Coralville Hy-Vee wine and spirits Surly Brewing Company glass give away and tasting Thursday April 14th from 4-6pm. Sampling. Carl from Surly will be on hand sampling Blakkr Imperial Black Ipa, Overrated West coast ipa, Coffee bender brown ale, and the new Xtra citra pale ale. More info on the poster below:
An exciting beer event coming next Friday to Blackstone. Pour it Black Goose Island Bourbon County Mexican Cake. Founders KBS, Central Waters B.A. Stout and Madhouse’s Carpe Diem. Another great event hosted by Sam and the folks at Blackstone:
As part of America’s River Festival will be “The Tappening”. A beer festival mixed in with some great live music will be taking place Saturday June 11th from noon-4 in the Port of Dubuque. There will be more than 25 breweries, live music, and food. If you are in the Dubuque area make sure you check out this event! Stay tuned for more info on breweries that will be in attendance.
Participating Breweries:
Another Road Brewing
Baraboo Brewing Co
Bent River Brewing
Big Grove
Blaum Bros. Distilling Co
Confluence Brewing
Exile Brewing
Franklin Street Brewing Co
Generations Brewing Company
Goose Island
Granite City Brewing
Jubeck Brewery
Kalona Brewing Co.
Millstream
Mississippi River Distilling Co.
Paradise Distilling
Potosi Brewery
Rockford Brewing Co.
Shock Top
Stella Artois
Third Base Brewery
Turner Alley
Interested in midwest hops and would like to learn more? Buck Creek Hop Grower’s Alliance is having a meeting on April 16th @ the Coralville Marriott. Become a member also listen to guest speakers Bill Heinrich of Kickshaw Barrel Works and Diana Cochran, Specialist in Horticulture from Iowa State. More info below, sounds like a great time!:
Anytime I see Blackberry Farm news I get pretty excited. I’m a huge fan of their saisons and recently came across their Noble Cuvee Dry Hopped Saison which I absolutely loved. According to mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com they are releasing 2 more beers for distro and hopefully, and I stress hopefully, we will see them in Eastern Iowa.
The two new releases are Buckwheat Strawberry and Tennessee Cream Ale. It looks like both will come in 750 mL bottles and hit 6.3% ABV. These two beers are part of their “Native” series. Here’s more on that series from Blackberry Farm:
Our Native family of ales feature a wide range of styles and flavors that share one extraordinary, common component: native wild yeasts harvested from across Blackberry Farm’s 9,200 protected acres at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains.
With the addition of Odell this week and Firestone Walker’s imminent appearance, the shelves of Iowa liquor stores sure have a cramping issue! A great problem for us consumers to have this many options. So, thinking of the newest additions to the state I was wondering who everyone thinks is the best non-Iowa brewery on our shelves? I’m thinking their whole portfolio that we see, or if you just have a particular favorite. Who’s the best? I know we could get into an oversaturation conversation easily here and pick the worst, but let’s look on the brightside. Your favorite brewery on our shelves? Would love some discussion on this one! Let me know if I’ve left anyone notable out, cheers!
Big Grove Brewery will be adding another IPA to their already impressive portfolio when they tap Hop Lopper Double IPA this Friday, April 8th when the doors open! Here’s more on this beer:
Brewed using honey and wheat malt, local honey, and decapitating amount of Cascade, Wakatu, and Green Bullet in the Dry Hopping. This beer will come in at 8%.
The rollout of this beer will start next Tuesday, April 12th, at the Bar’Ber Shop in Coralville.
Get out and get yourself a taste!
If you are a Hopslam lover then this is right up your alley and will be a can’t miss event. Red’s Alehouse in North Liberty is 
receiving 1 of the 3 kegs supplied to Iowa from Bells of their Hop GrandSlam! Hopslam dry hopped and more honey added, it comes in at 10.5% and Reds wants to try to set their personal best record of emptying a keg. Can 14 minutes be topped? Here’s more from Reds on this exciting event!
BREAK THE RECORD WITH BELL’S BREWERY!Most likely, the majority of you know of a little beer made by Bell’s known as Hopslam. But, we’re guessing the majority of you have not heard ofBELL’S HOP GRANDSLAM!The first year Bell’s has made this mystery beast of a beer, it’s Hopslam dry-hopped at twice the rate and even more Michigan honey and coming in at a whopping 10.5%. The kicker? Only 3 kegs were sent to this state.So, what should we do with it? Obviously, throw a party!April 19th, we’re hoping to break our personal best time of emptying a keg from start to finish! Can we finish this keg in under 14 minutes? We sure gosh-darn think so! But we need your help!To even further incentivize you to show up and help us, we’re tapping the following the same day:Bell’s The Wild OneBell’s Barrel Aged Consecrator DopplebockMilchkaffee Milk Stout
Per Reds Alehouse email:
More and more renowned breweries keep popping up in our state and we couldn’t be happier!! Odell Brewing from Fort Collins is launching in the Hawkeye State this
Tuesday April 5th.Reds will be one of the first places in Iowa to tap Odell beers along with having owner and co-founder Doug Odell in the building!“Well, what beers will you have Reds?”Good question beer nerd!Reds will be tapping the following brews on Tuesday:Mycernary DIPATreeshaker Peach DIPACutthroat PorterIPA90 SchillingFriekPina Agria*The Meddler*Russian Pirate**limited releaseCome hang with us, the cool folks from Odell, grab some free swag and delicious beers and have a grand ol’ time!
Please join us in welcoming Odell Brewing Co. to Iowa, we will be receiving many fantastic beers from them on Monday and on Tuesday a couple of brewery representatives will be on hand from 4:00-5:30 to sample through their beers.
Odell will be rolling into Iowa next week and release parties are taking shape. Hy-Vee in Coralville will be hosting one on April 7th. More info is listed in the flyer below:
