Alluvial and Phase Three Brewing announce partnership with Pequod! Plus more beers from Untitled Art, Tripping Animals, Equilibrium, Blackstack, and Modist!

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022Leave a comment

Quite the update from Pequod this week with the announcement of two new breweries joining their portfolio. The first is a homegrown Iowa brewery, as Alluvial will start their distro footprint slowly with kegs only in the Des Moines/Ames market and slowly expand from there. Phase Three out of Lake Zurich, IL will be both keg and cans and their first update is below!

Pixel Density – Hazy IPA
Our core hazy, exclusively hopped with our hand-selected Citra. Clocking in at 6.5%, this beer is a versatile, full-of-flavor, not-too-heavy, bright, pillowy hazy IPA to reach for.

P3 Pilsner
This American-Style pilsner is made with 6-row American barley. This will provide a distinct character unique to American lagers. We took the ABV to 4.7% to further increase the drinkability. Lightly-hopped to provide balance to the malt. This beer isn’t hoppy, it isn’t malty, it’s simple at its core and the perfect companion to hiking, grilling, sitting by the pool, or enjoying in a hammock.

Aquatic Gardens – DBL Hazy IPA – 7.8%
Double IPA featuring a hop combination of Vic Secret, Amarillo and Wai-iti. Aromas of pineapple, strawberry and passionfruit, and tastes like candied orange wedges and mango dipped in blueberry resin.

DDH Protocol DBL Hazy IPA – 8%
Brewed with Citra, El Dorado and Galaxy for a smooth, creamy body, loaded with citrus and tropical fruit aromas and flavors.

Lulz R & R Smoothie Seltzer – Currently rated 5th best in the world
Smoothie-style hard seltzer with guava, coconut, pineapple + orange

Juice Drops Peach Nectaron IPA – This one is really good!
India Pale Ale with Nectaron hops, peach juice and peach flavor. Say hello to your new best friend for the summer. Notes of peach rings in this fantastic IPA

Everhaze – Hazy IPA
Ever Haze is an India Pale Ale brewed w/ Cashmere, Citra, and Amarillo

Juggling Five Dbl IPA
We’ve aimed at staying trippy when it comes to hops by using experimentals, playing with proportions, tweaking our hop schedules, all that jazzy stuff. We’ve come to really love a specific handful of them, so we went for a tripping FIRST and threw all FIVE of the bad boys into a DIPA. You’ll have a tropical rainforest of aromatics and notes, rounded out with a distinct crisp dryness.

Killer Kolsch
A clean, crisp beer, Kölsch offers a very slight fruity flavor and aroma. It is light gold in color, with a delicate head. This light-bodied beer appeals to nearly everyone who samples it.

No Mames – mexican Style lager
A crisp, clean, massively refreshing Mexican lager with subtle notes of flaked corn. Limitlessly crushable, beyond satisfying.

The Ultimate Trip -fruit sour
Fruited Sour conditioned w/ Blueberry, Pistacho, Vanilla, and Lactose

Who Loves Orange Soda? – soda inspired fruit beer
Introducing the second installment to our soda-POP inspired FRESCO SERIES, were bringing you animals the orange FIZZY right out of your childhood memories just pop, pour, sip and repeat Be careful with this one y’all, its not your average orange soda. Although it sure drinks like it and not a soul would be none the wiser.

**DBL Fractal Hilbert Curve DDH DIPA**
Pouring a bright mango yellow, aromas of tangerine and green grapes lead into flavors of dank grassy fields, OJ and papaya juice, pineapple, berry compote, and a touch of faint white pepper with our signature #EQJuice finish.

**Fluctuation DDH DIPA – KEG ONLY**
Fluctuation has bright tropical notes of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, and lychee with an undercurrent of sorbet and cream await!

**HDHC Dream Wave Fluctuation (Other half Brewing Collab)**
HDHC Dream Wave Fluctuation glows while releasing aromas and flavors of deep saturated passion fruit, pineapple syrup, overripe stone fruit, and creamy lime pudding. Intense fruit flavors are explosive with a tropical fruit custard finish lined with our #EQjuice melon finish. HDHC Dreamwave Fluctuation is dangerously smooth and is sure to fluctuate your dream waves.

*Limited release* – Coconut Almond Delight – Imp stout (almond joy bar)
We wanted to liquify one of our favorite candy bars so we boiled up a big base stout and conditioned it on shredded coconut, almonds, Madagascar vanilla, and cacao nibs.

**Data Points – DBL IPA**
Pouring vivid yellow in color, aromas of OJ, rainbow melon, and a blueberry strain of the devil’s lettuce lead into dank flavors of passionfruit juice, ruby red grapefruit, Frankenberry cereal, melon, complex concord grape, and strawberry.

**To Space we go DDH DIPA –** Unseen Creatures Brewing & Blending Collab
Vivid yellow with a tropical aroma, flavors blast off into notes of syrupy pineapple chunks, mango candy, passionfruit, cannabis, complex berry and black currants all wrapped in super dank flavor.

Early Admission DBL IPA DIPA (8.0%)
Brewed with our buds & famed State Fair Craft Sud Slingers @ballparkcafe for their “Kick Off the Summer” Event at the State Fair Grounds. Featuring a particularly juicy quartet of Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo, Cashmere & El Dorado Hops. Better stock up before the hoarders get there.

Stack At the Lab DDH DIPA – Equilibrium Collaboration! (8.4%)
Had to catch a cab back to the lab with our buds at Equilibrium Brewery from Middleton, New York. We did some mind melding to intertwine our respective approaches to hop processes & brewing larger IPAs and this is where we landed: Hand-selected Strata, Strata CGX™, Mosaic, Mosaic Cryo™ & Australian Galaxy on a bed of Pilsner & 5 different types of Oats & Wheat. Primo Stack Sauce, Straight outta the Lab.

Pull Tabs – Hazy pale Ale

Citra, Strata, Idaho7 Cryo… Pull up, win those Dollas!

Local 755 Hazy IPA

Our Foggy Favorite. Azacca, Amarillo & a Gwop of Citra. Soft, Juicy & Hazy like 70’s Home Movies.

Fugazi – Italian Pilsner
Italian-Style Pils dry-hopped adoringly with Czech Kazbek. It’s the Real Deal.

Tater Tot Hotdish DDH DIPA – Other half Collaboration
We teamed up with our friends at Other Half to create this DDH Double IPA that’s sure to be the star at any potluck. Hot and fresh out the oven and being brought to liquor stores today is Tater Tot Hotdish!

ᴛᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴛ ʜᴏᴛᴅɪꜱʜ
DDH Double IPA w/ 2 row, wheat, oats, flaked oats & flaked rye. Whirlpool hopped w/ Citra Cryo, Idaho 7 & Motueka then double dry hopped w/ HBC586, Strata & Nelson Sauvin.

Sneak Peek: Backpocket 10th Anniversary Stout

June 8, 2022Leave a comment

Backpocket Brewing’s 10th Anniversary is coming up this Saturday (6/11), and over the years their stout release is one of Iowa’s most anticipated releases and this year will be no different. I was lucky enough to get a bottle a few days before this year’s release and give it a taste.

Our 10th Anniversary Russian Imperial Stout is aged on roasted coconut, followed by 24 months in Mississippi River Distilling bourbon barrels with a heavy dose of vanilla bean. Rich whiskey flavors with accents of cinnamon, vanilla and oak.
Nose of vanilla, coconut and some chocolate. Head dissipates quickly, the flavor is a hint of sweet coconut up front, the barrel and vanilla mesh extremely well. Some coffee and chocolate notes in there as well, light, creamy, smooth and delicious. Definitely a beer worth seeking!
Along with the release of their 10th Anniversary Stout, Backpocket will have the following beers/food/events going:

Special releases include our TENTH Anniversary Stout, TWO special pin releases at noon and 2pm, BA Tiki Sour, Mallow Vibes, and Black Hive!
11am we’re kicking the day off with 9Round Fitness Hits and Hops workout
12pm The Albatross Food Truck
1pm James Tutson live music & Elida’s Bakery
4pm Harvest-The Band live music
7pm Marco’s Grilled Cheese and Silent Disco DSM
Yard games ALL DAY!

Introducing Urban South Brewery via Pequod! Plus Untitled Art, and MORE!

June 4, 2022Leave a comment

Combo Plate Double IPA
Extremely crushable and vibrant double IPA with the perfect balance of soft juiciness and hop bitterness. Dry Hopped w/ citra and wai-iti

HTX IPA (from the former head brewery of Other Half)
New Recipe – Hazy Double IPA featuring Citra and Strata hops

Sur Urbano – Mexican Lager
Bright Mexican style lager, perfect for crushing some tacos or grilling Brats.

Spilled Candy Paint Job – J Wakefield Collab
We had so much fun at Wakefest with our homies at J.Wakefield that we just had to bring you a 2nd iteration of our Spilled Paint Job collab. Remember Ice Cream Paint Job? Now introducing Spilled: Candy Paint Job, a heavily fruited sour with strawberry, mango, passionfruit and over 100lbs of mango gummi bears!!

Double Spilled Caribbean Mix
Our downright delicious Double Spilled Sour base conditioned on enormous amounts of Pineapple, Mango, and Strawberry Puree paired with Coconut to complete

Song of Rice and Fire
This little summer crusher is made with drinkability in mind. We brewed up this batch with rice then fermented with a neutral lager strain to keep it light and refreshing before dry hopping with Wakatu

Rocket Popsicle Seltzer
Making it’s annual return is Rocket Pop our sparkling blue friend. That famous Blue Razz flavored seltzer sure to tickle your nose and remind of simpler days.

Pixie Mix Citrus Punch
Who wants some alcoholic Sunny D in their lives? This is the next in line for their “nostalgic series” hard seltzers.

NEW- Clamp & Gasket DDH Hazy IPA

DDH IPA with Amarillo, Citra, Strata, and Idaho-7. This batch we’re tasting notes of pungent florals soaked in mango marmalade sodden with darjeeling tea, crushed goose berries, and zested red grapefruit. Tangy citrus is also at the forefront and gives way to a nice sophisticated bitterness that is anything but overpowering.

To the trees IPA

American West-Coast style IPA that’s a bit boulder…err…bolder than your every day IPA. Brewed with a lush combo of Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ, and Simcoe hops, this IPA is a hoppy trailblazer who’s not afraid to take the lead and set the trend.

Open Fields Cream Ale

This all-day, light-bodied beer is brewed with flaked corn to lend a crisp, dry finish. Soft, ultra-pure water helps yield a delicate mouthfeel, refreshing taste, and lingering fruity notes from the hops that makes this easy drinking ale so crushable, you might even forget to hit a home run.

Agra Pina Colada Seltzer This fresh, juicy seltzer is awash with fresh coconut juice and tangy pineapple that surfs over an extremely clean and soft water base. Clocking in at 5% ABV, our seltzers are made with REAL FRUIT while still maintaining extreme crush-ability. Brewed naturally gluten & dairy-free with virtually no bitterness.

Backpocket 10th Anniversary set for June 11th!

June 1, 2022Leave a comment

Set your calendars for Saturday June 11th and get to Backpocket’s 10th Anniversary party featuring the release of their 10th Anniversary stout and much more! Complete lineup below:

Mark your calendars and help us celebrate TEN YEARS!!
Special releases include:
TENTH Anniversary Stout, BA Tiki Sour, Mallow Vibes, and Black Hive!
11AM-12PM Hits and Hops Kickboxing inspired workout with 9Round Fitness
12PM-7PM Albatross Food Truck
1-3PM Live music with James Tuston
1PM Elida’s Bakery
4-6PM Live music with Harvest
7PM Marco’s Food Truck
7-9PM DSM Silent Disco
Yard games ALL day!

Wild Mind, Weldwerks, Mason Aleworks, Blackstack, and Modist coming this week from Pequod!

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022Leave a comment

Die Dreaming Smoothie Fruit Sour Inspired by the unique and popular smoothie drink of The Dominican Republic, Morir Sonando, or To Die Dreaming. We took inspiration from this delicious beverage and blended loads of orange, pineapple, and milk sugar for a creamy tropical sweet treat.

Brain Fuzz Smoothie Fruit Sour
Inspired by the classic Lime Rickey. Tart citrus and sugary cherry meld perfectly into a comfy nest of marshmallow sweetness. Luscious and vibrant red and bursting with stone fruit and pithy aromas.

Juicy Bits Hazy IPA
Our flagship IPA features a huge citrus and tropical fruit hop character from the Mosaic, Citra & El Dorado hops and softer, smoother mouthfeel from the adjusted water chemistry, higher protein malts, and lower attenuation. The end result is a beer reminiscent of citrus juice with extra pulp, thus the name Juicy Bits.

Nectaron Extra Extra Juicy Bits
an 8.6% DIPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic + El Dorado hops, and double dry-hopped with EXTRA EXTRA Nectaron hops. This “little” number is absolutely brimming with notes of tropical fruits, candied peach rings, grapefruit, and dare we say… gives off a whole Orange Julius vibe?!

Robo Boogie DBL IPA
New Zealand-style IPA brewed with with Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Rakau, and Wakatu Hops. ROBO-BOOGIE is a dive into the deep abyss of New Zealand-specific hops, namely Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Rakau and Wakatu. All are prized for their unique characteristics, from white grape and earth to “every corner of the orchard,” and they have come together in what is not just one of the most stylistically intriguing brews but also one of the BEST hoppy beers that we have made this year.

America The Fruitful – Fruit Sour
A 5.8% taste-explosion-in-your-mouth kinda Sour Ale, brewed with Banana, Cherry, Blueberry, & Vanilla!

Peaches & Cream Cheesecake
So new there’s no official description – so here’s the ingredients Sour Ale with Peaches, Vanilla, Milk Sugar, Graham Cracker

Pina Colada IPA
Double India Pale Ale brewed with over 3,000 pounds of Pineapple Puree, Toasted Coconut, Milk Sugar, Vanilla and Sabro and Lotus hops

Derek Zealander IPA
Blue Steele, Ferrari, Le Tigre? They’re all the same face! Collaboration with Abnormal Beer Co (San Diego, CA) this Hazy India Pale Ale is packed full of 100% New Zealand Hops

Ghost Hawk DDH DBL IPA – Horus & Parrish Brewing Collaboration
Collaboration with Parish Brewing (Broussard, LA). Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double India Pale Ale with Citra, Motueka, Sabro Incognito and Vic Secret Hops

Strata Revengeance DBL Hazy IPA
Part of Mason Ale Works and Beer Zombies ‘Revengeance’ collaboration series. Strata Revengeance is a Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with 100% Strata Hops

Sweet Creams Are made of these – Cherry Pie edition
Fruited Sour ale Cherry Pie Edition with Sweet Cherry, Lactose and Graham Cracker

Zombie Mania – DDH Triple IPA
Double Dry Hopped Triple Hazy IPA. Hulk-a-mania would be runnin’ wild for this beer. Only suited for real beer fans – and that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold Said So.

Local 755 Hazy IPA
The foggy friend we know and love. Bright flavor, hazy and juicy IPA. It’s the flagship for a reason!

Giving Trees Apple Crisp Sour 6.0% ABV

A generous portion of Apple Cider, Cinnamon, Granola & Brown Sugar with our Mixed Culture Foeder Fermented Berliner Base. A friend in need is a friend indeed

Tech Decks IPA IPA (7.0%)
Handed down as tradition from those before us. Comfortably familiar portions of finger picked Strata, Citra Cryo, Cashmere, Mosaic & Idaho 7 Cryo. Come shred with us.

Blueberry Dive Margarita Gose – Great Notion Brewing Collaboration 6% ABV
Brewed with Great Notion over CBC week – This is a Gose style ale brewed with Malted White wheat & pilsner malts, then conditioned on Shit loads of Blueberries and mixed in Key Lime juice, Pineapple Juice, Agave nectar and Sea salt. I personally had a sneak peek at this beer and it’s fantastic for this summer weather. Pours purple/blue with little bits of blueberry remaining on the rim of the glass. Tastes like a wonderful fruit forward blueberry margarita!

Untitled Art, Blackstack, Aslin, and Urban Artifact coming from Pequod!

May 23, 2022Leave a comment

NEW – Tiki Sour
Berlinerweisse with Pineapple, Mango, Coconut, and Key lime juices. This beer reminds of tropical cocktail beach drinking times.

Fugazi – Italian Pilsner

Italian-Style Pils dry-hopped adoringly with Czech Kazbek. It’s the Real Deal.

It’s Legal There DIPA w/ Michigan Hops (8.0%)
Positively packed with the fruitiest/stankiest/stickiest/ickiest Michigan Chinook & Michigan Copper from our buds @hopheadfarms Can you smell that? I’ve heard it’s legal there.

Working Title – Wheat AleThis beer has gone many monikers since being one of the 4 beers on tap when we opened. Brewed with a touch of Coriander & Orange Peel. This time around fermented in a French Oak Foeder.

Baby Shark IPA – 5.5% ABV
Baby Shark, our most favorite shark, if we’re being honest returns today!
This fresh lil’ Baby is dry-hopped with Citra & bursting with ripe flavors of grapefruit, stone fruit & soft clementine. Ultra thirst-quenching and ready for a swim down to that belly.

Volcano sauce Fruit Sour ale 6% ABV
Each sip of this fruity, smooth, satisfying sour is packed with blueberry & blackberry. Milk sugar & vanilla bring in bursts of creamsicle smoothness.

Laser Raptor DBL IPA 8.3% ABV
One of our classic DIPAs made with oats and wheat, it’s got a satisfyingly creamy mouthfeel. Double-dry hopped with Mosaic, Chinook, and Simcoe giving it notes of berries, pineapple and pine.

NEW – Adventure Sour Mixed Variety pack Version 2
A brand new 12pk containing 4 different beers! Those four include3 of each:

Chariot – Cherry fruit tart
Teak – American Fruit tart (pineapple and passion fruit)
Spyglass – Lemon Lime fruit tart
Photobooth – Grapefruit Gruit tart.

NEW – SqueezeBox Fruit Tart – Strawberry
Strawberry Midwest Fruit Tart. Brewed with over 3,000 lbs of strawberries per 30bbl. 8.6 % ABV

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

Case – 6/4pk/12oz Cans – $64.50

Artisanal Brew Works, Ology, Blackstack, Urban Artifact, 56, and MORE coming from Pequod!

May 17, 2022Leave a comment

Warheads Seltzer
Made in collaboration with the candy maker each Seltzer features a different Warheads flavor. They’re lightly tart, they’re sweet and unlike all others.

6/4pk/16oz Cans – EACH 4pk contains 4 different beers – $65.00
This batch is planned to contain the following 4 flavors:
- Black cherry
- Blue Raspberry
- Watermelon
- Green Apple

Warheads Extreme Ales (new flavors)
Made in collaboration with the candy maker each Ale features a different Warheads or Smashup candy flavoring and has been brewed to match the point of when the candy goes from Sour to Sweet -when the flavor pops out.

This batch is planned to contain the following 4 flavors:
- Black cherry
- Blue Raspberry
- Watermelon
- Cherry/Lime Smashup

Snow Cone Sour – Grape & Cherry
Remember drinking the syrup that collected at the bottom of a snow cone? Now imagine that was made into a Grape or Cherry flavored sour beer and that’s these beers!

She’s Tert – Raspberry Banana tart ale
Made using a delectable tart raspberry concentrate, and a touch of banana purée for thickness, this fruited sour beer tastes like a raspberry tart!

MangoColada Sluhshhhh
Berliner with Mango, Pineapple, Coconut, and Lactose – Mango Colada Slushhhhh is our newest edition to the Slushhhhh series. We added loads of Mango, Pineapple, and Coconut to the tank. The outcome was a great beer for the incoming warm weather. Whether at the pool, beach, or your couch – this beer hits right.

Destination Paradise Dbl IPA
Destination Paradise 1.0 – Ology Selected Citra
We hit this beer with Barley, loads of Oats, and some Wheat to round the base out. Then, our selected Citra hit every step of this beer. During the brewday, early on in the first days of fermentation, and an extra heavy dose near the end of our yeast’s sugar binge. The result? Deeply rich-tropical-overripe mango and pineapple, bright lime zest, and a finish of sweet tangerine juice.
This is a special series for us – the goal of Destination Paradise is to focus on hops that were hand (nose) selected after we (Ology) flew out to the Northwest and personally picked out. This was the first time we’ve had the opportunity to sensory-select hops.

Yumchataaaa – Imperial Stout – Collaboration with WELDWERKS Brewing
Yumchataaaaa is an Imperial Milk Stout with almonds and Cinnamon brewed with Flaked Rice and Rice Syrup. At 13% it comes in strong, but in a sweet and smooth package. These 4-packs of 8oz cans are perfect for an indulgent night alone or sharing with multiple friends.

First Rodeo Hazy IPA – NEIPA (7.2%) Pinthouse Collab
Brewed with our buds at Pinthouse in Austin for our first rodeo with an exciting new varietal out of Idaho, EXP ID 158. We wanted to see how it plays with something we’re both familiar with: Our respective selected lots of Citra from @yakimachief & Pilsen + Wheat Malt from from @malteuropmaltingco

Wedding Season – West Coast IPA – Collaboration with Weldwerks – DDH DIPA (8.2%)
Brewed with our buds @weldwerksbrewing in Greeley, CO to celebrate the occasion. Blessed with Berkeley Tropics Yeast to drive the release of thiols with Something Old (Cascade), Something New (Phantasm), Something Borrowed (Weldwerk’s Selected El Dorado) & Something Blue (Our Selected Citra Cryo). Mazel Tov!

Local 755 – Hazy IPA
Our Foggy Favorite. Azacca, Amarillo & a Gwop of Citra. Soft, Juicy & Hazy like 70’s

Adventure Sour Mixed Variety pack Version 2

A brand new 12pk containing 4 different beers! Those four include3 of each:

Chariot – Cherry fruit tart
Teak – American Fruit tart (pineapple and passion fruit)
Spyglass – Lemon Lime fruit tart
Photobooth – Grapefruit Gruit tart.

SqueezeBox Fruit Tart – Strawberry

Strawberry Midwest Fruit Tart. Brewed with over 3,000 lbs of strawberries per 30bbl. 8.6 % ABV

Hop Girl Summer IPA We all gonna summer the summer out of this summer. Hop Girl Summer for all!

Hop Girl Summer lands somewhere between a West Coast & American IPA. Brewed with Simcoe & Centennial hops, your first sips will be piney with a touch of that dankness we love so much. Finishing with grapefruit brightness reminds you why we power through long, frigid winters. So we can Hop Girl Summer.

Coral Riff

𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗶𝗳𝗳 is fruited gose-style sour ale with pink guava & sea salt is awash with a melody of nectarous guava juice. The interplay of sweet and sour is insanely tantalizing to the tastbuds without being overpowering in either direction. Lush tropical florals and a tinge of tartness make this sour full of unique subtleties ripe for exploration. (6.2% ABV)

Mas Chela – Mexican style lager

Crisp and refreshing Mexican Lager. Cheers to summer vibes

Blackstack, Drekker, Equilibrium, and Untitled Art coming from Pequod

May 9, 2022Leave a comment

NOT WITH THAT ATTITUDE – TIPA (10.1%)
Our selected Citra, Cascade Cryo & Cryo Pop from our buds @yakimachief is never gonna work. Too many punchy fruit aromas to be contained. Well… Certainly not with that attitude

REAL ESTATE West Coast IPA w/ Crosby Estate Comet (7.0%)
The first of several fun collaboration projects we have dropping this week for the impending Craft Brewer’s Conference in Minneapolis. Reminiscent of musk melon & citrusy sunshine, this crispy & extremely dry lil’ number was dreamt up with our buds @crosbyhops in Oregon to celebrate the magic that is their Estate Grown Comet.

Bloody Hell

Bloody Hell, our blood orange pale ale made with real blood… oranges. We brew Bloody Hell with oats and wheat, hop it with our hand selected Citra, Sabro, & Mosaic, then load it up with Blood Orange for a ridiculously refreshing & delicious burst of citrus.

Chonk – Strawberry chocolate coconut

a brand new Chonky absurdity! Our lovable hefty boi is back and as usual he’s preposterously decadent. This time around he’s stuffed with strawberry, coconut, and cacao nibs. Lots of heavy breathing happening right now.⠀

Braaaaaains Strawberry Pineapple Dragonfruit
A new Braaaaaaaains! We stuffed this full of Strawberry, Pineapple, & Dragonfruit and then hit it with our double secret smoothie treatment of sea salt, lactose, and vanilla.⠀

Dangerous Night Crew DBL IPA

Our buds from Oliphant Brewing came to visit a few weeks ago and over some beers and sloppy steaks we discovered our mutual love of slicked back hair and a shared desire to use Talus hops in a crushable pale ale. So we got right to work and Dangerous Nights Crew, a hazy pale ale hopped with Centennial, Mosaic, Talus, Azacca, & Enigma was born. ⠀

Jolly Prrrrrrters

a Blue Razz Slush Style Sour packed with Blueberry, Raspberry, Pineapple, Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher® candies, and Blue Razz Slushy Mix. We could go on and on about how amazing and fruity it tastes, but these flavors blend perfectly together to taste exactly like a blue razz Jolly Rancher®

Master manipulator – DBL IPA

a brand spankin new double IPA! Master Manipulator is loaded up with oats and spelt and hopped to the hilt with our hand selected Citra & Vic Secret for some serious citrusy & peachy vibes.

Strawberry Prrrt – a – Colada

This PRRRT is loaded up with Strawberry, Pineapple, & Coconut and it’s super tropical & tasty like something that would be brought to you in a big weird glass with some of those tiny umbrellas in it while you’re chilling in a shaded cabana on the beach. ⠀

Limited Release – Barrel Aged Chocolate flavored Kisses Stout bottles
Choco Flavored Kisses is back with a new single origin cacao nib to showcase! This big ol’ imperial stout was aged in Old Fitzgerald bourbon barrels and conditioned on a ridiculous amount of single origin Ecuadorian cacao nibs for a rich, fudgy chocolate flavor and aroma we can’t get enough of.

Light at the end of the tunnel – IPA 6.8% ABV
Light At The End of The Tunnel uses Photon as its inspiration with some modifications and upgrades including an all Survivable hop blend for the whirlpool and a large dose of Lupomax Citra in addition to a supersized Photon hop bill. Aromas and flavors of soft pineapple, navel orange, stone fruit, EQ’s rainbow melon, and lime juice radiate with a touch of pine resin at the finish making it an easy drinker

Stacked Science – Blackstack Brewing collaboration – DDH DBL IPA 8.5% ABV
We had some fun in the lab with Murph from Blackstack to bring you stacks on stacks on stacks of flavor! We blended in 2-row, Flaked oats, White wheat, and Flaked wheat as the foundation for a Citra Incognito, Citra Lupomax, and Idaho 7 whirlpool before a big dry hop of Mosaic, Strata, Eclipse, and Galaxy.

Strata Points – DDH Dbl IPA 8% ABV
A Strata Point takes our Data Points grain bill and replaces ALL of the hops with our hand CY 2021 selected Strata. Pouring vivid yellow in color, aromas of OJ, rainbow melon, and a blueberry strain of the devil’s lettuce lead into dank flavors of passionfruit juice, ruby red grapefruit, Frankenberry cereal, melon, complex concord grape, and strawberry.

Tie Dye Science IPA 6.5% ABV
Tie-Dye Science starts off with a nice base of oats and wheat before a T90 and Lupomax Citra and Mosaic hop bill for both the whirlpool and dry hop. Aromas and flavors of orange slices, papaya, pink starburst, lime gummies lead into a bright juicy finish with a touch of hoppy bitterness all wrapped up in a creamy mouthfeel.

Peanut Butter Smores Imperial Stout – Limited release
While engineering our S’mores sandwich stout which has Marshmallows, Cacao Nibs, and Graham Crackers, we to bring you Peanut Butter S’mores Blueprint. Draw up a blueprint and follow the design carefully, engineering a S’mores sandwich is serious business and requires precision! Following the plans from the first batch, we took a thick and fluffy base and conditioned it on Peanut Butter, Marshmallows, Cacao Nibs, and Graham Crackers.

NEW – Kiwi Coconut Mango Smoothie Seltzer
Hello summer weather! This new smoothie seltzer is packed with Mango puree, Kiwi puree, cream of coconut and passion fruit juice.

NEW – Florida Seltzer Vareity pack Version 2
New vareity pack with 2 brand new flavors!! Gluten Free & Vegan approved. Each pack contains 3 cans each of the following flavors per 12pk:

Meyer Lemon/Watermelon
Apricot/Kumquat
Strawberry/Kiwi
Navel Orange/Yuzu

Lion Bridge releasing “Houby Daze Imperial Milk Stout” and “The Eye of Thiol” this month!

May 4, 2022Leave a comment

A new month means new releases for many Iowa breweries. Lion Bridge brewing will be releasing two new beers this month, an imperial milk stout and an IPA (draft only). Here’s more on these two releases:

Houby Daze Imperial Milk Stout
Fungophiles rejoice! A special Houby Days release! We cold steeped the famed Lactarius rubidus, aka, Candy Cap Mushroom in this stout to produce an earthy, maple character that we thought would be a great accompaniment to a robust mix stout base,
Release date 05/12
The Eye of Thiol
Trying out a new yeast strain that accentuates hop flavors and aroma. We brewed this draft-only IPA with some of our favorite hop varietals. Enjoy!
Release date 05/18

Mason Aleworks, MORE, Modist, and Blackstack coming from Pequod this week!

May 2, 2022Leave a comment

End 2 End Burners Ver 2 – Dbl Hazy IPA – Collaboration with THE ANSWER
Second annual collaboration between Beer Zombies and The Answer (Richmond, VA) for 4/20 day. Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with Citra, Cryo Citra and Galaxy Hops

OB – 1 Can-OBI DDH IPA

Grab your lightsaber! This Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA is loaded with Citra and Galaxy Hops. Best enjoyed in a Galaxy far far away…

Six am Karaoke

Collaboration with Kings Brewing (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Frose Smoothie Style Sour with Blueberry, Sweet Cherry, Black Berry and Vanilla

Arthur’s Last Journey

Last one in this Pastry Stout series. Arthur’s Last Journey is a creme brulee inspired Pastry Stout with Lactose

Checkerboard Pink – Hazy IPA – Beer Zombies collab
Part of the Checkerboard rotating hop series. Checkerboard Pink is a Double Dry Hopped Hazy Double IPA with Vic secret and Mosaic Hops

Morever DDH IPA
This Double Dry Hopped 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 a hint of bitterness that resolves onto a smooth and refreshing finish.

Prince Goro Imperial Hazy IPA
Coming straight from the realm of Outworld, our newest DDH DIPA will tear your tastebuds limb from limb. 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗼 is a hulking hazy that’s fatally hopped with Citra, El Dorado, Idaho-7, and NZL 32-2 hops. The nuances of this IPA is honestly quite difficult to fully describe. Sure, there’s your familiar combo string of tropical pineapple and juicy citrus that’s intermingled with a sticky resin roundhouse. However, this new breed of experimental hops fresh from New Zealand impart some unique hop flavors yet to be classified by mere mortals…so we’ll just call it “essence of dragon.” (8% ABV)

I bring you love – Oak Aged Foeder Lager
You’re out in the foeders forest, a glowing green shape comes towards you, they say “I bring you love” and look at your beer… Do you share your Czech Pils with them? It’s brewed with Bohemian Pilsner malt, Saaz Hops & Czech lager yeast. Then extensively lagered & conditioned in our oak foeders. Choose your own adventure. The truth is out there but, so are the lies. D’oh!

Water Pipes DDH IPA
Wwwwoooooaaaaahhh… Careful with your language there bud… They’re actually called “Water Pipes”. Comin’ in hot with piping additions of our selected Strata & extra dank newcomer Talus. Feel free to add ice, just not to the beer.

Strata and Chill IPA – Single Hop Cold IPA (7.0%)
Hand Selected Strata from @indiehops, Pilsner Malt, Rice + Chico Yeast Fermented Cold? This algorithm is getting out of control… Get your comfy pants on, we made this one for you to enjoy responsibly on your next night of bingeing

Uncut James – fruit sour –Mixed Berry Sour Beer (5.3%)
Finding a muse in Raspberry, Blueberry, Strawberry & Madagascar Vanilla with our Gem of a Mixed Culture Berliner Weisse.