5 years in the books for Big Grove in Iowa City and what better way to celebrate than releasing 5 beers for their beer-loving fan base to indulge in and help with the anniversary fun?! Here’s what’s happening at Big Grove on March 12th:
Let’s celebrate together on Saturday, March 12. To kick off the fun, we just opened the pre-order window for some special new and returning brews we’re brewing. More news and events to come for a week’s worth of fun on March 7-13… but for now you can check out this awesome release at our website’s shop tab. Velvet vanilla imperial stout Apple Brandy barrel-aged imperial stout Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout Cannonball hazy double IPA Northside Helles
With a baseball Bat – Peanut Butter and Strawberry IPA With A Baseball Bat is PB&J sammich inspired. Jammy strawberry sweetness + creamy peanut butter = a satisfying smoothness that doesn’t require you to cut the crusts off. Hopped with Citra & Mosaic, this one’s crazy good, you gotta try it!
Nuances of Meaning – Citra/Mosaic IPA Nuances of Meaning is a crowd pleasing IPA that we plan on having available way more often! It’s solely dry-hopped with Citra & Mosaic, boasting flavors of citrus-y clementine, sweet bramble berry & a hint of pine.
Infared Starfish – IPA w/New Zealand hops A new spin on our classic recipe, Infrared Starfish features Nectaron, the little sister to Waimea hops. Add in some Citra and Galaxy and you get huge notes of juicy pineapple, peach, nectarine, lime and tropical passionfruit.
Laser Raptors – Imperial IPA Laser Raptor is one of our classic DIPAs made with oats and wheat, giving it a satisfying creamy mouthfeel. Double-dry hopped with Mosaic, Chinook, and Simcoe hops we find notes of berries, pineapple and pine.
Volcano Sauce – Blackberry/Blueberry Fruit sour Each sip of this fruity, smooth, satisfying sour is packed with bursts of blueberry & blackberry. Milk sugar & vanilla give it it’s signature creamsicle smoothness.
That Shiz Slaps – Dopplebock This returning Doppelbock gives us flavors of toasted bread and a light malt. Dark fruit flavors of raisin & prune give a sweetness to this one, with a texture that is satisfyingly full-bodied. With no hints of bitterness, this goes down easy & pairs excellently with a hearty meal.
Which Clock Tower – Dbl Hazy IPA – Mortalis Brewign Collab Which Clock Tower?, our collab with Mortalis, drops today! Citra, Mosaic, Cascade and Nelson make for a fruit forward brew with just the right amount of bitterness.
Dbl Orange Starfish – Dbl Hazy IPA
We took our Orange Starfish recipe and made it twice as nice. Big juicy flavors of plump candied oranges are the star in this one.
Heckin Chonker Barrel Aged Stout (limited) “Bourbon barrel–aged stout with vanilla beans. Sure, it’s not lasagna, but it beats the pants off of your average Monday. Also Nermal can gtfo. Aaaaanyway, Heckin’ Chonker is a luxurious blend of multiple barrel-aged stouts with a hint of fresh stout added for vibrancy. It’s ideal for naps in sunbeams, if you can find a suitable one in the winter.”
Heated Agreement – Dbl IPA This DIPA is the liquid equivalent of that. Fermented with an insane yeast that produces abundant tropical aromas, and hopped to the gills with our Perrault Farms Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, and some choice Idaho 7
Best Kept Secret – Dbl New England IPA
Citra leads the charge with mango, guava, and lychee notes, while the Vic Secret adds a subtle dankness with an alluring finish of resinous timber. Silky smooth mouthfeel with a luxurious body, there’s a lot to love about this hazy little mystery. (8.3% ABV)
Villa Pilsner – German Style PilsnerThis beer was then lagered in our traditional horizontal lagering tank for about 6 weeks to slowly ferment and develop its brilliant clarity and delicately delicious flavor profile. Smooth and light with a healthy amount of carbonation packed in every sip, the Villa Pils is a stone cold killa pils. (4.8% ABV)
Juicy IPA Ver 12
The OG returns – This time made the Juicy and Hazy IPA is made with Galaxy, Citra and Azacca hops
Die Dreaming – Fruit Smoothie Sour Inspired by the smoothie drink of Dominican Republic – Morir Sonando, this smoothie style sour ale is made with Orange, Pineapple, and Milk sugar.
A smell very familiar for Cedar Rapidians will be coming in beer form thanks to Lion Bridge Brewing’s March 5th release! “Crushberry” kettle sour will be bring the delight of Quaker’s Crunchberry day’s armoa into beer from! Here’s more from Lion Bridge:
Crushberry (Kettle Sour with Blueberry and Berry flavor, 6.7%) – For our 8th Anniversary, we wanted to come up with something that embodies the “terroir” of Cedar Rapids. When Crunchberry Day gives its sweet aromatic embrace to our fair city, we are children again; innocent and giggling. We hope this beer if fun for you. Drink on Crunchberry Day for extra enjoyment.
Reunion Brewery will be debuting “Lucid Lemur Dreams” hazy IPA this coming weekend on tap lines and shelves throughout Eastern Iowa! Here’s more on this release courtesy of Reunion’s Facebook page:
Lucid Lemur Dreams is about to drop! Our newest hazy IPA brewed with a dreamy blend of Mosaic Lupomax and Zappa hops hits taps and shelves this weekend. Laced with juicy, tropical flavors and a uniquely green twang from Neomexicanus Zappa hops. You won’t want to sleep on this one!
Yesterday, Clock House Brewing released two new beers in their taproom. One of those beers happened to come at a time when we all just dropped a paycheck on multiple boxes of Girl Scout cookies…and my favorite Girl Scout cookie is now in beer form thanks to Clock House….BEHOLD…..Coco Suenos!!!
Coco Suenos is a imperial stout loaded with who knows how many packages of caramel delite cookies, caramel, chocolate, and coconut! Let’s dive into this delicious brew!
AROMA The nose is straight up cookies…caramel, chocolate, a bit of coconut…when the nose hits like this it’s hard to let the beer sit to about room temp, so I had to sneak in a quick sip!
APPEARANCE Motor oil black, you can tell that the mouthfeel was going to be dense compared to some. Lots of lacing on the glass.
TASTE All the flavors of the cookies shine…caramel, chocolate, coconut compliment the booze nicely. Let it warm a bit and you get all the flavors. It’s sweet, but not overly, that was an initial worry. Well-balanced, the mouthfeel was viscous. I like a thicker stout and this one surely is. Definitely a decadent stout worth seeking.
OVERALL If you get a chance, don’t miss out. Only on tap at the Clock House brewery in Cedar Rapids. This is one worth seeking and sipping and enjoying. Definitely a beer to start my best of 2022 list with and I hope you give it a try and enjoy it! Cheers!
Dimensional Brewing in Dubuque, IA is kicking off the month of March with a bang as they are set to release two beers! Tickets for their popular “Can-D-Bar’ will open Sunday, March 6th @ 7 p.m.! The following week will see the debut of “neat” imperial stout for a tap room only release starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday March 12th! Details below! Cheers!
It’s time for us to get our Barrel Aged March on. We are excited to bring back B.A. Can-D-Bar & to introduce you to our best nonadjunct B.A. Stout to date. We will be doing this release similar to our most recent releases. Please read the following details carefully.
B.A. Can-D-Bar is a 11.35% imperial stout aged for 14 months in Blaum Bros. Distilling Co. Bourbon Barrels and then rested on Coconut and Cacao!
– Tickets for B.A. Can-D-Bar will be sold online via Etix at 7pm on Sunday, March 6th. Please look for an event page to be posted soon. We will supply a link to etix on the event page.
– B.A. Can-D-Bar will be sold in 2, 500ml bottle packages.
– The limit is one set per order.
– If you score a ticket for B.A. Can-D-Bar bottle pick up will begin on Saturday, March 12th at 11am at the taproom.
– Proxies are allowed for pick up. They must have a screen shot or printed copy of the buyers ID and Etix ticket to be scanned upon pick up.
Introducing “neat”
-neat is a big thicc 11.8% stout aged in a Blaum Brothers Rye barrel for 13 months and that’s it! This Rye Barrel Aged Stout has created such a harmonious blend of the beer & barrel that we can’t wait to send your taste buddies into a state of nirvana.
– This Rye barrel aged Stout will be available in 500ml bottles.
– Due to the low bottle count, we will be releasing this beer first come, first served at 11am on Saturday, March 12th at our taproom.
– Limits will be determined upon turnout and final bottle count.
– For those of you lining up, we will open the garage early for pre game shenanigans because we love you.
Two big releases coming from Clock House Brewing this Tuesday! A stout and a sour will be hitting the tap lines as Coco Suenos and Grape XXtreme will be released when the doors open! These are both draft only so get there and get a taste! Here’s more on both beers courtesy of Clock House’s Facebook page:
Bring your date on Tuesday February 15th for this draft only release!
Coco Sueños: Inspired by our favorite girl scout cookie. We boiled this monster 13.1% Imperial Stout for 14 hours then added Caramel DeLite cookies, caramel, chocolate, and coconut!
This Tuesday, February 15th along with Coco Suenos we will be releasing Grape XXtreme!
The very first of our experimental XXtreme series. We added 15 lbs of grape nerds, Lulo Fruit puree and our base kettle sour to craft something xxtremely ridiculous. Grape candy in liquid form! This will be a draft only release
Welcome to Iowa Wiley Roots! The latest addition to the Pequod portfolio comes to us from Greely, CO! Here’s more on Wiley Roots and the first set of beers we will be seeing from them!
Wiley Roots Brewing Company is a multi award winning craft brewery in Greeley, Colorado. Wiley Roots creates innovative and unique offerings that blend technicality and artistry with a wide range of stylistic offerings including but not limited to: smoothie style fruited sours, fruited sours, IPAs, adjunct stouts, lagers, mixed culture saisons, and barrel aged stouts.”
Strawberry Chocolate Cheesecake County Fair Cobbler Fruited sour with strawberry, chocolate, cheesecake, and graham cracker; 6.8%
Mole Monstah Mole Monstah: Imperial Stout with Chili Peppers, Cacao Nibs, Vanilla, and Cinnamon – 8.5% ABV
ALL CAPS Dbl Hazy IPA – 8.3% ABV Our annual ode to The Man in the Mask & The Beat Konducta. Viktor Vaughn & Lord Quas. King Gheedorah & The Loop Digga. Hefty doses of hand selected Mosaic & Strata for one of our all time favorites only seemed right. This is but a humble liquid homage to a classic. Just trying to show MAD respect, this beer was DOOMed from the start
Self Sabotage TRIPLE hazy IPA – 10% ABV Sometimes you just gotta get out of your own way. Liberating quantities of our hand selected Citra with powder charges of Idaho 7 Cryo & Ekuanot Cryo. You just gotta believe.
ALF POGS – Passionfruit Orange Guava Gose (5.5%) Interstellar portions of Passionfruit, Orange & Guava with a Dash of Hawaiian Sea Salt with our Mixed-Culture, Foeder Fermented Gose Base. Refreshment is back… In POG form.
The gadget – Blackberry & Raspberry fruit Tart A Midwest Fruit Tart Ale with 1,280 lbs of blackberries, 1,280 lbs of raspberries & 30 g of vanilla beans per 30 BBL batch
Kaleidoscope – Pineapple/Orange/Guava Fruit tart (10 cases available) Midwest Fruit Tart with clean, tart finish. 1,500 lbs of pineapple, 600 lbs guava & 500 lbs of orange per 30 bbl batch.
Variety pack – $38.00/cs An awesome mix pack 2/12pk/12oz cans of Gose style beers! Includes:
Spyglass – lemon lime gose
Harrow – traditional gose
Blackberry Fruit tart seltzer
Chariot – Cherry Gose
Love Letter – Limited release (only 5 available) 3000lbs of Peaches with vanilla beans. Peach Cobbler on the nose followed by a juicy floral sweetness and finished with balanced acidity
Echoes for Answers – Hazy IPA 5.6% ABV New England IPA w/ flaked oats, malted wheat hopped and dry hopped with our hand selected Citra, Citra Cryo, Mosaic and Mosaic Cryo.
Honeycomb Catacomb – Honey Porter 8.3% ABV Honey Double Porter w/ pale ale, golden promise, crystal & chocolate malts. Dosed w/ MN Wildflower honey & conditioned on Ghana Cocoa Nibs.
Some big news from Pequod this week as Drekker and Funk Factory will be hitting the Iowa shelves soon thanks to Pequod! Details below, plus more!
Funk Factory GeuzeriaFunk Factory of Madison, WI is focused on exploring the traditional production of Lambic and Lambic derived products such as Lambic, Fruited Lambic, and Gueuze. It has quickly become one of the most respected sour beer creators in the country. Untappd has Funk Factory Geuzeria as the Highest Rated Brewery in Wisconsin!
Next we are proud to announce:
Drekker Brewing Company Drekker Brewing co of Fargo, ND is excited to enter Iowa . Words from the owners: “Beer is our craft, but Drekker is about more than the contents of a glass. It’s about what happens when a few of those glasses get raised together. It’s about doing what you want to do, in a cool place, with people you want to be with. Drekker is about you after all.
Barrel Aged Chocolate Raspberry Imperial Stout Big luscious and raspberry tart, officially made with Raspberry concentrate, Raspberry puree, and cocoa.
NEW – Non Alch Hazy IIPA This New Double IPA with it’s bright juicy bouquet and fruity medium body Non Alch drinker. Who would’ve thought it was possible, but the last 3 N/As form UA are pretty damn incredible and changing what non alch beer can be.
Homestyle IPA (the flagship) AN OATED IPA BREWED INTENSELY AND SINGULARLY WITH MOSAIC
Everclever DDH DIPA DDH VERSION OF EVER CLEVER. DDH WITH SIMCOE, MOSAIC, MOTUEKA, & CENTENNIAL
Double Homestyle DBL IPA THE DOUBLE VERSION OF HOMESTYLE…MOSAIC FOR DAYS
Attention Please DBL IPA A DOUBLE IPA WITH 100% CITRA. It’s verbose, yet smooth, and always ready to have the last word
Tunnel Vision DDH DIPA OUR TUNNEL VISION IPA, BUT DDH WITH CITRA!
NEW_ Artist Escaped Imperial IPA Who knew our most elusive double IPA could become even harder to catch? The ARTIST has finally ESCAPED to live out its getaway on an unnamed island off the coast of the Maldives, where mango nectar flows and poolside citrus sorbet refreshes our savvy schemer, at least that’s word on the street. Leaving only the traces of a potent 9.5% in its shadow.
Very Varied – DOUBLE IPA HOPPED WITH CASHMERE, NELSON, CITRA, & MOSAIC VERY VARIED combines nelson + citra + cashmere + mosaic with a unique British yeast for a multilayered mix of bright orange rind, canned peach, and tropical fruit roll-up, balanced by a softly textured body.
Mood Ring A DOUBLE IPA WITH PINEAPPLE, MANGO, PINK GUAVA, LACTOSE, & VANILLA AND HOPPED WITH MOSAIC, CITRA, & VIC SECRET
After School Prrrt After School PRRRT Snack Time Sour! This one is jam packed with Gushers® & Fruit By The Foot®, plus a whole bunch of pineapple, plum, strawberry, raspberry, passionfruit, lactose, vanilla beans, & sea salt.
Braaains Dbl fruit Smoothie Cherry Lemonade Braaaaaaaains! For this one we pulled out the flavor guns and blasted the heck out of this one with cherry & lemon then we hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla beans.⠀
Braaains Dbl fruit Smoothie Strawberry/Pineapple Braaaaaaaains! This one was blasted with strawberry & pineapple then we hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla beans.⠀⠀
Braaains Dbl fruit Smoothie Mango/Guava/Lime/Coconut This one was quadruple blasted with mango, guava, lime, & coconut then we hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla beans.⠀⠀⠀
Chonk Peaches & Cream Our lovable hefty boi is back and he’s got his smol little paws in the dessert stash again! Peaches and Cream Chonk is completely stuffed with peach, vanilla ice cream, lactose, & vanilla beans. This absolute unit of a beer is exactly like a devilishly decadent bowl of peaches & cream.
Ectogasm IPA – The Flagship that started it all It’s intensely hopped with Mosaic and Citra for a massively juicy tropical fruit flavor. Think pineapple, peach, apricot and mango with an extremely soft and smooth texture.
Slang Du Jour – Cran-Orange New Slang Du Jour! For Cran-Orange Cobbler Slang we cranked up the holiday vibes and loaded this with cranberry, orange, plum, granola, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla beans.⠀
The Noodle Effect HAZY Dbl IPA The Noodle Effect, a devastatingly delicious double IPA brewed with oats, spelt, and wheat, then hopped with Belma, Vic Secret, and Hellertau Blanc. It’s super soft with huge notes of pineapple, white peach, lemon curd, all under a cannabinoid fog that’s holding it all together as we pour over the event horizon.⠀
Mango Double Marbles a tropical Milkshake DIPA that’s rich with straight Mango juice, vanilla, Milk Sugar, and whirlpool/dry-hopped with a heap of Mosaic for plenty of complimentary flavors. A thick and luscious body is reminiscent of a freshly well-blended mango smoothie that’s as tropical as it is refreshing.
Morever DDH IPA This Double Dry Hopped, Hazy IPA is a delicious juice bomb thanks to a hefty hopping of Citra, Motueka, & Simcoe hops. An endless succession of juicy pineapple, grapefruit, and tangerine notes are leveled out with just a hint of bitterness that resolves into a smoooooth and refreshing finish. (6.5% ABV)
Peach Crumble – Wheat ale Wheat ale with peaches, Cinnamon and Vanilla!
Bevo’s Breakfast Stout This imperial oatmeal stout is brewed with coffee and cacao nibs, providing a medium-thick mouthfeel and moderate levels of coffee flavor and aroma. The chocolate notes from the cacao nibs blends well but adds a depth of flavor to the roasted grains used in this beer. Our Founder’s last name is Bevers, pronounced Beavers, and his nickname was Bevo in High School.
California Beavin’ – West coast IPA Beautiful take on the west coast style iPA
Looking for something to get that special someone for Valentine’s Day? How about some beer? Even if you’re not in the Valentine’s mood you still will be able to enjoy Clock House Brewing’s latest kettle sour coming our way on Friday, February 11th! Here’s more on this release from the brewery:
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, this fruited kettle sour is brewed with love along with dark cherry, coconut, and marshmallow fluff.
Velvet vanilla imperial stout
Apple Brandy barrel-aged imperial stout
Bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout
Cannonball hazy double IPA
Northside Helles
