Hello, friends. It’s been a shameful amount of time since my last post here. ACBW is a perfect time to rectify that, so let’s get right to it. One of the last times we traveled north to Wisconsin, we finally took the time to stop in New Glarus on our way to Madison to tour [...]
As has been reported here earlier, the Coralville/Iowa City area will be welcoming Backpocket Brewing into the area in early 2012. I was able to meet up with Jake Simmons, Brewmaster, at an event this evening at Old Chicago. He was kind enough to spend a few minutes answering some questions and talking about his operation [...]
This past Saturday, Cityview held their 5th annual Brewfest in Des Moines, at Principal Park. While none of your fine Brewmaniacs were able to attend, friend of the blog PlannedSickDays was there and was kind enough to put down his thoughts for us to share. PSD also has a great Hawkeye blog, check it out [...]
The Gazette (or one of their 27 subsidiary sites) reports that the Iowa River Landing will be the home to a new brewery. This has been long rumored, but now it’s official and has been approved by the City of Coralville. I am unfamiliar with Backpocket Brewing, but I look forward to trying their fresh brew [...]
Enjoyed this on tap at Augusta Restaurant in Oxford, IA. It was my first Unibroue beer ever, and I enjoyed it. A very dark amber ale, great flavor, and it went great with the gumbo before my meal. B+ from me, I would seek this out again if given the opportunity. Oh, and it also [...]
Ah, blondes. Famous for luring you in and always wanting more. I’ll try to keep this to the beer, but just know, the duality of females and beer that may or may not be referenced herein might be intentional. (Full disclosure: my wife’s a brunette, and I love her with my whole heart) I enjoyed [...]
And here’s a word from him. Welcome him aboard, everyone. ——————————- Hi, I’m Graham. I’ve always liked trying different beers that weren’t from the macro-breweries. That’s mostly due to the fact that the first real amount of beer drinking I did came in England and Europe on a month-long music tour when I was a [...]
