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Received this link from Facebook. If you are in the Des Moines area Feb. 22nd Cityview Brewfest at the Keg Stand in Des Moines. Below is the official release: Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM (CST) West Des Moines, IA If you’ve been to Brewfest, then you know you don’t want to miss our all new Winter Brewfes ...

I just received the following tweet courtesy of Founders Brewing Company: Founders Brewing Co. ‏@foundersbrewing 3m 3 minutes ago Announcing KBS Week 2015, March 9-14: http:// kbsweek.com /   . Distribution release = 3/30. One of the most highly anticipated releases of the year is only a few months away. It will be interesting to ...

Prairie Trail Hy-Vee out of Des Moines just tweeted and confirmed that Funkwerks Brewing out of Fort Collins, CO will be hitting the Iowa market hopefully in the next 60 days. Here’s the tweet from Prairie Trail: PrairieTrailHy-Vee @ Ankeny2HyVee  ·  38m 38 minutes ago Well…@Funkwerks is the BIG NEWS!! @Iowa ...

Just came across the following news on thefullpint.com that another Stone Collab will be hitting our shelves in the coming weeks. It is a Green Tea IPA that I’ve heard great things about. Very excited to try this brew. Here’s more from thefullpint.com: Hops Bill: Warrior, Crystal, Helga, Aramis & Sorachi Ace Distribut ...

This should be another great event, and by looking at this list there should be some absolutely phenomenal beers to try. Hope to see you there! Here’s the list from Backpocket Brewing’s Facebook page: Brrrfest Brewery list is located below. Going to be a great event. List is subject to change… but we doubt it will at this poi ...

I just read the following information regarding Stone releasing their next Enjoy By IPA and it looks like it will be a nationwide release. Here’s more from beerstreetjournal.com: Stone Enjoy By IPA 02.14.15 is being bottled on 1/9/15 and hits the markets below as soon as possible. The IPA is brewed year round, but markets vary e ...

Some new beers should be making their way to Eastern Iowa shelves very soon. The yearly anticipated release of Bells Hopslam, Central Waters Bourbon Barrel aged stout and possible cherry variant, Rogue releasing a spring pumpkin beer and New Belgium coming out with a porter for spring. Here we go: **Bells Hopslam** - the annual release should b ...

A BBQ restaurant 15 minutes from my door? YES PLEASE! I crave BBQ very often, and yes, I dabble in it at home and most of the time I can kick out some pretty decent food. But when you get a place like Q Dogs (http://qdogsbbqcompany.com/) who put in the time to make consistent and fantastic BBQ, my choice to cook or go out is made much simp ...

The final installment has finally arrived. Looks like it’s going to be a rough week weather-wise in Eastern Iowa so I hope everyone has a fridge stocked full of their favorite brews. This was such a hard list to come up with and I think my 2015 version will be even more challenging as the breweries keep making terrific beer. We are a few ...

Onto the next 5. While researching these 5 I came up with the realization that I need to get over to the Des Moines area more this year to try brews from Firetrucker, New American, Exile, and of course stop at 515. I’ll make this my New Year’s Resolution as I definitely need to try the great beers from these fine folks more often. A ...