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Anchorage Brewing Co. – Whiteout WitBier
January 12, 2013 | Philip Joyce
Whiteout WitBier – Anchorage Brewing Company
6.5% ABV
Even though a few days late for a New Year’s celebration, Anchorage Brewing Company‘s Whiteout WitBier is a bottle that is worthy of popping at any momentous occasion. This decidedly funky Witbier pairs perfectly with your most outRAGEous party. Put on your favorite party hat, crank up the jams and get after it! Read More
Great Divide- Orabelle
January 11, 2013 | Tristan Chan 1
Generally speaking if you’re going to release a beer on New Year’s Eve, it better be pretty damn good. Great Divide’s Orabelle doesn’t disappoint. The spring seasonal Belgian Style Triple made it’s debut on New Years Eve in a tap room only release and for good reason.
Homebrewing – Define Your Style
January 10, 2013 | Philip Joyce 1
From the first extract beer kit that I ever brewed (a Ferocious IPA kit, that turned out very well), I was hooked. With time my recipes got more and more complex and my kitchen stove and 3.5 gallon pot turned into a 20 gallon all-grain, three-tiered brewhemoth that takes up half of my garage. As I have developed as a brewer, my approach and outlook towards brewing beer has changed. Here are three major ways that I have developed and practices that I employ in every batch of homebrew.
Odell Brewing Company- 5 Barrel Pale Ale
January 10, 2013 | Tristan Chan 1
When I first moved to Colorado and discovered the wide world of craft beer, I fell into a dreamatorium universe of hops. So it doesn’t come to any surprise that I wasn’t initially taken to Odell Brewing Company’s 5 Barrel Pale Ale, because simply put, I didn’t find it hoppy enough. To be fair it is a Pale Ale, not an IPA and I was also comparing it to the likes of Odell’s IPA, New Belgium’s Ranger, and Ska’s Modus Hopperandi. Apples to Oranges.
We Want Your Beerstagrams!
January 9, 2013 | Tristan Chan
Hey folks! As you probably noticed last week, we started a new series called Beerstagrams! This series is meant to showcase a weekly round up of Instagrams that feature awesome shots of beer! But we want YOU to get involved as well. Starting this week we’ll be posting YOUR Beerstagrams along with some of ours. You can participate in one of two ways. 1. Follow PorchDrinking’s Instagram account: PorchDrinkingCO and send us your pics there. ex: @PorchDrinkingCO or 2. Post your Beerstagrams on Twitter with #PDBeerstagram.
Ultimate 6er | Beermosa (Beer + Orange Juice = Awesome)
January 9, 2013 | Sonny Chan 3
If you’re one of the lucky ones who are still partying, you may need need some fuel to start off your morning. I find that the perfect breakfast brew to help transition your morning to awesomeness is the beermosa. A combination of beer and orange juice, with a ratio of somewhere from ⅔ beer with ⅓ OJ to ¾ beer with ¼ OJ. Read More
Half Acre – Daisy Cutter Pale Ale
January 9, 2013 | Scott Hoffman
Half Acre Beer Company – 5.2% ABV
My Chicago friends and I try to occasionally exchange beer or meet-up to do an impromptu tasting. I make the trip back every couple months or so for work, and I always offer to bring some beer along with me. But here’s the thing – what’s available here is generally available on the east coast, with a few notable exceptions (Odell’s and some of the more recent craft brewery openings). Unfortunately, it’s not true the other way around. Despite living in a beer mecca, I find myself longing for the midwest beers I no longer have easy access to. My solution? I smuggle beer back in my luggage. The most frequent beer that I bring home with me? Daisy Cutter.
PorchDrinking.com is Getting a Woody – A Showcase of Wood Aged Beer
January 8, 2013 | Will Dozier
Porchdrinking.com is Getting a Woody. No we did not upgrade the site with Viagra. This woody is all about wood and barrel-aged beers. Getting a Woody will be a recurring segment that will focus on all of the aspects of wood-aged beers. This will include posts on beer showcases, Ultimate 6ers, and homebrewing tips and techniques. This inaugural post will serve as an intro into these deliciously wooded wonders.
Sierra Blanca Brewery- Roswell Alien Amber Ale
January 7, 2013 | Coit Stevenson
IBU – 15
ABV – 5.2%
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve been duped. We’ve been had. Swindled. Swash-buckled. The wool has been pulled firmly over our eyes. It seems about every decade or so a new seemingly legitimate but later debunked “end of the world” scenario comes out and captures the nation, nay, the world. In 2012 it was the Mayan Apocalypse. In 1999, it was Y2K. Before that it was the threat of the Cold War, and even further back in history, the landing of aliens at Area 51 in Roswell, New Mexico. But one of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn’t belong; and I have the proof here in my hand in the form of Sierra Blanca Brewery’s Roswell Alien Amber Ale.
Centennial IPA – Founder’s Brewing Co.
January 5, 2013 | Michelle Jones
ABV: 7.2%
IBUs: 65
My latest trip home was dominated by delicious drinks. Is that enough alliteration for ya? But, seriously, I had some ridiculously good stuff while I was back in Louisville, KY for the holidays. One of my first beers of the trip was the Centennial IPA from Founder’s Brewing Co. Read More
Beerstagrams 12/28-1/4
January 4, 2013 | Tristan Chan
Welcome to our newest weekly segment where we bring you our collection of our instagram’d beer pics, aka beerstagrams,to help get you ready for happy hour! This week’s Beerstagrams feature a melange of beers that were acquired from trips back home, a trip to Copper Kettle, a sneak peak of Fate Brewing Company which will open at the end of the month and one of the coolest garages/breweries you’ll ever encounter when Tom Horst of Crystal Springs brewing showed us around.
Awesomesauce- BadLipReading
January 3, 2013 | Laura Mego
Move over Gossip Girl, there’s a new queen bee in town.
While Gossip Girl can be cutting, BadLipReading never fails to elicit a laugh. The YouTube account’s owner has released a series of videos that embarrass politicians, musicians, and the occasional movie star in equal measure. The anonymous creator takes video clips from the internet, television, and movies and overdubs the dialogue or lyrics to comic effect. Read More
Mountain Standard Double Black IPA – Odell Brewing Company
January 3, 2013 | Andy Manshel
ABV: 9.5%
IBU: 60
If there’s one thing about my palette when it comes to beer, it’s that hops and I are not friends. And usually when given the choice between a Bud Light Lime or a hand-crafted India Pale Ale, I’m going with the former. And this is why Odell’s Mountain Standard is an oddity to me. Not only is it an IPA, but it’s a double (also known as ‘Imperial’), brewed with double the hops and malt. That means it’s going to pack a punch on both your tongue and liver, clocking it at just under 10% alcohol. So imagine my surprise when I drink this fearsome brew with the olfactory anticipation of licking a pinecone, only to discover than HOT DAMN THIS BEER IS AMAZING.
New Beers Resolutions
January 2, 2013 | Tristan Chan
Drink more craft beer!
So much amazing beer… so little time.
Don’t become a snob.
Yes we love to promote Craft, but really it all starts with beer to begin with. When talking to our friend in Kentucky they mentioned that right now it’s all about getting people to enjoy beer first, then expanding their horizons. So drink beer. Whether it’s Coors or Westy 12.
Southern Tier Brewing Company- Old Man Winter Ale
December 31, 2012 | Katie Chaffee
It’s my brother-in-law’s 30th birthday and I need to get him a gift. First, I need to decide what to get him. Beer. OK, that didn’t take long. But now that hard part, which one?
Black Shirt Brewing Co., Denver, CO
December 27, 2012 | Kathleen Morton
Can you name another brewery that specializes only in red ales? I can’t. Black Shirt Brewing Co. is doing what you wouldn’t expect, focusing solely on creating red ales for the reason that they want to do one thing and do it right.
Rogue Ales – Double Chocolate Stout
December 27, 2012 | Justin Hatfield
Rogue has always been one of my favorite breweries. Most people know them for their Dead Guy Ale, which in all rights is an amazing beer. However, their Double Chocolate Stout has now become my favorite Rogue brew and perhaps one of my favorite stouts. While it is available on draft, I have yet to see it in Colorado. It is also available in a bomber – it is one you can’t miss being in a bright fire engine red bottle.Turns out I am not the only one who loves this beer as it won a gold medal at the 2010 world beer championships.
Merry Christmas from PorchDrinking!
December 25, 2012 | Tristan Chan
We here at PorchDrinking would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Thank you for being part of our family over the past 6 months and we hope that you are getting to spend time with your own! Here’s a recap of our 12 Beers of Christmas. May this next year be filled with great cheer and even better beer!
12 Beers of Christmas | Day 11: Boulevard Nutcracker
December 24, 2012 | Justin Vicroy
This beer pours a deep, dark brown almost black, Smells of roasted malt, coffee, and light herbaceous hops. The label says it’s a fresh hopped Winter Warmer, but the only … Read More
12 Beers of Christmas | Day 9- Mikkeller’s From To
December 22, 2012 | Kristin Hubbard
8.0% ABV
Holy holiday cheer this beer is outstanding. Malty + sprucey + notes of a subtle mint chocolate. The balanced mouthfeel embodies a depth of both flavor and complexity, … Read More
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