Porchlight Brewing Company

"This place has really good beer, the staff has been really cool and hospitable and the location is great. HOWEVER, the problem is the noise pollution and it’s horrendous between the brewery music, the competing food truck(PDT) ghetto music and their generator. Makes me feel like I’m at some cheesy beer festival and I need ritalin just to focus on the table conversation."

"We had 3 different beers: 1. East Sac Bitter - unique beer not found often in the US. I never tried it before, and this one is very tasty. 2. Relaxed Fit - it's a hoppy Pale Ale, crisp and delicious, west coast profile flavor. 3. FnA Cuzzie - a New Zealand IPA, some find it a bit much, I absolutely loved it. The atmosphere and the bartender are awesome!"

"Porchlight Brewing Company Review First visit to Porchlight Brewing Company. Guests, diners and drinkers, appeared to be a well educated, upscale 25 to 54 age group. Location: Porchlight Brewery is directly across the street from Antique Row on 57th Street in East Sacramento. It's not huge. It's more on the 'boutique' side than a giant brew pub. This may be the source of it's unique charm and neighborhood feel. Before I get carried away, I need to give a shout out to the Porchlight Brewery Co. webmaster. My first introduction to Porchlight was on their website. The website creates a  sense, a feeling, that Porchlight knows their customers, their likes and dislikes and that they offer the menu and environment their guests are looking for. Well done. I milled about the twenty-five, or so, customers who were seated outside under the Covid created, covered seating area, enjoying their beers and Side Hustle pizzas. Customers order directly from the Pizza maker without having to go inside, stand in line and wait for a cashier to pay. Ordering is really streamlined. The Side Hustle Pizza limited menu helps. #1 Margherita w/ arugula #2 Pepperoni w/ serrano + pineapple #3 Mushroom- white pie w/ arugula + herbs #4 Portuguese Sausage with onion #5 Vegan- white pie w/ almond milk cheese, roasted pepper, kalamata olive, herbs #6 BBQ Chicken w/ cilantro + onion Full $17 Half $12 It's no secret why Side Hustle Pizza has been brought back so many times. As I moved around, the guests were talking pizza, their favorite pizzas. There are enough pizzas on the Side Hustle Pizza limited menu to keep them hooked on returning again and again. Watching Andrew, the pizza maker, working with fresh ingredients and dough he shops for and prepares, is like watching a dance recital. No wasted moves. The pizzas looked great. I'll return later to try several and review them here. While I was there, about 45 minutes, I didn't have an opportunity to go inside and chat with the people behind the counter. I could tell by the way they engaged their guests that they knew their beer. Porchlight Brewery is not a big flea market warehouse vibe drinking establishment, so if you're looking for a Cow Palace shoulder to shoulder brewery experience, you won't find it there. The closest ambiance to the Porchlight Brewery sit down, enjoy a beer and order something off a food truck, or a Side Hustle Pizza, is the old outdoor seating arrangement the Tower Cafe had before they almost doubled up on their outdoor tables. You can still have an intimate conversation at Porchlight Brewery and not have to raise your voice to be heard. One final observation. While I haven't been there on a Food Truck night, it's apparent that the decision to bring in outside food vendors and creators works, and shows a lot of care by Porchlight's management. Andrew, the Side Hustle pizza guy, fit right in. The guests seemed to know him and like him. The Side Hustle Pizza mobile concept fits in beautifully with the upscale Porchlight Brewery experience. Final takeaways? The guests at Porchlight Brewery appeared to be professional people, upscale. The atmosphere was positive. No stress. Porchlight Brewery and Side Hustle Pizza play well together in East Sac. I'll review the food and the beer selection on my next visit with some friends that actually drink beer."

"Interesting place with a nice variety of beer choices (not overwhelming). Indusrial type decor and super nice bartender who took the time to explain the beer choices. I ended up with a 'sours' that was very good. Outdoor seating on picnic type tables. Good experience."

"Limited parking, so be prepared to search, wait or walk. Nice outdoor seating. The TV's have a glare so don't plan on watching the big game there. They had 8 beers and we got a flight with all of them for $14. Each was good so we enjoyed the whole flight. They also had an old school Nintendo hooked up for some old school throw back fun!"