BREAKING | Deschutes Brewery Announces East Coast Location

While much of the beer industry has been obsessed over acquisitions and mergers over the past three years, an equally prevailing theme is the growth and expansion of mid-to-large sized breweries into brand new state of the art facilities to expand their national footprint.
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The Tennyson Standard Secret Club From Call to Arms Brewing

There is a secret club in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood that is quickly gaining popularity and notoriety. The perks of the club include access to a great beer not available to non-members. While the club does not have standard meetings or matching 90s windbreaker jackets, members of this Tennyson Street club are able to supply their patrons with a special beer created by Call To Arms Brewing Co.: The Tennyson Standard.

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Crown Valley Brewing | Saddlebag Imperial Stout

How far would you drive to drink really good beer? That is the question I asked myself as I took to the road, driving the 80 miles south of St. … Read More

Weekly Growler Fill | National Beer News Roundup

World of Beer is hiring interns to drink all summer, Burger King UK will soon sell beer, and Delaware tries to modernize their liquor laws. We’ve got all the beer news you’ve been craving, now it’s time to enjoy. Sit back, relax, and read up on the details in this edition of the Weekly Growler Fill.

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Brewery Showcase | Geaux Brewing (Bellevue, WA)

The history of Geaux Brewing starts, innocently enough, with a pizza party and a Whole Foods run.

The year was 2011, and Jeremy Hubbell was planning his weekly Friday pizza party in a business park in Bellevue, Washington. Every Friday, Hubbell would order a few pizzas and pair them with a selection of solid beers purchased from the local Whole Foods down the road for his coworkers. Read More

Inside the Tank: Half Acre Beer Company’s Matt Young

Half Acre Beer Company is a mainstay for any Chicago craft beer enthusiast. A consistent array of year-round, seasonal and special-release beers make one of the oldest craft breweries in … Read More

Wild Wolf Brewing | Blonde Hunny

ABV: 6.8% | IBU: 21

Feature photo courtesy of Wild Wolf Beer.

Yes, it was the can’s design that first drew me to order this beer. A Chicago-themed sports bar … Read More

Chicago Beer Festival Moves to The Field Museum

For the first time in the event’s history, the Chicago Beer Festival will not be taking place in the Great Hall at Union Station. The festival, which will take place on March 26th will be held at Chicago’s iconic Field Museum.

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Wicked Dolphin Artisan Rum | Cape Coral, Florida

You can smell the excitement when you walk into Wicked Dolphin Artisan Rum Distillery in Cape Coral, Florida, the community that borders Ft. Myers to the southwest. The four-year-old local business … Read More

The PorchCast | Jensen Cummings Brewed Food & Mark Slattery First Draft

For Episode 17 of the PorchCast we stopped by our sponsor First Draft Taproom & Kitchen to chat with owner Mark Slattery and Jensen Cummings of Brewed Food about his … Read More

Anderson Valley Brewing Co. | Briney Melon Gose

ABV: 4.2%

Last summer was my introduction to the gose style, and my first one was Anderson Valley’s Blood Orange Gose (also a beer I highly recommend). I immediately became a fan, and started seeking out others in the gose style. That soon led me to another from Anderson Valley, the Briney Melon Gose. At the time, it was only available in bombers, but this year they started distributing it in six-pack cans… and we’re all better off because of it. With a fun, easy-drinking summer beer like this, cans that you can throw in a cooler and take to a barbecue to share with friends are the only way to go.

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$10,000 raised for family of well-known beer industry volunteer

Rich Reynolds never earned a dime in the craft beer industry, but when he tragically and suddenly passed away, Chicago’s craft beer community came together to help his family.

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Event Recap | Goose Island Stout Fest

As the weather in Chicago turns towards Spring, Goose Island Clybourn’s Stout Fest is looked at as the unofficial end to stout season. Craft beer lovers descended upon the Clybourn brew pub for Stout Fest on March 13th and were treated to a seemingly never-ending array of stouts from some very well-known breweries.

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A Six-Pack of Beers to Try at the 3rd Annual Collaboration Festival

You’ve heard it time and again — the craft brewing industry is collaborative by nature. Breweries share know-how and ingredients. They root for each other. Veterans impart wisdom — including lessons learned the hard way — to the generations that follow. Of course, there are spats and personality clashes. But that is true when human beings come in contact with one another, no matter the context. For the most part, all the collaboration talk is backed up with deeds.

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Bronx Brewery B-Sides | Uptown Coffee Milk Stout

ABV: 6.8 | IBU: 36

BREWING: January – February

I’m just going to get straight to the point: this limited release was so delicious that my weekend morning coffee ritual was immediately replaced by Uptown Coffee Milk Stout via the growler purchased.

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Event Recap | NYC Beer Week in Review & Funky Jewbelation

ABV: 9.4%

February has come to a close, and with it, a new playing field for craft beer. During NYC Beer Week, Shmaltz Brewing’s tasting event for their newly released Funky Jewbelation left me reminiscing of a flavor not easily forgotten. The name is certainly indicative of what awaits beneath the bottle cap. Read More

Ultimate 6er | The People v. O.J. Simpson

If you haven’t been watching the television remake of the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, get on it! This ten episode FX … Read More

PorchDrinking’s Weekly Denver Beer Beat | March 16th, 2016

Alright, it’s the first week of March Madness, the official Saint Patrick’s Day and all of its festivities, and we are on the cusp of Colorado Craft Beer Week. Check … Read More

Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery | Dark Apparition Vanilla & Coffee Bean

Style: Russian Imperial Stout | ABV: 10.5%

Spring has practically arrived and with warm weather comes spring and summer beers. Darker beers tend to fade out to make way for … Read More

Oskar Blues Brewery Acquires Cigar City Brewing

Shut down the rumor mill, folks. It is official. One of Florida’s leading breweries, Cigar City Brewing, has been been acquired by Oskar Blues Brewery. This comes only a month after rumors of a deal with AB InBev, and a year after the 2015 AB InBev merger rumor was squashed. I am sure we will still hear rumors of AB InBev buying Cigar City Brewing on some random beer blog, though. Read More