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Oskar Blues shipping inaugural “BA20 Vol. 1: All Monde” nationwide today!

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Oskar Blues brewing company will start shipping their new barrel aged series nationwide starting today. Their BA20 series will kickoff with All Monde. This beer will be available in 12 oz 4 pack cans. I’m assuming this will be relatively limited to certain stops, and I’m not sure exactly who will get it, hopefully I’m wrong though the footprint is a bit wider. Chees!

Here’s more on this brew:

To make All Monde, BA20 Volume 1, the shiny new Spinbot is packed with toasted almonds and Madagascar vanilla beans. A big time imperial stout racked in bourbon barrels for nine oaky months is swirled through until the nutty and sweet flavors are maximized to their full potential. The result is a barrel aged imperial stout with the toasty almond and vanilla flavor dials turned to eleven.

Clock House bringing “Pineapple Witch Slap” back on 4/15!

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One of my favorite beers is coming back! Clock House Brewing will be bringing Pineapple Witch Slap to cans next Wednesday (4/15)! This beer will be available from 3-6 next Wednesday…word of warning..you may want to get there quick, depending on limits, I may gorge myself! Voted by me as one of the “Best Beers in Iowa 2019”, I can’t wait to get another taste. Check out my best of 2019 here, and here’s more on this wonderful brew:

The Witches are at it again and have decided to take our Flag Ship “Witch Slap NEIPA” to warmer places. They’ve added loads of Pineapple during primary and secondary fermentation to create a unique tropical twist. Don’t forget your sunglasses and fly into our taproom to enjoy our Hazy, Murky, Juicy Witch, infused with real pineapple! Get some while it lasts!

 

Lion Bridge releasing “Sticke Alt” + “Tag” today! (4/7)

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If you find yourself needing a refreshing ale on this lovely Tuesday afternoon, place an online order at Lion Bridge and stock up on some Tag! If you’re bracing for a few chilly days ahead they are also releasing their “Sticke Alt”!

Grapefruit TAG, 6 pack $9.99 (Grapefruit Wheat Beer 4.2%) Inspired by German “Radlers” Tag is a juicy and hazy wheat beer with the zesty citrus bite of Grapefruit. Enjoy a TAG! Enjoy the Day!

Sticke, 6 Pack $10.99 (Altbier, 6.6%) A traditional German Ale that has a pleasing bronze hue, a rich malty body, and a pleasant noble hop character.

Either way, two delicious beers being released at the taproom today! Here’s how to get yours!

We have a couple service updates and want to share them with the whole pride.

-We are adding an exciting online ordering option for Lion Bridge food, beverage, and merch. Click the link below to get started or visit our website. We are STILL accepting phone calls for orders during our hours of operation (11am-2pm & 5pm-8pm) if you prefer. Today is our first day with this, so please show us some mercy if something is buggy.
https://www.toasttab.com/lion-bridge-brewing-company-59-16th-ave-sw/v3

-We will only be accepting payments online, and credit card orders over the phone (319-200-4460). This way our payments are totally without contact. We will not be accepting cash for the time being. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we thank you for understanding.

– Until the closure of restaurants is lifted, we will not be allowing customers inside the taproom to pick up orders. We will take your vehicle make and model with your order and bring your food/beverage out to you when you arrive and place it in your back seat or trunk. We have been doing this 99% of the time already, so we decided to just make it Facebook official. Our doors will be locked. If you are on foot or bicycle, no problem. Just let us know when you place an order over the phone.

– We have moved to sell ONLY DIGITAL gift cards for the time being. You can purchase them with no contact online on this link or on our website: https://www.toasttab.com/lion-bridge-brewing-company-59-16th-ave-sw/giftcards

– Our staff and food runners will be wearing masks and gloves for the time being as per the CDC recommendations. Just trying to be super safe in these strange times.

Cheers and THANK YOU ALL for your continued support. “Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do!”

Team Lion Bridge

Cigar City brews coming to Iowa!

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Cigar City Brewing out of Tampa, Florida will soon have their beers gracing our shelves and tap lines around the state. In fact, the Cellar Peanut Pub in Pella has already tapped a Maduro Brown from Cigar City.

Here’s a link to all of Cigar City’s brews: https://www.cigarcitybrewing.com/our-beers/

I’m sure we will be starting with their core lineup and hopefully some harder to get brews will trickle in. Cheers everyone!

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4 Big Grove releases coming this weekend: Turtle Hunter, Into the Woods, Red Wedding Wheat and Boysenberry Coffee Sour!

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Big Grove Brewery continues to stay busy getting us beer amid this difficult time and this coming Saturday (4/4) they will once again be getting some fresh and delicious beer into our remarkable washed and clean hands. Here’s what’s coming this weekend:

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*Turtle Hunter – this popular hazy IPA is back; featuring citra, mosaic, and ekuanot and checking in at 7.4%!

*Into the Woods – a collab with Copper Kettle brewing brings us kettle sour with lactose, blackberry, and raspberry and checks in at 6.4%.

*Boysenberry and Coffee Sour – this will be crowler fill only and is another beer brewed with JBC Coffee Roasters. For this particular beer they have used San Sebastian Colombia beans.

*Red Wedding Wheat – checking in at 4.7%, this fruited sour ale, brewed with blood orange and plum, is the perfect addition to your banquet table. Big Grove sends its regards

Stay tuned for more as a beer, burger and fries drive thru may happen again as well. Cheers everyone!

Big Grove releasing “Coffee Shop Series: Coffee Oatmeal Stout” this weekend!

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You have to love the continued hard work from our local breweries and restaurants during these difficult times and also a ‘thank you’ to those who have continued to support these small businesses! With that being said, Big Grove Brewery will be releasing their first installment of their new “Coffee Shop Series” and it will be a coffee oatmeal stout brewed in collaboration with JBC Coffee Roasters!

This will be the first of 4 seasonal releases with JBC with the beer recipe and coffee used for this series changing for each release! Rumor has it there will be a few more things getting released this weekend, stay tuned!

 

Iowa Brewers Guild Presents: “BYOB Virtual Beer Festival”!

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Grab some of your favorite Iowa brewed beers and join your fellow Iowa beer lovers, Iowa beer brewers, and Iowa beer workers as the Iowa Brewers Guild is hosting a “BYOB Virtual Beer Festival” on March 28th with all proceeds will go to Iowa’s brewing industry staff. Here’s more on this great event:

A BYOB virtual beer festival to raise money for Iowa’s brewing industry staff. Though we love to drink beer in the company of friends, the future of one of our favorite pastimes—beer festivals—is tenuous. And so are the livelihoods of our Iowa breweries and their teams. To help our industry staff in their time of need, the Iowa Brewers Guild is holding a BYOB “virtual beer festival,” and you’re invited to join us!

Here’s how it works:

1. Buy a ticket

2. Pick up some of your favorite Iowa beer

3. Join us on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram on Saturday, March 28, so we can drink beer together (from a safe distance), with the help of our hashtag, #virtualbeerfest

ALL proceeds will go to affected Iowa Brewers Guild member breweries’ staff that have lost jobs or significant hours!

More info and how to get a limited edition shirt at www.virtualbeerfest.org

Abu Nawas drops: Abomination, Short Throw Brewing, Dugges Bryggeri, Freethought, Nightmare,

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Abu Nawas with an exciting drop of some very tasty beverages. Take a look at this week’s releases and make sure to support your local establishments during this tough time! Cheers!

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Abomination

  • Abomination Ales Drawing A Blank 16oz CAN – Triple NE-IPA with Galaxy, Citra, & Mandarina Bavaria. 11.2% ABV.
  • Abomination Brewing Urayuli 16oz  CAN – IPA hopped with Galaxy, Citra, and Mosaic. The Urayuli stands nearly 10 feet tall with arms down to their ankles, covered in a thick fur. The easiest way to spot them is by their luminescent eyes. Unlike some yeti species, the Urayuli is said to be peaceful. 6.3% ABV.
  • Abomination Brewing Shotgun Sour 16oz CAN – Sour Ale with Raspberry & Blackberry. 6.6% ABV.
  • Abomination Brewing Hop Thing16oz CAN – NE-IPA Brewed with flaked oats and wheat hopped and double dry-hopped with Zappa, Citra, and Mosaic! Beware of the Hop Thing! 6.9% ABV.
  • Abomination Brewing Hop Roulette 16oz CAN – Rotating Hop series Double Dry-Hopped DIPA. 8.8% ABV.
  • Abomination Bro Beer 16oz CAN – Extremely crushable New England session IPA brewed with flaked wheat and oats. Gently dry-hopped with 100% galaxy hops! Juicy, tropical and hazy! The perfect beer to crack open with your bro’s! 4.7% ABV.
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Short Throw Brewing

  • Short Throw Cop and Go 16oz CAN – American IPA with Galaxy & Mosaic hops, dry-hopped with the same varietals.. 6.5% ABV.
  • Short Throw Straight Bars 16oz CAN – American IPA hopped with Citra, Galaxy, and El Dorado. Lovingly dry-hopped with the same varietals. One sip and you’ll know we ain’t playin games. This ish is Straight Bars. 6.5% ABV.

Dugges Bryggeri

  • Dugges Bubble Gummy 16oz CAN – Follow our journey as we tweak our way towards the perfect Double IPA. A DIPA in the CRUSH series. From Sweden with love! Hopped with Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra and Ekuanot. 8% ABV.
  • Dugges Daylight 24-7 16oz CAN – A beer to salute the never-setting sun. Follow our journey as we tweak our way towards the perfect IPA. Step by step, beer by beer, on and on and on. Forever!  For our third IPA brewed on US soil and our first IPA brewed att the all-new Twelve Percent Beer Project brewery in North Haven, CT, we wanted to bring Sweden. During a couple of months every summer the northern parts of Sweden experience a never-setting sun. Literally daylight 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This is that daylight in a can. Cheers! 7% ABV.
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Freethought

  • FREETHOUGHT Twenty Twenty 16oz CAN – Unfiltered DIPA dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic. Brewed with Maris Otter, flaked and malted oats, raw and malted wheat. Aromas of citrus, vanilla, guava and coconut followed by hints of chive blossom and mint on the palate. Smooth, creamy and full-bodied. 8.5% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Night Vision 16oz CAN – Double Dark Sour Ale with blood orange and drinking chocolate. Brewed with chocolate malt, raw wheat, flaked and malted oats. Notes of citrus, raspberry and cocoa. Lush mouthfeel with a bright and dynamic finish. 8% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Good Eye 16oz CAN – Sour Ale dry-hopped with Citra, Galaxy, and Mosaic. 7% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT  Kismet 16oz CAN – Unfiltered IPA double dry-hopped with Cashmere. Aromas of eucalyptus and root beer. Smooth, rich and full-bodied with flavors of white chocolate, coconut, pawpaw and mint. 7% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT  Levitate 16oz CAN – Sour Ale with Pineapple, Tumeric, Lemongrass and Makrut Lime. Pours bright ocher. Opens with earthy aromas of turmeric countered by tropical fruit and citrus tones. Lively and delicately tart with notes of makrut lime, yellow curry and fruit loops. Finishes clean, dry and crisp. 5% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Lucid16oz CAN – Unfiltered IPA double dry-hopped with Amarillo flowers, pellets and lupulin powder. 6% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Madcap 16oz Can – Madcap is a smoky sour ale inspired by campfires, s’mores + hot cocoa with the flavor profile of a mezcal sour cocktail. Brewed with raw wheat, flaked + malted oats, lapsang souchong, cocoa + tamarind. Hopped with noble hops + dry-hopped with simcoe lupulin powder. 6% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Museum Dose 16oz CAN – Museum Dose is a botanical sour ale with strawberries, sarsaparilla + birch. It’s a celebration of Spring, an homage to nineteenth-century soda fountains + a total trip. 6% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Open 16oz CAN – Unfiltered IPA brewed with flaked + malted oats, raw + malted wheat, double dry-hopped with Simcoe flower, pellets + lupulin powder. 6% ABV.
  • FREETHOUGHT Temporal 16oz CAN – Sour Ale with Plum, Cardamom + Rose Water. Floral nose complemented by flavors of chai and fermented lime. Finishes tart and dry.  5% ABV.

Nightmare Brewing

  • Nightmare Brewing Gunga Rao 16oz CAN – Soured on pineapple with coconut, Moroccan mint, sabro, rohatu and cashmere hops. 8.3% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Flayed 16oz CAN –  Imperial Oat IPA with Azacca, Zythos, Galaxy and Pacifica. 9.6% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Exposure 16oz CAN – Citra and Mosaic Cryo-Hopped DIPA. 10.1% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Scaphism 16oz CAN – Imperial Stout Brewed with Milk Sugar, Honey, Aged on Tahitian Vanilla & Organic Cacao. 15.% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Blowing From A Gun 16oz CAN – DIPA w/ Indian Cane Sugar and Quintuple Dry Hopped w/ El Dorado, Calypso, Cashmere, Mosaic and Hull Melon hops. 10.5% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Blood Eagle 16oz CAN – Scandinavian Sour Ale Soured on Lingonberries, Hawthorn Berries, Cloudberries & Comice Pears with Strawberries, Plums and Tart Cherries. 7.5% ABV.
  • Nightmare Brewing Crucifixion 16oz CAN – DIPA w/ Sacramental Bread, Calypso, Vic Secret & Simcoe. 10.6% ABV.