An annual favorite returns to Lion Bridge in a few weeks as Majestic Beast makes its way back to tap lines and cans! Here’s more from Lion Bridge!
A newly imagined beast that is oh so majestic. Strata and Azacca dry-hop with a healthy addition of Comet at the end of boil to add even more beauty to this magnificent creature.
Two big releases this week coming from Backpocket Brewing! “This is Fire” will be released this Friday (10/7) and “Iowa Nightmare” will be coming at us on Saturday (10/8)! Here’s more on these two delicious sounding releases!
Friday 10/7 THIS IS FIRE! This double dry hopped IPA was brewed with our friends at Reserve Artisan Ales! This hazy IPA is crafted with Flaked Wheat and Golden Promise Malt for a full body and soft, pillowy mouthfeel. Ekuanot and Galaxy hops create a flavorful IPA, with flavors of citrus, peach and passionfruit.
Saturday 10/8 Iowa Nightmare! This pumpkin stout was barrel aged in Mississippi River Distilling Company barrels for 9 months. This big, bold stout has flavors of oak, coffee, chocolate, and dark fruits. After being in barrels, we added squash purée and pumpkin pie spices for the perfect seasonal treat!
Wednesday, October 19 at 10am — Richard the Whale will go on sale for pre-order… then you can sip and sit back with our favorite barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout when he resurfaces on December 3 in our Iowa City, Solon, and Des Moines taprooms.
But it does beg the question… which variant styles should we pull from the oceans of options?? Chocolate Coconut Cake, Well Baked, and Coffee were reallllly tasty in 2021.
Wade Wisely and Greener State of Mind Returning
Wade Wisely and Greener State of Mind each return on Friday, September 30 with a mission to improve the quality of Iowa’s waterways!
This Saturday (9/24) starting at noon you’ll have the opportunity to get your hands on some tasty beers at Clock House as they will be celebrating their 5 year anniversary and will be spoiling us beer lovers in doing so! Here’s what they have in store for us:
*BA 5th Anniversary Stout: 14 hour long-boiled Imperial Stout aged in Cedar Ridge Bourbon Barrels for 12 months then rested on toasted coconut, cacao nibs, and vanilla beans. Available in 500 ML bottles. $25 per bottle. No limit. *Clock House Black Lager: Crafted with a blend of pilsner and dark roasted malt then bittered with Hallertau Mittelfruh. This easy drinking Black lager has notes of floral and smooth coffee. Available in 16oz 4-packs. *Glow Frog: Dry-Hopped with Strata, Nelson, and Cryo-Pop. Huge mouthfeel with notes of lemon, mango, papaya, and grape. *Lucasville Slugger: The man, the myth, the Clock House legend. Lucasville Slugger is a New England IPA dry hopped with Citra and Sabro. It was then rested on 500 Grade A Madagascar Vanilla Beans. ‘Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.’ Available in 16 oz 4-packs. *Tropical Snozzical: A tropical version of Snozzberry Sour! Brewed with Dragonfruit, Prickly Pear, Mango, and Passionfruit! Available in 16oz 4-packs. S *Sour Patch Man: Our base kettle sour infused with loads of Blue Sour Patch Kids. Our spin on what adult candy would taste like. Available in 16 oz 4-packs. One 4-pack limit per customer. *Watermelon Sour Patch Man: The Sour Patch Man series continues with a watermelon version! Loaded with multiple pounds of watermelon gummies! Draft only. *Firkin Tapping Lineup: 4 PM: Root Beer Lager 5 PM: Anniversary Stout w/ Peanuts and Nutter Butter Cookies 6 PM: Tropical Snozzical w/ Ghost Peppers
Another delicious sounding release coming from an Iowa brewery this week! This time, it’s happening in the Czech Village at Lion Bridge! Hope to see you there this Wednesday! Here’s more on this release courtesy of Lion Bridge’s Facebook page:
This Wednesday we are releasing MY SECOND RODEO in bottles and on draft.
This is an Imperial Milk Stout w/Vanilla, Cacao, Cinnamon, 10.5% – Rested on Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Ecuadorian Cacao, and Saigon Cinnamon, this stout has seen a thing or two. Not their first rodeo.
Tickets are available for Big Grove’s latest beer and food pairing, this time emanating from their Iowa City location. Menu and beers not released yet, but stay tuned for more info on that as the date nears! Get your tickets HERE. Here’s more from BG on this dinner:
Dust off the lederhosen and get ready for another Oktoberfest at Big Grove! The chefs and brewers of Big Grove are coming together for a one-night, German beer dinner in Iowa City.
Throughout this five-course meal, prepared by our award-winning chefs, we’ll celebrate our very own Oktoberfest with games and good times. We’ll have a pretzel flip, stein hold, hammerschlagen, and a special surprise at the end!
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and dinner service will begin at 6:30 p.m. Each guest will receive their own Big Grove stein and a complimentary pour of their Big Grove lager of choice.
The menu will be released closer to the event date.
This event will be hosted in our private game room area with tables of 4 or 8.
KING AL – DBL IPA – Toppling Goliath Collaboration King AL is a DIPA that uses a mashed-up grain bill from MC² and Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.’s King Sue before introducing Equilibrium’s absolute biggest dry hop to date with an all Citra Incognito, Citra LUPOMAX, Citra Cryo, and Citra T-90 hop bill. Pouring a milky opaque yellow with aromas of mango sorbet and orange creamsicle, we get chewy saturated flavors of tropical smoothie, fresh squeezed navel orange juice, dank grass, fruit salad in syrup, and lime gummies with a thick and custard like creamsicle finish and a huge blast of EQjuice rainbow melon flavors. King AL is dangerously soft and smooth and may have you questioning the laws of physics, space, time or just how we got a melted orange creamsicle fruit bomb into the can. A beautiful German Style Pilsner at an incredible price.
Energy Equals – DBL IPA
Energy Equals has enhanced flavor characteristics of mango, pineapple, citrus, and apricot. With the new technique in place, we notice a much deeper flavor profile while being extremely bright and lighter in body.
Strawberry Daiquiri – GLUTEN FREE Sour Collaboration with LUA brewing This new beer was brewed at Untitled Art in collaboration with LUA brewing of Des Moines, IA. It’s made with Strawberry puree, lime puree, beet juice, cane sugar and water. It’s also Gluten Free and Vegan Friendly.
The beer pours a touch thinner when compared to their Smoothie styles, it’s also rather effervescent and tickles the palate as you sip. Comes out to 5% ABV
Dad’s Stoked Triple IPA – 10.5% Our annual can based voyage to bad decision juice territory for Papa Scott’s Day of Birth. Based on our DAD JOKES grain bill & hop schedule, but with properly elevated portions of our Hand-Selected Mosaic, Citra & Sabro Cryo, this time with New Zealand Nelson Sauvin to hit those Clarence Clemons low notes.
Crowd Control – New England Double IPA (8.0%) As some of you might be aware, the state fair can tend to get a wee bit crowded. Excuse Me. The tasty refresher to get from our buds at Ball Park Cafe when the Great Minnesota Get Together gets to be just a liiiiiiitttttttttlllleee too much. Pardon Me. Packed shoulder to shoulder with Mosaic, Cashmere & Strata for the occasion. Are you in line? For when it’s just a little too late in the day for “IT’S JUST NICE TO SEE EVERYONE!”. Ope, Sorry, Can I scoot past ya there?
Shine On – Hazy IPA benefitting The Children’s Hospital – Shine Bright Pediatric Cancer Foundation – NEIPA (6.9%) We got together with @childrensmn & their Shine Bright for Cancer Kids Foundation to support their mission of supporting children & their families dealing with cancer & blood disorders. These kids are extremely strong & resilient, just like diamonds, so we loaded up this gem of an IPA with Citra, Citra Cryo, Simcoe, Simcoe Cryo & Cascade Noble Hops in addition to Phantasm, a new product made out of spent Sauvignon Blanc grape skins from New Zealand that helps our hop aromas Shine Bright… Get it?
Coastal Sunshine V16 – Smoothie Sour Ale This smoothie sourale is inspired by Midwest mixed berry jam, with layers of fruity goodness, just like grandma used to make. Sweet, tart and lively, this jam in a can will hit the spot morning, noon or night!
Sonic Painting A fun Smoothie-style Sour Ale loaded with Mango, Red Prickly Pear, Pink Guava, Marshmallow and Milk Sugar
Backpocket Brewing Company has partnered up with Trees Forever and the ReLeaf project for Cedar Rapids to help with planting trees in the community along with making a beer to help raise money for the project. They have also collaborated with Cedar Rapids based FNF Restaurant group as they will have the beer on draft at their locations (LP Street Food, Cliff’s Dive Bar, The hip-stir, Bricks Bar and Grill, MOCO) to support the cause. All of the grain and hops were donated by Backpocket suppliers and it will be a limited release in the Cedar Rapids metro.
Pretzel Stout – Chocolate stout that was infused with pretzels with a splash of peanut butter.
Oatmeal Stout – Experimental oatmeal stout that has a touch of vanilla (draft only/taproom release)
Cereal Killer – Hazy IPA with loaded with lactose, marshmallow and mosaic, azacca and equinox hops then infused with hundreds of pounds of fruity cereal.
Saturday Morning Raspberry/Feijoa – One of our favorites in the Saturday Morning smoothie sour series with the return of Raspberry and Feijoa which is a mix of strawberry, guava and pineapple fruit flavors.
Friday 10/7 THIS IS FIRE! This double dry hopped IPA was brewed with our friends at Reserve Artisan Ales! This hazy IPA is crafted with Flaked Wheat and Golden Promise Malt for a full body and soft, pillowy mouthfeel. Ekuanot and Galaxy hops create a flavorful IPA, with flavors of citrus, peach and passionfruit.
Saturday 10/8 Iowa Nightmare! This pumpkin stout was barrel aged in Mississippi River Distilling Company barrels for 9 months. This big, bold stout has flavors of oak, coffee, chocolate, and dark fruits. After being in barrels, we added squash purée and pumpkin pie spices for the perfect seasonal treat!
