The beautiful thing about getting a particular craving when you live in between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City is that you can simply hop in your car and head towards either destination and places in between and satisfy that craving with one of the many amazing, locally owned restaurants/bars/breweries/pubs!
Sushi is definitely a craving I have often. There are a few very good sushi options in the IC/CR area and after reading and seeing many posts about this place, I finally made it to MIX sushi in downtown Cedar Rapids! MIX (210 3rd Avenue, Cedar Rapids) not only serves up some of the best sushi I’ve had, but also has options for the vegetarian and gluten free crowd!
I usually go overboard on ordering when I visit a new place and I did the same visiting MIX. I started off with the the “Angry Shrimp”. 3 jumbo shrimp stuffed with a sweet chilli jalapeno cream cheese blend, hand breaded and deep fried and served with some excellent sweet and sour sauce. This is also a gluten free option! The perfect start to the meal. Spicy, fresh, and delicious. It doesn’t need the sweet and sour because they are extremely flavorful but the sweet and sour is so good I doused mine in it! Would order again and on every single visit!
Next up – sushi time! Mix tuna roll – Spicy white tuna, cucumber, and avocado inside the roll with seared red tuna, mayo, spicy mayo, unagi sauce, and scallions on the outside. Refreshing, tasty, and just what I needed. A little dab of wasabi and I could hammer this roll all day long.
White Dragon Roll – Tempura battered and fried shrimp with cream cheese, cucumber inside and ebi shrimp, white tuna, honey mayo on the outside. The battered and fried shrimp give this roll and wonderful crunch and the honey mayo sweetness blends really well with a little tab of wasabi. Excellent roll!
Fire Dragon Roll – spicy tuna, cucumber inside. red tuna, red tobiko, spicy mayo outside. I didn’t think it was spicy as advertised but I really enjoyed this roll too. Refreshing, a bit spicy, and delicious and pairs perfectly with a cold Kirin Ichiban.
MIX is definitely worth visiting for the sushi crowd. Excellent service and wonderful food options. I would order the same things I ordered on my visit but I know I want to try it all! Check out MIX soon!
Woodland Pursuit – 6.5% ABV New Zealand IPA (Nelson sauvin, Riwaka, Motueka) brewed to balance a bit of juicy sweetness with the explosive character within these three New Zealand grown hop varieties. An Excellent refreshment for your favorite outdoor moments.
Evil Haze Factory – 8.7% ABV Double India Pale Ale brewed with Galaxy, Nelson Sauvin, El Dorado + Lotus hops.
Lime in the Coconut – 4% ABV Meet our Berliner Weisse-style ale with lime, coconut and milk sugar. It’s a hybrid of bright lime acidity and creamy coconut sweetness that will make your living room, backyard, or the taproom feel just as good as any Tahitian beach would. PB&J Sour
Summer Side Hustle Sour wheat ale brewed with Strawberry & Pink Lemonade Syrup.
Tropical Milkshake Double IPA brewed with Mango, Pineapple, Passion Fruit, Guava, vanilla, milk sugar and Citra, Rakau, Lemondrop and Sabro hops
Ambitions – 6.2% ABV Fruited smoothie sour with pineapple, cherry & lime. This beer is very cherry and pineapple forward with hints of lime on the finish.
dHop 35 – 8.5% dHop 35 pours a very vibrant yellow, releasing bright tropical notes of rainbow melon, bright citrus, mango, pineapple, and peach.
Fluctuation DDH DIPA – 8.1% Departures from Equilibrium are known as fluctuations. It pours a very hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, and lychee with an undercurrent of sorbet and cream. Fluctuation tastes highly resinous and tropical with an assertive yet soft bitterness. We consider this fluctuation to be perfectly unbalanced.
Galaxy Flare DDH DIPA – 8.5% ABV Starting off with a base of white wheat and flaked oats, we used our 100% hand selected Victorian Galaxy in both the whirlpool and dry hop for the hop bill. Pouring a deep hazy yellow, saturated aromas and flavors of Florida navel orange, passionfruit, lychee, and grapefruit build into a dank #EQjuice forward finish with a balanced creaminess and a touch of hop bitterness. It seems like it took us lightyears to make our first All Galaxy DIPA, but we think it was worth the wait!
Photon – 4.8% ABV Photon is our light and crushable American Pale Ale loaded with pacific northwest hops. It pours a very hazy orange, releasing well-blended notes of apricot, tangerine, peach, mango, and pineapple. It tastes of soft juicy tropical fruits, hop resins, and a hint of biscuit. A smooth rounded bitterness with a touch of dryness ensures you’re ready for the next sip. This drinking experience is further enhanced with a soft and billowy mouth-feel that has made this the go to ale for the Equilibrium crew, especially when a productive day needs to follow a fun night.
Evergy Wave DDH DIPA – 8% ABV We are thrilled with Dream Wave Fluctuation. We revisited the Wave treatment with one of our favorite beers by paying tribute to the other side of the MC² relationship with energy. Energy Wave takes the MC² grain bill, increases the hops, and adds a touch of lactose. Energy Wave pours a glowing hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of mango, pineapple, lactose, and apricot. Energy Wave tastes like a succulent wave of creamy mango juice with a touch of sweet that is dangerously drinkable and balanced.
Oktoberfest Toasty bread and caramel notes with a firm bitterness for balance. Prost!
If you are in the Cedar Rapids area tomorrow, it is the perfect time to support local brewers as the Cedar Rapids Brewing Society is hosting the “Drink Local Festival” starting at 1:00 p.m. at Benz Beverage Depot! Here’s isore on this event:
We’re excited to announce that our annual beer festival is back for 2021 Join the Cedar Rapids Brewing Society, Home brew clubs from across the state, and Professional Craft Brewers in celebrating the art of Craft Beer.Tickets are $30 and can be purchased via eventbrite.https://www.eventbrite.com/…/drink-local-festival…
The perfect chance to try the best homebrews the state of Iowa has to offer, including the infamous F*** Your Face Triple IPA!
Big Grove Brewery Brewpub in Solon will be celebrating their 8 year anniversary on September 5th and as Big Grove has always done, it will be one hell of a great party! Doors will open at 10 a.m. on that Sunday for food, drinks, and plenty to do for the kids! Here’s more from Big Grove:
Can’t believe it — but we’re almost ready to celebrate 8 years in Solon! We opened our doors Labor Day weekend in 2013… and every year we take that weekend as a chance to reflect on and appreciate all the joy you all bring us.Plus we like to party Sunday, September 5 • Doors open at 10am with food specials running all day… we’ll have the beer garden going on the patio and the street blocked off once again with beer tubs and walk-up service. And, of course, games for all and chalk and temporary tattoos for the kiddos! We’re excited to share some live music as well, with Keegan Moore from 12-2:30 + DJ Derek Thorn 3-6. And don’t miss the 50/50 raffle for the food bank.The beer? We haven’t even gotten to the good part yet! Turtle Hunter Hazy DIPA 2016 Barrel-Aged Richard the Whale 2017 Barrel-Aged Richard the Whale 2020 Batch 1000 Barleywine Whiskey Barrel Blend ❤️🔥 Sidehill Sour Barrel Aged Sour with Passionfruit Sidehill Sour Barrel Aged Sour with Blackberry
Humble Bumble V3 – 5% ABV Mango piña colada (mango, pineapple, Calamansi, coconut, tiger lily blossoms, Wildflower honey).This mango infused piña colada is reminiscent of a fresh fruit cocktail.
Pineapple Orange Zephyr Turbine This is a jam packed breakfast beer that will transport you to a tropical oasis! Imagine fresh squeezed orange juice topped with spoonfuls of crushed pineapple and garnished with a flower of Citra Hops in this American Sour Ale.
Mango’rine Sorbet IPA Creamy mango, zesty tangerine and floral Citra hops combine to create a pungent and succulent experience. With all the fruit added after fermentation this is truly a slushy version of a NEIPA. 6.8% ABV
Apple Cranberry Crumble Mosa This dessert-themed hard smoothie seltzer showcases a full gooey body from baked apple pectins along with spicy cinnamon, rich brown sugar and warming alcohol. All that comforting goodness is nicely balanced with tart cranberries and a white wine-like finish. 6.5% ABV=
Mango Strawberry Mosa This is a liquid version of a decadent fruit sorbet! We added tons of mango purée to create a sweet and creamy base. We then layered in enough fresh strawberries for some tartness and a floral finish. 6.5% ABV.
Dusty – 6% ABV A New England-style Pale Ale brewed and dry hopped with loads of Citra hops to create flavors of grapefruit, passionfruit, lychee, and orange zest.
Lemon Meringue Dbl Marbles – 7.5% Newest addition to the Marbles series… A Milkshake-style Double IPA with Meyer lemon, vanilla, & milk sugar added. Not overly sweet, with nice lemon flavor and medium body. This is truly an impressive beer.
Creature McMason – 13% ABV Earlier this year we got with our friends over at Creative Creature to do an Acai Bowl inspired pastry sour. Our end of the collab had the same idea, but in stout form! This huge, sweet, fruity, and rich stout will be sure to leave you wanting more after every sip. With a finishing gravity of 14 plato, the 13.5% ABV won’t even be detectable. Beware! If you have a sweet tooth this one may be dangerous.
Nelson Revengence – 8% ABV Absolutely bursting with Nelson, this collaboration single hopped IPA with our friends over at beer zombies is exploding with the gooseberry and tropical flavors that nelson is known for. All late addition hops and dual dry hops also get rid of any potential bitterness lending to an absolute juice bomb of a Hazy DIPA.
One Man Riot – 7.5% ABV Named for that friend we all have who can single handedly destroy a room without even trying, One Man Riot is our year-round Hazy IPA. Loaded up with Mandarina Bavaria, Citra and Nelson hops, this beer is juicy as hell. Enjoyed best with friends, homies, Star Wards fanatics and Conor McGregor…
Zombie Aneurysm – 8.5% DDH hazy double IPA with Galaxy, Citra, Talus & Pacific Sunrise. Big bursts of bright citrus featuring lemons and clementine followed by tropical fruits and stone fruit jammy sweetness. With a hint of earth and pine on the back end
Greens Greens Hazy IPA What does it take for your average pink blob to become a hero? Does it have to do with inhaling, holding it in your lungs for a bit, and releasing? Does it have to do with absorbing your enemies and becoming a little spacey? No. GREEN GREENS makes its triumphant return. Welcome the return of GREEN GREENS, our New England IPA hopped & double dry hopped w/ Sabro, Galaxy & Simcoe Cryo
Half Believeing TIME – Apricot, Cara Cara Orange, Coconut, almond, vanilla Fruited Berlinerweisse Ponder time and life itself with Half Believing Time, our latest in the Half Believing series: a Fruited Berliner Weisse w/ wheat malt, apricot, Cara Cara orange, cherry, coconut, almonds, milk sugar & vanilla beans.
Mostly M’s Mmmmm a *new* DIPA. Mostly M’s is a mouthful. Idaho7, Mosaic & Motueka mingle masterfully to manifest a magnificently multidimensional malt. Mosey on into the weekend with a 4-pack (or maaaybe three??) of this heavy hitter
Notes from the Underground – Drekker Collab Notes From The Underground is a Double Dry Hopped DIPA we did in collaboration with @drekkerbrewing! We’ve got a fever and the only prescription is… Voss yeast and dry hopping with Sultana, Sabro, Citra and NZH107! You thought we were going to say, “cowbell?”
Demonic Woodland Creatures Demonic Woodland Critters is a collaboration with our buds @thinmanbrewery out of Buffalo, NY. This Sour Ale is packed with raspberries, blackberries & lemon for a fruit-forward puckery flavor. Mellow marshmallow, macadamia nuts & milk sugar give it a delectably creamy mouthfeel & a touch of sweet.
Purple orange Starfish Starfish but make it PURPLE. A twist on one of our ol’ reliables, Purple Starfish is hopped with Citra, (a bit more) Mosaic & rounded out with Galaxy. This IPA is juicy & full of citrus-y flavor but still totally crushable.
Bringing Extra Sexy Back This DIPA is an amped up version of a favorite, dry-hopped with Mosaic. It’s giving us sweet berry, ripe peach, & mango, all wrapped up in a smooth dank finish.
Jenerik Triple IPA – 13% ABv ALL CITRA Jenerik is a triple dry-hopped, triple IPA with ALL Citra hops. Yeah, all Citra. Basic, but like, in the best way.
Mango Freeze Mango Freeze is our NEW Sour Ale brewed with Mango & non-dairy vanilla frozen yogurt. Gently tart, full of mango flavor & big on creaminess.
Hazelnut Imperial Milkstout – Collaboration with Mikerphone Brewing (see photo) One of the highest rated beers from Untitled Art returns with the 2021 version. Ratings Link it’s bold and smooth with big notes of hazelnut and chocolate.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Hazelnut imperial Milkstout – 2020 version Collaboration with Mikerphone Brewing This is the newest 2020 version of their infamous Bourbon Barrel aged beer. NOW IN CANS!
Festbier Oktoberfest Lager – 5.7% ABV We’ve brewed this beer every fall since 2014, and it’s usually one of our very favorite lagers of the year. We decoction mash Festbier, which means we actually boil part of the grain in order to capture the elusive malty but not sweet body that makes it such an absolute joy to drink in quantity.
Tasting Notes – Crisp but beefy, strong malt character, malty but not sweet. Well-balanced
Art & Agriculture DDH Hazy IPA – Collaboration with Pinthouse Pizza 6.6% ABV Beer is in large part an agricultural product, even though we don’t think about it that way very often. The aromatic quality of an IPA, for example, is determined by the quality of the hops that go into the tank. Art & Agriculture is a beer that’s all about hop selection. We happened to select the same lot of Mosaic from the Yakima valley for our 2020 crop year Mosaics as our friends at Pinthouse, and we thought we’d celebrate by brewing a beer with them. The hops selected for this year bring a ton of tropical and dank character to our beers, with a super high degree of intensity, and we’re happy to have a chance to show them off.
Prairie Artisan Ales Bourbon Barrel Aged Sundae Service 12/12oz Bottles – Hot Fudge Sundae Inspired Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Fudge, Chocolate, Vanilla, Sprinkles, Peanuts, and Cherries. 13% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Barrel-Aged Mocha Noir 12/12oz Bottles – Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout with coffee and Chocolate. 14.2% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Barrel-Aged Bourbon Weekend 12/12oz Bottles – Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout with Toasted Coconut, Chocolate, and Marshmallow. 14.2% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Barrel-Aged Bourbon Paradise 12/12oz Bottles – Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Coconut and Vanilla. 13.7% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales You Gotta Horchata 12/12oz – Horchata-inspired Imperial Stout with Cinnamon, Vanilla, and Sugar. This treat is packed with cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar and will satisfy your craving whether it’s sweet or boozy! 10.8% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales BOMB 12/12oz – The beer that started it all for Prairie. Imperial Stout aged on coffee, cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and chili peppers. 13.0% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Paradise 12/12oz Bottles – Imperial Stout with Vanilla and Coconut. 13% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales CANS:
Prairie Artisan Ales Pumpkin Kerfuffle 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Sour Beer with Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend and Toasted Marshmallow. 8.2% ABV
Prairie Artisan Ales Sneaking Suspicion 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Pineapple, Mango, and Passion Fruit. 5% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Just The Juice 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Pastry Sour brewed with Apricots, Blood Oranges, Mangoes, and Vanilla. 7.4% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Lemon Slice 6/4/12oz CANS – Prairie’s take on a lemon meringue pie! Packed with lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla! 5.2% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Cocoa Berry 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Sour Pastry Ale with Orange, Lemon, Lime, Raspberry, Blueberry, Grapefruit, Cacao Nibs, and Toasted Marshmallow. 7.5% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Millennial Mansion 6/4/12oz CANS – Imperial Sour Ale with Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Lime, Blueberry, Cherry, and Marshmallow. 7.7% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Rainbow Sherbet 6/4/12oz CANS – Have you ever drank a rainbow? Well, now you can! Sour ale with raspberry, pineapple, and orange. 5.2% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Rainbow Sherbet 12-Pack 2/12/12oz CANS – Have you ever drank a rainbow? Well, now you can! Sour ale with raspberry, pineapple, and orange. 5.2% ABV. ****NEW 12-PACKS FORMAT****
Prairie Artisan Ales Sour Mix Pack 2/12/12oz CANS – 2 – 12 packs per case. Each pack includes 4 Cans Rainbow Sherbet 4 Cans Vape Trick 4 Cans Punch ****12-PACKS FORMAT****
Prairie Artisan Ales Slush 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour ale with Strawberry and Raspberry. Finished with fresh lemon and lime zest. 6.1% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Vape Tricks 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale Aged on Cherries. 5.9% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Plum Conundrum 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Plum, Black Currant, and Blackberry. 5.2% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Spectrum 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Cinnamon, Hibiscus, and Chili Peppers. 5.3% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Standard 6/4/12oz CAN – Light, Crisp Farmhouse Ale Dry-Hopped with Motueka hops, a lovely New Zealand hop with a spicy lime-like flavor, and aroma. 5.6% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Phantasmagoria 6/4/12oz CAN – Big, Bold Double IPA. 8.0% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Spicy Pickle Monster 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Spicy Dill Pickles, Orange, Lemon, and Lime. 5.8% ABV. Surprisingly Delicious!
Prairie Artisan Ales Moscow Mule 6/4/12oz CANS – Moscow Mule Double Hard Seltzer. 8.7% ABV.
Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie Flare 6/4/12oz CAN – Gose with Citrus Fruits and Coriander. 5.4% ABV.
Gradient Love New England Oated DIPA hopped with Vic Secret, El Dorado, and Galaxy hops. 7.9%
Mosa Mimosa inspired Sour Ale brewed with sea salt, and tangerine puree. 5.8%
Southern Crisp Unfiltered Pilsner delicately hopped with Nelson Sauvin. 4.4%
Teal New England IPA brewed with barley, wheat, flaked oats, and hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and Rakau. 5.8%
Insert Juicer Pun This “juiced” up version on our popular New England DIPA is double dry hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, and Citra hops. 7.9%
Barista Berry Hill 2021 Fruited Sour Ale brewed with lactose, blackberry, black currant, raspberry, and Barista Parlor Drima Zede single origin coffee. 5.4%
Homestyle
The one that started it all. This heavily oated, mosaic-only IPA softly beckons you to remember where you came from while giving you just enough of a ripe citrus kick to strive for where you want to go. Homestyle is the staple IPA of our brewery and, like almost all of our hoppy beers, focuses on highlighting the fruity & fragrant nuances of hops. At a relaxed 6.0% we think you’ll discover it’s easy to find your Homestyle.
Double Homestyle
It’s like your original favorite, but double the fun! 8.2%
Escape Artist
Our newest release isn’t easy to pin down. Strata + cashmere + citra hops tie to subtle strands of expressive English yeast for a DIPA that’s smooth and just a bit of a sweet talker. Silky fresh-sliced mango mouthfeel and undaunted notes of lemon squares, clementine rind, and refreshing citrus sorbet leave a lasting impression. 7.6%
Illusion
This is a double IPA with a fun twist. Now you see it? An intertwining apparition of motueka + enigma that unravels into zingy citrus, ripe raspberries, and smooth peach syrup. 8%
Dbl Scatterbrain DDH Citra
This is your brain on Double Scatterbrain, DDH with citra. Double the piney passion fruit goodness you know and love + now double the dry hopped citra magic you crave for a pint that’s sure to make your brains feel like Waffle House hashbrowns. 8%
Ever Clever DDH
It’s the cleverest of the ever-ests. Your favorite banter-slinging, foxy DIPA now bursts with a wicked double dry hop that’ll keep your taste buds as nimble as your wits. 8.5%
Waking Rainbows Sherbet Sour – 5.7% ABV Their take on a warm weather treat! Waking Rainbows is a rainbow sherbet sour packed full of key lime, pineapple, orange and raspberry. Celebrate summer with this bright and fruity sour!!
Coastal Sunset v4 6% ABV dessert Pastry sour (Pineapple, cherry, vanilla, cinnamon, brown sugar). This is a pineapple upside down cake inspired version.
Blueberry Banana Smoothie Seltzer Smoothie Seltzer with blueberry puree, banana puree, and maple syrup
POP CULTURE – Triple IPA (10.2%) Getting it popping with the newly christened Cryo pop Blend from our friends Yakima Chief HopsSpecifically formulated over the last couple years to maximize juicy, fruity aromatics when added during mid fermentation biotransformation sexy times. Buckle up, it’s time to pop off!
The Lion Bridge calendar below says it all! Starting tomorrow, August 4th, peanut butter chocolate compensation and followed with a blackberry American wild, and the return of the beast on August 18th!! For state fair goers, a bourbon wrapped double cheesecake stout!
Crimson Guava Sorbet We all now know that Sabro hops adds a subtle coconut note to IPAs. Now add a full serving of fruit including pink guava and blood orange and now we’re talking full body, creamy texture, tropical flavor, and a pastel salmon color. This heavily fruited IPA is bursting with citrus flavors and has enough bitterness to remind you of your favorite IPA. 6.5% ABV.
Cherry Pie Bistro Berliner Weisse with tart cherries and a hint of sugar and slightly malty with notes of pie crust.6.5% ABV.
Blackberry Pancakes Bistro Breakfast, lunch or dinner…Bistro Blackberry Pancakes is good any time of day, just like actual pancakes!
Fresh blackberries meet rich New Hampshire maple syrup in this fruited Berliner Weisse, sure to impress any pancake fan!
Orange Meringue Pie Bistro This beer explodes with a citrus mix of orange and lemon, rich whip cream and savory pie crust. The flavor delivers on all aspects of orange meringue pie including tangy orange, sweet and creamy vanilla and a decadent flaky crust. 6.5% ABV
Technical Ecstasy Brewed with Bohemian Pils malt and Saaz hops Technical Ecstasy pours a stunning hazy straw color with an enormous dense white head, the hallmark of a fresh Pilsner. The hops’ floral, slightly spicy aroma immediately lures you in. The medium-bodied mouth feel produces a soft, crackery maltiness immediately followed by spicy, slightly grassy notes.
Liquid Spiritual Dreams (LSD) imp stout LSD is a stout that is a chewy, chocolaty and a joy to behold.11.5% ABV
Vanilla Coffee LSD LSD is a stout that is a chewy, chocolaty and a joy to behold. WITH Vanilla and Coffee! 11.5% ABV
Bless this mess – vol 3 Key lime Golden ale with key lime, biscuit malt, coriander, and vanilla
Mladek – Perennial Brewing collab Pronounced “Melodic”, this Imperial Stout is blended with cinnamon & vanilla.
Two Trains Dbl IPA 9.3% ABV Named after that dreaded 2 sets of train tracks that run along our brewery, this malty American style DIPA is a tropical fruit bomb with a nice crisp balanced bitterness.
To brighter Days vol 2 Vol. 2 in rotating collaboration beer series with breweries who have brightened our days in 2020 + beyond. An IPA brewed with fruity tropical hops, pineapple & orange.
Art of Neurosis Hazy IPA Art of Neurosis is an IPA that has everything you could want in one, if what you want is a hop sandwich. It’s a 7.7% Simcoe and Columbus delight.
Little Big hop It’s a low alcohol double IPA or maybe an imperial table beer or an American lager that uses ale yeast and 10 times the hops as normal. This beer is as cloudy and hazy as the River Des Peres. Hops used: Magnum, Cascade, Zythos, Simcoe, Columbus
Cat Spit Stout Oatmeal Milk Stout with hints of Coffee and Roasty richness.
Helles Munich Style lager Brewed with traditional German lager yeast & noble hops, this lovely little beer is slightly softer and a bit more floral than it’s Pilsner counterpart.
Power Moves! 5.5% ABV This IPA is a low ABV juice bomb! Brewed with Chinook, Simcoe, Citra, & Mosaic this easy drinker is ready for the beach, BBQ or just an at home happy hour.
Baby Shark 5.5% ABV A heavy dry-hopped diet of Citra gives the Baby Shark ripe flavors of grapefruit, peaches, & soft mango, & makes it’s habitat in a sea of hazy orange clementine. Grab a 4-pack and enjoy the freshest haul of this IPA.
Old Town Lager 4% ABV Old Town Lager is dangerously clean, crisp & with just a dash of floral hops. So whether you’ve got a day full of chores ahead of you or you’ve committed yourself to an afternoon of grilling & watching football, Old Town Lager is gonna get you thru it. Lager Then Life.
Volcano Sauce The tectonic plates have shifted, letting forth an eruption of gushing blackberries and blueberries. Each burst filled with milk sugar & vanilla for creamsicle smoothness. A freshly canned sour ale with explosively delicious flavor.
You Call that a Knife? 8.3% ABV You Call That A Knife? THIS is a knife. This DIPA is packed with Citra, Vic Secret, & Waimea, combining for bloody epic notes of pine, pineapple & citrusy tangerine with subtle grapefruit, passionfruit & mango.
Double Discount 6.5% ABV This fruited sour is jam packed with raspberries and tangerines. The deep maroon color may be eye catching, but the smooth fruit sweetness and tart berry action will have you coming back for… Double!
Nuclear Pasta IPA – 5.5% ABV
Dry-Hopped w/ Idaho 7, Galaxy, & Citra
Smashin Berries – 6.5% ABV A hop forward and ethereal strawberry IPA arises and becomes a dynamic thirst quencher. The aggressive hopping schedule appears dominant, but the sweetness of the vanilla and softness of the marshmallow are a tender touch that allows your pallet to taste the strawberry goodness in the end.
Master of Karate – 8.3% ABV Bruce Lee. Chuck Norris. Dayman. Sensei John Kreese. We know them, we love them. Today our own Master of Karate is back! This DIPA shows no mercy with a juicy roundhouse of mango, pineapple, passionfruit, pine & berry. Dry-hopped with Mosaic, Galaxy & Amarillo, it’ll chop & drop your senses into submission.
Promotion – fruit sour ale Brewed w/ Dragon Fruit, Peach, Pineapple, & Passionfruit
El Frutero – 5% ABv El Frutero is a a Sour Ale w/Watermelon, Lime, Habanero, & Salt. This beer tastes like a watermelon margarita with a hint of spice!
RaspBerry DimensionsRaspberry Dimensions pours a frothy ruby red daiquiri color releasing sensations of tart and sweet raspberry jam, citrus, tropical fruit frosting, and nerds candy.
dHop5 – Dbl IPA 8% ABV dHop5 is a DIPA that supersizes one of our favorite Equilibrium IPAs: Fractal Citra/Galaxy. We scaled Fractal’s grain bill, water treatment, fermentation, and super sized the hop bill of citra and galaxy. dHop5 pours a milky yellow releasing aromas of passion fruit, peach, lime, and pineapple all integrated with a sorbet twist.
Double PentaflakeDouble Fractal Pentaflake is the first in the series, it combines our fractal fermentation, simple 2-row base malt bill, and combines Galaxy, Strata, Sabro, Citra, and Amarillo. Pouring beautifully hazy and deep yellow in color, aromas of yuzu citrus, lime, pine, coconut, and complex berries are met with flavors of tangerine, passionfruit, assorted stone fruits, and berry with a touch of coconut and a big limey
ds/dt – DBL IPA 8% ABV dS/dt pours a hazy bright yellow and has aromas of freshly squeezed OJ, rainbow melon, lime, grapefruit, and a tropical character that gives you a vacation in a glass. The flavor is bright tropical orange juice, mango smoothie, dank grass, with a gummy resinous character of our huge rainbow melon
Raining Belma Raining Belma is one of the beers in our Heavy Metal Series. It starts with a base of oats and wheat and utilizes a mostly Belma hop bill with some support from Citra to round things out.
South Street Pils We took our South St. Pils and let it lager in our dedicated Pilsner Foeder for an extended time. After more than three months, our second Pilsner out of our South Street facility is here as a perfect companion to BBQ.
Super Fractal Kangaroo Set – Triple IPA 10% ABV With mostly all Aussie forward hops and a picture like that, Super Fractal Kangaroo Set was born. (Note: no Roos were actually allowed to drink). Super Fractal Kangaroo set pours a hazy intense yellow with aromas of tropical fruit, coconut, and assorted citrus.
Tachyon Tachyon is a theoretical particle that’s a bit more than a Photon. To turn theoretical physics into reality, we took Photon and upped the ABV to 5.5% and hopped it at the rate of the fractal series, resulting in an intensely hopped but low ABV crushable American Pale Ale.
Vanilla Mango Guava Smoothie Seltzer Just like the previous Omnipollo collab (ras/ mango) and the LUA – Pina colada comes the newest Smoothie Seltzer with Mango Puree, Guava Puree, Passionfruit Concentrate, Cane Sugar, Vanilla.
Triple Space Booties Is a Triple Dry-Hopped, Triple India Pale Ale with a monolithic heap of Citra and Galaxy hops. Clocking in at 9.5%, we wanted to send this beer into deep space. Metagalactic notes of fresh peach and melon dance with an overflowing amount of citrus all carried on the back of an extraterrestrial haze.
Into the Sun – Hazy wheat w/Blood orange 6% ABV 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙣 is our latest summer crusher. This hazy summer wheat ale with blood orange is a fresh reimagining of our dry-hopped pineapple wheat ale 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳. Bright beams of citrus shroud the palate with bright and refreshing notes of honey comb, vanilla, and a subtle raspberry finish.
POP CULTURE – Triple IPA (10.2%) Getting it popping with the newly christened Cryo pop Blend from our friends Yakima Chief HopsSpecifically formulated over the last couple years to maximize juicy, fruity aromatics when added during mid fermentation biotransformation sexy times. Buckle up, it’s time to pop off
Building Blocks Citra & Oats DBL IPA 8% ABV The Brews in this series are meant to showcase some of our favorite raw materials. In this case 2 different years of our hand selected Citra & Citra Cryo hops along with Malted & flaked oats, with the same base malt & yeast throughout the series so you can see how they stack up!
Live Bait – Fruited Sour (6.9%) We got bloody crazy with terrifying helpings of Passion Fruit, Tart Cherry, Blood Orange, & Key Lime in honor of @sharkweek Blended on our House Mixed Culture Foeder Fermented Berliner Base. Come on in, the water’s fine!
Start driving to Iowa City, take the Dubuque Street exit, come to the stop light before the Mayflower and hang a ralph, drive up and yes, it’s all houses/homes/condos/etc. keep going until you hit the Peninsula Neighborhood. Don’t worry, if you think you are totally missing a restaurant because it’s all houses, you would be correct, but just get to Martin Street and you’ll run into a legit restaurant…you’ve made it..1010 Martin Street in Iowa City….get your taste buds ready for Ramen Belly!
Nestled back in a beautiful Iowa City neighborhood is where you can get an extremely satisfying and fulfilling Asian meal. Ramen Belly has a small seating capacity with some outdoor tables which makes it charming and hospitable as do the wait staff and owners. You are given menus, but you place your order after scanning a QR code and the staff are eager to help if need be. The menu itself is mouth-water….potstickers, short ribs, poke bowls, and what I came there to eat…RAMEN!!! When I hit a new place and the menu has many options that appease they eye, it’s time to order a shit load of food! Before the food…the beer…….Ichiban on tap…get one, Japan’s pale ale, or get a Sapporo while you’re feeding your face. For the Iowa Craft scene, Easy Eddy was on the lines!
DISH 1 – Braised Pork and Mushroom Pot Stickers:
Potstickers are always an easy thing to order because they are usually extremely tasty if done correctly, and Ramen Belly does them extremely well. A bit of crunch on the outside, steamed perfectly, and the mushroom/roasted pork combo paired wonderfully. Definitely worth another order.
DISH 2 – Tuna Tartare
Fresh tuna tossed in a sriracha aioli with house pickled cucumbers, wonton strips, and thin strips of nori. Refreshing with a little punch of heat from the aioli, paired perfectly with a cold Ichiban.
DISH 3 – Poke Bowl
Yes, this dish and the one above look similar. Underneath this one however is some delicious white rice and a sesame flavored seaweed salad to go along with the mouth watering tuna. Refreshing, filling, and extremely tasty. The seaweed salad is the game changer in this dish. Those house cucumbers in there make for a perfect bite!
DISH 4 – RAMEN!!!
I went with the house blend ramen broth on this one and after talking to the owner you can appreciate it all those flavors that you get from it. The broth is cooked down for 36 hours before blending with others broths for at least an additional 18 hours. Packed full of flavor for all the lovely parts of chicken, pork, veggies, beef and then strained over al dente noodles, a big slab of the best tasting korean grilled short rib I’ll ever eat, soft boiled egg, and bean sprouts.
OVERALL
I want to go back tomorrow. Every dish was delicious, flavorful, and well-executed. My one regret…I should have ordered a bunch of short ribs! I will not make that mistake again! Forget chicken noodle soup, Ramen is the way to go! Check out Ramen Belly on Facebook by clicking HERE and get over there and get some awesome food!
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Sunday, September 5 • Doors open at 10am with food specials running all day… we’ll have the beer garden going on the patio and the street blocked off once again with beer tubs and walk-up service. And, of course, games for all and chalk and temporary tattoos for the kiddos! We’re excited to share some live music as well, with Keegan Moore from 12-2:30 + DJ Derek Thorn 3-6. And don’t miss the 50/50 raffle for the food bank.The beer? We haven’t even gotten to the good part yet!
Turtle Hunter Hazy DIPA
2016 Barrel-Aged Richard the Whale
2020 Batch 1000 Barleywine Whiskey Barrel Blend
Sidehill Sour Barrel Aged Sour with Blackberry
Specifically formulated over the last couple years to maximize juicy, fruity aromatics when added during mid fermentation biotransformation sexy times. Buckle up, it’s time to pop off!
Blended on our House Mixed Culture Foeder Fermented Berliner Base. Come on in, the water’s fine!
