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  Something that hasn’t been 100% confirmed but looks to be inevitable is a new Deschutes beer being added to their Bond Street Series lineup. Go along with Hop in the Dark, Chasin’ Freshies, and Foray, Pine Drop IPA will soon be bottled. What was once a draught only offering, as the name suggests, will be a Piney IPA that ...

I just received the following email from Reds Alehouse. Sounds like Bells is bringing some heavy hitters on the 19th! Some things we haven’t seen in Eastern Iowa before and Oracle on tap will be really nice! Hope to see you there! Here’s the list of brews: 2009 Third Coast 2010 Expedition Stout Java Stout The Oracle DIPA  &nb ...

Did everyone survive Bourbon County day?! We can now get back to a little normalcy in the beer world. Hope Thanksgiving went well and everyone drank some tasty brews but now it’s on to Christmas! And what better way to show someone you love them than with some great Iowa beer and apparel! (I was going to use the word swag but I think I&rs ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I thought it would be fun to breakdown Thanksgiving Day and pair some craft beers with what would be my typical meal. Now, 15 years ago, Busch Light reigned supreme and would flow freely along with some boxed wine and a few bottles of booze. Times change and thankfully so do the drinks. I saw the guys at fullpint.co ...

  Save the Date! When: Saturday, January 24, 2015 Where: Coralville Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm   The time has come to start making your  plans for BrrrFest 2015! Once again, BrrrFest will feature amazing breweries from across Iowa and the Midwest.    Continuing ...

From a Red’s Alehouse email: Filed under: Beer Tagged: Deschutes Brewing, iabeerbaron, iowa beer baron, Iowa Tap Takeover, Reds Alehouse, tap takeover

Payday coming up on Thursday and I’m looking forward to adding a few beers to my fridge this week. I still haven’t gotten my hands on Pirate Bomb! from Prairie yet and hopefully I can still find it, and I’m hoping Toppling Goliath makes an Eastern Iowa drop this week as well. I need to find some of Millstream’s Raspbe ...

2014 Madhouse Barleywine Release Party Where: Madhouse Brewing Company. 501 Scott Ave. Des Moines, IA. 50309 When: Thursday, Nov. 20th . 6-10pm. What: Madhouse will be hosting an open house to celebrate the release to two barrel-aged Barleywines: 2014 Barleywine. Aged 10 months in Tennessee whiskey barrels. 10.5% abv. Aromas of butte ...

A lot of tidbits in this update as we have a bunch of beers hitting shelves and I know I missed a bunch so feel free to drop me a line if I missed anything. On to the update! **Rogue** - going with their recent VooDoo Doughnut releases, Rogue is coming out with Lemon Chiffon Crueller Ale. A cruller for those who don’t know is just a styl ...

The latest gossip I’ve been hearing about breweries entering the Iowa market takes us to Boulder, Colorado and Avery Brewing company (www.averybrewing.com). While the brewery is undergoing another expansion from my sources it sounds like once expansion is complete in 2015 they will be looking to expand distribution into Iowa. Their 1.55 m ...