Odell Brewing company will be releasing Jolly Russian in their taproom this Friday and hitting their 13 state footprint for distro as well. Here’s more on this brew courtesy of Odell’s Facebook page:
The barrels have been emptied, the bottles have been capped. Jolly Russian arrives on Friday! A rich 13.3% Russian Imperial Stout stowed away in rum barrels for aging, Jolly Russian is our first single bottle 12oz offering in over a decade. You can get your hands on it across our 13-state footprint. Better yet, join us in the taproom on Friday. We’ll we’ll be giving away tee shirts, a limited edition hand painted Jolly Russian nesting doll, and even Odell branded eye patches. Live music will kickoff at 4:00p thanks to The Swashbuckling Doctors. See you there!
Big Grove brewery is bringing out the big guns for this weekend’s Northside Oktoberfest with the announcement that they will be pouring out of two tents, one of which is a cask tent that will have 12pins! Another question is, what will the Richard the Whale variant be? In talking with Chad Young, he sent me a pic (see below) of what he and Chef Benjamin Smart came up with for the variant. Here’s a list of the things that Big Grove will have for sure, along with many surprises! Hope to see you there on Saturday!
Kickshaw’s next bottling will be of “Bibelot”, an ale aged and fermented in Cedar Ridge Malted Rye barrels. Here’s more from Bill and Kickshaw on his latest bottling:
Kickshaw brewer/owner Bill Heinrich has updated his next project coming down the bottling line. “Curio” will be hitting shelves hopefully by the end of September. Here is Mr. Heinrich’s description of this brew:
I just came across the following tweet from the Keg Stand in Des 
Moines. They will be hosting and celebrating 20 years of Stone Brewing with a massive list of Stone taps. If you are in the area on the 22nd stop by and check it out. Here’s the official release courtesy of the Keg Stand’s Twitter account:
The day of September 24th can’t get here soon enough! Another year of the annual Northside Oktoberfest is nearing and after my 1st time going last year, I’ve been eagerly waiting for this day! Like last year there will be a few after parties. Joe’s Place in Iowa City has announced they will be hosting one that will start right when the festival ends at 3 p.m. According to 
Some great news coming from Amherst, Wisky as Central Waters has announced they are going to release Bourbon Barrel Quad to their distro footprint! It was bottled yesterday (9/7) and should be coming soon. Stay tuned for more release details. Here’s the release courtesy of Central Waters Facebook page:
Richard the Whale barrel aged Imperial Stout
Barn City Brewing will be coming to West Des Moines at 9500 University in West Des Moines! Pete Faber is the man behind this venture and here is more info courtesy of Pete’s Facebook account: