The Cedar Rapids Ale Trail is a terrific way to venture out and try some the best food and beer in the area and save money while doing so!
Over $500 in discounts and perks at more than 25 of the best breweries and restaurants in the Cedar Rapids area. Available on your phone for only $30 per year.
The best way to experience Cedar Rapids’ national award-winning craft beer & culinary scene.
Let’s go ahead and focus on some of the perks that having the CR Ale Trail app can get you by looking at what our local breweries/beer stores are offering when purchasing. Here we go:
**Another Road Brewing**
1. Buy one pint get the second pint half off. Put the bag in the hole with one shot on table bags, get free bottle opener.
2. $5 off $25
3. Buy one pint and get 2nd pint 1/2 off
**Benz Beverage Depot**
1. 15% off 2 mix and match 6 packs.
2. 10% off 1 mix and match 6 pack
**Iowa Brewing Company**
1. $10 off $25
2. $5 off a growler fill – limit two per day
**Lion Bridge Brewing Company**
1. Free 8 oz beer with purchase of taster tra
2. 1/2 price nacho platter with purchase of taster tray
**Millstream Brewing Company**
1. $10 off $25
2. Buy one beer and get the 2nd for $1
**The Quarter Barrel Arcade and Brewery**
1. Two free beer flights with purchase of any pizza
2. 1 liter glass stein of any house brew for price of a pint
**Third Base Brewery**
1. Receive a 25 oz mug for the price of a pint: $4.50
That’s just the breweries! Stay tuned for deals at Hy-Vees and restaurants! For more information visit the Cedar Rapids Ale Trail Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/crAleTrail/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
A last minute change to the Brrr Fest lineup has Lost Duck Brewing company not attending the event and Iowa Brewing Company taking their place.
I couldn’t do just 1 Drink This! edition this time around as the state of Iowa is sending out so much great beer I had to do three! As we approach the 2017 Coralville Brrr Fest and with the program released this past week anticipation is mounting for ticket holders to get a taste of Iowa’s finest breweries and beers. Within the last 5 days I’ve had the opportunity to try 3 amazing beers from 3 amazing Iowa breweries. So here are three beers the you have to DRINK NOW!
**Big Grove Brewery – Buster Triple IPA**
**Lion Bridge Brewery – GAZPROM 2017**
**Madhouse Brewery – VIP Barrel Aged Vanilla Porter**
There she is..Buster Triple IPA checking in at 11.3%. It got kegged today and will be tapping this week on Friday. Here’s a list of who will have this bad boy on tap: Shorts Burger & Shine, Club 76, Reds, 30Hop, Vesta, Zeppelins, Need Pizza, Bricks, The Mill, Blackstone, Shakespeare’s, Central Standard and Mosley’s.
The fellas at Big Grove Brewery in Solon continue to be busy brewing up some tastiness for us beer drinking folks and next Tuesday they are bringing out the big guns as “Buster” makes its way back to their tap lines.
Coralville Brrr Fest is 10 short days away and the lineup of breweries just got a little bit bigger. According to an email from Brrr Fest organizers there are 6 more breweries added to the list. They are:
Sierra Nevada Brewing company looks like they are tweaking their Hoptimum recipe a bit as according to mybeerbuzz.com, they are reimagining their popular triple IPA and they have stated it will be their “hoppiest beer yet”. The back of the bottle description informs us that it will be a tropical hop and citrus hop aroma profile. It looks to also check in at 9.6%.
Sierra Nevada Brewing company looks like they are tweaking their Hoptimum recipe a bit as according to mybeerbuzz.com, they are reimagining their popular triple IPA and they have stated it will be their “hoppiest beer yet”. The back of the bottle description informs us that it will be a tropical hop and citrus hop aroma profile. It looks to also check in at 9.6%.
