local brewery brand has continued its meteoric rise. Prost Brewing, which first launched its LoHi location in 2009, has announced plans to open its fifth biergarten location located in the Clear Creek Crossing development in Wheat Ridge, CO.
First Look | Denver’s Full Frame Beer Opens Today in Former Jagged Mountain Space
February 28, 2025 | Tristan Chan
Full Frame Beer, which officially opens to the public today, Friday, February 28, 2025, may feel familiar to beer fans on the surface. However, to those with a discerning eye and palate, its subtleties should quickly come into focus.
Major Colorado Brewery Openings, Closures, Mergers Kick Off 2025
February 27, 2025 | Tristan Chan 2
There’s never a dull moment in Colorado’s tumultuous craft beer landscape, and if the first two months of 2025 are any indication, then beer fans better buckle up. In the … Read More
Where to Find Pliny the Younger in Colorado in 2025
February 6, 2025 | Tristan Chan
Pliny the Younger season is upon us yet again! The iconic Triple IPA that has inspired so much fanfare and fervor, along with its share of imitators, is finally back in the Centennial state. Each February, Russian River Brewing‘s limited release of Pliny the Younger is treated as an unofficial beer holiday at both of the brewery’s Santa Rosa and Windsor locations and in the limited out-of-state markets that are lucky enough to receive shipments.
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OFFICIAL RESULTS | Inaugural Colorado Brewers Cup Crowns Medalists
January 25, 2025 | Tristan Chan
Colorado has long been regarded as one of the country’s premier craft beer leaders both from a quality and quantity perspective. Home to the fifth most breweries per capita, birthplace … Read More
The PorchCast Ep. 115 | Bart Watson – President & CEO of the Brewers Association
January 16, 2025 | Tristan Chan
In episode 115 of The PorchCast, the full PorchCast squad reassembled for a special interview with Bart Watson, the newly appointed President & CEO of the Brewers Association (BA).
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The PorchCast Ep. 114 | Brian Terra & Kevin Barnes of Andiamo Brew
December 5, 2024 | Tristan Chan
In episode 114 of The PorchCast, Tristan was joined by Brian Terra & Kevin Barnes, co-founders of Andiamo Brew, a brand new, contract brewing-only brewery (for now), which recently launched in Denver.
We first came across Andiamo during GABF and were blown away by their 3% Italian Pilsner Piccolo, and had the chance to speak to the two cousins behind the mysterious Italian-inspired brewery that just sprang up in our backyard.
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The PorchCast Ep. 113 | Alyssa Hoberer – Full Frame Beer
December 3, 2024 | Tristan Chan
In episode 113 of The PorchCast, Tristan was joined by Alyssa Hoberer, former head brewer of Jagged Mountain Brewing and co-founder of Full Frame Beer.
We spoke about the exciting new developments around Full Frame finally securing a brewery location with the news that they’ll be taking over the former Jagged Mountain building.
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24 Days of Dogfish Head
November 25, 2024 | Zeke Ottemiller
The holidays are right around the corner and, let’s be honest, they can’t get here soon enough. The Big Man may be loading some extra coal onto his sleigh this year, but that doesn’t mean we should do away with good spirit and cheer. In these trying times, I find connection and community (and beer) are a suitable remedy for a case of the bah humbugs.
2024 FoBAB Results | Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beers Award Winners
November 23, 2024 | Tristan Chan
One of our favorite time for beer throughout the year has returned. Barrel-aged beer season is finally back! The onset of November always signals the perfect time to cozy up to some barrel-aged Stouts, Porters, Wilds, and Sours. And what better way to commemorate the season than with the return of the Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer (FoBAB), one of the best showcases of barrel-aged beers in the country.
The results are IN and we now know all of the big award winners from this year’s 2024 Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers (FoBAB). This year’s 22nd annual FoBAB was once again a spectacular success showcasing the country’s absolute best producers in the wood and barrel-aged beer categories.
14er Brewing Announces Closure of its Denver Taproom and Brewery
November 22, 2024 | Tristan Chan
Craft beer’s course correction has continued to take a difficult turn for an industry that was booming just four-five years earlier. And what was once the country’s hottest brewery neighborhood, … Read More
DelaWeAre Statewide Collaboration Returns
October 31, 2024 | Zeke Ottemiller
DelaWeAre, a statewide collaboration organized by the Delaware Brewers Guild, returns this fall. Fourteen breweries from across the Small Wonder will be releasing their version of the beer in the coming days. Stout season is in full swing in the First State, so brewers have worked up a rendition of this style. Beer drinkers might assume something dark, roasty and heavy. However, Stout is a pretty broad category, so expect to see a variety of ABVs, IBUs and even SRMs across Delaware.
Firestone Walker’s 805 Brand Launches 8ZERO5 as its First N/A Beer
October 29, 2024 | Tristan Chan
The inability to embrace change typically results in extinction, and the craft beverage community’s recent embrace of nonalcoholic options signals the industry’s maturation and ability to evolve amid rapidly changing taste preferences.
Among those diving head first into the N/A movement is Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s 805 brand, which recently launched 8ZERO5, the brand’s first nonalcoholic Blonde Ale. As one of the industry’s most dominant lifestyle beer brands, it felt only natural to embrace recent shifts toward low- and nonalcoholic options.
American Craft Beer Hall of Fame Announces Inaugural Class of Nominees
October 24, 2024 | Tristan Chan
Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Jordan, Jabbar, Johnson, Bird, Rice, Brown, Payton… these names have all been enshrined in history not just among their respective sports, but in the public zeitgeist, and soon names like Papazian, Maytag, Grossman, Jordan, and Calagione may join them.
Earlier this year long-time beer writer, beer judge, and beer educator, Marty Nachel sought to recognize and memorialize the people who made the American craft beer industry what it is today by launching the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame.
How To Support The Beer Community In Western NC
October 2, 2024 | Alexis Dickie 3
Hurricane Helene has devastated Western North Carolina. Folks are still missing, lives have been lost, homes have been swept away and small businesses have been destroyed. It is a horrific time for these mountain communities, and we know the beer community is looking to help.
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