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Received the following email from Lion Bridge Brewery in Cedar Rapids who will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary today, March 5th! To celebrate they will be having many events and beer releases throughout the month. Here are the details: One Year Anniversary Celebration It’s hard to believe that today, March 5th, ma ...

We will be seeing some new beers from familiar breweries hitting the shelves and tap lines in the near future. In fact, I believe The Calling has already been tapped at Parlor City in Cedar Rapids. According to Fleck’s Facebook post they will be having a tapping of this brew Thursday, March 5th, at 30Hop in Coralville. Hearing good things ...

I just receieved the following information from Sam Hall, General Manager extradonnaire, of Blackstone restaurant in Iowa City. With all the talk of Surly hitting Des Moines next week it’s great to see that Blackstone will be hosting a brunch featuring Surly beers. AND…………they will be tapping Abrasive at noon! ...

A few updates for this week has Boulevard releasing two new beers into their lineup. Boulevard has a very busy looking schedule for 2015 and with the successful release of Coffee Imperial Stout one can assume that the next two will be just as successful. Here’s what’s coming: *Boulevard The Calling IPA – a new addition to the ...

**UPDATED** For Eastern Iowa folks: The following comes from Reds Alehouse Facebook post: BIG NEWS!! Surly Brewing Company will make their way to our tap lines Saturday March 7th! And not just one or two lines; we’re talking TEN lines! 10!! They include: Hell, Todd the Axeman, Furious, Coffee Bender, Smoke, Cynicale, Mild, Doomtree, and F ...

The following tweets have been sent out by Toppling Goliath Brewing out of Decorah, IA and the news is very exciting to say the least! TG Brews Hop Patrol ‏@TGBrews 14m 14 minutes ago “@RKMetheny: @TGBrews @TGVectorizer you messing with us this morning?” Nope big news for you. We should be canning by mid-summer. Details ...

The latest venture from the folks at Reds Alehouse/Big Grove/30 Hop/Blackstone brings us a retro diner feel with an eclectic menu consisting of a burger to fried chicken to bone marrow. Add in a nice tap list of craft beers and the IC/CR area just got another gem of a restaurant to go to. When any announcement that a group consisting of th ...

I just received the following email from Madhouse Brewing. The food sounds amazing and the beer sounds even better. Check it out if you are in the area! When: Fridays, 5-9pm. Where: Madhouse Brewery, 501 Scott Ave Des Moines, IA 50309 What: This winter, Madhouse will be releasing 4 barrel-aged beers in subsequent weekends, each repre ...

This post is as much of a restaurant/bar review as it is a celebratory article on the success of craft brew in Iowa. Just a couple years back, I would “hate on” a place like this because the beer selection was terrible and it was popular. And most places that would have fit the criteria of that kind of establishment wouldn’t h ...

The following comes from Founders Brewing company’s Facebook page: Today we are bottling Blushing Monk. Look for it beginning March 2! Blushing Monk is part of the Founders Backstage Series and is a Belgian style ale fermented with raspberries. From beeradvocate: Essentially an “Imperial Rübæus,” this ale conta ...