Marquee Pizza Celebrating 1 Year Anniversary with week long celebration starting 11/12!

maqueeMarquee Pizza in Coralville will be celebrating their 1 year anniversary starting next week (11/12) with a week long celebration. Tons of great events, great food, and great drink all week long!

Our one Year Anniversary Party is coming up!
So in true pizza party fashion we are going to celebrate all week long:

• Monday – All beer and wine on happy hour, and happy hour will be extended from 3-close. We will also have some all Iowa cheese & charcuterie specials.
• Tuesday – $5 any pizza from 3pm until we sell! We will also be having a natural wine tasting from 5-7pm that is free for all guests to partake in.
• Wednesday – $9 burgers during lunch 11-3
• Thursday – $9 burgers during lunch 11-3, closing at 3pm for a private event
• Friday – #marqueecheesepull 3-6pm & 9-11pm our wildly popular mozzarella brick will be $1!! with purchase of another entree. 1 per person. dine in only.
• Saturday – rare and wild beers on tap
• Sunday – housemade linguine & meatball plates 3pm-sold out

Thanks to everyone for making this one year event happen and all of our pizza dreams a reality!

Shoutout to Meghan M. for creating some original & fantastic art work!

Drink This! Big Grove Color TV Double IPA

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Stout weather is surely upon us but IPA season never ends. Here in Eastern Iowa we sure have been spoiled with a bunch of releases from our local breweries as they continue to provide us with delicious beer. 

Yesterday, Big Grove Brewery released a new double IPA called Color TV. Here are the specs on this beer:
7.8% ABV
-Double dry hopped with galaxy hops

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I definitely dig me some galaxy hops and this beer was packed full of. Terrific aroma of citrus fruit and the the first sip is instant orange and mandarin flavor. My untappd Rated R description was that his beer is like a bunch of oranges banged it out with your favorite IPA on a bed of clouds. The thing with me and hazy IPAs are sometimes the flavor doesn’t flow from first sip to last drink, Color TV however, does just that. I could have sat at BG in Solon all day yesterday and sipped on this beer. Following Easy Eddy, Big Ed, and with Richard the Whale release on the horizon, it’s hard not to get stoked for anything Big Grove pushes out. 

Eastern Iowa beer lovers rejoice, our local breweries continue to roll and quench our thirst with some of the best beers around and hopefully I’ll see some of you at the Richard the Whale release on December 1st! Drink This! while you can! 

Prairie Double Dunk and Xmas Bomb 2018 Coming Soon!

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Two big releases from Prairie should be gracing our shelves very soon in Eastern Iowa, hopefully within the next few weeks, as Double Dunk and Xmas Bomb 2018 should be hitting distro very soon in our fine state. Stay tuned for the exact release date for these two brews!

Double Dunk is their imperial stout that is brewed with oreo cookies and will clock in at 13% ABV. It’s going to be a heavy hitter so watch out!

Xmas Bomb! 2018 is an imperial stout and will also check in at 13%.

Eden Speciality Ciders Hitting Iowa Shelves Next Week via Abu Nawas Distro!

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If you’re a fan of ciders you can start rejoicing as Abu Nawas has announced that they will be getting Eden Speciality Ciders and the distro for those will be starting next week. Here’s more from Abu Nawas:

We’ve been working for years to bring you the incredible cider from way, way northern Vermont. We are honoured to bring you Eden Ciders of Newport, Vermont
Eden produces a wide range of unique Ciders with the jewel of crown being their Ice Ciders–their versions are the most sought after and highly prized examples of this unique form of cider made in North America. It takes over 8 lbs. of apples to make one 375ml bottle of ice cider! We have all their offerings in limited stock! All are 375ml Skinny Tall Bottles. Heirloom Blend, Honey Crisp and Barrel Aged Northern Spy.
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Another product from Eden that we are extremely excited about is the Orleans Aperitif Ciders. A Farm to Bar alternative to the more industrial European Aperitif Wines commonly used in cocktails. We will sell these as a mixed case of 2 bottles each of Herbal, Bitter and Wood. All are 750ml.
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In October of last year, the United States Association of Cider Makers released a set of style guidelines for cider.  The purpose was to start providing some broad standards to a category that is nearly as diverse as wine and beer.  The intention ultimately is to give cider drinkers a better chance of choosing a bottle off the retail shelf or the restaurant menu that they might actually enjoy drinking. One key distinction in the guidelines is between ‘Modern’ cider and ‘Heritage’ cider.  Heritage ciders are made exclusively from apples – without other fruits, spices or non-apple flavourings.  Modern ciders are made from dessert variety apples, whereas Heritage ciders are made with heirloom and cider variety apples and are likely made with more traditional wine-making approaches. Because of the very limited supply, we are doing a mixed case of each of the Heritage Ciders as well as one bottle each of Eden’s flagship ciders: Dry Sparkling and Imperial Rose.
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And Lastly, we have the latest addition which is Eden Authentic Heritage Cider in a Can. Hailed by the New York Times as “the best canned cider I have ever had.” Their words not ours, but we wholeheartedly agree. Made from 100% New England Apples, this off-dry cider is packed with flavor without the cloying sweetness of a lot of commercial ciders.  Refreshing, immensely drinkable, this cider will see you through your entire meal.
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Bricks Bar and Grill Announces Stout Wars 2018!

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Bricks Bar and Grill in downtown Cedar Rapids has announced the date for Stout Wars 2018. It will take place on Saturday, December 8th starting at 3:00 p.m. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (Nov. 1st)! Here’s more deets on this event:

12 beers – 3 flights, coarsed meal, prizes, lots of fun!
Tickets are $70, one per person.
To be very clear, this is a ticketed event, you must purchase tickets at Bricks and you must have a ticket to participate the day of.
Tickets go on sale 11.1.18!

And the list has been announced!

Stout Wars Line Up:

Exile Jesus on a Forklift
Surly Darkness
Founders CBS
Sierra Nevada BA Narwahl
Lion Bridge Gazprom
Third Base Brewery
Reunion Imperial Banshee
Stone Mikhal Espresso
Backpocket 6th Anniversary
Firestone Parabola
Destihl Dosvidanya Rye
North Coast BA Rasputin XX

More deets and hopefully the brews will be released soon so stay tuned for more as the information comes in! Visit the Stout Wars’ Facebook page by clicking here.

Lion Bridge Releasing “Coconut Disaster” cans 11/24! Taproom Release!

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It’s been a wonderfully busy month in Eastern Iowa for beer releases, and another can’t miss release will be taking place on Saturday, November 24th as Lion Bridge Brewery will releasing “Coconut Disaster in their taproom starting at 11 a.m.! Here’s more from the brewery on this release:

Come celebrate Small Business Saturday in Czech Village, Cedar Rapids and enjoy our Coconut Disaster Porter!

6 packs available to-go! Food Specials available from our kitchen!

We will also have holiday gift baskets and some new really awesome merchandise for sale just in time for the holidays!

Cheers!

Film Scene Hosting Brewmaster Movie Showing Beer Tasting Nov. 5th!

filmscenceFilm Scene in Iowa City will be hosting a special showing of the documentary Brewmaster on November 5th. For $18 ($15 for Film Scene members) you get your ticket to the movie and beer tastings from some of Iowa’s finest breweries including Big Grove Brewery, Lion Bridge, and Iowa Brewing Company.

Along with those fantastic breweries they will be tapping a 2015 Goose Island Bourbon County Stout! Check out Film Scene’s link for more info on this special event and also check out the trailer to the documentary “Brewmaster”.

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Thew Brewing Releasing “Planned Sick Days Pale Ale” this Friday Oct. 19th!

thewThew Brewing will be releasing a collaboration beer with internet celebrity Planned Sick days called “Planned Sick Days Pale Ale” this coming Friday in conjunction with the University of Iowa homecoming weekend! Looking forward to try this one! Here’s a bit more info on this collab: And follow Planned Sick Days on twitter with their handle: @PlannedSickDays

Happy homecoming, Hawkeyes! We’ll be releasing our newest beer, a pale ale brewed in collaboration with the internet’s Planned Sick Days. On tap and in crowlers starting at 3 p.m.!