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Welcome to Iowa Old Nation Brewing!

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Courtesy of Confluence Distribution Instagram account:

Counfluence Brewing Distribution has announced that they will be distributing Old Nation Brewing in Iowa! Terrific news for Iowa beer lovers. Located in Williamston, Michigan, Old Nation is best known for their M-43 IPA. Stay tuned on when, where and what beers will be hitting Iowa shelves! Cheers!

Abomination, Hoof Hearted, Off Color, and Skygazer beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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Abomination Brewing:

  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into the Fog – KRUSH 6/4/16oz CANS –  DIPA Triple Dry Hopped with Krush Hops. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Wandering Into the Fog – ANCHOVY 6/4/16oz CANS – Double India Pale Ale, Double Dry Hopped W/ Anchovy Hops. 8.6% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Everyday Fog 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry Hopped Double IPA with Mosaic, Pacific Jade, Citra, Summit & Enigma NE Hazy IPA – ABV 7.1% – CT
  • Abomination Everyday Fog STRATA 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry Hopped Double IPA w/ STRATA. 7.1% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Fog Juice (Key Lime) 6/4/16oz CANS – Double dry-hopped hazy IPA w/ Key Limes. 8% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Tea Time Terror (Mango) 6/4/16oz CANS – Hard Iced Tea w/ MANGO. 9% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Make Sure It’s Dead 6/4/16oz CANS – Smoothie Style – Sour Ale With Soursop, Curuba And Pink Guava. 7.4% ABV – ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Dark Places 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout brewed with Chocolate, Vanilla Beans, & Ancho Chilis. 13% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midsomer’s Night Snack 6/4/16oz CANS – Stout Brewed w/ Chocolate, Marshmallow, Graham Cracker & Milk Sugar. 7% ABV – CT
  • Abomination Brewing Midnight Snack Tiramisu 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Pastry Stout Brewed with Mascarpone, Lady Fingers, Whipped Cream, Coffee & Cacao Nibs  14% AVC – CT
  • Abomination Brewing The Belgian Beast 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy Double Belgian Ale, brewed With Saison Yeast. 8% ABV – CT

Hoof Hearted:

  • Hoof Hearted Rosé Gosé 6/4/16oz CANS – Gose with  Himalayan Pink Sea Salt, Coriander, Hibiscus. Feels like some Dirty Dancing is in the Air! 4.2% ABV 
  • Hoof Hearted Konkey Dong Aquatic Ape 6/4/16oz CANS – Quadruple Dry Hopped Triple Ipa With Citra, Nectaron, El Dorado & Motueka. 9.5% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted $60 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – The legendary DIPA is Back! Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado & NZ Motueka DDH DIPA. 8% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted $120 Nachos 6/4/16oz CANS – Quadruple Dry-Hopped Triple IPA with 100% Citra Hops. We are aiming beyond LEGEND on this one! 12% ABV – OH
  • Hoof Hearted Maxxx Profitz 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Frappe-Style IPA brewed with Strawberry, Vanilla, Pink Guava, Tahitian Vanilla, & Milk Sugar. 6% ABV – OH

Off Color:

  • Off Color Juicy Beer for Burgers 6/4/16oz CANS – Pale Ale Brewed with whole cone hops. Off color most hopped beer EVER! Double hop backings Cascade, Citra, and Mosaic hops brought out the aromatic pleasures of a hip rub including sweet, savory and slightly dank aromas with fruit notes of passion fruit, cantaloupe, honeydew, and candied fruits. 6% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Raspberry Beer for Golf 6/4/16oz CANS – Wit style beer with lemon Juice, Raspberry juice, and black tea. 4.8% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Beer for Beaches 6/4/16oz CANS – Beach house style ale with cranberry, Peach, and lemon juices added. 6% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Crispy Beer for Pizza 4/6/12oz CANS – Italian pilsner is a modern style with origins in Northern Italy where it was concepted as German pilsner with an English hopping schedule. The style takes its cues from Italian cooking where simple, fresh ingredients create fantastic flavor. Unfiltered and full flavored, our hop-backed pilsner’s finish will wipe your palate clean for your next bite of pie. 5% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Apex Predator 6/4/16oz CANS – Off Color Flagship Beer. American-Belgian hybrid style combines free rise fermentation with a traditional Belgian Saison yeast and a hefty, American style dry hopping. 6.5% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Double Predator 6/4/16oz CANS – The imperialized version of Apex Predator. Subtle notes of rose, lilac, and ripe pineapple, subdued prey you will soon become. This beast merely leaves a warming dryness as the only sign of the stupor to follow. Chinook and Audacia hopped. 9% ABV – IL
  • Off Color Eat Pray Mango 6/4/16oz CANS – A Robust Dose Of Mango, Passion Fruit, And Pear Is Added To Our Farmhouse Ale And Imparts Overtones Of A Tropical Riesling Cocktail. The Explosive Fruit Mouthfeel Is Luscious With Hints Of Honeysuckle Yet Finishes Silky Smooth. 5.8% ABV – IL

SKYGAZER:

  • Skygazer Summer Shandy (Pink Lemonade) 6/4/16oz CANS – Summer Shandy Pink Lemonade Edition is here! Made with real Lemon Juice + Raspberries. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Summer Shandy (Pink Lemonade) 1/6 bbl KEG – Summer Shandy Pink Lemonade Edition is here! Made with real Lemon Juice + Raspberries. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Summer Shandy 6/4/16oz CANS – Fact: beer + lemonade = joy!⁠ A warm weather crusher, perfect for the coming months!⁠ Made with real Lemon Juice. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watermelon Strawberry Sour Spritz 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Watermelon & Strawberry. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Margarita 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Peach, Tangerine, Pineapple, Lime, Natural Flavor & Milk Sugar. 5.5% ABV- CT
  • Skygazer Brambleberry Sour 6/4/16oz CANS – A departure from their heavily fruited Watercolors series. Tart Raspberries & Blackberries Sour Ale. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Go To’s Raspberry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – A smoothie sour dedicated to one of the best cocktails of all time! The Margarita! Brimming with big flavors of Passion Fruit, Blood Orange, Mango, Lime, milk sugar and a little somethin extra to give it that Margarita vibe! 🍊🥭🍹🍊🥭🍹 5.5% ABV- CT🇺🇲🇺🇲
  • Skygazer Kiwi Passion Fruit Punch 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Real Kiwi & Passionfruit. 5% ABV – CT

Backpocket 13th Anniversary Party set for June 20th!

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We’re turning 13 — and throwing a party worthy of a teenager with a smoker and a beer license. 🍻🎂

Friday, June 20 at 4PM

Join us for Backpocket’s 13th Anniversary Bash — featuring smoked ribs hot off the grill, cold beer, live music, and all the good vibes you can handle.

🔥 Smoked Ribs

🎶 Live music from Dogs on Skis | 6–9 PM

🍺 New Beer Releases:

– 13th Anniversary Stout (bourbon barrel-aged, coconut + vanilla)

– Ruby Rays Radler (grapefruit + lager)

– Dubai Chocolate Stout Variant (chocolate + pistachio)

🎂 Free cake

🎯 Games & giveaways

🌞 Beer garden vibes

🐶 Dog- and family-friendly!

FREE to attend — just bring your appetite and your party crew.

Let’s raise a rib and a pint to 13 years of Iowa craft beer!

Fat Orange Cat and Skygazer beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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FAT ORANGE CAT FOC:

  • Fat Orange Cat FOC 4th of July Kittens Ultimate Patriot EDITION 6/4/16oz CANS – Limited Edition Hazy IPA w/ Mosaic, Centennial and Simcoe. 7.4% ABV – CT 
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Free Kittens 6/4/12oz CANS – Outstanding Non-Alcoholic Lightly Hopped Pilsner. Near Beer. 0.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC I’m a Grown Ass Cat (Coconut) 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial Stout Coconut Edition. 10.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Someone In My Head MOSAIC 6/4/16oz CANS – A new Someone in my Head! DIPA Double Dry-Hopped with Mosaic. 8.75% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Stay At Home Dad With No Kids 6/4/12oz CANS – New England IPA with Citra, Galaxy and Enigma. 5.9% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ PINEAPPLE. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Skipping My 1st Marriage 6/4/16oz CANS – American Amber Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Super Yellow Haze Teenage Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – A Dank, Hazy IPA. Super Yellow Haze Edition! 7.1% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crazy Cat Lady 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA w/ Krush, Idaho 7 and Citra. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Chonky Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Double New England Style IPA w/ Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crispy Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp American Craft Lager. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Cat’s Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – Deliciously Hopped New Zealand-Style Pilsner. 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – Lovely Hazy New England IPA. with a tiny hint of sweetness on the nose. Up front we find a relaxed medley of fresh citrus, mangos, and pineapple. It finishes with a hint of pine and invigorating grapefruit with just enough bitterness to cleanse your palette and invite you back for another sip. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Baby Kittens MOTUEKA 6/4/16oz CANS – Baby Kittens with MOTUEKA Hops. Hazy New England IPA. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT

SKYGAZER BREWING CO.

  • Skygazer Summer Shandy (Pink Lemonade) 6/4/16oz CANS – Summer Shandy Pink Lemonade Edition is here! Made with real Lemon Juice + Raspberries. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Summer Shandy 6/4/16oz CANS – Fact: beer + lemonade = joy!⁠ A warm weather crusher, perfect for the coming months!⁠ Made with real Lemon Juice. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watermelon Strawberry Sour Spritz 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Watermelon & Strawberry. 4.5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Watercolors Margarita 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Peach, Tangerine, Pineapple, Lime, Natural Flavor & Milk Sugar. 5.5% ABV- CT
  • Skygazer Brambleberry Sour 6/4/16oz CANS – A departure from their heavily fruited Watercolors series. Tart Raspberries & Blackberries Sour Ale. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Go To’s Raspberry Peach 6/4/16oz CANS – A smoothie sour dedicated to one of the best cocktails of all time! The Margarita! Brimming with big flavors of Passion Fruit, Blood Orange, Mango, Lime, milk sugar and a little somethin extra to give it that Margarita vibe!  5.5% ABV- CT
  • Skygazer Kiwi Passion Fruit Punch 6/4/12oz CANS – Sour Ale with Real Kiwi & Passionfruit. 5% ABV – CT
  • Skygazer Kiwi Passion Fruit Punch 1/6bbl KEG – Sour Ale with Real Kiwi & Passionfruit. 5% ABV – CT

Lion Bridge June releases!

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  • Majestic Beast (Hazy IPA with Erebus, Citra, Mosaic, 7.2%) – Majestic and potent; it may just bring a tear to your eye. AVAILABLE NOW!
  • John’s Grocery Next Generation White Ale (5%) – Made in Collaboration with John’s Grocery, the iconic 4th generation family-run grocer and purveyor of fine beverages. Brewed with orange peel and coriander and fermented with Belgian Yeast, this beer never goes out-of-style, just like John’s. AVAILABLE NOW!
  • Summer Soother (Ale For Outdoors, 6.0%) – What started as April Fool’s Fun has become a reality! No Bug Soother in this brew, but lemongrass, vanilla and a big addition of Citra hops give a nod to the iconic, all-gnatural repellent. Enjoy the Summer thanks to Lion Bridge and Bug Soother. AVAILABLE 6/10
  • NEW! King Crush (Imperial Sour, 8%) – We took our fan favorite Crushberry and bumped up everything to make it the official drink of Cedar Rapids Royalty. Now with a new shockingly brilliant purple color! AVAILABLE 6/17
  • Peachy Keen (Kettle Sour with Peach Ring Gummies, 6.3%) – Everything’s peachy, peachy keen. AVAILABLE 6/23
  • Lemon Lime Cheesecake Bar (Sour with Fruit, Graham Cracker, and Cream Cheese Flavor, 6.3%) – Bright and tangy Lemon and Lime blends with a cream cheese finish and a graham cracker crust. Save room for seconds! The Potluck dessert of your dreams. AVAILABLE 6/23
  • Pickle Pucker (Dill Pickle Kettle Sour, 5%) – The Real Dill!! Surprisingly refreshing with a little sweet, a little tangy, and some great electrolytes to keep you energized in the summer heat. AVAILABLE 6/23
  • Wolf Shirt (Hazy IPA w/Citra, Mosaic 7.2%) – This beer is not a shirt. But wolf shirts are awesome. This beer is awesome. AVAILABLE 6/23

More Fat Orange Cat brews coming from Abu Nawas!

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  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Free Kittens 6/4/12oz CANS – Outstanding Non-Alcoholic Lightly Hopped Pilsner. Near Beer. 0.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crazy Cat Lady 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA w/ Krush, Idaho 7 and Citra. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Skipping My 1st Marriage 6/4/16oz CANS – American Amber Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Chonky Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Double New England Style IPA w/ Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Kittens Summer Ale 6/4/16oz CANS – Crushable American Pale Wheat w/ Citrus. Absolutely delicious! 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – Lovely Hazy New England IPA. with a tiny hint of sweetness on the nose. Up front we find a relaxed medley of fresh citrus, mangos, and pineapple. It finishes with a hint of pine and invigorating grapefruit with just enough bitterness to cleanse your palette and invite you back for another sip. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Baby Kittens MOTUEKA 6/4/16oz CANS – Baby Kittens with MOTUEKA Hops. Hazy New England IPA. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crispy Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp American Craft Lager. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Cat’s Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – New Zealand-Style Pilsner. 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Pina Colada 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Coconut & Pineapple. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ PINEAPPLE. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC You Had Me At Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Fruited Sour brewed with Cara Cara & Starfruit . 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Stay At Home Dad With No Kids 6/4/12oz CANS – New England IPA with Citra, Galaxy and Enigma. 5.9% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Remove The Beer From The Bottom Of The Ocean 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA with EUREKA and MOSAIC hops. The combo creates a complex cornucopia of stone fruit and berry flavors but also very earthy and dank. 7.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All The Kool Kats on the Back of the Bus 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic and Nugget. 8.4% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Super Yellow Haze Teenage Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – A Dank, Hazy IPA. Super Yellow Haze Edition! 7.1% ABV – CT

Fat Orange Cat beers coming from Abu Nawas!

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  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Free Kittens 6/4/12oz CANS – Outstanding Non-Alcoholic Lightly Hopped Pilsner. Near Beer. 0.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crazy Cat Lady 6/4/16oz CANS – Double Dry-Hopped Double IPA w/ Krush, Idaho 7 and Citra. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Skipping My 1st Marriage 6/4/16oz CANS – American Amber Ale. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Chonky Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Double New England Style IPA w/ Citra & Mosaic. 8% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Kittens Summer Ale 6/4/16oz CANS – Crushable American Pale Wheat w/ Citrus. Absolutely delicious! 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Baby Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – Lovely Hazy New England IPA. with a tiny hint of sweetness on the nose. Up front we find a relaxed medley of fresh citrus, mangos, and pineapple. It finishes with a hint of pine and invigorating grapefruit with just enough bitterness to cleanse your palette and invite you back for another sip. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Baby Kittens MOTUEKA 6/4/16oz CANS – Baby Kittens with MOTUEKA Hops. Hazy New England IPA. 6.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All Cats Are Grey in the Dark 6/4/16oz CANS – FOC Legendary White Stout – 7.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Crispy Cat 6/4/16oz CANS – Crisp American Craft Lager. 5.2% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Cat’s Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – New Zealand-Style Pilsner. 5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Passionfruit Orange Guava 6/4/16oz CANS – Fruited Sour Ale with Passionfruit, Orange and Guava. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout Pina Colada 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Coconut & Pineapple. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Walkabout PINEAPPLE 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ PINEAPPLE. 5.3% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC You Had Me At Meow 6/4/16oz CANS – Sour Ale w/ Fruited Sour brewed with Cara Cara & Starfruit . 5.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Stay At Home Dad With No Kids 6/4/12oz CANS – New England IPA with Citra, Galaxy and Enigma. 5.9% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat Remove The Beer From The Bottom Of The Ocean 6/4/16oz CANS – Hazy IPA with EUREKA and MOSAIC hops. The combo creates a complex cornucopia of stone fruit and berry flavors but also very earthy and dank. 7.5% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC All The Kool Kats on the Back of the Bus 6/4/16oz CANS – Imperial NE-IPA with Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic and Nugget. 8.4% ABV – CT
  • Fat Orange Cat FOC Super Yellow Haze Teenage Kittens 6/4/16oz CANS – A Dank, Hazy IPA. Super Yellow Haze Edition! 7.1% ABV – CT

Backpocket 13th Anniversary set for June 20th!

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Courtesy of Backpocket’s Facebook page:

Backpocket Brewing’s 13th Anniversary Bash! 

We’re turning 13 — and you’re invited to help us party like teenagers (with beer, of course)! 

 Join us for the perfect evening celebration, beer, music, and good vibes as we mark 13 incredible years of craft brewing in Iowa.
Beer Releases:
– The 13th Anniversary Stout–Our 13th Anniversary Russian Imperial Stout is aged in Mississippi River Distilling bourbon barrels while resting on roasted coconut then generously infused with Madagascar vanilla bean.
– Ruby Rays – A crisp, citrusy burst of real grapefruit juice blended with a light lager—this refreshing radler is made for summer sipping. Bright, zesty, and low ABV, it’s your perfect companion for hot days and long, lazy evenings.
– 13th Anniversary Variant – Dubai Chocolate – 13th Anniversary Stout infused with Dubai Chocolate bars, cacao nibs, and roasted pistachios.

 Live Music 

Dogs on Skis | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
High-energy hits and good-time vibes to keep the party rolling!
Plus:
Games & giveaways
Free cake (because every birthday needs cake)
Outdoor fun and beer garden vibes
Family- and dog-friendly atmosphere!
Admission:
FREE – Just bring your crew and your party spirit. Let’s raise a pint to 13 years of beers, cheers, and community