Aptitude Test – 8% What do you wanna do when you grow up? Flabberghastingly full of our hand selected Mosaic & Citra Cryo with a little sprinkle of fairy dust for posterity. Congratulations… According to this test, when you grow up, you’re gonna be… disappointed.
DDH Local 755 HBC 638 IPA – 8% Our favorite fog dog gets an extra layer of dopeness in the form of a third additional dry hop consisting of Experimental HBC 638 from the fine folks at Yakima Chief & The Hop Breeding Company. Even more love on top of our hand selected Azacca, Amarillo & Citra. Saturated salutations from our house to yours.
I Thought you’d Never Ask 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
Landline NZ Pils
Strata….But Make it POP! – 7% It turns out that “popping more” can be an incredibly difficult thing to quantify for a lab that is trying to screen hop lots as they come in. Showcasing some of our favorite selected lots, in this case Strata & Strata Cryo, & putting them out to pasture with Cryo Pop, a blend from Yakima Chief Hops specifically formulated for dry hopping during primary fermentation.
Thanks In Advance Triple IPA
The Great BlackStack Bake-off Cherry Pie – 6.6% The Beginning Of A Beautiful Saga Inspired By Some Of Our Favorite Crusty Boiz & Late Nights Fretting Over Soggy Soufflés. Our Mixed-Culture, Foeder-Fermented Berliner Base Conditioned On Crumpet Loads of Sweet & Tart Cherries with Painfully Polite Additions of Graham Crackers, Cinnamon, Vanilla & Milk Sugar.
Tox Brewing Coffee and Donuts 6/4/16oz CANS – Collab. w/ Little House Brewing. Imperial Stout with coffee, donuts, strawberry, raspberry & vanilla. 10% 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
Tox Brewing Muscaria 6/4/16oz CANS – Calling all Mosaic and lovers. Double Dry Hopped Mosaic DIPA with Cascade and Citra through various stages of the whirlpool and dry hop. Dangerously smooth for its ABV and has huge notes of dank citrus, mango, flowery berries, and a touch of sweet tropical candy. 8.2% ABV – CT
Skygazer X Front Porch Boba Bliss Pink Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Creamee Bubble Tea Sour Ale brewed with Pink Guava. 5% ABV – CT
Front Porch Twisted Sisters 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious IPA brewed Loral, Ekuanot , HBC 586 hops. 6% ABV – CT – This Beer is in Collaborations with Pink Boots Society, an organization that aims to assist, inspire and encourage women and non-binary individuals in the fermented/alcoholic beverage industry to advance their careers through education.
Front Porch Thank You 6/4/16oz CANS – DIPA with Sabro, Hallertau Blanc, Enigma, Huell Melon and El Dorado. 8% ABV – CT
EREDITÁ BEER:
Eredita Papapils 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp German-style Pilsner. Tettnang and Mittelfrüher hops from Seitz Farms, located in the Hallertau-region of Germany. Bright notes of lemongrass and freshly baked bread are to be experienced with PapaPils. 4.8% ABV – CT
Eredita Pragmatism CITRA 6/4/16oz CANS – Single-hop New England Pale Ale featuring Citra hops grown in the Pacific Northwest! 5.1% ABV – CT
CLOWN SHOES BREWING:
Clown Shoes Pumpkin Sombrero 6/4/16oz CANS – Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout with Pumpkin Puree! 7% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Pumpkin Sombrero 1/6bbl KEG – Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout with Pumpkin Puree! 7% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Harvest Blender 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie IPA with Plum, Peach, Apricot Purées and Lactose. Hopped with Citra and Galaxy. 7% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Harvest Blender 1/6 bbl KEG – Smoothie IPA with Plum, Peach, Apricot Purées and Lactose. Hopped with Citra and Galaxy. 7% ABV – MA
NIGHTMARE BREWING:
Nightmare Brewing Matricide 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout with Toasted Coconut, Roasted Almonds, Ecuadorian Cacao, Madagascan Vanilla and Lactose. 15.1% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Gunga Rao 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR IPA – Gunga Rao is Soured on Pineapple & Coconut, with Moroccan Mint, Sabro, Kohatu & Cashmere hops. 8.3% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Chelsea Grin 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR ALE, soured on Strawberries and Raspberries with Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot Orange Zest. 6.7% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Glasgow Smile 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose soured on Wild Scottish Bilberries with Heather, Lemon Zest, Raspberries and Blueberries. 6.7% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Flayed 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Oat IPA with Azacca, Zythos, Galaxy and Pacifica. 9.6% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Blood Eagle 6/4/16oz CANS – Scandinavian Sour Ale Soured on Lingonberries, Hawthorn Berries, Cloudberries & Comice Pears with Strawberries, Plums and Tart Cherries. The fan favorite is back! 7.5% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Agam Kuan 6/4/16oz CANS – Masala Chai Imperial Stout brewed with Jaggery Tea and cold aged on Indian vanilla and toasted chai spices. 16% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Bamboo Torture 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial IPA brewed with Bamboo Shoots and Dry-Hopped with Akoya & Dragon Hops. 9.6% ABV – NY
An early happy 4 years to Lua Brewing! Starting next Monday, October 9th, they will be releasing beers and having food specials throughout the week. Here’s what they are starting with on Monday courtesy of their Facebook page:
Our 4th Anniversary week kicks off ONE WEEK from today, and we are starting it off with everyone’s favs.
Next Monday (10/9) we will be slinging $4.44 Lua Smush sliders alllll dang day, accompanied by THREE new nostalgia inspired, smoothie-esque sour beers (draft only).
Our annual celebration will include Iowa City, Des Moines, and Solon
Wednesday, October 25, pre-sale begins at biggrove.com for our favorite party of the year! Mark your calendar, set an alarm, tell Siri to remind you… whatever it takes! The 2023 RtW celebrations will be held in Iowa City, Des Moines, and Solon featuring a pair of new beers alongside the Richard 4-packs + Golden Ticket. Here’s a cute stack of pics from the 2022 parties to get the good vibes flowin’.
BA American Imperial Stout – Go back to old-school bottle share days with bomber bottles of this classic Barrel-Aged American Imperial Stout. Heavy and balanced, no adjuncts or wild flavorings, just good old-fashioned barrel-aged stout 15.7%
Graham Cracker Pastry Stout – Pastry Stout with Chocolate Malt & Natural Flavors 11%
Newtro Hard Seltzer – Korean-style hard seltzer with rice and mango puree. 5%
Punch Out Vodka Smoothies (Bermuda, Laguna) – 6%
White Grape Sour – Sour Ale with White Grape Juice 6%
New Zealand Lager – 5.5%
Non-Alch – Berliner Weiss, Cerveza con Limon, Citra Session, American Gold Lager, Italian Pilsner, Orange Peel Wit, West Coast IPA & Variety Pack!
Florida Seltzers – Same case cost as Carbliss and High Noon. Untitled Art uses real fruit and 0 waste malt base from the de-alcholized Non-Alch beers!
DDH Bold – Triple hazy IPA with talus and citra hops 10%
DDH Whimsical Nature – DIPA with Citra and Lotus 7.5%
TDH Triple Creme – This triple dry hopped 10% triple IPA got a massive dose of amazing Citra that’s super expressive and hits all the citra notes we’ve come to love. Brewed with nearly 50% oats and a small hit of milk sugar for smoothness and balance. 10%
Lulz Apple Cinnamon – A seasonally appropriate extension of our classic LULZ Crisp Apple but with a little bit of spice from the cinnamon; reminiscent of apple pie. 5%
Platinum Jubilee – Triple Dry Hopped Double IPA 8.0%- Our buds over at the Chatterbox Pub are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. As the oldest continually operating bar in the Twin Cities, we got together to make a lil congratulatory banger to celebrate. With New Zealand Nelson Sauvin, Cashmere, and New Zealand Nectaron. 8%
Omnipollo NEBUCHADNEZZAR 6/4/16oz CANS – “Neb” is a home brew recipe that has been scaled up with no consideration to economies of scale. Imperial IPA, brewed stateside. The Beer that started a revolution. 8.5% ABV – CT/SE
Omnipollo Ice Creamy White Chocolate Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple India Pale Ale with cocoa nibs, white chocolate, strawberry and lactose sugar. 10% – SE
Omnipollo Daidalos 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Almond Double Chocolate Double Coffee Imperial Stout. A rich decadent imperial stout full of almonds, cocoa nibs and coffee reminding us of the flavorful cakes we loved to eat. Contains nuts. 12% ABV – SE
Omnipollo In Plenty 6/4/16oz CANS – Inspired by those lovely decadent chocolate, coconut and vanilla filled cakes we brewed a thick imperial stout full of cocoa nibs, really aromatic toasted coconut and our favorite vanilla. 12% ABV – SE
Omnipollo Yellow Belly 24/33cl BOT – A Bold And Outspoken Peanut Butter & Biscuit Imperial Stout, However, It Is Brewed Without Peanut Butter Or Biscuit. 11% ABV – SE – From the Brewer: “Yellow Belly—a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; a coward. To us, one of the most cowardly deeds is to act anonymously, hiding behind a group. A signifying trait of institutionalized racism. This beer is brewed to celebrate all things new, open minded and progressive. A peanut butter biscuit stout with no biscuits, butter or nuts. Taste, enjoy, and don’t be prejudiced”
NIGHTMARE BREWING:
Nightmare Brewing Matricide 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout with Toasted Coconut, Roasted Almonds, Ecuadorian Cacao, Madagascan Vanilla and Lactose. 15.1% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Gunga Rao 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR IPA – Gunga Rao is Soured on Pineapple & Coconut, with Moroccan Mint, Sabro, Kohatu & Cashmere hops. 8.3% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Chelsea Grin 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR ALE, soured on Strawberries and Raspberries with Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot Orange Zest. 6.7% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Glasgow Smile 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose soured on Wild Scottish Bilberries with Heather, Lemon Zest, Raspberries and Blueberries. 6.7% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Flayed 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Oat IPA with Azacca, Zythos, Galaxy and Pacifica. 9.6% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Blood Eagle 6/4/16oz CANS – Scandinavian Sour Ale Soured on Lingonberries, Hawthorn Berries, Cloudberries & Comice Pears with Strawberries, Plums and Tart Cherries. The fan favorite is back! 7.5% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Agam Kuan 6/4/16oz CANS – Masala Chai Imperial Stout brewed with Jaggery Tea and cold aged on Indian vanilla and toasted chai spices. 16% ABV – NY
Nightmare Brewing Bamboo Torture 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial IPA brewed with Bamboo Shoots and Dry-Hopped with Akoya & Dragon Hops. 9.6% ABV – NY
Fat Orange Cat FOC All The Kool Kats on the Back of the Bus 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry Hopped Double NE IPA with Apollo, Mosaic, & Simcoe. 8.4% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Stay At Home Dad With No Kids 6/4/12oz CANS – NE IPA w/ Citra, Galaxy & Enigma. 5.9% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC You Had Me At Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale with Papaya, Tahitian Lime, & Alphonso Mango. 5.7% ABV – CT
FAT ORANGE CAT FOC X Abomination Brewing – Twelve Lives & Still Wandering 6/4/16oz CANS – Ferociously juicy DDH Double IPA. Featuring a handpicked blend of some of our favorite hops; Lotus, Cashmere, Citra and Mosaic. 9.5% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head STRATA 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry-Hopped with Strata. 8.75% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head ENIGMA 6/4/16oz CANS – DIPA Double Dry Hopped with ENIGMA. 8.75% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Whiskers on Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – von Trapp collaboration. Gose style ale with Wachau apricots and Austrian salt. Balanced, tart, just enough sweetness. It’s FANTASTIC. 5% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kiwis 6/4/16oz CANS – IPA Brewed and Dry Hopped with Exclusively New Zealand Hops. 7.5% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Who Let the Boomers Out? 6/4/12oz CANS – Smooth Pale Ale with a delightful finish. Hopped with Amarillo, Citra and Mosaic – 5% ABV – CT
Fat Orange Cat FOC Severe Tire Damage 6/4/16oz CAN – Hazy Double IPA. 8.0% ABV – CT
A new sour for Iowa’s newest brewery is coming at you this Friday! Field Day Brewing will be releasing “Bonanza Berry Fruit Bomb” Friday at the taproom! Here’s more on this beer courtesy of Field Day’s Facebook page:
BONANZA BERRY FRUIT BOMB. We loaded this sour with blueberries, and then loaded it with raspberries, and then added lemon and then decided we needed even more fruit! We made it just for you, and we think she turned out quite perfect. She’ll debut this Friday at the Taproom exclusively here in North Liberty.
A big day awaits in downtown Cedar Rapids at Clock House Brewing as they prepare to celebrate their 6th Anniversary this Saturday! A delicious list of beers will be released and the latest to be announced in “Mindscape” kettle sour! Here’s more on this brew courtesy of Clock House!
Mindscape
Dropping this Saturday, September 30th during our 6th Year Anniversary Party!
Mindscape is a Kettle Sour brewed with Pink Cotton Candy, Prickly Pear, Pink Guava, Niagara Grapes and a hint of Coconut.
Peaches, Peaches, Peaches – 10 cases only! LTO! Peaches Peaches Peaches is a Smoothie Sour at 6%. This Smoothie is with tons of Peaches with a light beautiful orange color. Tons of ripe Peaches on the nose and burst of sour peach rings on the taste.
Laser Strings Nitro Stout – Laser Strings is an nitro Irish stout with a full body that comes in at 4.5% abv. Has a robust coffee roast and chocolate notes on the nose. Mouth feel is light with a dry finish on the end.
Space Ninja – 6.2% Space Ninja is a New England IPA with a hazy golden color. Tons of juicy fruit notes of mango. Hopped with Citra and Mosaic with tasting notes of mango and papaya with a dry finish.
Crew Chief – This Italian Pilsner comes in at 4.5% abv. This refreshingly bitter Pilsner showcases Saphires floral aeronautics.
Rocket Rodeo – It’s a New England DIPA at 8%. Hopped with a Mosaic and Strata blend. Has a straw yellow hazy color with a mix of citrus fruits on the nose. Reserved bitterness, with a mild sweetness to reenforce the juicy fruit flavors. Tons of Pineapple funk with a berry finish.
Marven the Marzen – 5.5% ABV Märzen. Light bodied with mildly sweet caramelly flavors.
6×4 16oz case $58
Dream Landing – 5% Dream Landing is a light bodied lager with pilsner malt. It has a small bitterness addition with Citra and CTZ hops blended. The profile this has a clean fermentation. It also has a crispy yet cracker finish on the end.
Bokeh Orbs – 7.7% Bokeh Orbs is a Double IPA brewed with wheat, oats, and hit with citra and a touch of cashmere. An incredibly soft, yet full mouthfeel from high protein malts and our tailored water profile. Notes of overripe fruit with a some Earthy undertones to keep it all together.
Digital Painting – Digital Painting is a 10% American Triple IPA brewed with honey. For those who like their triple IPAs with a touch of bitterness and a smidge of honey sweetness – this one’s for you!
Bonfire Feels – 6.8% This balanced marriage of malt and hops showcases a mix of crystal malts that provide biscuit and caramelized sugar flavors. A blend of American Centennial and Chinook hops add pine and subtle citrus flavors. A perfect follow-up to a Fall fest beer as the weather gets colder and closer to Winter.
Geo – 5.5% 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.
Peanut Cloud – 11% Wouldn’t it be great if the clouds were giant fluffy marshmallow peanuts? We emulate such a landscape with Peanut Cloud. The idea for the label came from an original drone shot from high above Middletown taken at sunrise. We then asked local Illustrator, Julia Green, to add a fun touch based off the adjuncts. We took our LADS base and conditioned it on Peanuts, Marshmallows, and a touch of lactose to create our latest treat. Pouring pitch black with a pillowy tan head, aromas of creamy Jiff waft up from your pour. Tasting notes are simple for this one, a luscious mouthfeel crossed with chocolate fudge, spoons of peanut butter, and liquid Fluff. This is beer is liquid Fluffernutter.
RHO kinetic – 11% Rho Kinetic Blend is our Imperial Stout conditioned on Mostra and Equilibrium Kinetic Energy Blend Coffee. Pouring jet black with a saturated caramel colored head, this imperial coffee stout offers notes of cacao nibs, black cherry, spiced almond, bright citrus and Dulce De Leche with a huge backbone of fudge brownie.
Abomination Brewing Forbidden Pumpkin 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Milkshake IPA Double Dry Hopped with Citra and Mosaic then fermented atop a monstrous amount of Pumpkin, Spices, Vanilla, & Milk Sugar. This hazy IPA pairs perfectly with hoodies, fall hikes and nights out by the fire pit with friends! 9.3% 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
CLOWN SHOES BREWING:
Clown Shoes Pumpkin Sombrero 6/4/16oz CANS – Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout with Pumpkin Puree! 7% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Harvest Blender 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie IPA with Plum, Peach, Apricot Purées and Lactose. Hopped with Citra and Galaxy. 7% ABV – MA
Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter 6/4/16oz CANS – The return of the legend, Genghis Pecan rules with an iron fist. American Porter with Bourbon Vanilla Pecan Pie Flavor. 8% ABV – MA
Jolly Pumpkin La Parcela – VINTAGE RESERVE -12/750ml BOT – Ok, so the joke was Jolly Pumpkin doesn’t brew a pumpkin beer. Ron begs to differ! Pumpkin Wild Ale Packed with real pumpkins, hints of spice and a gentle kiss of cacao to lighten the soul. 5.9% ABV – MI
JESTER KING BREWERY:
Jester King Grim Harvest 12/750 ml BOT – Farmhouse ale refermented with Blackberries. 5.2% ABV – TX
PRAIRIE ARTISAN ALES: Prairie Artisan Ales Pumpkin Kerfuffle 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Tart Beer with Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend and Toasted Marshmallow. 8.2% ABV – OK Prairie Artisan Ales Blueberry Boyfriend 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Blueberries and Lemon Zest! Just in time for the warmup, or so we hope! 5.4% ABV – OK Prairie Artisan Ales Punch 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Blackberry, Cherry, and Lime. 5.4% ABV – OK
CIDERS:A multitude of fun cider from stateside and around the world. Too many cool ones to list, we are featuring a few new ones and some welcome old friends, but make sure you look in the list thoroughly! If French CIDRE/PERRY or Spanish SIDRA is your jam, please also consult the wine list for a more extensive selection
Eden Heritage Cider 6/4/16oz CANS – Authentic Heritage Cider. Locally grown Heritage Dabinett • McIntosh • Empire • Spartan • Esopus Spitzenburg varieties. Pressed at harvest, fermented slow 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
Peckham’s Blackcurrant Cider 24/330ml CANS – New Zealand Artisan Cider. Intense berry tastes burst out of this cider, where the blackcurrants hold their own against the robust apple cider. All the goodness of apples and blackcurrants in a perfect balance of sweet and sharp. 5.3% ABV – NZ
Peckham’s Boysenberry Cider 24/330ml CANS – New Zealand Artisan Cider. Fresh picked, intense flavors of boysenberries against a crisp cider background. Real fruit, fresh Boysenberry taste without too much sweetness. Refreshingly sophisticated. 5.4% ABV – NZ
Peckham’s Moutere Apple Cider 24/330ml CANS – New Zealand Artisan Cider. Traditional apple cider, rounded and spiritzy, with mild tannins and fruity notes. Tart, honeyed, blend of tree ripened cider and Jonagold apples. Off-dry. 5.8% ABV – NZ
Mousserende AEblevin Sparkling Apple Brut 6/750ml BOT – Danish Artisan Sparkling Cider. Made from organic Danish apples. Traditional second fermentation in bottle, with yeast from Lilleø orchard. 7% ABV – DK
Henney’s Dry Cider 12/500ml BOT – Dry Aerated cider made from red bittersweet English apples. It includes varieties of Dabinett, Ashton Bitter, Tremletts Bitter, Yarlington Mill, and Michelin. This selection of apples provided the drink with a clean, bright fruity taste with fine tannins and notes of spices. Dry cider “Henney’s” has pleasant carbonization and lightness, it is served slightly chilled, with meat and vegetable dishes. 6% ABV.
Hogan’s Dry Cider 12/500ml BOT – Dry, sparkling British cider balances the complexity of tannic English bittersweet cider apples with a hint of residual sweetness. 5.8% ABV.
Begiristain D.O. Euskal Sidra Natural 12/375ml BOT – The Begiristain cider house is the oldest cider house still in operation in the Goierri and Tolosaldea area. Beautiful and a great example of Authentic Basque Sidra
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