Two Big Grove favorites make their way back to BG taprooms starting today as Big Ed and Burch the Bear will be available at all Big Grove locations starting today and will hit distro next week! More on these delicious brews:
*Big Ed* – double New England hazy IPA – 8.3% ABV – Here for the party! Enjoy big flavors of papaya, mango, and coconut from this hazy double IPA brewed with Sabro, Mosaic, and Simcoe. Throw on some buffalo plaid and kick back with Big Ed.
*Burch the Bear* – Brown ale – 5% ABV – Honoring Iowa’s first mascot, Burch, a real-life brown bear from 1908…this classic, easy drinking brown ale features notes of hazelnut and chocolate with a crisp, easy finish.
Two Villains MADVILLAINS 6/4/16oz CANS – NE DIPA DDH w/ Citra/Mosaic/Cashmere/Motueka. An Homage to “Dedicated to the late and great MF DOOM (and of course Madlib), from a recipe we wrote in our home brew days and brewed while listening to the album that inspired our brand. Big notes of fresh papaya and mango, follow through with a smooth and full mouthfeel, all while staying tropical and finishing clean. 8.8% ABV – NJ
OFF COLOR BREWING:
Off Color Apex Predator 6/4/16oz CANS – Off Color famed Saison. American-Belgian hybrid style combines free rise fermentation with a traditional Belgian Saison yeast and a hefty, American style dry hopping. 6.5% ABV – IL
Off Color Beer for Tacos 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose brewed with Kaffir Lime Leaf, Key Lime, Orange & Pink Himalayan Salt. 4.5% ABV – IL
Off Color Beer for Burgers 6/4/16oz CANS – Helles Bock Style Beer Blended With Bourbon Barrel Aged Lager. This batch was entirely aged in Willet barrels which lends a more pronounced bourbon. 7% ABV – IL
Off Color Cherry Beer for Pizza 6/4/16oz CANS – Cherry Cola Ale Brewed with Pizza in mind. Simply Delicious. 5% ABV – IL
Off Color Dino’Smores 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Marshmallow,Vanilla Bean, Molasses, Graham Flour. 10.5% ABV – IL
Tox Brewing 4 Eyed Frog 6/4/16oz CANS – Collab. w/ Long Live Beerworks. DIPA brewed with some new and experimental hops from Freestyle Hops in New Zealand. 4 Eyed Frog is packed full of Phantasm infused Mega Motueka, brand new Paradisi, Rakau, Southern Cross Kief. 8% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Ergot 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoppy American Wheat Beer with Coriander and Citrus. 5.2% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Poltergeist 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry Hopped Triple IPA with Galaxy, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, and Mosaic. 10% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Ink – Dark Stuff 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Blackberry, Black Currant, Blueberry, Sweet Cherry, Plum, Lactose, & Vanilla. 6% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Fugu 6/4/16oz CANS – Citra, Cashmere, & El Dorado IPA. Immensely aromatic and complexly hoppy for its crushable nature, Fugu combines a carefully selected combination of American hops 6.5% ABV – CT
Tox Brewing Training Wings 6/4/16oz CANS – Beautiful American Pale Ale with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe. 6% ABV – CT
EVIL TWIN BREWING NYC:
Evil Twin Before During & After Xmas IPA 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped with Galaxy, Motueka, and Sabro. 8% ABV – NYC
Evil Twin Before During and After Dinner 6/4/16oz CANS – Coffee Stout – 8% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Fog Nog 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Lactose & Egg Nog Spices. 9.1% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Gingerbread Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Gingerbread Cookies. 9.1% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Snow 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Lactose and Marshmallow. 9.1% ABV – CT
FAT ORANGE CAT:
Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Elves 6/4/16oz CANS – Holiday edition of Baby Kittens. They’ve amp’d up Kittens to 9%, with the same hops (Galaxy Citra and Simcoe) just more of them 9% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Cat Santa Claws 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cinnamon buns!! 9.1% ABV – CT
SKYGAZER BREWING:
Skygazer Holiday Watercolors Creamee 6/4/16oz CANS – Raspberry, Gingerbread & Marshmallow Creamy Sour Ale. Watercolors Creamee with a bit of Christmas cheer added! 5.5% ABV – CT
Phase Three Doggone Delish A love letter to Nelson Sauvin hops. This hazy Double IPA exclusively features Nelson, showcasing an intense, bright white-peach flavor and an impactful citrus aroma. As the name implies, it’s doggone delish!
Pixel Density IPA with citra 6.5%
Baltic Porter Our take on a black lager. Super smooth for the elevated ABV, cold-fermented with some roast, a testament to patience, time, and built for the dark days of winter. 10.5%
Frog Stack: Strawberry Rhubarb Marshmallow For this iteration of Frog Stack, we took a gose base, then topped it off with strawberry, rhubarb and a kiss of marshmallow for a super juicy & fruity experience.
Bursting With Joy Our cup runneth over with cool new hop products to play with. Case in point, this soft little number with hefty doses of our hand-selected Citra along with Citra Hopburst & Nectaron Hopburst.7%
Eagle Amber Amber Lager – 4.9% ABV Smooth malt character with bread and caramel notes, balanced by spicy hops to yield a beer for all seasons! A re-branding of our award-winning Tragedy Of The Common recipe. Winner of The World Beer Cup Silver Medal in 2018, and the GABF Silver Medal in 2016
Bohemian Rapids Czech Pilsner – 5.2% ABV A traditional Czech Pilsner. Bright, crisp and noble hop forward. A refreshing lager for the craft beer fan. Na zdravi!
Surf Zombies West Coast IPA – 6.9% ABV Named for Iowa’s epic surf rockers, our gnarly, brain-devouring West Coast-inspired IPA features Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial and Cascade hops. Who needs braaaains, when you’ve got beer this good? A great “old-school” IPA in a world gone hazy crazy!
Zoinks! Juicy Session IPA – 4.5% ABV A session-able Session IPA, with loads of Mosaic hops! Oh yeah, there’s some Citra hops too, which bring up the background!
Mallow Gold (Imperial S’mores Stout, 9.0%) – We brewed an exceptionally decadent stout and s’moresified it! Marshmallow, Ghanaian Chocolate, and Graham Cracker meld beautifully in this campfire beer.
Dream Catcher (Black IPA w/Simcoe and Cascade, 7.1%) – Scary things can lurk in the dark. But so can delicious hoppy things! Don’t be afraid of the dark base beer. Dream Catcher is all you wanted in an IPA, and all you didn’t even know you wanted!
HASH STASH CRYO IPA drops at both the Iowa City and Coralville taprooms today! Brewed with 100% cryo hops this hazy IPA features all the pure and concentrated oils of lemony Cashmere, dank Columbus and tropical Idaho 7. No flower here my dude. Snag a pint or a 4 pack today and look for it in wider distro next week!
Evil Twin Before During & After Xmas IPA 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped with Galaxy, Motueka, and Sabro. 8% ABV – NYC
Evil Twin Xmas Eve at a NYC Hotel – Royal Suite Edition 6/4/16oz CANS – The perfect dessert stout with marshmallow, toasted coconut, vanilla, and cocoa nibs. Decadent, sweet, full-bodied. 10% ABV – NYC
ABOMINATION BREWING:
Abomination Brewing Fog Nog 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Lactose & Egg Nog Spices. 9.1% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Gingerbread Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Gingerbread Cookies. 9.1% ABV – CT
Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Snow 6/4/16oz CANS – Double IPA dry-hopped brewed with Lactose and Marshmallow. 9.1% ABV – CT
FAT ORANGE CAT:
Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Elves 6/4/16oz CANS – Holiday edition of Baby Kittens. They’ve amp’d up Kittens to 9%, with the same hops (Galaxy Citra and Simcoe) just more of them 9% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Cat Santa Claws 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Cinnamon buns!! 9.1% ABV – CT
SKYGAZER BREWING:
Skygazer Watercolors Christmas Creamee 6/4/16oz CANS – Raspberry, Gingerbread & Marshmallow Creamy Sour Ale. Watercolors Creamee with a bit of Christmas cheer added! 5.5% ABV – CT
Anarchy Fuel Hopped with Cashmere Cryo, Nelson Sauvin, and Motueka.8.5%
Bagheera Sour Ale with Boysenberries, Black Currant, Vanilla, and Lactose. Collab with Kings Brewing 7%
Everhaze This Hazy India Pale Ale is a true delight for hop lovers. Bursting with bright and juicy flavors, it’s brewed with a carefully selected blend of Amarillo, Citra, and Cashmere hops that create a stunning array of citrusy and tropical fruit notes. 7%
Fresco Verde Sour Ale conditioned with Lime, Orange, and surging with electrifying soda-pop. 6%
Hound of Hades Hound Of Hades is a Sour ale conditioned w/ Marshmallows, Raspberries, Sweet Cherry, and Boysenberries in collaboration with our good friends Mortalis Brewing 6%
Kenny Bell Oat Double IPA. Hopped with Motueka, Citra Cryo, and Mosaic. 8.5%
No Mames Our core classic. A crisp, clean, massively refreshing Mexican lager with subtle notes of flaked corn. Limitlessly crushable, beyond satisfying. 6%
Schwein Haben So how about a traditional Marzen, canned with love, just for the occasion. Bavarian-style Marzen 5.5%
Magic Hydra Magic Hydra is a collab beer with our homies from Mortalis. This Sour Ale is conditioned with raspberry, blackberry, kiwi, and marshmallow flavor. 6%
On The Loose On The Loose is a Double India Pale Ale heavily brewed with Citra, Citra CRYO, Simcoe, Idaho 7, and Idaho 7 CRYO. In collaboration with our amigos from Mast Landing Brewing 8.7%
Two Can Play This Game Fruited Sour conditioned with papaya, banana, and pineapple. 6%
Waterproof A collaboration with our amigos from Finback. Conditioned with Mango, Passionfruit, and Prickly Pear 6%
Chocolate Malt Amore – Collab with The Chocolate Shoppe Imperial Pastry Stout with midnight wheat, caramel and chocolate malts, and natural flavors 10%
Skrap Metal Ekuanot, Citra & El Dorado-hopped Double India Pale Ale 7.5%
Elder Secrets of an Ancient Past El Dorado & Vic Secret-Hopped Double India Pale Ale 7.5%
Urbs in Horto Strata & Mosaic-hopped Double India Pale Ale. 2021 New York International Beer Competition Bronze Medalist (Imperial IPA category) 7.5%
Reply Hazy Try Again
Citra, Motueka & Simcoe-hopped Double India Pale Ale 7.5%
Minted
Holiday Imperial Stout Brewed with Chocolate & Frango Mint Oil. A collaboration with Garrett Brands/Frango Mints.10.5%
Phase Three Aloha ‘Aina Double dry-hopped hazy double IPA with Sabro & Mosaic hops and pineapple & guava juice 8%
DDH Galaxy/Citra/El Dorado Double Creme This one we implemented our normal crème treatment of heavy oats and a splash of milk sugar for smoothness and a touch of sweetness. We hit it with a huge charge of Citra, El Dorado & Galaxy. Fruity cotton candy and tropical fruit are in abundance. 7.7%
Pixel Density – Fresh Reload IPA with citra 6.5%
Geo – Fresh Reload This west coast pilsner hits two of our favorite styles of what we like drinking around the brewery, all at once. A crackery clean base of pilsner malt, noble hops, & German lager yeast with tons of mosaic and citra added after fermentation. Big, fruity, dank hops with a kiss or herbal character, all on a soft, crispy-clean base beer. 5.5%
Side Bends or Sit-Ups Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA w/ Citra, El Dorado, and Lotus Hops 8.25%
Bursting With Joy Our cup runneth over with cool new hop products to play with. Case in point, this soft little number with hefty doses of our hand-selected Citra along with Citra Hopburst & Nectaron Hopburst.7%
Clown Shoes Space Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Mosaic, Citra Double IPA features robust hop aromas that carry through to the strong juicy flavors of tropical citrus. 9% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA brewed with terpenes Beta-Pinene and Linalool, aromatic compounds derived from natural botanical sources. They supplement the sweet malt backbone and lively blend of Azacca, Citra, and Mosaic hops that make Rainbows Are Real shine with fresh, juicy notes of sweet citrus. 6.9% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Galactica Dank Nebula 6/4/16oz CANS – West Coast style IPA features Galaxy, Simcoe, and Columbus hops, a rich malty base, plus Dank & Stormy Hopzoil™ 7.2% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Galactica SoCal Citra 6/4/16oz CANS – Modern twist on a classic West Coast style IPA features citrusy hops and a lighter malt character to make a crisp West Coast IPA. 7.2% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Haze Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double IPA with Multiple dry hoppings of Mosaic and Citra. 9% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Fruitorian Guava/Passion 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious Sour Ales with Guava and Passionfruit. 5.8% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Mango Kolsch 6/4/16oz CANS – American Kolsch. This beer is NOT REINHEITSGEBOT. But it is delicious. Mango begins as a crisp and clean traditional Kolsch, then receives a dry hop addition and natural mango flavor. The result is a beer that features a light and crisp body that pairs that with subtle mango flavor and a lingering sweetness at the finish. 5.5% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Mist On The Oaks 6/4/12oz CANS – Rich and Roasty, Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon and Rum barrels that only this crazy bunch can pull out! We encourage you to not wake what lies beneath the mist… 10% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher 6/4/16oz CANS – Big and Bold American Imperial Stout utilizes a malt bill including smoked malts for an Imperial Stout that bursts with dark malt flavor. Rich notes of coffee, and chocolate mingle throughout an intense and full-bodied Stout. 9% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon 6/4/16oz CANS – Russian Imperial Stout Brewed with a monstrous amount of malt and combined with aggressive American hops, this beer is powerful and complex and designed to age.10.5% ABV – MA
CLOWN SHOES STOVEPIPES:
Clown Shoes Snow on the Maple Tree VINTAGE 2021 – 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Maple Conditioned Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels that had premium maple syrup then aged in them. 11% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes The Storyteller 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Imperial Stout aged in WhistlePig Rye Barrels. 10.5% ABV.
Clown Shoes Luchador at Sunrise 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout with Cinnamon, Vanilla, Chipotle, and Ancho Chilis. 10.5% ABV.
Clown Shoes Ancient Hills 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Chocolate Malt Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels. 10% ABV.
Clown Shoes Origin Story 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – IPA Aged in Bourbon Barrels. Rich and complex notes of bourbon and oak mingle uniquely with subtle hoppiness and a sturdy, slightly sweet malt backbone. 9.75% ABV.
Clown Shoes Exorcism at Sunset 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Clown Shoes signature American imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels. 10.75% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes FLIGHT to BOLIVIA 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CANS – Delicious Malty Old Ale Aged WhistlePig Rye barrels that were once Bordeaux barrels. 10% ABV – MA
Glyn-Mawr the Local in Mount Vernon, Iowa is once again selling all Iowa craft beer advent calendars! The calendars are ready to be ordered at the link below!
24 different beers for 24 days in December! Enjoy our 2023 Craft Iowa Beer Advent Calendar from The Local! Each calendar contains 24 craft Iowa brews, individually wrapped as a surprise for you! Included in your purchase is a free drink token from The Local, only available when you pre-order! Your drink token is good for any drink offered on our menu and does not expire (up to $9 value!)
Due to the short turnaround of receiving the beer, and packaging the calendars, these will not be ready for early pick up.
PICK UP BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 22ND AT 10AM! PICK UP DATES ARE:
Wed, 11/22, 10A-4P
CLOSED THANKSGIVING
Fri, 11/24, 12-8P
Sat, 11/25, 8A-8P
Sun, 11/26, 12-6P
Wed, 11/29, 12-8P
Thu, 11/30, 12-8P
Fri, 12/1, 12-8P
Email us at glynmawr@gmail.com with any questions! Happy Holidays from The Local!
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