Pontoon Brewing – You Otter Try Some!

• AquaTronic IPA – 8% Time to double down on this one! This juicy Double IPA showcases Azacca, El Dorado & Galaxy hops to give off balanced notes of tropical fruit and sweet citrus. The soft mouthfeel from this brew makes this juicy Double IPA dangerously approachable!
• Otter Palmer Radler – 4.5% – Refreshing blend of beer, black tea, and lemonade, this cocktail inspired beer is a refreshing addition to the golf course, lawn mowing, or just sitting in a comfy chair in the A/C.
• Plush Slush Fruited Berliner Weisse – 7% Our award-winning sour with copious amounts of peaches, apricots, and peach ring candy that pairs with the soft lactic sourness and microbe driven stone fruit from the lactobacillus sour culture. We referment it on additional peaches, apricots, candied peach rings and finish it with lactose to create a creamy but tart candied peach treat! Tart, peachy, and plush!
• Rainbow Smiggles Fruited Sour – 7% Our award-winning Berliner Weisse, features 300 lbs of Skittles, over 100 boxes of Trix Cereal, 2 lbs per gallon of strawberries and pineapple, and vanilla.
• The Reel Legend IPA – 7% This American IPA has an intense hop aroma and great malt balance. Hopped with the Centennial, Citra, and Idaho 7 hop varietal gives this beer grapefruit and pine resin aromas. A significant malt body balances this hop presence that leads this to a remarkable drinkable American-style India Pale Ale. Brewed by Taylor Ganio in honor of her father.
• Ryes or Die Trying Rye IPA – 8% A NEIPA with a kick! This NEIPA with Rye malt adds a spicy note to complement the rich full body of the style. We used Chinook, Amarillo, and El Dorado hops to provide spicy, citrusy, piney, and some sweet fruit character that will help you Ryes to any occasion… or die trying!
• Trail Maker Fruit Beer – 5.2% Pack up the cooler, it’s time for a hike down your favorite trails! For our latest springtime special, we’ve taken a radical Blonde Ale, added a splash of strawberry along with a touch of tart lemon, resulting in the perfect brew for your favorite groovy getaway. This Fruited Ale remains super light and refreshing while jam packed with flavor that’s sure to help you reach that beautiful site from the top of the mountain or from sitting lake side!

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• Electro Berry Lua Collab – Well balanced and pronounced fruit flavors with a hint of sour bite at the end, sea salt enhanced as the beer opens. Easy Drinking.
• Cotton Candy IPA – 6.3% Like a childhood visit to the circus, this IPA has a robust flavor of cotton candy with a refreshing finish. Citra, Mosaic, Belma, Galazy and Sabro hops.
• Guava Juice Drops IPA – 7.6%We went to the moon and back for this mouth-watering galactic journey. Galaxy hops produce the guava, peach and citrus aromas, Guava juice adds to the spectacular mouthfeel.

BlackStack Brewing

• Crowd Control Hazy IPA – 8% Shoulder to shoulder Mosaic, Cashmere & Strata. Excuse me. The tasty refresher to get from our buds at the Ball Park Cafe when the Great Minnesota Get Together gets to be just a liiiiiittttttlllleee too much. Pardon me. For when it’s just a little too late in the day for “It’s just so nice to see everyone!”. Ope, sorry, can I scoot past ya there?
• I Thought You’d Never Ask Hazy IPA – 8.1% Who, me? Long overdo blend of some of our favorite varietals: our hand selected Citra Cryo, Idaho 7 Cryo & El Dorado in questionable quantities. Just remember… All you have to do is ask.
• Late to the Party Oktoberfest – 6% More like Awk-toberfest, amirite? We actually quite enjoy drinking these types of beers into the fall, so we figured we’d release it in the first week of October… so like 2-4 months after most folks. We brewed this beer with Weyermann Malt & spunded for natural carbonation as an homage to the endlessly gulpable biers you’ll find at the tents in Munich during Oktoberfest festivities. Where is everyone going? We just got here.
• Triple 755 – 10.8% An even more torqued version of our forever favorite fog dog. All the helpings of all the things that make us love it so. Even More Wheat. Even More Oats. Even More of our Hand-Selected Citra, Azacca & Amarillo. Even heftier amounts of the Hand-Selected Cryo versions of all the same to finish it off. Liquid lust in a can. Pour Up.
• Trying to Find a Balance Hazy IPA – 10.2% Schemed up with the team at Equilibrium Brewing out of Middleton, NY. Searching for Homeostasis in an overloaded hop bill of Michigan Chinook, Strata, Cashmere Cryo, Citra & Idaho 7. We find community in our search for excess. We find meaning in breaking through. We find find comrades in the far reaches. We find a balance.

Phase 3 Brewing Company

• TDH Triple Full Frame – 10%  Triple dry-hopped hazy triple IPA with Citra & Amarillo. Expect dank peach, tropical fruit, & pine notes.
• Frog Stack Pineapple, Coconut & Marshmallow – 4.5% Fruited gose with pineapple, cream of coconut, and a kiss of marshmallow.
• Curiosity Survives Cream Ale – 5.4% A classic American ale brewed with pale 2-row barley, flaked corn, and a touch of specialty malt. Clean and crisp, with a distinct grainy flavor and a balancing bitterness.
• Perpetual Sounds Hazy IPA – 7.7% Double IPA brewed with mosaic and amarillo hops. Ripe peach, earl grey, lemon, blueberry, pine.
• Double Nectar Mango Sicilian Lemon – 7.8% Fruited sour ale with mango & Sicilian lemon
• Illo Hazy IPA – 7.7% Double dry-hopped hazy double IPA with a single hop selection of amarillo. Rich, full-bodied flavor profile that features a prominent hop bitterness and a subtle sweetness with notes & distinct aroma-rillos of citrus and pine.
• Overlaid IPA – 7.8%Featuring citra and sultana hops. 7.8% with pineapple, pine and bright citrus notes, expect to make lots of people happy with those flavor characteristics.
• Sprudel Kolsch – 5% Kolsch style ale

Four Hands

• Chocolate Milk Stout – 5.5% Pouring black as the night sky with a firm, tan head and featuring aromas of baker’s chocolate, roasted barley and chocolate malts, Chocolate Milk Stout has a rich, velvety mouthfeel, loads of chocolate flavor and a smooth creaminess provided by cacao nibs and milk sugar. This beer, perfect for the change in seasons, is a chocolate lover’s dream.
• Absence of Light PB Choc Milk Stout – 7.1%The perfect mash-up of cacao nibs and peanut butter supported by caramel, chocolate and roasted malts, Absence of Light opens with huge aromas reminiscent of creamy peanut butter cups and transitions into a silky milk stout with rich chocolate and coffee notes tapering to a slightly sweet finish provided by an addition of milk sugar.
• Pineapple Prussia Sour – 4% A new tropical spin on Prussia Berliner Weisse, this light-bodied, tart wheat beer was fermented on pineapple following brewhouse souring. Like Passion Fruit Prussia, this iteration is well-balanced and features delicate touches of pineapple that play nicely with the soft, lactic acidity to make this beer super drinkable and quenching.
• Lemon Gose Sour – 4% A delicate balance of subtle tartness provided by brewhouse acidification and citrusy sweetness contributed by preserved lemons and lemon zest, Preserved Lemon Gose pours a slightly hazy golden hue and features bright, herbaceous aromas of lemon verbena and lemon basil. This lower alcohol, German-style wheat beer finishes crisp and dry with a whisper of lingering sourness that’s tempered by sea salt and tangy lemon flavors.

Tripping Animals

• Animals in the Machine Parish Collab – 8% Collaboration with our fam from Parish. DDH with Citra and Citra Cryo.
• Magic Hydra Mortalis Collab – 6% Magic Hydra is a collab beer with our homies from Mortalis. This Sour Ale is conditioned with raspberry, blackberry, kiwi, and marshmallow flavor.
• Two Can Play Fruited Sour – 6% Conditioned with papaya, banana, and pineapple.
• Schwein Haben Marzen 5.5% –  It means No worries for the rest.. nah, were just joking, this isn’t some singsongy musical number about a problem free philosophy, although we can admit that this is one lucky hog..Because he made it to Doral just in time for our OKTOBERFEST 2021 week of celebration!!! A week of german eats, German music and festival games deserves the perfect German beer to go with it.
• Pumpkin-delic Brown Ale – 6% Solid Ale. No fake pumpkin flavor.

Courtesy of Iowa City Downtown District:

Your favorite beer festival returns this fall! Join us as we take over the streets of the Northside on Saturday, September 23rd. This year, Northside Oktoberfest celebrates 27 years and will include Iowa City BrewFest, your beloved sampling event, and bring back the Outdoor Bier Hall. Northside Oktoberfest is made possible thanks to the 2023 sponsors: Fly CID, ImOn Communications, John’s Grocery, Little Village, Pagliai’s Pizza, and Phelan Tucker Law LLP.

Iowa City BrewFest, sponsored by Fly CID, will remain exclusive with only 700 tickets available. Less than half of the tickets remain, so get yours now before it’s too late! Although the festival is open for anyone to walk through, only those with an official BrewFest glass will be able to sample beer and wine from vendors.

The Outdoor Bier Hall is the General Admission to Northside Oktoberfest. Attendees can purchase a Bier Hall mug that allows them to purchase beer and wine at Northside businesses. Only those with this mug will be able to enjoy beer and wine in the streets. Mugs are available for pre-sale now for only  $10 and will increase to $15 the day-of. The festival is open for anyone to enjoy live music and traditional Oktoberfest games and contests.

Follow the Northside Oktoberfest Facebook page for updates and more information.

WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH EACH TICKET?

IOWA CITY BREWFEST TICKET: $68.00 + taxes and feesExclusive access to unlimited samplings from vendors 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Customized 2023 Northside Oktoberfest glass (see image below)$10 gift card to eat & shop at Northside businessesAccess to beer games, Oktoberfest contests, and live music OUTDOOR BIER HALL TICKET:$15 Bier Hall Mug (save $5 and pre-purchase a ticket now for only $10)1 free beer with purchase (while supplies last)Beer Hall mug and wristband allow you to purchase wine and beer at Northside businesses to enjoy on the streetAccess to Oktoberfest entertainment, live music, and games*Please note: This is a rain or shine event. No matter the weather, the beer still gets poured! There will be no ticket refunds.

Slang du Jour – Lemon Meringue
Lemon Meringue Pie Slang Du Jour has been on our list to make for so long and it’s finally here! Our expert adjunctologists unleashed the FlavorBot 9000 and dialed in that tart, sweet, fluffy Lemon Meringue Pie flavor with precisely the right amount of Sicilian Lemon, Pear, Cream of Coconut, Vanilla Soft Serve, Granola, Brown Sugar, Lactose and Vanilla. And it’s good. Real good!

Benevolent Intentions IPA
Oats, flaked barley, and spelt lay down a foundation of thiol potential then we mash hopped with Hallertau Blanc and Belma to pack those thiols to the max and let the Cosmic Punch yeast go to work. Finally we dry hopped it with more Hallertau Blanc, Belma, and our hand-selected Citra. Benevolent Intentions is full of kiwi, peach, and bubble gum flavors with a crazy juicy sweetness that finishes crisp, clean and is scientifically delicious

Braaaaaaaains – Blackberry Lemon Apricot
This double fruit smoothie sour is loaded up with blackberry, lemon, and apricot, then of course we hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla

Jolly Prrrrters – Green Apple
This Sour à la Mode is loaded up with the dynamite combination of Strawberry and Rhubarb plus granola, brown sugar, cinnamon, lactose, and vanilla beans for that slangy, cobblery, right out of Grandma’s oven flavor.

With All Your Power
If you could take all the tasty IPAs and not share with your friends, would you do it? With All Your Power is brewed with a bunch of oats and hopped with Talus and HBC 586 so it’s just oozing with strawberry, pineapple, and grapefruit aroma and bursting with dark cherry, blueberry, mango, and grapefruit zest flavors

Chonk Strawberry White Chocolate
It’s a hefty boi, so thicc, an absolute unit, it’s CHONK! A new series of some of the most decadent beers we’ve ever dreamed up that can only be described as a Sundae Sour. The inaugural plop is loaded with strawberries and smothered in white chocolate and lactose sugar. OH LAWD HE COMIN

• Rizzo Got Rizz – IPA – Rizzo’s Got Rizzo is sly DIPA collab withBarrel Theory DH with Nectaron, Citra and hbc586. Enjoy this DIPA while cracking jokes or mocking others just like the beloved Rizzo the Rat
• One Does Not Simply Drink – IPA – This super hazy IPA is loaded with hops from New Zealand; Galaxy, Vic Secret, and Nelson Sauvin. With notes of Juicy Fruit, Citrus, and a touch of Marshmallow, this tropical hop bomb will make leaving the shire an adventure you won’t forget.
• Festivus in July – Fest Bier!
• Jiu Jitsu Juice – IPA – Jiu Jitsu Juice is a collaboration with our friends from Other Half in NYC. Featuring Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic & Bavarian Mandarina hops, this Northeastern style Double IPA is brewed with the ancient grain, Spelt
• Tropical Serenade – Our WHIP series is back! This time, we decided to take passion fruit, tangerine and guava to blend it into a wonderfully refreshing and slightly puckering delicious sour ale. This beer contains lactose

Great Notion

• Blueberry Muffin – Blueberry Muffin inspired Sour
• Pog Frog – POG Frog is a new anytime crusher made with passionfruit, orange, and guava for just the right blend of sweet and sour
• Hedge Bier – 5.8% Dry Hopped Pilsner – Hedge Bier is a dry hopped Pilsner brightened up with the help of Strata and Citra hops. Hedge is clean and crisp like any good lager should be and it comes with a small touch of West Coast influence
• Over Ripe – 7.5% Fruited Hazy IPA – Over Ripe is a tropical hazy IPA brewed with a unique blend of hops. This beer is saturated with flavors of over ripe fruit like cantaloupe, guava, pineapple and papaya

BlackStack Brewing

• Late to the Party – Fest Style Oktoberfest Beer 
• I Thought You’d Never Ask – DIPA – Double IPA. A long overdue blend of some of our favorite varietals: our hand selected Citra Cryo, Idaho 7 Cryo, and El Darado in questionable quantities

Phase 3 Brewing Company

• DDH Nonbinary Code – Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA 7.7%
• Double Pineapple Chantilly – Imperial Double Milkshake IPA
• P3 Oktoberfest – Oktoberfest Style! 

Mikerphone Brewing Company

• Smells Like Bean Spirit – Breakfast Stout with Vermont Maple Syrup and Super Sumatra coffee from Tugboat Coffee Roasters – 10.75%
• Sound Czech – Czech-Style Pilsner – 4.5%

Crooked Stave 

• Just Peachy – Sour Ale Aged on Colorado-Grown Peaches
• Nightmare on Brett Blackberry – Blackberry Fruited Sour
• Mojito Sour – Sour Ale brewed with lime & mint
• Peach IPA – IPA brewed with Peaches then dry hopped with Strata, El Dorado & Adeena
• Sour Rose – Sour Ale fermented in oak with Raspberries & Blueberries

• Schmoojee Orange Creamsicle Puffsicle – Marshmallow Creamsicle Smoothie
• Schmoojee Raspberry Blackberry – An OG Schmoojee Favorite

BlackStack Brewing

• Enter the Dragon – 8% Double IPA. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the best Kung-Fu movies of all time with a seriously punchy hand selected Salvo Lotus, Mosaic T90, Mosaic Cryo, T90 Talus and T90 El Dorado.
• News to me New Zealand IPA – Only reporting the good news with freshly selected New Zealand Hops, full of beautifully striking Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin and Motueka. 7% New Zealand IPA
• Polar Express Cold IPA – Fermented with a cold yeast strain that normally ferments hot and fast. El Dorado, Nugget and experimental HBC 1019 in a gloriously crispy package. 6.9% Cold IPA

Phase 3 Brewing Company

• DDH Double Mindspark – 7% Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA possessing tropical fruit aromatics frothing over notes of blueberry and tangerine. A mosaic masterpiece brewed for the cerebral sipper, where every gulp is an electrifying jigsaw piece of hoppy revelations. Ignite your neurons!
• Grounded in Reality – A youthful sibling to the previous brew, DDH Unchecked Imagination. Packaging all of the same flavors at a fraction of the ABV. This is where the ethereal dreams of Citra meet the down-to-earth whispers of Motueka, offering a sip that’s both a whimsical flight and a return ticket to the here and now.
• Pixel Density Mini – Byte-sized 4.5% version of our flagship brew, offering a rich resolution of “Pixel Density” without the full download of ABV.
• Proper Trollied – 3.9% Dark English Mild Ale. Crafted for session drinking, with a delicate blend of English malts, it’s the beer all the coolest hype beer fans have been asking for.
• Floating Free – 5.2% Belgian Wit brewed traditionally.  Begins with raw and malted wheat, pilsner malt and a splash of flaked oats then infused in the kettle with crushed coriander and orange peel to accentuate the phenolics and esters from a classis Belgian yeast.

Mikerphone Brewing Company

• Super Special Sauce – DDH New England-Style Double India pale ale w/ Mosaic hops
• Blue & Yellow – Berliner-style weisse ale with blueberry and meyer lemon

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• Blueberry Rhubarb A La Mode – Rhubarb is back and this time it’s blue in this fruited sour release. Made with blueberry puree, rhubarb, cinnamon and caramelly brown sugar this sweet and sour stunner will hit all the summer pie vibes. 6%
• White Grape Sour – Starting with fresh white grape juice from the west coast, we added thiolized yeast to this fruity sour ale to pump up those tropical fruit noted, resulting in an elegant sweet and sour delicacy. 6%
• Tropical Pink Lemonade Florida Seltzer – Dive into the ultimate taste of paradise with this new limited creation. Bursting with refreshing sun-kissed tropical fruit and tangy lemonade this sparkling seltzer will transport your taste buds to a sunny beach with every sip.5%

• Surf Zombie – Collab with Beer Zombies – Smoothie with Passion, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Pineapple & Rum
• Schmoojee Orange Creamsicle Puffsicle – Marshmallow Creamsicle Smoothie
• Squashee – Homes/Smooj Collab – Schmoojee with Peach, Black Currant, Vanilla, Vanilla Soft Serve & a Touch of Mint
• Schmoojee Moon – Smoothie with Blackberry, Blueberry, Black Cherry & Dark Chocolate
• Schmoojee Sun – Smoothie with Orange, Guava, Passionfruit & Pineapple
• Schmoojee Raspberry Blackberry – An OG Schmoojee Favorite
• Faceless Machinations – We brewed up a new double IPA, then packed it with our special Nectaron and Citra hops. Trippy, extra fleshy mangoes, skewered pineapples, citrus medleys and new attitude peaches
• TDH Sun Kissed – Our original hazy double IPA, Sun Kissed has been around longer than Imprint Beer Co…. Sun Kissed features malted and flaked oats, one of our house haze strains, and Citra, Mosaic and Nelson in the dry hop. 7.7% ABV.

BlackStack Brewing

• Freestyle Friday – A fresh & unfiltered TIPA featuring some of our favorite varietals from the OGs down at Freestyle Farms in New Zealand. Seeing how long we can flow for with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka & Riwaka. Live & direct, it doesn’t always need to rhyme.
• Slumber Party – Do you wanna build a fort? Come & get cozy with some of our favorite pillowy hops: Mosaic, Cascade, Idaho 7 Cryo & Azacca Cryo. Built for comfort on an oat heavy bed, let this one help you go night night

Angry Chair Brewing 

• Full Cirle -Our take on the American Light Lager style. Light in body and color and extremely crushable
• Moon Butter -Peanut butter and Chocolate Stout
• Slivered -Imperial sweet stout with Marcona almonds, wild Thai banana, Comoros vanilla beans and lactose – 11% abv
• Strawberry Tee Time – Strawberry Berliner Weiss Sour
• Everywhere and Nowhere -Imperial sweet stout with coconut, little black and white kreme cookies and lactose – 10.5% abv

Phase 3 Brewing Company

• Curiosity Survives Cream Ale – A classic American ale brewed with pale 2-row barley, flaked corn, and a touch of specialty malt. Clean and crisp, with a distinct grainy flavor and a balancing bitterness.
• DDH Cryptid Haze – Double dry-hopped double IPA featuring Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic hops.
• Geo – West Coast Style Pilsner
• Stay Wild – American DIPA with Pineapple Express terpenes

Mikerphone Brewing Company

• Check 1,2 – Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA with Citra hops
• Rhyme Dust – Double Dry-Hopped Double India Pale Ale with Citra and Mosaic Hops
• Misty Mountain Hop – IPA brewed w/ Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops.

Press release courtesy of Big Grove:

Big Grove Brewery Celebrates 10-Year Milestone with Weeklong Festivities

Unforgettable music & events, commemorative beer releases, and exclusive merch planned.

Iowa City, IA (August 03, 2023): Big Grove Brewery is raising a glass to celebrate a decade of amazing experiences, fresh craft beer, and Iowa hospitality. 

To commemorate the past ten years, brewers at Big Grove we are crafting ten original beers, including fan favorites, Big Grove IPA, Que Será, and the beer that started it all, West Main Wheat. These small-batch beers will be released during their anniversary throughout ten days of celebrations and community events leading up to the brewery’s official anniversary over Labor Day weekend. 

Big Grove Brewery was founded in 2013 at 101 West Main Street in Solon, Iowa, by partners Doug Goettsch, Faye Swift, and Matt Swift. From day one, we have believed “you have to give people a reason to leave their living room,” recalled Faye. On her business partners, “Matt and I have tremendous trust in each other, and Doug was a constant hospitality guru, that’s who he is in his bones.” The trio pushed on the original concept of high-quality beer, great food, and genuine care for our community. Faye added, “The best it can be is what we want it to be. I’m a person who believes in creating opportunity, and if you can see it, you can seize it.”

In 2017, the company opened Big Grove Brewery & Taproom with a full-scale production facility in Iowa City and now maintains a platinum green certification. The original partners continue to operate the company with additional operating partners for Iowa City, Des Moines, and a soon-to-be-open Lagerhaus-style brewery in Cedar Rapids. Still innovating a decade later, Big Grove Brewery offers beyond beer products, including spirit-based seltzers, and plans to release cannabis-infused sparkling water beverages. Big Grove beverages are available at bars, restaurants, and retailers across the entire state. 

The festivities officially kick off Saturday, August 26th, in the evening, with music from The Dip. The concert will be hosted in the yard from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Big Grove Brewery taproom at 1225 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City. Readers of this article can use code backyardbigshow1z to receive 25% off two tickets. The 10-year milestone party will occur on Sunday, September 3, at the original Solon Big Grove location on Main Street. The day-long Sunday Funday event will offer a street party with kids and family activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., exclusive merchandise, and a closing concert featuring Trophy Dads. 

The week’s event lineup includes: 

Backyard Big Show, Iowa City (Saturday, August 26, from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Big Grove Brewery & Taproom Iowa City is welcoming The Dip, Alanna Royale, and James Tutson and the Rollback to the main outdoor stage for the Backyard Big Show – a first annual backyard live music celebration. All tickets are general admission and are $45 each, or readers of this article can use code backyardbigshow1z for two tickets for $70. Purchase tickets here. 

• Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
• Opening act at 5:30 p.m.
• Music until 10 p.m.
• Fireworks at 10 p.m.
• DJ Douglas keeps the after-party going after fireworks

Market After Dark, Cedar Rapids (Saturday, August 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.)

Find Big Grove at the Market After Dark event in downtown Cedar Rapids. Sponsoring this year’s main stage, located at 5th Street & 4th Avenue SE, fans can rock with the premier Twin Cities horn band, High and Mighty.

10 Year Fan Trivia & Special Annv. Beer Tapping, Solon (Tuesday, August 29, at 3:00 p.m.)

Trivia all-day to celebrate ten years in Solon, featuring special merchandise prizes for winners. Plus, two exclusive anniversary beer tappings at 3 p.m.

Teach me how to Dougie, Des Moines (Wednesday, August 30, from 11:00 to 10:00 p.m.) 

Special menu item featuring a combination of Mac & Cheese with Tater Tot Casserole, a legendary Solon menu item named after Big Grove co-founder Doug Goettsch. Top it off with special beers exclusive to Des Moines. 

Throwback Thursday, Iowa City (Thursday, August 31, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.)

Wear your best Big Grove Brewery throwback gear and get entered to win a $100 raffle prize. No gear? Grab some merch from the store and get entered for other Big Grove gift card raffle prizes. 

Fryfest, Coralville (Friday, September 1, from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m.)

Find Big Grove at the FRYfest High Porch Block Party in the Beverage Garden and with custom merch and samples at the expo. The Block Party is just outside the Hyatt Exhibit Hall, with easy access to the bags area, food, and cold beverages. 

Game Watch Parties, Des Moines & Iowa City Taprooms (Saturday, September 2, time TDB)

Watch Iowa v.s. Utah State and Iowa State v.s. UNI Panthers at Big Grove Brewery taprooms. Unique game day-themed foods and anniversary beverages are planned at each location. 

10 Year Celebrations!, Solon (Sunday, September 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) It’s an all-day Labor Day weekend, Solon Sunday Funday street party with kids and family activities from 10 am-3 pm, live music, commemorative beer releases, and a closing concert hosted by the Trophy Dads, Solon’s premier party band.  All are welcome.

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About Big Grove Brewery: Big Grove Brewery is among Iowa’s top craft beer producers and ranks in the top 3% for barrel production nationally. In 2013, the brewery started as a 3.5-barrel brewhouse in Solon, Iowa, and focused on freshly made craft beer and elevated pub cuisine. The brewery opened a 28,000-square-foot production facility four years later, anchoring the Iowa City Riverfront Crossings redevelopment project. Big Grove has received multiple craft brewing medals, including a gold medal for Easy Eddy, its flagship Hazy IPA and Citrus Surfer Fruited Wheat.

New Sour this Friday, August 4th!

Splash Park is a kettle sour brewed with strawberry, watermelon and kiwi! The perfect trifecta to quench your summer thirst!

Available in 16oz 4-packs, and on Draft!

Get to Dubuque Saturday morning and then get online at OZNR Sunday night if you want to get your hands on some tasty brews! Dimensional Brewing will be releasing Slumber Saturday July 29th starting at 11 am at the taproom in Dubuque and S’Mortal Kombat will be an OZNR release this coming Sunday (7/23) with pickup taking place on July 29th! Here’s more on both of these brews courtesy of the brewery:

2023 BARREL AGED S’MORTAL KOMBAT is a 15.4% imperial stout aged 17 months in Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels and then rested on graham cracker, cacao, and marshmallow! This beer will be sold in 2, 500ml. bottle sets for $60 + tax and fees. This will be released on the OZNR app at 7PM on Sunday, July 23rd until sold out. Proxies will be allowed and MUST to be indicated on OZNR. Bottle pick-up window will begin at 11am on Saturday July 29th and go until August 13th at 7PM. If purchasing BA S’mortal Kombat, please make sure you or your proxy can pick up during the pickup window.

SLUMBER is big ol’ 16.5% English Barleywine that rested for 23 months in a single @Blaum Brothers Rye Whiskey Barrel. This beer will be released in-person on July 29th at 11am. Bottles will be sold for $30 + tax each. Limits will be determined on turn out on the 29th. #BiL

Eden Heritage Cider:

• Eden Heritage Cider 6/4/16oz CANS – Authentic Heritage Cider. Locally grown Heritage Dabinett • McIntosh • Empire • Spartan • Esopus Spitzenburg varieties. Pressed at harvest, fermented slowly and cold to preserve every drop of flavor. No added sugar, color or flavoring. Kingston Black, McIntosh, Empire, Bulmers Norman, Gravenstein. 6.2% ABV – VT
• Eden Brut Nature Sparkling Champagne Cider 12/375ml – Half-Bottles – Naturally sparkling dry hard cider made from heirloom and bittersweet apple varieties. Bubbly, very dry, balanced flavors. 8.4% ABV – VT
• Eden Imperial Rose Cider 12/375ml – This elegant hard cider is reminiscent of Champagne. Barrel-fermented and aged 1 year in French Oak puncheons • Secondary fermentation in the bottle using juice, no sugar added.100% Vermont Apples. 8.5% ABV – VT
• Eden Iapetus Wines Collab: Orogenies 12/750ml – Collaboration with Iapetus Wines of Shelburne, Vermont. Apple-Grape Petillant Naturel with white wine grapes and heirloom apples. GRAPE VARIETIES: Louise Swenson • Itasca • APPLE VARIETIES: Gravenstein • St. Edmunds Russet • Rubinette • Binet Rouge • Cherry Cox. • 90 cases produced •

ABOMINATION BREWING COMPANY:

• Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Rocket Pop 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Smoothie Sour Ale brewed with Cherry, Lime, Blueberry, & Raspberry. Pairs well with poolside hangs! 5.5% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Strawberry Creamsicle 6/4/16oz CANS –  Fruited Smoothie Sour Ale brewed with Strawberry & Vanilla. 5.5% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog ROCKET POP 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH DIPA brewed with Cherry, Lime, Blueberry, & Raspberry. 8.6% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog AFRICAN QUEEN 6/4/16oz CANS – African Queen DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing White Stouts Can’t Jump 6/4/16oz CANS – Double White Stout fermented atop Vanilla Beans, Chocolate & Locally Roasted Coffee beans. 9.6% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing The Harvester Soursop, Tangerine and Blueberry 6/4/16oz CANS – The Harvester is a rotating series of fruit forward sours exploring how various fruit combinations play off each other in a sour ale. Brewed with Soursop, Tangerine, & Blueberry. For a Harvester Slushie, Stick in in Freezer. Wait 2 Hours. Open. Pour. Enjoy & Thank us later!  DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE BEER YOU STUCK IN THE FREEZER 🙂 7.1% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Chocolate Fondue 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Pastry Imperial Stout with Chocolate Cream, Vanilla & Pound Cake. 14% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH w/ Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
• Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing Wandering Fog Battle CITRA vs. SABRO 6/4/16oz CANS – QUADRUPLE Dry Hopped DIPA w/ Citra & Sabro. 8.6% ABV – CT
• ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT
• Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
• Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamatorium Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 11.3% ABV.
• Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamsphere Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Sour Ale with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 7% ABV.
• Abomination Brewing Luscious V2 – Double Fruited – Banana + Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Banana, Strawberry, & Blueberry Smoothie seltzer. 5.5% ABV – CT