Just visited about a week ago and thought I would pass along my thoughts for any people in this location looking for a place to buy some good beer. The first thing I noticed about this store is that it has many beers I haven’t seen before and also has things to make homebrew. Also, a huge selection of wine and fine foods. Prices seemed reasonable and many different styles were available. Check out their website http://www.benzbeveragedepot.com/ for more info.

Visiting family and friends in Bellevue I was informed that this little river town has a new bar. Located on main street in Bellevue, Keil’s was refreshing from the usual wide opened bar, small beer list, and loud music that usually accompanies most of Bellevue’s watering holes. This bar is different. A small, quaint bar, nicely decorated, only serving peanuts for food, and best of all, a really good beer selection. Of course they have the usual light beers, but also on the menu were many stouts, wheats, IPAs, pale ales, and porters. A fresh change of pace and a place I recommend if you are ever in Bellevue, IA. Best of all, right across the street is some damn fine BBQ.

Visiting family and friends in Bellevue I was informed that this little river town has a new bar. Located on main street in Bellevue, Keil’s was refreshing from the usual wide opened bar, small beer list, and loud music that usually accompanies most of Bellevue’s watering holes. This bar is different. A small, quaint bar, nicely decorated, only serving peanuts for food, and best of all, a really good beer selection. Of course they have the usual light beers, but also on the menu were many stouts, wheats, IPAs, pale ales, and porters. A fresh change of pace and a place I recommend if you are ever in Bellevue, IA. Best of all, right across the street is some damn fine BBQ.

First thing I do when drinking a beer is pour it in a glass. No drinking out of the bottle or can, it needs to breathe, get it into a glass for maximum flavor. Then check out the color of the beer and then swirl it in the glass to pull out the aromas of the beer. Next, smell it. Try to pick up some of the different types of smells coming from this particular beer. Now, the best part, taste it. Don’t just gulp it down, but actually taste the beer to see if you can pick up the flavors of this beer. After that, enjoy the rest!

Alright, so this is my first attempt at blogging, and I guess I might as well blog about what I enjoy in life. Therefore, this blog will be mostly about beer. I will talk about beer, breweries, bars, and places to pick up a good sixer.
ABOUT ME: I live in Iowa in a town pretty close to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. I didn’t know much about beer until I started just trying random beers from John’s Grocery in Iowa City and also by joining the “World Beer Tour” at Old Chicago on the Coralville Strip. Pretty much, what I’m going to do is talk about some beers I’m drinking at the time and let you know what I think about them. My goal will be to get people to try something different than the normal mass produced products of Bud, Busch, Miller, and Coors.  I will post my first review very soon. Thanks for checking out my blog!