Clock House Brewing releasing “Demon Spawn” double hazy IPA tomorrow! (8/18!)

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New hazy double coming from Clock House Brewing tomorrow! Check it out, info courtesy of Clock House Brewing’s Facebook page:

Demon Spawn is a Double Hazy NEIPA with Mosaic, Mosaic Lupomax, Southern Cross, Lotus, and Exp ID-158. Fermented warm to unlock fruity esters. Double dry-hopped in active fermentation to allow bio-transformation to occur; unlocking huge bold flavors and aromas. Hop additions were pushed to the absolute limit. Normal hop quantities were doubled both in the whirlpool and cold side. Vicious mouthfeel, intense tropical flavors, and a smooth 8%. This one was spawned from the devil!

Available in 16oz 4-packs and on draft! 

Imprint, Blackstack, Phase Three, Mikerphone, and Untitled Art coming from Pequod!

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  • Schmoojee Orange Creamsicle Puffsicle – Marshmallow Creamsicle Smoothie
  • Schmoojee Raspberry Blackberry – An OG Schmoojee Favorite

BlackStack Brewing

  • Enter the Dragon – 8% Double IPA. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the best Kung-Fu movies of all time with a seriously punchy hand selected Salvo Lotus, Mosaic T90, Mosaic Cryo, T90 Talus and T90 El Dorado.
  • News to me New Zealand IPA – Only reporting the good news with freshly selected New Zealand Hops, full of beautifully striking Nectaron, Nelson Sauvin and Motueka. 7% New Zealand IPA
  • Polar Express Cold IPA – Fermented with a cold yeast strain that normally ferments hot and fast. El Dorado, Nugget and experimental HBC 1019 in a gloriously crispy package. 6.9% Cold IPA

Phase 3 Brewing Company

  • DDH Double Mindspark – 7% Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA possessing tropical fruit aromatics frothing over notes of blueberry and tangerine. A mosaic masterpiece brewed for the cerebral sipper, where every gulp is an electrifying jigsaw piece of hoppy revelations. Ignite your neurons!
  • Grounded in Reality – A youthful sibling to the previous brew, DDH Unchecked Imagination. Packaging all of the same flavors at a fraction of the ABV. This is where the ethereal dreams of Citra meet the down-to-earth whispers of Motueka, offering a sip that’s both a whimsical flight and a return ticket to the here and now.
  • Pixel Density Mini – Byte-sized 4.5% version of our flagship brew, offering a rich resolution of “Pixel Density” without the full download of ABV.
  • Proper Trollied – 3.9% Dark English Mild Ale. Crafted for session drinking, with a delicate blend of English malts, it’s the beer all the coolest hype beer fans have been asking for.
  • Floating Free – 5.2% Belgian Wit brewed traditionally.  Begins with raw and malted wheat, pilsner malt and a splash of flaked oats then infused in the kettle with crushed coriander and orange peel to accentuate the phenolics and esters from a classis Belgian yeast.

Mikerphone Brewing Company

  • Super Special Sauce – DDH New England-Style Double India pale ale w/ Mosaic hops
  • Blue & Yellow – Berliner-style weisse ale with blueberry and meyer lemon

Untitled Art

  • Blueberry Rhubarb A La Mode – Rhubarb is back and this time it’s blue in this fruited sour release. Made with blueberry puree, rhubarb, cinnamon and caramelly brown sugar this sweet and sour stunner will hit all the summer pie vibes. 6%
  • White Grape Sour – Starting with fresh white grape juice from the west coast, we added thiolized yeast to this fruity sour ale to pump up those tropical fruit noted, resulting in an elegant sweet and sour delicacy. 6%
  • Tropical Pink Lemonade Florida Seltzer – Dive into the ultimate taste of paradise with this new limited creation. Bursting with refreshing sun-kissed tropical fruit and tangy lemonade this sparkling seltzer will transport your taste buds to a sunny beach with every sip.5%

Drink This! Field Day Brewing”No Powertools” double IPA!

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Iowa’s newest brewery has their first week under their belt, and I’m assuming it was a very busy week for the folks at Field Day Brewing. I was able to visit a few times and walked away completely impressed both times, not only by the beauty and layout of the building, the friendliness of the staff, but of course the food and the beer. Most breweries you like to give a cushion to as far as to when their beer will be completely dialed in, seems Field Day skipped this step and jumped right into pushing out some truly tasty beers. I love seeing different styles represented on their beer list.

On my second visit to Field Day I noticed a new double IPA on tap so naturally I gravitate towards that. “No Powertools” aroma hits you right when the beer is set in front of you. Citrus rind right in your face. The mouthfeel was velvety and creamy, excellent stuff. Double dry hopped and the Mosaic shines in this beer. Tempting, very tempting to order another, and I wish I would have as I don’t know how long this beer will last on tap or even if they are going to make anymore, but this is an IPA that I would drive back for anytime. Do yourself a favor, get to North Liberty, go and support Field Day, order some delicious food, try their terrific beers, but if you are lucky enough to see “No Powertools” on the taplist, you owe it to yourself to order it, to savor it, and Drink it!

Stillwater, Omnipollo, and Skygazer coming from Abu Nawas!

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OMNIPOLLO

  • 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 Devin the Dude 6/4/12oz CANS – German-style Pilsner Brewed in honor of legendary Houston hip hop artist Devin The Dude. 5.2% 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”
  • OMNIPOLLO EVEN MORE BIANCA ROYAL TREATMENT 24/16oz CANS – This Collab is perhaps the most expensive beer evr brewed. Imagine the super delicious Import Biancas from Omnipollo Sweden, touched up with some ET-NYC magic! Raspberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose brewed with Raspberries, Milk Sugar, Maple Syrup & Marshmallow – 7% ABV – SE
  • Omnipollo Bianca Apricot Vanilla Almond Lassi Gose 24/50cl (16.9oz) Single CANS – Brewed and Imported from Omnipollo’s Stockholm HQ – Uber-Fruited Lassi Gose brewed with Apricots, Almonds, Lactose Sugar, & Vanilla – 7% ABV – SE
  • Omnipollo Bianca Blackberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose 24/50cl (16.9oz) Single CANS – Brewed and Imported from Omnipollo’s Stockholm HQ – Intensely fruited Bianca reminding you of Sunday morning breakfast with freshly squeezed blackberries or blackberry jam over a stack of maple syrup drenched sweet, sugary pancakes. Brewed with buckets of blackberries then accompanied by maple syrup, milk sugar and rock salt – 7% ABV – SE
  • Bianca Guava Lychee Passionfruit Lassi Gose 24/50cl (16.9oz) Single CANS – Brewed and Imported from Omnipollo’s Stockholm HQ – Uber-Fruited Lassi Gose brewed with Guava, Lychee, Passion Fruit, Lactose Sugar, & Vanilla – 7% ABV – SE

STILLWATER ARTISANAL:

  • Stillwater X Filson – Maritime Gose 6/4/16oz CANS – A tart wheat base with notes of citrus, pine & fresh grass and a dry, clean finish of pure Pacific Northwest harvested sea salt evoke elements of both land and sea. 6% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater X Filson – Rustic Gold IPA 6/4/16oz CANS –  A crisp blend of pale golden malts and hand selected hops from the pacific Northwest. After fermentation, the beer is dry-hopped and packaged unfiltered for a bold rustic hop experience. 6.5% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Bourgeois Brunch 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour ale w/ Chardonnay grapes, tangerine juice, milk sugar & vanilla.  7% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Insetto 6/4/12oz CANS – Dry hopped sour ale with Italian plum. 5% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Premium (Postmodern Beer) 6/4/16oz CANS – A Postmodern Take On Industrial Beer. Quality malts, choice hops, & wild yeast. 4.5% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Cellar Door 6/4/12oz CANS – Farmhouse Wheat Ale brewed with White Sage. 6.6% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater X CASITA Business 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Molasses and Muscovado Sugar. 13% ABV.
  • Stillwater  Extra Dry 6/4/16oz CANS – Japanese rice saison brewed with Citra, Hallertau Blanc and Sterling. New look, same great taste! 4.2% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater X Dubfire Extra Loud 6/4/16oz CANS – India pale saison ale brewed with Japanese rice. 7% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater New Gold 6/4/16oz CANS – Lush and hoppy modern approach to the classic blonde ale. Heavily hopped with citra, galaxy & hallertau mittelfrüh. Fermented with farmhouse ale yeast. 6% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Fruit Stuff (Fruit Punch) 6/4/12oz CANS – All natural tropic fruit punch sparkling hard smoothie w/ mango, passion fruit, pineapple, and dragon fruit. 100% real fruit gluten free/vegan 4.5% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Double Fruit Stuff (Late Brunch) 6/4/12oz CANS – All natural sparkling hard smoothie w/ blueberry, peach, banana & açaí. 100% real fruit gluten free/vegan. Feels like drinking a real smoothie! 4.5% ABV – WA
  • Stillwater Double Fruit Stuff (Pink Thing) 6/4/12oz CANS – All natural sparkling hard smoothie w/ peach, pink guava, banana & raspberry. 100% real fruit gluten free/vegan. 4.5% ABV – WA

SKYGAZER BREWING:

  • Skygazer Brewing Space Pixels – Cherry, Mango, Pineapple 6/4/16oz CANS – A smoothie style sour ale with 🍒Cherry, 🥭Mango, and🍍Pineapple! These sour feature healthy additions of fruit! No adjuncts, no milk sugar. Just fruit! 6% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Brewing Titan Three Mango Apricot 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour IPA. A blends a dreamy combo of Mango and Apricot with Vanilla Beans and milk sugar. 7% – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Go To’s Banana Orange Lime 6/4/16oz CANS – A Smoothie Style Sour Ale. Creamy banana, bright orange citrus punch and a hit of refreshing lime make these Watercolors a warm weather pleasure! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Go To’s Blueberry Guava Pineapple 6/4/16oz CANS –  A Smoothie Style Sour Ale.  Loaded with Blueberry, Guava and Pineapple. 5.5% 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
  • Skygazer Watercolors Peach Ring Paradise 6/4/12oz CANS – Watercolors in hard seltzer mode kissed with the one of a kind taste of peach rings! Under 150 calories per can and gluten free. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Margarita 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale Passion Fruit, Mango, Lime, and Blood Orange, plus a little touch of a special flavor to give it that true margarita vibe! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Abstract v2 6/4/16oz CANS – Watercolors – Abstract 2 – Orange, Passion Fruit, Marshmallow, Vanilla, Milk Sugar – 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamsphere Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Sour Ale with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 7% ABV.
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamatorium Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 11.3% ABV.

Imprint Beer Company coming from Pequod! Plus Blackstack, Angry Chair, Phase Three, and Mikerphone!

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  • Surf Zombie – Collab with Beer Zombies – Smoothie with Passion, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Pineapple & Rum
  • Schmoojee Orange Creamsicle Puffsicle – Marshmallow Creamsicle Smoothie
  • Squashee – Homes/Smooj Collab – Schmoojee with Peach, Black Currant, Vanilla, Vanilla Soft Serve & a Touch of Mint
  • Schmoojee Moon – Smoothie with Blackberry, Blueberry, Black Cherry & Dark Chocolate
  • Schmoojee Sun – Smoothie with Orange, Guava, Passionfruit & Pineapple
  • Schmoojee Raspberry Blackberry – An OG Schmoojee Favorite
  • Faceless Machinations – We brewed up a new double IPA, then packed it with our special Nectaron and Citra hops. Trippy, extra fleshy mangoes, skewered pineapples, citrus medleys and new attitude peaches
  • TDH Sun Kissed – Our original hazy double IPA, Sun Kissed has been around longer than Imprint Beer Co…. Sun Kissed features malted and flaked oats, one of our house haze strains, and Citra, Mosaic and Nelson in the dry hop. 7.7% ABV.

BlackStack Brewing

  • Freestyle Friday – A fresh & unfiltered TIPA featuring some of our favorite varietals from the OGs down at Freestyle Farms in New Zealand. Seeing how long we can flow for with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka & Riwaka. Live & direct, it doesn’t always need to rhyme.
  • Slumber Party – Do you wanna build a fort? Come & get cozy with some of our favorite pillowy hops: Mosaic, Cascade, Idaho 7 Cryo & Azacca Cryo. Built for comfort on an oat heavy bed, let this one help you go night night

Angry Chair Brewing 

  • Full Cirle -Our take on the American Light Lager style. Light in body and color and extremely crushable
  • Moon Butter -Peanut butter and Chocolate Stout
  • Slivered -Imperial sweet stout with Marcona almonds, wild Thai banana, Comoros vanilla beans and lactose – 11% abv
  • Strawberry Tee Time – Strawberry Berliner Weiss Sour
  • Everywhere and Nowhere -Imperial sweet stout with coconut, little black and white kreme cookies and lactose – 10.5% abv

Phase 3 Brewing Company

  • Curiosity Survives Cream Ale – A classic American ale brewed with pale 2-row barley, flaked corn, and a touch of specialty malt. Clean and crisp, with a distinct grainy flavor and a balancing bitterness.
  • DDH Cryptid Haze – Double dry-hopped double IPA featuring Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic hops.
  • Geo – West Coast Style Pilsner
  • Stay Wild – American DIPA with Pineapple Express terpenes

Mikerphone Brewing Company

  • Check 1,2 – Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA with Citra hops
  • Rhyme Dust – Double Dry-Hopped Double India Pale Ale with Citra and Mosaic Hops
  • Misty Mountain Hop – IPA brewed w/ Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo, and Mosaic hops.

Jester King cans coming from Abu Nawas!

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JESTER KING CANS:

  • Jester King Le Petit Prince 6/4/16oz CANS – Jester King Famed Table Beer in CANS! 2.9% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “This feels a little surreal to write. It has certainly been a long-time coming. We first brewed Le Petit Prince Farmhouse Table Beer in 2012. We’ve been brewing it once or twice per year since. Originally inspired by Brasserie Dupont’s table beer called Avril. We sought to make a low-alcohol beer that’s dry, drinkable, refreshing, crisp, hoppy with a little bit of beguiling yeast character that only wild fermentation with native yeast can create. Le Petit Prince is probably our favorite beer we make. It’s certainly the truest to our core philosophy of beer making. After having people ask if we’d ever put it in cans for about a decade, we finally decided to. The recipe is well water from the Trinity Aquifer, Texas-grown malted barley and wheat, a blend of organic Perle and Fuggle hops from The Oregon Hophouse (both kettle and dry hops), and natural fermentation with native yeast. We always release it very fresh so the hop character is still vibrant. In this case, Le Petit Prince is a little younger and fresher than we normally release it, as the beer was force carbonated prior to canning, as opposed to our normal natural conditioning in bottles.”
  • Jester King Snorkel 6/4/16oz CANS – A Farmhouse Ale brewed with Alderwood Smoked Sea Salt and Oyster Mushrooms. 4.2% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “a farmhouse ale brewed with alderwood smoked sea salt and oyster mushrooms grown by our neighbor Logro Farms. Logro Farms is located just a few hundred yards from Jester King Brewery at Ceres Park Ranch. Snörkel takes partial inspiration from traditional German Gose. Like Gose, it’s moderate in alcohol, brewed with malted wheat and salt, and has some acidity or sourness in the flavor profile. We specifically used both sea salt and alderwood smoked sea salt, and fermented Snörkel (like all our beer) with a blend of brewers yeast, naturally occurring wild yeast, and native souring bacteria, the last of which lends the beer its acidity. But Gose only served as a jumping off point. From there, we set out to explore the savory characteristics of umami through use of the oyster mushrooms. A Cheese Lover pairing made in paradise”
  •  Jester King Mr Mingo 6/4/16oz CANS – A farmhouse ale with roselle hibiscus. The inspiration was to make a simple beer with a subtle adjunct. 4.8% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “Brewed with Trinity well water, TexMalt Llano pilsner and Denton County wheat, flaked oats, Columbus hops, and Roselle hibiscus. Fermented in stainless steel with our JK mixed culture. Packaged in kegs and (for the first time) cans. Light, dry, drinkable, mildly tart, and slightly herbaceous.”
  • Jester King Queen’s Order 6/4/16oz CANS – Farmhouse Ale with Tallow Honey and Dried Lemon Peel. 4% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “Queen’s Order is designed to be a nice, pillowy, low abv, dry and drinkable farmhouse ale with pleasant fruit-forward aromas and a nice quenching hop bitterness and fermentation tartness. It’s brewed with Trinity well water, TexMalt Llano Pilsner, malted spelt, flaked oats, organic Perle hops, dried lemon peel, and Tallow honey. It was fermented in stainless steel with our mixed culture and packaged in kegs and 16oz. cans.”
  • Jester King Cyber Thread DIPA 6/4/16oz CANS – Beautiful Double IPA for a worthy cause. It is brewed with Strata, Citra & Mosaic hops. 8.5% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “an international collaboration raising money for the Polaris Project, which works to fight human trafficking. The Double IPA recipe brewed with Strata, Citra & Mosaic hops was created in collaboration with Celestial Beerworks, Track, Horus, Bature, Long Live, Rey Arbol, Messorum, Oddity, and Spartacus.”
  • Jester King OG Black Metal 6/4/16oz CANS – Cult status Imperial Stout. 10.5% ABV – TX. Brewery Notes: “Black Metal, a.k.a. Iron Sword, a.k.a. Blackened Death, a.k.a. El Martillo del Muerte, is a cruel and punishing beer fermented by the sheer force of its awesome will. Best enjoyed while pumping out blast beats, summoning trolls, or enjoying a nice, leisurely reading of the Necronomicon. Brewed with Hill Country well water, Texas-grown pale malt, British caramel, brown, and chocolate malts, and Belgian candi sugar and fermented in with British yeast.”
  • Thiriez/Jester King La Petite Princesse 24x330ml – Tablebeer in collaboration with Jester King Craft Brewery. Clear and light pale ale, powerful character, an earthy bitterness with notes of bready yeast. 2.9% ABV – FR. Not a can but we loved this beer so much that we decided to bring a few more cases. A true classic, and a worthwhile side by side imbibing session! One Of Jeffrey Stuffing all time favorite collabs! 

Big Grove Brewery celebrating 10 years!

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Press release courtesy of Big Grove:

Big Grove Brewery Celebrates 10-Year Milestone with Weeklong Festivities

Unforgettable music & events, commemorative beer releases, and exclusive merch planned.

Iowa City, IA (August 03, 2023): Big Grove Brewery is raising a glass to celebrate a decade of amazing experiences, fresh craft beer, and Iowa hospitality. 

To commemorate the past ten years, brewers at Big Grove we are crafting ten original beers, including fan favorites, Big Grove IPA, Que Será, and the beer that started it all, West Main Wheat. These small-batch beers will be released during their anniversary throughout ten days of celebrations and community events leading up to the brewery’s official anniversary over Labor Day weekend. 

Big Grove Brewery was founded in 2013 at 101 West Main Street in Solon, Iowa, by partners Doug Goettsch, Faye Swift, and Matt Swift. From day one, we have believed “you have to give people a reason to leave their living room,” recalled Faye. On her business partners, “Matt and I have tremendous trust in each other, and Doug was a constant hospitality guru, that’s who he is in his bones.” The trio pushed on the original concept of high-quality beer, great food, and genuine care for our community. Faye added, “The best it can be is what we want it to be. I’m a person who believes in creating opportunity, and if you can see it, you can seize it.”

In 2017, the company opened Big Grove Brewery & Taproom with a full-scale production facility in Iowa City and now maintains a platinum green certification. The original partners continue to operate the company with additional operating partners for Iowa City, Des Moines, and a soon-to-be-open Lagerhaus-style brewery in Cedar Rapids. Still innovating a decade later, Big Grove Brewery offers beyond beer products, including spirit-based seltzers, and plans to release cannabis-infused sparkling water beverages. Big Grove beverages are available at bars, restaurants, and retailers across the entire state. 

The festivities officially kick off Saturday, August 26th, in the evening, with music from The Dip. The concert will be hosted in the yard from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Big Grove Brewery taproom at 1225 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City. Readers of this article can use code backyardbigshow1z to receive 25% off two tickets. The 10-year milestone party will occur on Sunday, September 3, at the original Solon Big Grove location on Main Street. The day-long Sunday Funday event will offer a street party with kids and family activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., exclusive merchandise, and a closing concert featuring Trophy Dads. 

The week’s event lineup includes: 

Backyard Big Show, Iowa City (Saturday, August 26, from 5:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Big Grove Brewery & Taproom Iowa City is welcoming The Dip, Alanna Royale, and James Tutson and the Rollback to the main outdoor stage for the Backyard Big Show – a first annual backyard live music celebration. All tickets are general admission and are $45 each, or readers of this article can use code backyardbigshow1z for two tickets for $70. Purchase tickets here. 

  • Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
  • Opening act at 5:30 p.m.
  • Music until 10 p.m.
  • Fireworks at 10 p.m.
  • DJ Douglas keeps the after-party going after fireworks

Market After Dark, Cedar Rapids (Saturday, August 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.)

Find Big Grove at the Market After Dark event in downtown Cedar Rapids. Sponsoring this year’s main stage, located at 5th Street & 4th Avenue SE, fans can rock with the premier Twin Cities horn band, High and Mighty.

10 Year Fan Trivia & Special Annv. Beer Tapping, Solon (Tuesday, August 29, at 3:00 p.m.)

Trivia all-day to celebrate ten years in Solon, featuring special merchandise prizes for winners. Plus, two exclusive anniversary beer tappings at 3 p.m.

Teach me how to Dougie, Des Moines (Wednesday, August 30, from 11:00 to 10:00 p.m.) 

Special menu item featuring a combination of Mac & Cheese with Tater Tot Casserole, a legendary Solon menu item named after Big Grove co-founder Doug Goettsch. Top it off with special beers exclusive to Des Moines. 

Throwback Thursday, Iowa City (Thursday, August 31, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.)

Wear your best Big Grove Brewery throwback gear and get entered to win a $100 raffle prize. No gear? Grab some merch from the store and get entered for other Big Grove gift card raffle prizes. 

Fryfest, Coralville (Friday, September 1, from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m.)

Find Big Grove at the FRYfest High Porch Block Party in the Beverage Garden and with custom merch and samples at the expo. The Block Party is just outside the Hyatt Exhibit Hall, with easy access to the bags area, food, and cold beverages. 

Game Watch Parties, Des Moines & Iowa City Taprooms (Saturday, September 2, time TDB)

Watch Iowa v.s. Utah State and Iowa State v.s. UNI Panthers at Big Grove Brewery taprooms. Unique game day-themed foods and anniversary beverages are planned at each location. 

10 Year Celebrations!, Solon (Sunday, September 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) It’s an all-day Labor Day weekend, Solon Sunday Funday street party with kids and family activities from 10 am-3 pm, live music, commemorative beer releases, and a closing concert hosted by the Trophy Dads, Solon’s premier party band.  All are welcome.

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About Big Grove Brewery: Big Grove Brewery is among Iowa’s top craft beer producers and ranks in the top 3% for barrel production nationally. In 2013, the brewery started as a 3.5-barrel brewhouse in Solon, Iowa, and focused on freshly made craft beer and elevated pub cuisine. The brewery opened a 28,000-square-foot production facility four years later, anchoring the Iowa City Riverfront Crossings redevelopment project. Big Grove has received multiple craft brewing medals, including a gold medal for Easy Eddy, its flagship Hazy IPA and Citrus Surfer Fruited Wheat.

August releases from Lion Bridge!

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RoboFest

(Festbier, 6.5%) – A bready and malty delight with a drinkability that won’t malfunction your taste buds.

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

Oktobot 3000

(Barrel-Aged Imperial Märzen, 9%abv) – A fusion brew with German and Czech roots in the recipe as well as the name (“robot” is a word with Czech origins). Munich and Bohemian Pilsner Malt are the motherboard to this amped up version of the style, while 8 months in Cedar Ridge Rye Whiskey barrels greases the cogs and makes sure it all computes.

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

Zombie Awakening

(Black Ale w/coffee 7.0%abv) – In collaboration with Bloomsbury Farm. Black as the inside of a buried coffin, with enough Dash dark roast coffee to put a pep in the step of the even the most lumbering undead walker.

AVAILABLE 8/9

The Spice Must Flow

(Black Ale w/spices, 7.0%) – A melange of Maple and Saigon Cinnamon meld with a robust black ale to form this luxurious treat. “He (she) who controls the spice, controls the universe!”

AVAILABLE AUGUST 1

MORE, Phase Three, Weldwerks, 450 North, Blackstack, and Iowa Brewing beers coming from Pequod!

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Chula
Fruited Gose is brewed with authentic Indian Alphonso Mangoes and a tangy Chile Spice Blend from our friends at Big Mich 6.5%

Moreover
Double Dry Hopped, Hazy IPA is a delicious juice bomb thanks to a hefty hopping of Citra, Motueka, & Simcoe hops. An endless succession of juicy pineapple, grapefruit, and tangerine notes are leveled out with just a hint of bitterness that resolves into a smoooooth and refreshing finish. 6.5%

Lil Space Booties
A session hazy like none other, these lil’ booties carry a heap of juicy hop characters. Thanks to an un-apollo-getic amount of Galaxy and Citra hops, you can expect to experience the same atmospheric symphony of mango, pineapple, and fresh peach but with a featherweight ABV so you can keep you maintain your orbit with ease. 5.5%

La Push, Baby
Double Dry Hopped Double India Pale Ale with Eclipse, Citra, & Chinook. The aroma tantalizes your senses with a symphony of enticing notes. Fragrant waves of tropical fruits, like juicy mangoes and ripe papayas, intermingle with the heady sweetness of caramelized pineapples. 8%

Oktoberfest 
We brewed this amber beauty strong and true to style, with a bold malty backbone and a refreshingly mild hop presence that’s accentuated in crystal-quality footwear.
5.5%

DDH Double Pixel Density
We brought up the ABV of our regular Pixel Density and gave it our double dry hop treatment of some sticky-icky fruity citra and citra cryo. 8%

DDH Perpetual Sounds
A favorite around the brewery and we are glad to have this Double IPA back. A tried and true Pacific Northwest hop combination of Mosaic and Amarillo pull flavors of blueberry, peach and grapefruit. 7.7%

Double Nectar Mango Sicilian Lemon
Double Nectar is back with a brand new fruit combo! Unleashing a tropical storm in a pint, this fruited Sour Ale is a ‘sip-n-slide’ into a pool of mango and Sicilian lemon – a zesty lifesaver for these toasty summer days. 7.8%

LULZ Pink Lemonade
A crisp, refreshing hard seltzer featuring pink lemonade. Back for the 2023 spring and summer season! Welcome back, sunshine and LULZ Pink Lemonade! 5%

Juicy Bits
Our flagship IPA features a huge citrus and tropical fruit hop character from the Mosaic, Citra & El Dorado hops and softer, smoother mouthfeel from the adjusted water chemistry, higher protein malts, and lower attenuation. The end result is a beer reminiscent of citrus juice with extra pulp, thus the name Juicy Bits. 6.7% 

The Captains Club
Tropical Sour Ale with coconut, passion fruit, macadamia nuts, and macadamia nut honey… all it’s missing is the hula skirt and lei 5.2%

Auto Tune
Collaboration with Mikerphone Brewing. Hazy DIPA uses Citra, Lotus + Mosaic hops and is gushing with notes of pineapple, lemon, and papaya 8.8%

Strawberry Cheesecake 
Sour Ale with Strawberry Puree, Cream Cheese, Milk Sugar & Graham Cracker. 4.5%

Space Tunnel 
Hazy IPA that boasts flavors of tangerine, strawberry, citrus, and a hint of stone fruit. 6.5%

BlurriestWe had to remake our BLURRIEST collab with Imprint Beer Company for this upcoming ALL COLLAB release! It’s conditioned on loads of Blackberry, Banana, Mango, Raspberry, Marshmallow & Coconut! 5%

ZirconZircon, part of our Gemstone Series, is a Sour Double IPA collab with Homes Brewing! It’s conditioned on Red Prickly Pear, Lychee, Tangerine, Vanilla & Lactose! 5%

Slushy XL Candy Clouds We got together with Weldwerks Brewing to bring you Candy Clouds XL! It is conditioned on Pink Vanilla Cotton Candy, Papaya, Dragonfruit & Passionfruit! 5%

Slushy XL Kangaroo Krack (Australia Drop)We teamed up with some friends Down Under at One Drop Brewing to bring you a Lamington Cake Slushy! Australia Drop XL is conditioned on Banana, Lemon, Mango, Marshmallow, Vanilla & Lemon Icing! 5%

Slushy XL Lunar Pies We got together with Southern Grist Brewing to bring you a creamy pie treat! Lunar Pies XL is conditioned on Banana, Graham Cracker, Marshmallow, Chocolate, Caramel, Orange & Moon Pies! 5%

Slushy XL Zombie Kush  Zombie Kush XL is back after over 3 years! It’s a collab with Beer Zombies Brewing and is conditioned on tons of Grapefruit, Orange, Passionfruit & Blood Orange! 5%

Slushy XXL Lava Monsta Collaboration with Great Notion Brewing that we’re bringing back from our 9th Anniversary release! It’s conditioned on Raspberry, Orange, Banana, Cherry, Guava & Cherry Ice Cream. 5%

Slushy XXL Out of SlushyWe teamed up with RaR Brewing to bring you OUT OF SLUSHY- BLUE PUPPIE XXL! It’s conditioned on Blueberry, Blueberry Ice Cream & Blue Raspberry! 5%

Slushy XXL SMol Lad – Berries N’ CremeWe hooked up with Drekker Brewing to bring you Smol Lad – Berries N’ Creme! It’s conditioned on Strawberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Vanilla Cream & Vanilla Ice Cream! 5%

Free HBC586

A natural continuation of our fog fetishist tendencies. Supremely saturated with HBC 586 & HBC 586 Cryo, an as yet unnamed varietal from the Hop Breeding Company that has very swiftly become one of our figgity favorites. Fully sending it with this one in pursuit of those “lunchroom cups where the fruit is still sitting in the juice” vibes we’ve become oh-so-fond of. What’s in a name anyway? 10%

Microdosing Cashmere 
Get your daily dose of this IPA that we dosed daily (… AKA every day of primary fermentation) with one of our favorites: Juicy & Creamy Cashmere. Expand your horizons. Open your mind. Put this in your mouth. 7.2%

Local 755
Our Foggy Favorite. Azacca, Amarillo & a Gwop of Citra. Soft, Juicy & Hazy like 70’s Home Movies. 6.8%

Zoinks!
This Session IPA features a punch of citrus from mosaic and citra hops, and a slight bitterness with juicy flavors of grapefruit and a hint of pine on the finish. 4.5%

Surf Zombies
Named for Iowa’s Epic Surf Rockers, this gnarly brain devouring West Coast-inspired IPA features Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial and Cascade hops. 6.9%