A few bits of news this morning. It looks like Eric Sorensen, brewer at Rock Bottom, is moving on to brew at Exile Brewery in Des Moines. Huge news as Eric has a fantastic reputation as a terrific brewer as Exile has just gained someone with a great following and knowledge. Congrats to Eric and to Exile! Looking forward to seeing what he can di ...
Read More »Reds Alehouse Announces Funkwerks will be on Tap Tuesday, June 9th!
I received the following notification from Reds Alehouse in North Liberty, IA. Funkwerks is coming at last! Great news! Cheers beer folks! FUNKWERKS BREWERY IOWA RELEASE Fort Collins, CO brewery Funkwerks is joining the growing Iowa craft beer community! Noted for their saisons and Belgian Ales, Funkwerks beers will be on our tap lines ...
Read More »Dubuque River Festival Brewfest Beer List
This is just the first release on what will be available Saturday, June 13th in Dubuque. More updates will follow! The t-shirt pictured will be for sale as well. Hope to see everyone there! *Backpocket- -NewBo -Jack knife -Sling Shot -Cane Blade *Goose Island- -IPA -312 -Summer Ale -Sofie -Bourbon Co. *Potosi- -Rye Saison -Tangerine ...
Read More »Green Flash Natura Morta Plum Releasing in July and Bells Uranus Ready to Ship
The 3rd beer released in the Cellar Series from Green Flash. The question is, will Iowa see this beer? We did get Silva Stout and Flander’s Red should be hitting shelves June 7th, so hopefully we see both new beers from the Cellar 3 series. This beer sounds delicious as it’s a saison that has been fermented in oak foudres and then a ...
Read More »Boulevard Collab
Boulevard Brewing Company will be releasing their Collab #5 this fall and it is set to be a tropical pale ale using citra, mosaic, lemondrop, azacca. Here’s more from Boulevard’s press release: Our collaboration series of beers has allowed us to work (and drink) with some of our favorite people in the beer industry who brew fantast ...
Read More »Coming Soon: Stone Enjoy By 7-4-15, Xocoveza, Funkwerks
A good bit of news for Eastern Iowa beer lovers as Stone will be releasing two very popular products in the future and we will hopefully start seeing some Funkwerks hitting shelves soon. *Stone Enjoy By 7-4-15 will be hitting Eastern Iowa shelves in the next few weeks and will once again be available in 6 packs and also in bombers. *Stone Xocov ...
Read More »Great Divide going to cans this Summer!
The following comes from the Great Divide Brewing Newsletter. Cans coming this summer! It’s been a long journey, but our canning line has been assembled, our cans have been printed, and we are gearing up to start filling them with beer! Titan, Colette, Lasso, and Whitewater (a hoppy wheat ale and the newest addition to our seaso ...
Read More »sLim Reviews Flix Brewhouse; Des Moines, IA
I’d been looking for an excuse to check this place out for some time now. But with there not being any film releases the past few months to get excited about, my first Flix experience was not until earlier this week. The movie that was able to draw me in was Mad Max: Fury Road. A visually stunning and exciting movie that held my attention ...
Read More »Coming to Shelves? Stone Ruinten now a Triple, Central Waters, next Stone Stochasticity Project, Double Two Hearted Ale?
Some tidbits on some upcoming releases that may hit Eastern Iowa shelves. Here we go!: *Stone RuinTen will now be a Triple IPA instead of double IPA. According to mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com the 10th Anniversary release will still come in at 10.8% and will be available in 22 oz bombers. Stay tuned for more on this release. *Central Waters Summa ...
Read More »Coming Soon: Stone Points Unkown IPA, Quarter Barrel, Deschutes, Big Grove, Lion Bridge, 3rd Base + Another Road
There will be a few new bottles hitting shelves in Eastern Iowa soon. Go along with what our local breweries have been pushing out and some things already on the shelves that are tasting mighty fine, I’d say we are sitting pretty good in our Midwest Beer Heaven. With Big Grove making a new double IPA every 2 weeks (Death was excellent), L ...
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