Clown Shoes brews coming from Abu Nawas this week!

Big beer drop from Clown Shoes courtesy of Abu Nawas, including a barrel-aged IPA! Check out the list below:

CLOWN SHOES CANS:

  • Clown Shoes Origin Story 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CAN – IPA Aged in Bourbon Barrels. Rich and complex notes of bourbon and oak mingle uniquely with subtle hoppiness and a sturdy, slightly sweet malt backbone. 9.75% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes The Beast With No Name 1/12/19.2oz “Stovepipe” CAN – Imperial Stout Blended with Barleywine Ale Aged in Rum, Rye, and Bourbon Barrels. A proprietor’s blend of some of their best barrel-aged ales, this imperial stout can’t be described by a single name, so they didn’t try! 10.5% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Hammer of the Lion 24/16oz CAN – Imperial Stout blended with Wee Heavy Ale aged in Rum, Bourbon, and Brandy Barrels. Rich malt sweetness paired with complex notes of Rum, Bourbon, and dark chocolate. 11% ABV. 
  • Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher 6/4/16oz CAN – American Imperial Stout, with a kiss of smoke. Rich notes of coffee and chocolate mingle throughout an intense and full-bodied Stout. Holy Water is on the ingredients list, We are not kidding! 9% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes DDH Zen Garden 6/4/16oz CAN – Double Dry Hopped New England India Pale Ale, flush with full-bodied, hazy flavor from wheat and oat in the malt bill and a steady stream of hop additions. Hopped with Azacca, Citra, and Mosaic. 6.75% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Zebra Warren 2021 24/16oz CAN – Double IPA Mango and Pink Guava. 8% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Space Cake 6/4/16oz CAN – Double IPA with Mosaic and Citra Hops. 9% ABV.   
  • Clown Shoes Galactica IPA 6/4/16oz  CAN – Clown Shoes Famed Double IPA Dry hopped with Galaxy Hops, this one balances a hop profile of light bitterness and notes of tropical fruit, citrus, and pine with a clean malt backbone.. 8% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Galacticake 6/4/16oz CAN – Double IPA Featuring a base brew of Space Cake dry-hopped per Galactica specs, Galacticake combines Clown Shoes signature Double IPAs to make for a bevy of tropical citrus aromas and flavor. A balanced body showcases notes of both pine and citrus. 9% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Haze Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double IPA with Mosaic, Citra, and Centennial hops, Honey, and 2-row malts, wheat. 9% ABV.  
  • Clown Shoes Bubble Farm IPA  6/4/16oz CAN – American IPA maintains an approachable medium-body without sacrificing any of the full aroma and flavor of copious dry-hopping additions of Simcoe, Azacca, and Idaho 7 hops. 6.5% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Rainbows are Real 6/4/16oz CAN – Hazy IPA Infused with Terpenes. 6.75% ABV.  
  • Clown Shoes Leviathan 6/4/16oz CANS – Big, Bold, and Full of Powerful hop Flavor, Leviathan is an intense TRIPLE IPA. Relentless hop additions throughout blend earthy, fruity, and floral notes. 10% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Tropical Blender 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie IPA with Guava, Pineapple, Mango, and Lactose. 7% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Tuscan Picnic 6/4/16oz CAN – Rosé India Pale Ale brewed with Lambrusco Grape Juice for sweet fruit flavor and a refreshing dryness reminiscent of a picnic under the Tuscan Sun! 6.5% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Clementine 6/4/16oz CAN – White Ale with Spices, All Natural Clementine Flavor, Sweet Orange Peel, Coriander, Mandarina Hops. 6% ABV.
  • Clown Shoes Mango Kolsch 6/4/16oz CAN – American Kōlsch with All Natural Mango Flavor, Columbus, and Huell Melon Hops. 5.5% ABV.

Lion Bridge releasing 3 beers in the coming weeks!

It’s pilsner time! Lion Bridge will be releasing their popular Ziva Voda Czech style pilsner on March 10th and 2 more beers will be coming out before that release! Here’s more from Lion Bridge courtesy of their Facebook page:

3/10/2021 RETURNING!!!Živá Voda (Czech-style Pilsner, 4.8%) – Named for the “living water” of Czech fairy tales that heals infirmities and counteracts spells. Bohemian Pilsner Malt adds subtle richness and accents of clover honey, while the addition of traditional Saaz hops throughout the run-off and long boil give this beer the distinctive earthiness and spice associated with authentic Pilsners. Lagered for 6 weeks and brought to you for St. Joe’s Day and beyond.2/24/2021
NEW!!! Fun Size (Small beer w/Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Sea Salt, 6.5%) – Made from our Home-Baked second runnings. This beer is brewed with Maldon Sea Salt and then blended with cacao nibs and peanut butter deliciousness.
2/24/2021
RETURNING!!! Sweep the Leg (Rice Lager, 4.5%) Utilizing a clean fermenting Kveik yeast for this “lager” might be deemed cheating by some, but we say do whatever it takes to win.

Clock House starting “Classified Hop Series”, 2 being released this Friday (2/19)!

Clock House Brewing is introducing their “Classified Hop Series” and the first two releases will be this Friday! Here’s more info on these new releases courtesy of Clock House’s Facebook page:

Come join us this Friday as we release two new juicy NEIPA’s.The very start of our Classified Hops series. Volume one features Enigma and HBC 586. Notes of stone fruit, berries, and mango round out this incredibly balanced treat!Westward Bound: Our take on a beer-mosa. A very citrus forward base complemented with a touch of cara cara orange. Silky, sweet, and crushable!Available in cans/growlers, and on draft!

Big Grove Drive Thru returns this Saturday! (2/20) Hopocalypse Vol. 5!

Big Grove Brewery will be brining their amazing drive thru option back for beer and food lovers this coming Saturday morning (2/20)! The last series of the popular Hopocalypse series will be releasing which features:

*Great Scott – this will be a hazy double IPA brewed with Galaxy hops.
*Doctor Voralouf – Pieces are going missing from Big Grove Brewery, and we’re beginning to believe that Vorlauf aka head brewer, Andy Joynt, has plans to become the most powerful brewing machine in the world! Or at least he plans to get to that right after he takes down one of these west coast double IPAs brewed with Galaxy.

Along with the Hopocalypse release BG will also be bringing back the coffee shop series with the release of Mocha Dunkel. Mocha Dunkel will feature La Union Columbia coffee from JBC Coffee Roasters and Tanzanian Kokoa Kamili cocoa nibs from Mast Brothers Chocolate.

And don’t forget the food! Chef Smart is ready to dish out h Detroit Breakfast Style pizza for the drive-thru. You can place your order for any of these items AND they are having 25% merch sale on 5 of their comfy sweatshirts! Lots going on, order now and make your weekend great! https://biggrovebrewery.com/product-category/drive-thru/

El Bait Shop presents “7th Annual Barrel-Aged Beer Brunch” for Feb. 27th!

El Bait Shop has released info and ticket options for their 7th Annual Barrel-Aged Beer Brunch that is set for February 27th! Here is the info on how to get tickets, sessions, and beers to be had, cheers!

Saturday February 27th
SESSION 1 – 9am-12pm
SESSION 2 – 1pm -4pm
El Bait Shop will be closed/private for the event until 4pmRESERVED SEATING available for online purchase beginning Wednesday, February 17 at 4pm:
https://www.toasttab.com/highlife-baitshopAdmission is $60 per person and sold by table reservation only:
– Table for 3-4ppl $180-$240 (9 available)
– Table for 5ppl $300 (1 available)
– Table for 6, 7 or 8ppl $360-$480 (4 available)
– Bar Seating for 2ppl $120 (5 available)Each member of your party will receive:
– Punch Card for 12 – 3oz Samples
– Biscuits + Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon and Unlimited Pancakes
– Event Mug
– 50% off Lunch from our menu.Attendees will need to leave after their scheduled event time to allow us to reset and sanitize between groups.In accordance with local guidelines, we must stress the importance and necessity of being masked-up unless at your seat.

BEER LIST

Backpocket 8th

Backpocket 8th: Almond Coconut Chocolate

Backpocket 8th: Oatmeal Raisin

Backpocket Black Forest Cake

Backpocket Wake The F Up Iowa 2021

Boulevard Rye on Rye 6

Boulevard Rye on Rye Maple

Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout 2019

Clown Shoes Exercising of Baxter

Clown Shoes Hephaestus

Clown Shoes Luchedor En Fuego

Confluence BA Ferryman’s Chocolate + Orange

Confluence BA Ferryman’s German Chocolate

Confluence BA Ferryman’s Bourbon BA

Exile Jesus on a Forklift 2019

Exile Jesus on a Forklift 2020

Firestone Walker Parabola 2019

Firestone Walker Parabola 2020

Firestone Walker Cocoanut Parabola

Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout 2020

Founders KBS Maple Macinac Fudge

Great Divide Whisky Barrel Aged Yeti

Jackson Street Campers Delight

Jackson Street Breakfast w/Capone

Jackson Street Hells Half Acre French Toast (Rye BA)

Madhouse Sundae Funday

Moonlight Meadery Bourbon BA Kurt’s Apple Pie

New Holland Dragons Milk Reserve: Rum BA w/Chocolate, Hazelnut, & Coconut (2020-1)

Ommegang Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Smoked Porter

Peace Tree Cedar Ridge Coffee

Prairie Barrel Aged Bomb!

Sierra Nevada Trip In The Woods: Barrel Aged Ovila Abbey Ale

Sierra Nevada Trip In The Woods: Rum Barrel Aged Quad

Singlespeed Barrel Aged Double Donuts

Singlespeed Two Cows (Walk Into A Barrel)

Non BA Selections:

Alluvial Aurox Imperial Stout w/Maple 2020

Dimensional Imperial Cinna Man Bun

Barn Town Oh My Goodies

Thew + Pulpit Rock collab “Together 4ever” Peach Milkshake IPA releases this Friday! (2/12)

Thew Brewing and Pulpit Rock Brewing are once again coming together for a collab release of “Together 4ever”! This release will take place this Friday, February 12, @4:00 p.m. Here are the details on this beer:

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Together 4ever is back! We brew this milkshake IPA with peach, vanilla, and lactose every year with our pals at Pulpit Rock. Come get this sweet treat! Available on tap and in crowlers.

Along with the collab release, Thew will have the following beers available:

We will have cans of Pulpit Rock beers to enjoy in our taproom or to go:
Island Life – pastry sour with strawberry, mango, and lemonade (contains lactose)
Blemon – pastry sour with blueberries, white cake, and lemon zest (contains lactose)
Show and Tell – blackberry kettle sour (contains lactose)
Never Again – pastry stout with peanuts, maraschino cherries, sugar cookies, and cocoa nibs (contains lactose & nuts)
Koffee and Biscotti – coffee porter with almond biscotti
Chuggernaut – hazy pale aleWe will also have cans of UNIFY, a hazy IPA brewed for the Iowa Brewers Guild, to enjoy in our taproom or to go!

“Keeping it Craft!” Episode #1: Need Pizza

Haywood and I with our first video shoot and no better place to start than Need Pizza! If you’re interested in us dropping by to see what you have going on in the kitchen or the brewery, hit us up at iabeerbaron@gmail.com! Thank you Need for the kitchen access, the amazing pie, and the delicious beer! Cheers!

Iowa Brewer’s Guild releasing “Unify Hazy IPA” this week!

The first ever beer brewed by and in support of the Iowa Brewer’s Guild will be released this week in stores and many different breweries! “Unify Hazy IPA” will check in at 6.5%. Availability is listed in the release that is quoted below courtesy of the IBG!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE IOWA BREWERS GUILD ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF UNIFY HAZY IPA, THE FIRST BEER BREWED BY AND IN SUPPORT OF THE GUILD

January 27, 2021– Des Moines, Iowa – The Iowa Brewers Guild (IBG), an organization which provides education, legislative support, and public awareness for 115 member breweries, announces the release of its first ever guild beer: UNIFY Hazy IPA, 6.5% ABV

The idea for this hazy, hoppy India Pale Ale was born during an IBG board meeting. Brainstorming ideas about how to creatively support the guild and its member breweries, Mike Wing chimed in, “Why don’t we do what we know how to do best, and brew a [guild] beer?”

IBG board members Dave Morgan (Single Speed Brewing) and Mike Wing (Iowa Brewing Co.) led the project. Contributors, sharing time and resources to make this beer a truly unified effort, include:

Wing collaborating to create the IPA recipe with Luke Henricksen (Backpocket Brewing), John Martin (Confluence Brewing), Austin Myers (Single Speed Brewing Co.), Zack Dunbar and Scott Selix (Lua Brewing); generous sponsors Buck Creek Distributing, 818 Design, Briess Malt & Ingredients Co., Grace Label, and Hollingbery & Son, Inc.; brewing and packaging support from Backpocket Brewing; and distribution support from Confluence Brewing.

In addition, all IBG members enjoy the option of brewing the recipe for their taprooms, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the guild.

Find UNIFY HAZY IPA beginning the first week of February on shelves across Iowa, and on tap or in cans at Iowa Brewers Guild member breweries including:515 Brewing, Allerton Brewing Co., Backpocket Brewing (Coralville and Dubuque locations), BIT Brewery, Big Rack Brew Haus, Brightside Aleworks, Confluence Brewing, Exile Brewing Co.,  Fenders Brewing, Firetrucker Brewing, Franklin Street Brewing Co., Gezellig Brewing Co., Iowa Brewing Co., Jackson Street Brewing, Kalona Brewing Company, Lion Bridge Brewing, Limestone Brewers, Lua Brewing, Peace Tree Brewing (Des Moines and Knoxville locations), Single Speed Brewing and West O Beer.

Anvil Meat Market + Iowa Brewing teaming up for a Valentine’s “Craft Beer and Charcuterie” event!

Mark your calendars for February 14th! No, not to get a box of chocolates or some flowers for your significant other, but to stuff your face with some amazing charcuterie and some tasty brews! Anvil Meat Market in the Czech Village is teaming up Iowa Brewing Company to bring your a beer and charcuterie tasting! Here are the details on this event:

Iowa Brewing Company + Anvil Meat Market have partnered to offer a Valentine’s Special of Craft Beer & Charcuterie. Get your plus one and join us at Iowa Brewing Co Sunday, February 14th between 2-5:30pm to enjoy a delicious Charcuterie board made by Anvil Meat Market plus a flight of beer each. Tickets for this event are $35/couple. Tickets are extremely limited, so order now using the link below.https://bit.ly/iowabrew-curbside