A new month means new releases for many Iowa breweries. Lion Bridge brewing will be releasing two new beers this month, an imperial milk stout and an IPA (draft only). Here’s more on these two releases:
Houby Daze Imperial Milk Stout
Fungophiles rejoice! A special Houby Days release! We cold steeped the famed Lactarius rubidus, aka, Candy Cap Mushroom in this stout to produce an earthy, maple character that we thought would be a great accompaniment to a robust mix stout base,
Release date 05/12
The Eye of Thiol
Trying out a new yeast strain that accentuates hop flavors and aroma. We brewed this draft-only IPA with some of our favorite hop varietals. Enjoy!
End 2 End Burners Ver 2 – Dbl Hazy IPA – Collaboration with THE ANSWER Second annual collaboration between Beer Zombies and The Answer (Richmond, VA) for 4/20 day. Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with Citra, Cryo Citra and Galaxy Hops
OB – 1 Can-OBI DDH IPA
Grab your lightsaber! This Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA is loaded with Citra and Galaxy Hops. Best enjoyed in a Galaxy far far away…
Six am Karaoke
Collaboration with Kings Brewing (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Frose Smoothie Style Sour with Blueberry, Sweet Cherry, Black Berry and Vanilla
Arthur’s Last Journey
Last one in this Pastry Stout series. Arthur’s Last Journey is a creme brulee inspired Pastry Stout with Lactose
Checkerboard Pink – Hazy IPA – Beer Zombies collab Part of the Checkerboard rotating hop series. Checkerboard Pink is a Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with Vic secret and Mosaic Hops
Morever DDH IPA This Double Dry Hopped 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 a hint of bitterness that resolves onto a smooth and refreshing finish.
Prince Goro Imperial Hazy IPA Coming straight from the realm of Outworld, our newest DDH DIPA will tear your tastebuds limb from limb. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗼 is a hulking hazy that’s fatally hopped with Citra, El Dorado, Idaho-7, and NZL 32-2 hops. The nuances of this IPA is honestly quite difficult to fully describe. Sure, there’s your familiar combo string of tropical pineapple and juicy citrus that’s intermingled with a sticky resin roundhouse. However, this new breed of experimental hops fresh from New Zealand impart some unique hop flavors yet to be classified by mere mortals…so we’ll just call it “essence of dragon.” (8% ABV)
I bring you love – Oak Aged Foeder Lager You’re out in the foeders forest, a glowing green shape comes towards you, they say “I bring you love” and look at your beer… Do you share your Czech Pils with them? It’s brewed with Bohemian Pilsner malt, Saaz Hops & Czech lager yeast. Then extensively lagered & conditioned in our oak foeders. Choose your own adventure. The truth is out there but, so are the lies. D’oh!
Water Pipes DDH IPA Wwwwoooooaaaaahhh… Careful with your language there bud… They’re actually called “Water Pipes”. Comin’ in hot with piping additions of our selected Strata & extra dank newcomer Talus. Feel free to add ice, just not to the beer.
Strata and Chill IPA – Single Hop Cold IPA (7.0%) Hand Selected Strata from @indiehops, Pilsner Malt, Rice + Chico Yeast Fermented Cold? This algorithm is getting out of control… Get your comfy pants on, we made this one for you to enjoy responsibly on your next night of bingeing
Uncut James – fruit sour –Mixed Berry Sour Beer (5.3%) Finding a muse in Raspberry, Blueberry, Strawberry & Madagascar Vanilla with our Gem of a Mixed Culture Berliner Weisse.
Enchanted Island v1 – Imperial Tiki Sour ale – 16oz cans
Enchanted Island v1 is returning in 16oz format featuring pineapple, orange, coconut and nutmeg
Coastal Sunshine v3 – 16oz cans The return of one of the best sellers – version 3 features Tangerine, Passion fruit, mango and Soursop
ElectroJet Hazy IPA 6.8% This herculean feat of haze-craft is an IPA of singular bomb-diggityness, packed to the rafters with Galaxy and El Dorado hops, and just enough Simcoe to tie the room together. The result of this lupulin-laden trifecta is an unquestionably choice adult beverage that explodes with thunderous notes of juicy peach flesh, bright citrus, ripe mango, and stone fruit. It’s a breathtaking bouquet that’s going to ignite your sensory synapses in a rapturous conflagration of pure pleasure.
Dingo Magic IPA
Should you choose to unleash the contents of this can, you’ll be met with an unrelentingly delightful barrage of bright citrus, guava, peach, and sundry tropical radness, all coming together to form a liquid palanquin upon which to gently deliver your tastebuds into the loving arms of the flavor gods. Should you choose not to open this can, that’s also totally fine. We respect your agency.
German Chocolate Cake Stout 8% ABV A Collaboration with XUL brewing, this beer features Cocoa Nibs, Coconut and Pecan Nuts to give a delightful and dessert filled experience. It unsurprisingly tastes just like cake.
Double Mango Sour – 6% ABV
Next up is Double Mango sour, made with both Mango Puree & Mango juice… Untitled art does Mango incredibly well, so I’m personally excited to sip on this one and enjoy the upcoming weather.
This past weekend I had some time to hang out with my oldest and I asked him where/what he wanted to eat. He simply responded, “Bar food”. So after a quick trip to Big Grove in Solon we headed to Shueyville, about 10-15 minutes from Solon, and hit up Shuey’s Restaurant and Lounge.
We were greeted right in by a very friendly staff and had drinks ordered within seconds. Easy Eddy for me, root beer for the lad. Tap lines were typical of your small town bar with some craft on, Easy Eddy seems to be an option no matter what bar you hit and tastes good all the time so the choice was relatively simple.
Although I wasn’t very hungry, their menu has a lot of intriguing options. I let my sign go crazy, if queso is on the menu, he’s going to order it, that with an order of sliders and a mushroom swiss burger. A lot more than I anticipated but was game to try it all. Queso came out first and was delicious, warm and crispy tortilla chips. Paired well with the beer. Sliders and burger next, meat quality tasted wonderful, perfectly seasoned. The crinkle cut fries served as the side also went well with the queso dip.
Overall, so much more I want to try. The food was delicious and tasted fresh, the staff was friendly and welcoming, the feel of your small town bar was definitely there but also a place you could bring your whole family for a delicious meal. A place I will frequent and a place you should check out too!
Serious Leisure – Guava beer A guava lime beer with a hint of hibiscus, it’s the proper beverage for those days where you can forget that to-do lists are a thing. Tropical, juicy, brightly zesty, pink, spritzy, and crushable, Serious Leisure is part beer, part summertime mantra.
blueberry meerts This version was then refermented on blueberries for two months prior to bottle conditioning.
meerts Meerts is our take on the style of beer traditionally derived from the second runnings of Lambic.
cherry limeade Our foeder fermented Meerts aged on Montmorency cherries and Key limes.
cherry meerts This version was then refermented on Montmorency cherries for two months prior to bottle conditioning.
strawberry lemonade Our foeder fermented Meerts, aged on strawberry and Meyer lemon.
fleurs d’abundance Fleurs d’abondance is a blended mixed-culture saison that was both refermented on and bottle conditioned with Wisconsin Apple Blossom honey.
puzzle A blend of mixed-culture saisons that were fermented and aged to maturity in French Oak foeders.
saison orlita The 2020 rendition of Saison Orlita began as a blend of saisons that were fermented in our French Oak foeders. The finished blend was then aged on blood orange, key lime, and tangerine purees which were comprised of the flesh and juice of the fruits. This differs from last years vintage, which we chose to use just zest for. This vintage is bright and very fruit forward.
barn quilt Sunset is beer number 11 in our Barn Quilt series. It is a blended, oak-aged saison that was aged on Seyval grape juice and sweet orange peel.
pathfinder Pathfinder is beer number 13 in our Barn Quilt series. Seasonally inspired, this beer consists of a tart, oak-aged saison that was aged on a modest amount (1lb./gallon) of cranberries and then conditioned on spruce tips before packaging.
door kriek 2020 A blend of 2-year old Méthode Traditionelle barrels, that was aged on Door County cherries for several months. The 2020 vintage of Door Kriek uses Balaton cherries exclusively at a fruiting rate of 3lbs./gallon.
kersbes 2020 Kersbes is a blend of several 2-year old Mèthode Traditionelle barrels that was aged on both local red raspberries and Balaton cherries from Door County, WI.
Peer Peer is our spontaneously fermented beer adhering to the Mèthode Traditionelle standard, which was refermented on three pounds per gallon of Wisconsin grown Bartlett and D’Anjou pears.
Four winters 2021
Our geuze-inspired blend of spontaneously fermented beer, composed of barrels spanning multiple brewing seasons. Conditioned in the bottle for an additional year after packaging.
Djinn- Dbl IPA
Intensely hopped Double IPA bursting with magical hop aromas and mystical juicy flavor. This is one IPA you’d use your last wish on.
Pineapple Silly Parade – overfruited berliner weisse
apparently it’s a “Sooper Fruity Berliner Weisse with Pineapple”. Honestly sounds really nice with some sunny weather!
Wainbows hazy (the flagship)
A hoppy, hazy pale ale brewed with Citra Mosaic & Cascade Hops.
Barrel Aged Maple Cheat Day
Imperial Milk Stout with Coffee, Chocolate, Maple Syrup and Milk Sugar aged in brbn barrels
Barrel Aged Rye Cheat Day Imperial Milk Stout with Coffee, Chocolate and Milk Sugar aged in Rye barrels
Spaghetti Western – West Coast IPA (7.0%) Mosaic & Strata from out West on a body of all Italian Eraclea Pilsner Malt.
Barrel Aged Double Fudgie Brownie Imperial Stout
A Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout clocking in at 14.2% ABV that is made with Milk sugar, Cocoa Nibs, and Belgian Candy syrup.
CBD Variety 12packs They finally did it, can created what customers were asking for… A Vareity pack of all their healthy CBD sparkling waters! 3 cans of each in this bay boy.
A refreshing wheat beer will be coming from Clock House brewing this Friday as they prepare to release “Integrity Wheat” using locally grown wheat and locally milled malt! Here’s more on this beer courtesy of Clock House’s Facebook page:
Integrity Wheat: Bursting with Blood Orange flavors, our newest Wheat Beer is ready for warmer days. Integrity Wheat is brewed with locally grown Iowa Wheat and Genie Vienna Malt from Miller Malting Co in Cascade Iowa. At Miller Malting Co they are passionate about creating a solid connection with sustainable growers for the best quality grain possible, ultimately producing the best brews! They take pride in empowering the local farmer to explore other growing opportunities right here in Iowa.
With notes of dank weed, pine, and tropical fruits, this IPA brewed with copious amounts of the stickiest hops available is notably bitter and perfectly crisp.
Superclear Pilsner (pictured below)
SuperClear is a German-style pilsner brewed with extra-pale pilsner malt and a blend of German- and Czech-grown noble hops. Bright, crispy, lemony, spritzy, dry, and easy to consume. It’s like Pils’ little crispier sibling.
Roselle sour
Spring is here, stouts are out! Roselle is Fair State’s zippy pink beer that’s available year round but tastes best as the weather starts warming up—or at least we think so.Try this refreshingly bright drink that is tart, fruity, and floral. Hibiscus lends flavors reminiscent of cranberry and pomegranate while creating a unique and natural pink hue.
Mirror Universe Hazy IPA (pictured below with can) A Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA brewed with Wheat, Oats, and (too many) Citra, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops.
DDH MATING RITUALS – DDH TIPA (10.2%) We decided to double down on the last triple we made with our panhandle partners from @ology_brewing_co . A creamy trifecta of Oats, Wheat & Spelt with Cashmere, South African Southern Passion & our collective day one: Citra
DOUBLE 755 – DDH DIPA (8.8%) Double helpings of our forever favorite fog dog. All the helpings of all the things that make us love it so. Even More Wheat. Even More Oats. Even More of our Hand-Selected Citra, Azacca & Amarillo. Even heftier amounts of the Hand-Selected Cryo versions of all the same to finish it off. Liquid lust in a can. Pour Up
Sick Mix – Apricot & Raspberry Fruit Berliner Weiss Imagine you have your foam headphones on, listening to the most beautiful playlist created by the person who has had their hand in your back pocket for the last 3 months. Round up your favorite acid wash jeans and meet us cool kids under the bleachers. We’ll be here drinking Sick Mix, a Berliner Weisse w/ 2-Row barley and wheat malt then conditioned on apricots & raspberries.
Dreamyard hazy IPA Hazy IPA that’s made entirely from oats and wheat and heavily hopped with Citra and Denali
Liquid El Dorado Crystals DDH IPA This New England IPA hopped & double dry hopped w/ El Dorado & Cryo El Dorado.
NEW – Teak – American Tropical Fruit Tart Tropical American Fruit Tart brewed with 800lb of Pink Guava, 800lb of Pineapple, and 400lb or Key Lime per 30bbl batch.
Keypunch – Keylime Fruit Tart
Keylime gose with vanilla bean added giving flavors of key lime pie with a huge dollop of whipped cream.
Spyglass – Lemon Lime Tart (reformulation)
Big badder and more drinkable! Now with even more Lemon and Limes added, to make this a true fruit tart. Light and refreshing.
Carrot Cake A La Mode – Corporate ladder Collaboration Building off their Winning beer “cherry sour a La Mode, they’re at it again! This version brings Carrot Juice, Cinnamon and other natural flavors to deliver the easter dessert in a glass. Pours a vibrant orange with cream cheese frosting on the nose, the medium thick body follows with cinnamon and sweet fruit with hints of carrot.
Ice Ice Prrrty 6.2% ABV Ice Ice PRRRTY is a Slushy Style Sour that’ll grab ahold of you tightly, then flow like a harpoon daily and nightly. Will it ever stop? That’s up to you to put down this absolute banger stuffed with lemon, cherry, plum, coconut, and lemon slushy mix. ⠀
Lizard People IPA DBL IPA The world is run by interstellar lizards in people suits, and as a nod to those who are really pulling the strings is Lizard People. Our reptilian overlords concocted this soft, juicy, & citrusy double IPA in some smoky back room of a super secret, non-descript, possibly government building – we don’t know or really care to know for that matter. It’s delicious and we don’t want to find out what happens when you ask too many questions.⠀
Slang Du jour Cranberry/Raspberry/Lemon/Strawberry Y’all ever had a Cranberry Raspberry Lemon Strawberry Cobbler? Ok, us neither. But we thought it sounded amazing so we loaded up this Slang with Cranberry, Raspberry, Lemon, Strawberry, Granola, Cinnamon, Brown Sugar, Lactose, & Vanilla Beans. This cacophony of awesomeness is the cobbler mashup that dreams are made of and we’re pretty sure you’re gonna dig it as much as we do.⠀
Struggle Bus – Breakfast Sour 6.4% ABV a Breakfast Sour with Orange, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, a little Coconut & cinnamon, and Maple Syrup seems a little weird but not THAT weird, right? So we’re bringing it back and we think it’s goddamn delicious, and we can’t wait to hear what you think!
Ectogasm IPA Ectogasm is a juicy, hazy, and soft NE IPA brewed with Citra & Mosaic hops. The Flagship IPA of Drekker brewing!
Berry Prrrrty Paradise he newest PRRRT, a fruited sour loaded up with Blueberry, Blackberry, Plum, Key Lime, and Cream of Coconut for a stupidly tasty tropical berry flavor!⠀
Braaaaaaains Lemon Apricot – 7.3% ABV a new Braaaaaaaains! We stuffed this one with all of the lemon & apricot we could find and then hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla beans.⠀
Garbage People DBL IPA – 8.5% ABV Don’t know about you guys, but we were always a little more Garbage Pail Kids than Cabbage Patch Kids. We grew up (technically, but not really) and we aren’t kids anymore so we’re just Garbage People. This Double IPA is hopped with Mosaic, Galaxy, Citra, and Vic Secret with some serious dank, orange zest, bubble gum, & apricot flavor and aroma. So crack one of these and decide which Garbage Pail Kid you feel like? Nasty Nick? Maybe a little more like Spacey Stacey? Let us know, we’ve got a feeling you’re Garbage People too.
Heaps – Coconut Milk Stout Heaps is a Coconut Milk Stout brewed with a big, smooth, chocolatey malt bill with a chef’s kiss of lactose to pump up that body and then it was conditioned on cacao nibs and heaps on heaps of toasted coconut! Heaps, we tell ya! ⠀
A new month means new beers and Lion Bridge Brewing will get the partying rolling on April 6th when they release the first of 2 new beers! Lemon Lime Cream Cheese Bar will come our way April 6th and then will be followed by Mount Trashmore Trail Mix on April 13th! Here’s more on these two beers:
Lemon Lime Cream Cheese Bar
An Ale with fruit, graham cracker and cream cheese flavor! Bright and tangy Meyer Lemon and Key Lime blend with a cream cheese finish and a graham cracker crust. Save room for seconds! The potluck dessert of your dreams.
Release date Wednesday 04/06
Mount Trashmore Trail Mix
A kettle sour with granola, vanilla and blueberry. A beery love song to the Cedar Rapids Mountain we all love so much. Raise your glass to a successful summit or fortify your body before the attempt. We love you, Mt. Trashmore!
When local breweries/restaurants get involved in raising awareness for non-profits, it sure makes your heart full. Clockhouse Brewing continues this wonderful tradition as they have teamed up with the “I Know Jack” foundation to raise awareness for cancer patients and their families. Let’s drink this beer, let’s keep this fight going…here’s more from Clockhouse:
We’re very excited to announce we recently teamed up with the I Know Jack Foundation and brewed a delicious NEIPA to help spread awareness and raise funds for this incredible local non-profit. By raising funds, they support cancer patients and their families through survivorship. We are collaborating to help further their goal to raise awareness about cancer, support those affected by cancer, assist with cancer research, and improve the survivor’s quality of life. We understand that cancer affects the entire family and that it takes a community to beat cancer. With that in mind we be donating a part of the proceeds of I Know Jack NEIPA back to the foundation. I Know Jack NEIPA is dry-hopped with Azacca, Nelson, and Strata which leaves notes of white wine, lemon peel, and citrus. Available in 16oz 4-packs, growlers, and draft.
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