Big Grove releasing “Gravity of the Situation” April 6th! Online preorder available now!

Courtesy of Big Grove:

GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION

Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

April 6, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

375 ML Bottle
9.0% ABV
Our highest-density stout ever, which folds and warps spacetime and taste. This limited and exclusive barrel-aged program release will pass by only once.

Aromas of vanilla and a strong whiskey, with dark and roasty flavors. Hints of fruit and coffee and an almost red wine-like quality. A sweet molasses finish that lingers on the tongue.

Preorder HERE!

Annual “Cousin Eddie Party” set for Thanksgiving Day (11/23)@ Iowa Brewing!

A tradition unlike any other returns in 2023 as Iowa Brewing Company in downtown Cedar Rapids (708 3rd St. SE, Cedar Rapids) will be putting on their annual “Cousin Eddie Party” on Thanksgiving Day! Starting bright and early at 7 a.m. and going to noon, it’s a perfect way to start Thanksgiving morning with family, or get a good buzz before dealing with family…your call. Showcasing their “Cousin Eddie” breakfast ale and celebrating the culture of Cousin Eddie and a wonderful beer, Iowa Brewing will be the place to be Thanksgiving morning! Here’s more courtesy of the brewery’s Facebook page:

“You serious, Clark?”

Yeah, we are serious! It’s that time of year for our Annual Thanksgiving Day Cousin Eddie Party. Doors will open at 7:00AM and stay open until noon.

The deets:
– Cousin Eddie Breakfast Ale (Barrel-Aged)
– Cousin Eddie Breakfast Ale
– Patio open with space heaters
– Expanded taproom into brewery/production area
– Special Edition Cousin Eddie t-shirts

For the newbies:
– Come dressed as Cousin Eddie (if possible)
– Show up in your PJs (no birthday suits)
– We will be busy; please be patient
– If you see a jello mold with cat food, don’t eat it

LET’S PARTY!

Superstition, Casita, Fat Orange Cat, and Hoof Hearted coming from Abu Nawas!

  • Superstition BeeMosa 24/12oz CANS – Your favorite mimosa inspired mead is now available in 12oz cans. This bubbly session mead with oranges is perfect for brunch, poolside, or whatever adventure awaits you. 6% ABV – AZ. 
  • Superstition BeeLini 24/12oz CANS – BeeLini is a bubbly session mead made with white peaches and honey, and drinks like a bellini in a can. BeeLini is the perfect accompaniment to a great brunch and it is impossible to sip without a smile. 6% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Crystal Sail 24/12oz CANS – Crystal Sail is your license to chill in the form of a delightful bubbly mango at a crushable 6% ABV. Let your imagination sail away on the good-good-good-good tropical vibrations in this beautiful 12oz can.
  • Superstition Dune Bloom 24/12oz CANS – Wild West inspired session mead is now available in 12oz! This bubbly mead is made with prickly pear and invokes the vibrant terroir of the Southwest and the ephemeral character unique to Arizona’s Sonoran desert. 6% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Super Station 24/12oz CANS  – Super Station is an off-dry hard cider made with Washington state apples fermented with cherry juice, ginger and limes. Tart and savory, fruity and spicy, with just enough final gravity to bring everything together in perfect harmony. 5.5% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Blueberry Spaceship Box 12/750ml BT – Blueberry Spaceship Box, the top rated hard cider in the world, a spectacular blend of sweet and tart, of apple and blueberry. 5.5% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Meadery Tahitian Honeymoon 12/750ml BT – Perfect sundowner in this mead fermented with Tahitian vanilla beans and aged on American oak. Chill and sip on your deck as you reflect on the finer things in life. Pair this unique drink with dark chocolate or enjoy as a nightcap. 13.5% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Blueberry Hex 12750ml BT – A delicious expression of blueberries and honey in a semi-sweet package. Lovers of rich fruit forward flavors will rejoice. 14% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition La Petite Mort 12/375ml BT – Double Dark Belgian Candi Syrup, Barrel Aged Mead with Cacao Nibs & Raspberries added. Aged in Toppling Goliath Assassin Barrels! 13% ABV – AZ
  • Superstition Aphrodisia 12/750ml BT – This outstanding Mead is literally the one that put Superstition on the map. Several Batch Versions available with different grape varietals. Aphrodisia is a style of mead known as a pyment. Variants of Aphrodisia have won bronze, silver and gold medals at the Mazer Cup, The Festival of Barrel Aged Beers (FOBAB), and the RateBeer Best Competition. 13% ABV – AZ

CASITA BREWING CO:

  • Casita Go Ask Your Mother 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA collab with Wilmington Brewing Company. Hopped with Citra and Nelson Sauvin. 7.3% ABV – NC
  • Casita Who’d a Thunk? 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Apricot, Pistachios and Marshmallow.  6% ABV – NC
  • Casita High Fives and Good Vibes 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Strata & Ekuanot⁠. 9% ABV – NC
  • Casita Bladow! 6/4/16oz CANS – If Big Stout is your Jam, this is it! A BIG breakfast stout brewed with Dynamite Roasting Company Coffee, Oats, and Lactose. 11.5% ABV
  • Casita / Evil Twin – Retro Series – Ryan & the Beaster Bunny 6/4/16oz CANS – Saison brewed with Honey – 7% ABV -CT
  • Casita / Stillwater Artisanal Business 6/4/12oz CANS – Formerly Known As On FLEEK. Imperial Stout brewed with Molasses and Muscovado Sugar. 13% ABV.

FAT ORANGE CAT:

  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Who Let the Boomers Out? 6/4/16oz CANS – Smooth Pale Ale with a delightful finish. Hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic – 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kiwis 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA Brewed and Dry Hopped with Exclusively New Zealand Hops. 7.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC AQUACAT 6/4/12oz CANS – Super refreshing Hard Seltzer with Dragonfruit & Lemon. 4.8 % ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head ENIGMA 6/4/16oz CANS – DIPA Double Dry Hopped with ENIGMA. 8.75% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Living In Our Own Private Idaho 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA hopped with Azzaca and  Idaho 7. Intense orange/grapefruit vibes. 7.5% ABV -CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Severe Tire Damage 6/4/16oz CAN – Hazy Double IPA. 8.0% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC I Don’t Like Mondays 6/4/16oz CANS – NE-Style IPA hopped with Mosaic & Simcoe. 7.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Jalapeno Jack Mild 6/4/16oz CANS – Pale Ale infused with a generous amount of jalapeño peppers. The process creates a unique brew with the aroma and flavor of jalapeño without the heat. 5% ABV – CT

HOOF HEARTED BREWING:

  • Hoof Hearted Pump & Run 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH Hazy IPA w/ Citra. 6.6% ABV – CT
  • Hoof Hearted Turbo Water – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, Lime 6/4/16oz CANS – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, & Lime Hard Seltzer. 5.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Rose Gose 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose with  Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Coriander, Hibiscus. Patrick Swayze forever! 4.2% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Skin Froot 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale  infused with heavy amounts of peach and mango. 4.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Discount Nachos 6/4/16oz CAN – DDH IPA with El Dorado, Bru-1, Citra, Strata hops. 7.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted $120 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple India Pale Ale. 100% Citra Quadruple Dry-Hopped. 12% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted It’s Not My First Rodeo It’s My Second TIPA 6/4/16oz CANS – This rough rider is a hopped up horn to hoof and back again with American Citra and Mosaic as well as Southern Passion and African Queen from South Africa. But she finishes smoother than the supple leather of a well worn saddle. 10% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Key Bump Pure Snow 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple Dry-Hopped Triple IPA with Bru-1, Citra, Sabro, Milk Sugar & Vanilla Beans. 10.5% ABV – OH

Local Craft Cellar celebrating 1 year Anniversary on May 20th!

On Saturday, May 20th, the Local Craft Cellar in Cedar Rapids (7085 C Ave. NE A1) will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary, and to no one’s surprise, Jason and staff will be celebrating in style with some amazing deals and samples of their wonderful supply of beer and food items! Their store hours will be 10am-4pm and Dimensional Brewing will be there pouring samples from about 11-3. Also, Edgewood Locker will be there grilling up samples of brats from 11-1:30. If you haven’t signed up for their bottle lottery, the 20th of May is going to be the last day for your to register as well!

Lua Brewing “contrition” barrel-aged stout goes on sale this Friday! Pick up 3/25!

Courtesy of Lua’s Facebook page:

*STOUT RELEASE*

CONTRITION (14.3%)

BA Imperial Stout with Pecans, Coconut, Vanilla Beans, & Cacao Nibs

Inspired by German chocolate cake, CONTRITION is a massive imperial stout that was aged for two-and-a-half years in bourbon barrels before it rested on house-toasted pecans, house-toasted coconut, whole vanilla beans, and freshly roasted cacao nibs.

Sales for CONTRITION bottle sets start THIS Friday 3/17 at 10AM online via TOAST (link in our bio) and will remain on sale, online, during our regular business hours until sold out.

CONTRITION will be sold in a set of TWO 500mL bottles, with no limit on sets & proxies are absolutely allowed. Picking up for a proxy? Make sure to have their order number ready for us when you’re picking up ☺️.

Draft pours and bottle pickup start at 11AM here in our Sherman Hill taproom on Saturday 3/25 and may be picked up anytime during regular business hours between the days of Saturday 3/25 and Saturday 4/22.

Can’t wait to see you here!

Lion Bridge Brewing release news for March!

A busy month for Lion Bridge as they celebrate their 9 year anniversary this Sunday, March 5th starting when the doors open at 11!

Along with their anniversary they are releasing a whole bunch of tasty brews as well. Here’s what is coming from Lion Bridge this month!

TAG Tangerine (Tangerine Wheat Beer, 4.2%) Inspired by German “Radlers” that combine soda and beer to produce a light and refreshing beverage. Tag is a juicy and hazy wheat beer with the zesty citrus bite of tangerine. Enjoy a Tag! Enjoy the Day!”

Giving Crew Brew (Blonde Ale w/Comet Hops, 5.2%) – Brewed in Collaboration with the Iowa Giving Crew to support their fundraising initiatives.

Wolf Shirt XXL (Imperial IPA w/Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, 8.5%) – More hops, more ABV, robot wolves fighting intergalactic space battles in front of an epic moon. What’s not to love? RELEASE DATE : 3/5

Anniversary Imperial (Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/Ghanaian Cacao Nibs, 12%) – A whopping 17lbs of cacao nibs per barrel of beer. Brewed for our 9th Anniversary! Cheers! RELEASE DATE : 3/5

Živá Voda (Czech-style Pilsner, 4.8%) – Named for the “living water” of Czech fairy tales that heals infirmities and counteracts spells. RELEASE DATE : 3/15

House Project #1 (West Coast IPA, 7.1%) – This R&D IPA utilizes Simcoe and Citra. RELEASE DATE 3/15

Peachy Keen (Kettle Sour with Peach Ring Gummies, 6.7%) – Everything’s peachy, peachy keen.

RELEASE DATE : 3/22

Clock House Brewing re-releasing Orange Xxxplosion and Black IPA this Friday! (2/24)

Clock House Brewing is bringing back two tasty brews tomorrow (2/24)! As soon as the doors open at 3:00, you’ll be able to get your hands and lips on their Black IPA and their ever popular Orange Xxxplosion brews! Here’s more from Clock House:

🚨We have two beers returning to the taproom this Friday, February 24th!

Orange XXplosion: This sour features a trio of orange citrus fruits including: Tangerine, Cara Cara Orange, and Southern Hemisphere Oranges. Thus, creating a complex plethora of flavor that XXplodes out the glass.

Black IPA: Comprised of carefully selected Black malts to achieve a deep, rich roasted dark malt flavor with hints of chocolate and rye. Bittered and dry-hopped with Centennial, Mosaic, and Amarillo hops that attribute to classic bitter pine notes.

Both of these will be available in 16oz 4-packs, growlers, and draft!

February is “Stout” month! What stout are you drinking?

Ever since 1993, February as been designated “Stout” month. What better way to celebrate the end of January than by cracking a bottle/can of your favorite roasty stout? There are so many great stouts to choose from in our great state, but here’s what I’ll be sipping on this month…plus any others I may cross paths with!

**Lion Bridge Percussive Maintenance** – the perfect beer to pop open during February. I was lucky enough to procure a few bottles and also has this decadent baby on tap. One of the best beers in the state in my opinion. 12% can be scary, but it’s extremely well hidden. Sip on this one and relish it, maybe share it, but make sure you are sharing with someone worthy of this brew.

**Singlespeed Tip the Cow** – sometimes we take for granted those things that are readily available to us. Tip the Cow happens to be one of those beers, You can find it in almost any grocery store in the area and also happens to be a fantastic stout. Coffee and chocolate and I think I’ll have at least two of these!

**Big Grove Richard the Whale** – another harder to get beer that you can’t just pick up at your local grocery store…BUT…this baby is currently on tap at my local watering hole, Chameleon’s Pub and Grub in Mount Vernon, and once I drink that dry I still have a few bottles stashed in the cellar. If you were lucky enough to attend Richard Day, you probably have some variants to drink as well….LUCKY!

**Backpocket Cookie Junkie** – when I first saw this can I thought for sure this beer would be too sweet, but the balance of the peanut butter and the 175 pounds of sandwich cookies was perfect at not cloying at all. After a big winter feast, this is going to be my dessert!

**Clock House Pet Elephant** – the new kid to the party. Just released last weekend. This is an end of nighter, nightcap, grand finale beer. 14% is frightening, and when you finish that last sip it may seem at the moment you could handle another….hold tight….save that next bottle for another evening…get the fireplace going, turn on some Lord Huron lightly in the background, and savor every last drop of this nutter butter filled brew.

There they are! Those 5 for sure and hopefully some more stouts I run into along the way. What stout are you drinking this month and what else do I need to try? Cheers to Stout Month!

Big Grove “Citrus Surfer” enters year round portfolio!

Big Grove Brewery has added “Citrus Surfer” to their year round release portfolio. Released to markets earlier this week on now available on tap at all Big Grove locations, this is the perfect beer to get into the warmer weather mindset, or to add to your Super Bowl Party spread! Here’s the press release courtesy of Big Grove Brewery:

[Iowa City, IA]: Today, Big Grove announced a brand-new fruited wheat release to join their year-round beer portfolio. Now pouring in their Iowa City, Solon, and Des Moines taprooms, Citrus Surfer is loaded with real orange and lemon citrus at a crushable 4.8% ABV. Each taproom will feature citrus-inspired culinary dishes to celebrate the beer release. 

A refreshing new twist on Big Grove’s past award-winning wheat beers, Citrus Surfer offers fans “significant drinkability,” according to Andy Joynt, Director of Brewing. The brewery team produced ten concept batches spanning eight months, beginning with research and development at their Solon pilot brewery before scaling to their Des Moines system as an intermediate step, ultimately crafting the beer for full-scale production at the Iowa City brewery.

“The finish and aromatics were something we focused on. We wanted pop with the right citrus flavor, plus a clean and satisfying finish, bringing you back for another sip,” remarked Joynt. 

The beer is anticipated to create a big wave in Iowa, giving Blue Moon Belgian White and Leinenkugel’s Wheat drinkers a more widely available, Iowa-made alternative. “Although Iowa is not coastal, nor is it a state known for its surfing, Citrus Surfer represents that mentality and a laid-back approach to life and the moments it brings,” said Bryan Farrell, Director of Integrated Sales & Marketing. “Iowans love to seek out new experiences and travel, especially in the winter months. We’re offering a call-to-action for fans to ‘Find Your Moment’ through trip and experience giveaways.” 

Throughout 2023, Big Grove will be giving away flights, Airbnb gift cards for unique Iowa rentals, and other fun offers and experiences. Fans can enter to win flight vouchers to any destination of their choosing, redeemable at major Iowa airports (CID, DSM, DBQ, SUX, ALO). Keep an eye out for more waves of giveaways and experiences throughout the spring and summer months. To enter, go to biggrove.com/pages/find-your-moment.

Check out your favorite local beverage shop to catch the closest Citrus Surfer near you. Citrus Surfer is available on draft, six-packs, and 12-packs at a majority of retail locations across Iowa.