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Lion Bridge 2024 “Barrel-Aged January” Lineup Announced!

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Courtesy of Lion Bridge’s website:

Barrel Aged January 2024 Beer Releases

Home-Baked 2024 (Imperial Stout w/ Hazelnut, Cinnamon, Cacao, Love, 11%) – Dessert for your desert island. Fudge and saigon cinnamon meld with a little bit of hazelnut goodness and bourbon barrel to produce something we liken to a cookie in beer form.

Vanilla Home-Baked (Imperial Stout/ Hazelnut, Cinnamon, Cacao, Vanilla, 11%) – We took our dessert for a desert island and dosed it with huge amounts of whole bean Madagascar Vanilla. An even more decadent treat!

Couples Skate (Barrel-Fermented Brett Beer w/whole peaches, 6.5%) – A slightly awkward first encounter that has led to happily ever after. We crushed 500lbs of Michigan peaches straight from the tree and let them rest on hand-selected wild barrels from our wood cellar for 8 months.

Oco Noco (Imperial Milk Stout w/Coconut, 11%) – We took an exceptional Imperial Milk Stout, aged it in Bourbon barrels for a year, and then put an obscene amount of toasted and un-toasted coconut into it until beer and confectionary treat melded seamlessly together. Simple, but oh so decadent.

Forgotten Time 2024 (Barrel-Aged Barley Wine, 12%) – The real deal Barley Wine. Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Clockhouse. Aged for 28 months in 10-year-old Templeton Rye Whiskey barrels. Sherry, chocolate, dark fruit for days.

GAZPROM! 2019 (Russian Imperial Stout w/Maple Syrup, 12%) – Viscous, and black. After primary fermentation this oily, Russian giant is re-fermented in bourbon barrels with Great River Maple dark syrup then blended back together to add consistency and complexity. 2016 GABF Bronze Medal Winner for Specialty Beer.

Shadow Puppet (Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout, 13%) – Aged 36 months in Cedar Ridge Bourbon Barrels and blended to bring an amazing beer out of the darkness. Notes of dried dark fruits, chocolate, sherry, oak, caramel, and vanilla.

Home-Baked Whiskey Release …. details coming soon!

Week by Week breakdown:

Week 1

1/4 Live Music – Trevor Treiber 6-8 PM

1/6 BEER RELEASE : Home-Baked 2024

1/6 BEER RELEASE : Vanilla Home-Baked 2024

1/6 Raffle for FREE Lion Bridge Merchandise!

Food Special (starting 1/3)

Pork Tenderloin with a Maple Vanilla Glaze atop Blue Cheese Macaroni

Smoked Gouda Burger

Three Layer Coconut Cream Cake

Week 2

1/13 BEER RELEASE : Couples Skate

1/13 BEER RELEASE : Cellar Release – Barrel-Aged Oco Noco 2022

1/13 Live Music – Severio Lancieri 6-8 PM

1/13 Country Night! Come dressed in your best cowboy/western look!

1/13 Raffle for FREE Lion Bridge Merchandise!

1/14 Make Your Own Face Stein (tickets) 2-4 PM

1/16 Tuesday Night Trivia 6-8 PM

1/18 Magic Show 6-7 PM

Food Special (starting 1/10)

BBQ Ribs and Cornbread / Mac & Cheese and Green Beans

BBQ Bacon Burger

Apple Turnovers with Bourbon Caramel Sauce and Whipped Cream

1/20 BEER RELEASE : Forgotten Time Barley Wine 2024 edition

1/20 BEER RELEASE : Cellar Release – GAZPROM 2019

1/20 Raffle for FREE Lion Bridge Merchandise!

1/20 Open Night Mic 7-9 PM

1/23 Tuesday Night Trivia 6-8 PM

1/25 Live Music – Carson Parker Cello Duet 6-8 PM

Food Special (starting 1/17)

Hearty Beef Stew

Lamb Meat Pies

Apple Turnovers with Bourbon Caramel Sauce and Whipped Cream

Week 3

1/27 BEER RELEASE : Shadow Puppet

1/27 BEER RELEASE : Home-Baked Whiskey

1/27 Raffle for FREE Lion Bridge Merchandise!

1/28 Cedar Rapids Brewing Society Happy Hour 3-5 PM

Food Special (starting 1/24)

Pesto Flatbread with Goat Cheese and Candied Pecans

Cranberry and Barleywine Braised Brisket with Roasted Kale and Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes 

Raspberry Tart

Backpocket releasing “Jeneral Toucan’s Tropical Sour” this Thursday! (12/7)

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Courtesy of Backpocket’s Facebook page:

Get ready to TROPIC like it’s hot🌴 Introducing our newest collab beer with our friends at The Som🍊🍍We’ve got a fruity & fun release happening this Thursday – DON’T MISS IT.

Introducing Jeneral Toucan’s Tropical Sour🌺 This Tropical Sour is bursting with flavors of mango, pineapple, lime, orange & coconut – YUM.

Join us for a release party this Thursday, December 7th from 3pm-6pm at @thesom863

Skygazer and Urban Chestnut coming from Abu Nawas!

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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.

URBAN CHESTNUT BREWING COMPANY:

  • URBAN CHESTNUT ZWICKEL 6/4/16oz CANS – Bavarian Lager. Pronounced ‘zv-ick-el’, the flagship lager of Urban Chestnut. It is an unfiltered, unpasteurized, German classic that finishes as a smooth-drinking, naturally cloudy bier. 5% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT BALKAN 6/4/16oz CANS – Balkan Helles Lager. This classic Helles Lager was brewed in collaboration with Balkan Treat Box and features notes of bread and a medium low hop bitterness along with a floral, spicy hop aroma. 4.8% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT Big Shark Tangerine Radler 6/4/16oz CANS – Tangerine Radler. In German, “Radler” means: cyclist and it also means: Bier-mixed-with-soda. Thirst quenching and exactly what you need for a summer day! 4.2% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT STAMMTISCH 6/4/16oz CANS – German Pilsner. A “Stammtisch” is an informal group meeting held on a regular basis – more directly translating to ‘table for regulars’. Our Stammtisch was brewed to celebrate this idea of community and socializing. It’s a traditional German Pilsner featuring a blend of Hallertau and Strisselspalt hops, giving it a pronounced herbal and spicy aroma. It’s crisp and dry with a light grainy malt profile. We think it’s the perfect accompaniment to any gathering. 5.4% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT SCHNICKELFRITZ  6/4/16oz CANS – Bavarian Weissbier. The unmistakable characteristics of this Bavarian Weissbier are achieved with a yeast that is decidedly fruity and phenolic. You may note clove, nutmeg or even vanilla and/or banana-like aromas and flavors. 5% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT DORFBIER 6/4/16oz CANS – Munich Dunkel. Some refer to the Dunkel style as the original bier of Munich and its surrounding villages (Dörfer). This everyday bier ranges in color and sweetness depending on the amount of Munich and roasted malts used. The sweetness of the malt is then balanced by the use of another Bavarian friend…the Hallertau hop…in this specific case, Hersbrucker, grown near Wolnzach, Hallertau. 5.2% ABV – MO
  • URBAN CHESTNUT Prickly Pear Ku’damm 6/4/16oz CANS – Prickly Pear Berliner Weisse. Prickly Pear Berliner Weisse is pale gold and hazy with clean, lemon-like tartness, light body and light doughy-ness. 4.2% ABV – MO

Tox, Hoof Hearted, Eredita, and Abomination coming from Abu Nawas!

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TOX BREWING:

  • Tox Brewing Training Wings 6/4/16oz CANS – Beautiful American Pale Ale with Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe. 6% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Digitox 6/4/16oz CANS – Hoptimally saturated Double IPA with Nelson & Citra. 8.5% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Fugu 6/4/16oz CANS – Citra, Cashmere, & El Dorado IPA. Immensely aromatic and complexly hoppy for its crushable nature, Fugu combines a carefully selected combination of American hops 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Dart Frog 6/4/16oz CANS – A big IPA named after a small animal… The one featured in Tox’s logo. Dart Frog is made exclusively with hops from New Zealand. A simple grain bill is paired with a delicate but pungent-with-flavor selection of hops. 7.2% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Muscaria 6/4/16oz CANS – Calling all Mosaic and lovers. Double Dry Hopped Mosaic DIPA with Cascade and Citra through various stages of the whirlpool and dry hop. Dangerously smooth for its ABV and has huge notes of dank citrus, mango, flowery berries, and a touch of sweet tropical candy. 8.2% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Copperhead 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious American Amber Ale. 5.8% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Placebo Effect 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious American Cream Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Tox Brewing Coffee and Donuts 6/4/16oz CANS – Collab. w/ Little House Brewing. Imperial Stout with coffee, donuts, strawberry, raspberry & vanilla. 10% ABV – CT

HOOF HEARTED BREWING:

  • Hoof Hearted Maxxx Profitz 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Frapp-Style IPA brewed with Strawberry, Vanilla, Pink Guava, Tahitian Vanilla, & Milk Sugar. 6% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Rose Gose 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose with  Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Coriander, Hibiscus. Patrick Swayze forever! 4.2% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Pump & Run 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH Hazy IPA w/ Citra. 6.6% ABV – CT
  • Hoof Hearted Discount Nachos 6/4/16oz CAN – DDH IPA with El Dorado, Bru-1, Citra, Strata hops. 7.3% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Skin Froot 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale infused with heavy amounts of peach and mango. 4.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Turbo Water – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, Lime 6/4/16oz CANS – Prickly Pear, Raspberry, & Lime Hard Seltzer. 5.5% ABV – OH

EREDITÁ BEER:

  • Eredita Papapils 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp German-style Pilsner. Tettnang and Mittelfrüher hops from Seitz Farms, located in the Hallertau-region of Germany. Bright notes of lemongrass and freshly baked bread are to be experienced with PapaPils. 4.8% ABV – CT
  • Eredita Pragmatism CITRA 6/4/16oz CANS – Single-hop New England Pale Ale featuring Citra hops grown in the Pacific Northwest! 5.1% ABV – CT

ABOMINATION BREWING COMPANY:

  • Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Strawberry Creamsicle 6/4/16oz CANS –  Fruited Smoothie Sour Ale brewed with Strawberry & Vanilla. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Drippy Popsicle Rocket Pop 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Smoothie Sour Ale brewed with Cherry, Lime, Blueberry, & Raspberry. Pairs well with poolside hangs! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog ROCKET POP 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH DIPA brewed with Cherry, Lime, Blueberry, & Raspberry. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog AFRICAN QUEEN 6/4/16oz CANS – African Queen DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing White Stouts Can’t Jump 6/4/16oz CANS – Double White Stout fermented atop Vanilla Beans, Chocolate & Locally Roasted Coffee beans. 9.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Harvester Soursop, Tangerine and Blueberry 6/4/16oz CANS – The Harvester is a rotating series of fruit forward sours exploring how various fruit combinations play off each other in a sour ale. Brewed with Soursop, Tangerine, & Blueberry. For a Harvester Slushie, Stick in in Freezer. Wait 2 Hours. Open. Pour. Enjoy & Thank us later!  DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THE BEER YOU STUCK IN THE FREEZER 🙂 7.1% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Chocolate Fondue 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Pastry Imperial Stout with Chocolate Cream, Vanilla & Pound Cake. 14% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH w/ Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Fog Battle CITRA vs. SABRO 6/4/16oz CANS – QUADRUPLE Dry Hopped DIPA w/ Citra & Sabro. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamatorium Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 11.3% ABV.
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamsphere Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Sour Ale with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 7% ABV.
  • Abomination Brewing Luscious V2 – Double Fruited – Banana + Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Banana, Strawberry, & Blueberry Smoothie seltzer. 5.5% ABV – CT

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

EPIC Jester King beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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An insane amount of deliciousness is making it’s way to you! Abu Nawas was lucky enough to hit the cellars of Jester King Brewery and come away with some of the best beers made in the world! The list below is bottles only, but expect to see some really amazing things at some restaurants/bars/pubs in the coming weeks! If you know a restaurant/bar/pub that is interested in setting up an account or ordering any of the beers mentioned below, feel free to email me at ben@abunawasbeverage.com! Here’s what’s coming from Jester King!

JESTER KING BOTTLE OFFER

FARMHOUSE ALES & STOUT COLLECTION

  • Jester King / Green Bench Beachtimez Sportzketball 12x750ml Bottles – Grisette-inspired ale refermented w/ Texas loquats. 4.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Bière de Miel 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse Ale brewed w/ Texas wildflower honey. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Black Metal 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse Imperial Stout 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. Black Metal is dry, roasty, and fermented with farmhouse yeast. 10.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Boxer’s Revenge 12/750 ml Bottles – barrel-aged strong ale. Boxer’s Revenge slowly ferments for several months in oak barrels in the presence of naturally occurring wild yeasts and souring bacteria prior to blending. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 10.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Buddha’s Brew 12x750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale blended & brewed w/ kombucha tea. Very classy farmhouse that has a light, well carbonated feel and medium-light body. 4.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Cerveza de Mezquite12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with mesquite beans foraged from the Texas Hill Country! 5.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Colonel Toby 12/750ml Bottles – Thirst Quench Alert! hoppy little farmhouse ale brewed in collaboration with The Kernel Brewery in London, England. We love simple, little, crisp, bitter, drinkable beers, and Colonel Toby fits this bill. 3.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Das Wunderkind 12/750 ml Bottles – Made using the once commonplace, Old World technique of bière de coupage, freshly hopped, young beer is blended with old, sour beer aged in oak barrels. Das Wunderkind! is dry, highly attenuated, unspiced, tart, floral, and funky. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 4.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King El Cedro 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale hopped with piney, citrusy American hops, aged on Spanish Cedar spirals, and bottle conditioned with Brettanomyces yeast. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally conditioned. 7.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Foudreweizen 12/750 ml Bottles – A Collaboration with TX Legendary Live Oak Brewing Company. Wheat beer brewed by Live Oak and fermented in Foudre. 6.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Gotlandsdricka 12/750 ml Bottles – Gotlandsdricka, meaning “Drink of Gotland”, is a farmhouse ale brewed with smoked malt, juniper, and myrica gale. It’s inspired by the Scandinavian farmhouse brewing tradition. Gontlandsdricka is fabled to be the beer of the Vikings. Rudimentary malting techniques would likely have lent a smokey character to the beer and other plants besides hops (such as juniper and gale) were used for bittering. 6.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Grim Harvest 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale refermented with “spent” blackberries from Nocturnum Chrysalis. 5.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Hibernal Dichotomous 12/750 ml Bottles – Barrel Aged Farmhouse Saison with peeled & grated raw beets, orange juice & zest, and fresh thyme.
  • Jester King Le Petit Prince 12/750 ml Bottles -Crushable Farmhouse Table Beer. Throughout Northern Europe, light-bodied, well-hopped, low alcohol table beers were often the beverage of choice with all meals. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, 100% naturally conditioned ale. 2.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Mad Meg 12/750 ml Bottles – Mad Meg is a Franco-Belgian inspired “bière de provision,” which means beer for keeping or storing. Provision ales were typically higher in alcohol and cellared for longer periods of time than their lower abv counterparts. Jester King Mad Meg is a simple beer with well water, Texas barley and wheat, and organic Fuggle and Perle hops. It was fermented in stainless steel with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and wild yeast, then naturally conditioned in kegs and 750ml bottles. 8.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Mr Mingo 12/750ml Bottles – A farmhouse ale with roselle hibiscus. The inspiration was to make a simple beer with a subtle adjunct. 4.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Noble King 12/750 ml Bottles – Noble King is a medium strength, highly attenuated, unspiced farmhouse ale brewed with an abundance of organic noble hops, and fermented with wild yeasts from the Texas Hill Country. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 5.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Part & Parcel 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse Ale. The first beer in modern history brewed with 100% Texas grown and malted grain. 5.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Provenance Lemon/Lime 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with lemons and limes. Provenance takes the vibrant flavors and aromas of lemons and limes and presents them in the unique way that only wild fermentation with native yeast and bacteria can. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% bottle-conditioned. 5.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Saison Americaine 12/750ml Bottles – Authentic modern-American, mixed culture saison. 5.2% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Simple Means 12/750 ml Bottles – Simple Means represents everything we love about Jester King, this Altbier with smoked malt is a complex take on a traditional style with Jester King’s legendary Farmhouse touch. Farmhouse Altbier with Texas smoked malt. Pleasantly smoked and crushable. 5.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Snorkel 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse ale brewed with alderwood smoked sea salt and Texas grown oyster mushrooms. For this batch, we used golden oyster mushrooms. 5.5% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Vague Recollection 12/750ml Bottles – Inspired by the winemaking tradition of piquette, Vague Recollection is a farmhouse ale aged on the grape pomace from Syrah & Sangiovese. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Wytchmaker 12/750 ml Bottles – Farmhouse Rye IPA brewed with Texas-grown San Jacinto Two Row and Wildfire Pale Malt from TexMalt, malted Rye, and oats. It’s kettle hopped with Citra and El Dorado and dry hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic Cryo. 6% ABV -TX
  • Jester King / Masonry Collab Meowzah 12/750ml – Texas take on an English best bitter. 100% naturally conditioned in bottles and kegs. 4.6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Figlet 12/750ml Bottles – Collaboration with the Legendary Franklin Barbecue. Farmhouse Ale refermented with smoked Texas figs. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Kollaborationsbier 12/750ml Bottles – Kollaborationsbier is Live Oak Pilz wort fermented in stainless steel with Jester King mixed culture. The Pilz wort is brewed at Live Oak and driven across town to Jester King for fermentation. This simple, crushable beer maintains much of the Live Oak Pilz character when young and fresh, then goes through a mixed culture metamorphosis in the bottle as it ages. 6% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Soul Conduit 12/750ml Bottles – Farmhouse table beer aged in Old Tom Gin barrels previously housing Jester King Viking Metal. After barrel-aging, we refermented the beer with lime zest, lime juice, and fresh basil. The finished beer has a subtle smoked character with a nice herbal depth. We get notes of juniper, pine, Meyer lemon, lime leaf, backed up by a subtle salinity and smoke. We like to think of Soul Conduit as our farmhouse G&T. 4.5% ABV – TX

BARREL-AGED & SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION COLLECTION

  • Jester King Atrial Rubicite 12/500ml Bottles – Atrial Rubicite is Jester King barrel-aged wild ale re-fermented with raspberries. Originally released in 2013, it’s their first-ever fruit beer. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Bière de Blanc du Bois 12/500ml Bottles – To make Bière de Blanc du Bois, Texas-grown Blanc du Bois grapes were added to mature barrel-aged sour beer and refermented to dryness. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100 percent bottle-conditioned. 6.7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Biere de Coupage 12/750 ml Bottles – Biere de Coupage is a dry-hopped blend of fresh, hoppy farmhouse ale and mature, barrel-aged SPON. “Biere de Coupage” simply means beer that is cut or blended. We learned about the practice of blending young beer with old from the Franco-Belgian farmhouse tradition, and we adopted it into our beer making about a decade ago. We enjoy seeing how the microflora from the mature SPON takes the young, fresh beer in new and exciting directions. 5.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Biere de Syrah 12x500ml Bottles – barrel-aged sour beer refermented with Syrah grapes. Bière de Syrah consists of a blend of beer fermented in oak barrels for nine to twelve months with our mixed culture of brewers yeast and native yeast and bacteria harvested from the air and wildflowers around our brewery. The blend was then refermented with Syrah grapes for about two weeks, transferred off of the fruit, then aged for an additional nine months in oak barrels. After packaging, the beer naturally conditioned for an additional two months prior to release. Altogether, Bière de Syrah is roughly two years old. 7.3% ABV – TX 
  • Jester King Birra di Sangiovese 12/500ml – barrel aged sour beer refermented with Sangiovese grapes grown at Tyler Farms & Vineyard in Midland, Texas. 7.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Cerveza de Tempranillo 12/500ml Bottles – barrel-aged sour ale refermented w/ tempranillo grapes. Tempranillo wine grapes were added to mature, sour, barrel-aged beer, and allowed to referment to dryness. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% naturally conditioned. 9.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King CRU-55 12/375ml Bottles – sour red ale puncheon barrel-aged 3 years. 8.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Montmorency vs. Balaton 12/500ml Bottles – Barrel aged wild ale re-fermented with Montmorency and Balaton cherries from Michigan. 🍒 One of the running jokes at Jester King is, “What is your favorite fruit to ferment with beer, and why is it cherry?” Cherries are indeed hard to beat when it comes to fruit re-fermentation. We get delicious notes of cherry pie, cinnamon, and marzipan. 4.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Nocturn Crysalis 12/500ml Bottles – Nocturn Chrysalis is our barrel-aged wild ale refermented with six pounds per gallon Marion Blackberries! 5.1% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Omniscience & Proselytism 12x500ml Bottles – Barrel-aged wild ale refermented with Hill Country strawberries. 4.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Orter i morker 12/750 ml Bottles – Akvavit Barrel Aged Dark Farmhouse Ale brewed with well water, malted barley, hops, woodear mushrooms, dried dill, dried caraway seeds, and fresh pine needles. It was fermented with our mixed culture and aged in 225L oak barrels formerly containing akvavit, a Scandinavian spirit flavored with caraway or dill. 7.9% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Repose 12/750 ml Bottles – Inspired by the dusty, hay-filled stone barns of the Nord de France that likely gave way to the rise of Bière de Garde, we included a small portion of hay in the mash for this beer. Taking a further cue from the slow and steady winter fermentation of the style, we allowed Reposé to rest in brandy barrels for almost a year. Unfiltered, unpasteurized, and 100% bottle-conditioned. 8.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King Song of Binding 12/750ml Bottles – A collaboration with La Sirène Brewing in Melbourne, Australia. They inoculated wort in the coolship and racked it onto the yeast cake in one of their foudres for primary fermentation. They then matured the beer in French oak Pinot Noir barrels for fourteen months. 6.9% ABV – TX
  •  Jester King SPON Plum Nectarine 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON — Texas Plum & Nectarine! It’s a blend of one and two year old 100% spontaneously fermented beer from 2016 and 2017, refermented with Bruce sour plums from Lightsey Farms in Mexia, Texas, Morris plums from Engel Farms in Stonewall, Texas, and white nectarines from Cooper Farms in Fairfield, Texas! SPON beers are 100% spontaneously fermented with airborne yeast and bacteria collected overnight as the wort rests in our coolship. The beer then slowly ferments and matures in oak barrels for somewhere between one to three years depending on the batch. For this blend, we racked one and two year old beer out of oak and added it to 450 lbs. of sour plums, 100 lbs. of plums, and 400 lbs. of nectarines for refermentation. With our SPON beers, as well as for everything we brew, our aim is to create something uniquely tied to a cross-section of time, place, and people, never to be repeated or duplicated again. This is what farmhouse brewing means to us and gives us passion for what we do. 5.3% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Raspberry & Cherry 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON Raspberry & Cherry is a blend of one, two and three year old 100% spontaneously fermented beer refermented with raspberries and cherries. For our 2018 blend, we selected two puncheons of SPON from 2014, two puncheons of SPON from 2015, and one 225 liter barrel of SPON from 2016. After creating the blend, we refermented it with 960 pounds of raspberries and 840 pounds of Balaton cherries. 5.4% ABV
  • Jester King SPON Red Grape 6/375ml Bottles – 2016 SPON MOURVEDRE & SANGIOVESE – 100% spontaneously fermented beer, refermented with Mourvedre and Sangiovese grapes. We took three barrels of two year old SPON from 2014 and one barrel of three year old SPON from 2013 (about 1,600 liters), and added 500 pounds of Mourvedre grapes from the Texas High Plains and 500 pounds of Sangiovese grapes from Colorado. We allowed the beer to referment with the grapes to dryness, then naturally conditioned the beer in kegs and bottles resting on their side. 7% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Three Year Blend 6/375ml Bottles – Three Year Blend is a blend of three different vintages — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — of 100% spontaneously fermented beer. Our goal is to make beer inextricably linked to our time, place, and people by harnessing the microflora, climate, and ecology of the Texas Hill Country. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON Three Year Blend 6/750ml Bottles – 2017 SPON — Three Year Blend is a blend of three different vintages — 2014, 2015 and 2016 — of 100% spontaneously fermented beer. Our goal is to make beer inextricably linked to our time, place, and people by harnessing the microflora, climate, and ecology of the Texas Hill Country. 5.8% ABV – TX
  • Jester King SPON White Grape 6/375ml Bottles – 2018 SPON Muscat is a blend of 100% spontaneously fermented beer refermented with 2,000 pounds of Muscat grapes from Sulpher Bluff, Texas (2018 harvest)! The grapes were really pleasant, reminded us of honeysuckle and flowers, and refermented very nicely with SPON. Our SPON beers (short for “spontaneous”) are brewed with unfiltered well water, Texas malted barley, Texas raw wheat, and aged hops from our barn. The wort sits overnight in our coolship and collects wild yeast and bacteria from the air before spontaneously fermenting in oak barrels for typically one to three years. They are then conditioned in bottles and kegs through natural refermentation. As we state on our label, SPON is a unique reflection of the ecology of the Texas winter, the Texas Hill Country, and the people of Jester King. 6.4% ABV – TX
  • Jester King UberSPON 12/750 ml Bottles – UberSPON is young farmhouse ale “cut” with mature Jester King SPON, then dry hopped with organic Fuggle and Perle from The Oregon Hophouse. 5.9% ABV – TX

Clown Shoes brews coming from Abu Nawas! Including A-HOP-ALYPSE MEOW Mix pack!

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CLOWN SHOES CANS:

  • Clown Shoes A-HOP-ALYPSE MEOW – MIX PACK 2/12/12oz CANS – It’s an all-out war between the infamous alien hop bugs and the laser-wielding Feline Force. No fridge or cooler bag is safe from this imminent hoppy invasion. Packed with 4 different IPAs from across the universe, A-hop-alypse Meow has something for everyone no matter what side you’re on. Includes: Galactica SoCal Citra – Mad Perf Sesh (Mix Pack Exclusive) – Rainbows are Real – Space Cake. 
  • Clown Shoes Galactica SoCal Citra 6/4/16oz CANS – Modern twist on a classic West Coast style IPA features citrusy hops and a lighter malt character to make a crisp West Coast IPA. 7.2% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Galactica Dank Nebula 6/4/16oz CANS –  West Coast style IPA features Galaxy, Simcoe, and Columbus hops, a rich malty base, plus Dank & Stormy Hopzoil™ 7.2% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Fruitorian Guava/Passion 6/4/16oz CANS – Delicious Sour Ales with Guava and Passionfruit. 5.8% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Rainbows Are Real 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA brewed with terpenes Beta-Pinene and Linalool, aromatic compounds derived from natural botanical sources. They supplement the sweet malt backbone and lively blend of Azacca, Citra, and Mosaic hops that make Rainbows Are Real shine with fresh, juicy notes of sweet citrus. 6.9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Haze Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double IPA with Multiple dry hoppings of Mosaic and Citra. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Space Cake 6/4/16oz CANS – Mosaic, Citra Double IPA features robust hop aromas that carry through to the strong juicy flavors of tropical citrus. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Outer Limits 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp Hoppy Cold IPA. 6.5% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Mango Kolsch 6/4/16oz CANS – American Kolsch. This beer is NOT REINHEITSGEBOT. But it is delicious. Mango begins as a crisp and clean traditional Kolsch, then receives a dry hop addition and natural mango flavor. The result is a beer that features a light and crisp body that pairs that with subtle mango flavor and a lingering sweetness at the finish. 5.5% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Mist On The Oaks 6/4/12oz CANS – Rich and Roasty, Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon and Rum barrels that only this crazy bunch can pull out! We encourage you to not wake what lies beneath the mist… 10% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Undead Party Crasher 6/4/16oz CANS – Big and Bold American Imperial Stout utilizes a malt bill including smoked malts for an Imperial Stout that bursts with dark malt flavor. Rich notes of coffee, and chocolate mingle throughout an intense and full-bodied Stout. 9% ABV – MA
  • Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon 6/4/16oz CANS – Russian Imperial Stout Brewed with a monstrous amount of malt and combined with aggressive American hops, this beer is powerful and complex and designed to age.10.5% ABV – MA

“Bluesberry” Fruit Burst sour from Iowa Brewing debuting this Friday Night @Blues Night in the Park in Cedar Rapids!

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A big Friday night awaits in Cedar Rapids as this Friday, May 19th, Iowa Brewing will be debuting their newest addition to their extremely popular “Fruit Burst Sour” portfolio as “Bluesberry” debuts! Making the debut even more significant is that it will be coming and pouring at Blues Night in the Park (Green Square in Cedar Rapids)!

This beer features blue raspberry, orange, and pineapple flavors that give it a sweet, juicy and slightly tart taste and it checks in at 6% ABV. This beer will only be available on draft and possibly your only chance to get a taste will be at the Blues Night event!

The event itself has a $5 cover and will feature recognized blues acts such as BF Burt, Keesha Pratt Band, Matthias Lattin, and Ken Valdez.

Local food vendors will be on hand to try their delicious items as well! Need Pizza, Willy Ray’s Q Shack, and The Hip Stir will have their wonderful food available and Chophouse Downtown will have cotton candy! Gates will open at 5 p.m. and music will go from 6-10 p.m.!

With the “Bluesberry” release Iowa Brewing will also have the following beers available:
-Iowa Eagle Light Lager
-Eagle Amber Lager
-Surf Zombies IPA
-ZOINKS! Session IPA
-Big River Cold IPA
-Untitled Art Seltzers

Don’t miss this amazing event!

Local Craft Cellar celebrating 1 year Anniversary on May 20th!

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On Saturday, May 20th, the Local Craft Cellar in Cedar Rapids (7085 C Ave. NE A1) will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary, and to no one’s surprise, Jason and staff will be celebrating in style with some amazing deals and samples of their wonderful supply of beer and food items! Their store hours will be 10am-4pm and Dimensional Brewing will be there pouring samples from about 11-3. Also, Edgewood Locker will be there grilling up samples of brats from 11-1:30. If you haven’t signed up for their bottle lottery, the 20th of May is going to be the last day for your to register as well!

Casita Brewing coming from Abu Nawas! Plus more beers from Nightmare, Abomination, and Skygazer!

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CASITA BREWING CO:

  • Casita High Fives and Good Vibes 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Strata & Ekuanot⁠. 9% ABV – NC
  • Casita Bladow! 6/4/16oz CANS – If Big Stout is your Jam, this is it! A BIG breakfast stout brewed with Dynamite Roasting Company Coffee, Oats, and Lactose. 11.5% ABV
  • Casita / Evil Twin – Retro Series – Ryan & the Beaster Bunny 6/4/16oz CANS – Saison brewed with Honey – 7% ABV -CT
  • Casita / Stillwater Artisanal Business 6/4/12oz CANS – Formerly Known As On FLEEK. Imperial Stout brewed with Molasses and Muscovado Sugar. 13% ABV.

NIGHTMARE BREWING COMPANY:

  • Nightmare Brewing Mizuharitsuke 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple IPA with Moshio Salt, triple dry hopped with Pacific Sunrise, Talus, and HBC 630 hops. 11.3% ABV NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Agam Kuan 6/4/16oz CANS – Masala Chai Imperial Stout brewed with Jaggery Tea and cold aged on Indian vanilla and toasted chai spices. 16% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Bamboo Torture 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial IPA brewed with Bamboo Shoots and Dry-Hopped with Akoya & Dragon Hops. 9.6% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Colombian Necktie 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose Soured on Colombian Mangoes, with Lulo, Soursop and Colombian Lime zest. 7.2 ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Chelsea Grin 6/4/16oz CANS – SOUR ALE, soured on Strawberries and Raspberries with Earl Grey Tea and Bergamot Orange Zest. 6.7% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Drawn and Quartered 6/4/16oz CANS – Quadruple dry-hopped Imperial IPA With Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, Enigma & Citra. 10% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Flayed 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Oat IPA with Azacca, Zythos, Galaxy and Pacifica. 9.6% ABV – NY
  • Nightmare Brewing Glasgow Smile 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose soured on Wild Scottish Bilberries with Heather, Lemon Zest, Raspberries and Blueberries. 6.7% ABV – NY

ABOMINATION BREWING COMPANY:

  • Abomination Terp Fog (Northern Lights) 6/4/16oz CANS – Abomination Terp Fog (Northern Lights) 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH DIPA that is mind meltingly dank, delicious and the perfect beverage to be sippin’ 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – DDH w/ Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Flying into the Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Icarus Brewing Collaboration. Insanely juicy DIPA double dry hopped with a mind blowing amount of Columbus and Riwaka. 8.9% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Fog Battle CITRA vs. SABRO 6/4/16oz CANS – QUADRUPLE Dry Hopped DIPA w/ Citra & Sabro. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into The Fog CITRA 6/4/16oz CANS – All Citra DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into the Fog (Galaxy) 6/4/16oz CANS – All Galaxy DDH DIPA. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Love Letters From Hell 6/4/16oz CANS – Milkshake IPA W/ Candy, Sprinkles, Marshmallows, Milk Sugar, Vanilla Bean, Strawberries & Ice Cream. 9.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Tiramisu 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout brewed with Mascarpone, Lady Fingers, Whipped Cream, Coffee & Cacao Nibs. 14% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Luscious V2 – Double Fruited – Banana + Strawberry 6/4/16oz CANS – Banana, Strawberry, & Blueberry Smoothie seltzer. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Key To the City of North Haven 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Sour Ale Brewed with Cherry, Blackberry, Rhubarb, Ice Cream Mix, Lactose, and Vanilla Beans. 9% ABV – CT
  • ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT

SKYGAZER BREWING:

  • 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 Go To’s Cherry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – Skygazer’s signature Watercolors sour ale, dosed with just the right amounts of Cherry and Peach purees! A perfect Go To sour! 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors – Synergy #5 – Cotton Candy 6/4/16oz CANS –  Sour Ale Brewed with Blackberry, Blueberry, Raspberry, Blue-Raspberry Cotton Candy, Milk Sugar And Marshmallow. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamatorium Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Stout with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 11.3% ABV. 
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamscape Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Triple IPA brewed with Raspberries, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, & Lactose. 10% ABV.
  • Skygazer / Abomination Collab. Dreamsphere Parfait 6/4/16oz CANS – Pastry Sour Ale with Raspberry, Granola, Yogurt, Cacao Nibs, and Lactose. 7% ABV. 
  • Skygazer Watercolors Soft Creamee Swerve Rasp Straw Cherry 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Raspberry, Strawberry, Sweet Cherry, Vanilla Soft Serve, Cream Flavor, Graham Cracker, & Peanut Butter Flavor. 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Synergy 10 Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale brewed with Tangerine, Peach, Mango, Blood Orange, Yoghurt, & Lactose. 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
  • ABOMINATION / SKYGAZER / BRACH AND BLADE Who the F*** Put Carrot In the Cake!? (Sour + Stout Edition) 6/4/16oz CANS – Note that this case will contain 1/2 Stout Cans & Half Sour Cans of this beer – A three way collaboration, SKYGAZER / ABOMINATION / BRANCH AND BLADE – Imperial Stout Ale brewed with Carrot, Chocolate, Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, & Granola – 10% ABV – CT + Imperial Sour Ale brewed with Carrot, Apricot, Cinnamon, Granola, Cream Cheese, & Milk Sugar – 7% ABV – CT