If the following news comes to fruition, Iowa craft beer lovers will be swimming in a bunch more great craft beer! Here’s the latest rumblings from the craft beer forum world: **For Eastern Iowa Fleck Sales will start distribution Lagunitas in July.** **Left Hand Brewing will follow Lagunitas and will become available in August.** **And f ...
Read More »Deschutes Black Butte XXVI hitting shelves
I haven’t seen or heard anyone picking up or seeing bottles of this on the shelves, but according to a Ratebeer email this brew hit shelves the 27th. Still waiting on confirmation from a few beer retailers but it should be here soon. Here’s the press release: 26th Birthday Reserve Unavailable Porter Limited Quantities Alc. 1 ...
Read More »Guest Review: sLim Reviews Eatery A; Des Moines, IA
Thanks for the review sLim! Been too long since my last guest review. Time to shake off the cobwebs and get back at it! I’ll start it off by getting the word out on a fairly new dining venue in the Ingersoll corridor of Des Moines, located at 2932 Ingersoll Ave . The restaurant goes by the name “Eatery A”. Initially ...
Read More »Lagunitas coming in July through Iowa Beverage
The following tweet was just posted by Iowa Beverage @IowaBeverage: It’s Thursday! And the big news is….come July you will be able to sip on brews from Lagunitas Brewing Company! Awesome news for beer lovers across the state. If you want to know more about what Lagunitas has to offer, visit their website at: www.lagunitas.com. For ...
Read More »Founder’s Double Trouble back this week!
The popular Founder’s Double Trouble will be making its way back to Eastern Iowa shelves and for a lot of liquor stores it should be hitting this week! I’m not sure on the allotment for many places so if you seek out and find some, let me know availablity please! Thanks and enjoy! More on the brew: An imperial IPA that was brewed to ...
Read More »More Bell’s Brewery cans on the way!
The following comes from http://www.beerpulse.com: Press Release: (Comstock, MI) – Following the successful launch of Two Hearted and Oberon Ale in 16 oz. 4-packs, we are proud to announce and share the look of the rest of our seasonal lineup in cans. Best Brown Ale, Winter White and Smitten Golden Rye Ale will be available in can ...
Read More »What’s your Session IPA?
India Session Ales are defined as an IPA that has all the hop presence of a regular IPA but has a significant lower ABV level making it “sessionable”. Eastern Iowa shelves have seen a considerable jump in sessionable IPAs and with the warmer “lawnmowing” weather taking over and soon tailgating season begins, this is the ...
Read More »Rush River Brewing heading to Iowa via Abu Nawas
The following post was received on Facebook via Abu Nawas Facebook Page. We’re very excited to be bringing Iowa the good stuff from Rush River Brewing ! Another brewery bringing their brews to Iowa shelves and we are still waiting confirmation on a few others that we have been talking about for the past few months. If you want to kn ...
Read More »Green Flash Hop Odyssey White IPA hitting shelves this week
A new member of the Green Flash Hop Odyssey series will be making its way to Eastern Iowa shelves this week. Green Flash Hop Odyssey White IPA will be showing up soon in the Eastern Iowa market. Here’s more on this beer from the Green Flash brewery website: There’s a lot going on in this beer with two yeast strains, copious amounts ...
Read More »Stone Brewing Update: Unapologetic IPA + Coffee Milk Stout coming
The following information comes courtesy of http://www.beerpulse.com. More brews from Stone Brewing are on their way and they both sound terrific! (Escondido, CA) – Some brief news on a pair of upcoming Stone Brewing Co. beer releases… First, a release date has been set for Beachwood / Heretic / Stone Unapologetic ...
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