Two beer posts in a week! Maybe I can get some steam going with this thing. Only 140 more to try, so I need some suggestions. I feel like the last third of this challenge might be the toughest. There’s a Firkin Fest coming up at Flix on Feb. 4, but I’ll have to work.… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 216-225: A very homebrew holiday
It’s been a bit since my last update in this. The holidays happened, plus my new job got busy, so blogging fell by the wayside. Some drinking has still been happening, I just need to catch up with the writing. I’m going to handle this post a bit like the beer festival posts from last… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 201-215: The Return
It’s been a running theme that 2016 was just a horrible, steaming, diaper blister of a year. All the celebrity deaths, plus the election of probably the worst presidential candidate ever (sorry if you’re surprised that I’m not a fan), certainly made it feel like worst year ever. But beyond that, I also spent more… Read More 2016: My year of unemployment
Here it is, another big number post. I feel like I’ve accomplished so much! Despite undertaking this task, I don’t believe my beer consumption has gone up very much. In fact, it’s probably gone down, since sometimes I’ll get the opportunity to have a beer, look at the selection and decline because none of the… Read More 365 Iowa Beers: 192-200: A trip to eastern Iowa part 1
I’ve consumed my 200th beer for this challenge, and I’m anxious to write about it, but I’ve fallen a bit behind in that department. I expect my next post will cover that, so I guess this one is like one of those filler episodes of “The Walking Dead.” Something big happened in the last post… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 184-191: FliteBrite & Fox
My last beer post let me hit 175 beers, which is a nice number, but this one is more of the milestone. Beer 183 gets me past the halfway point of my goal of trying 365 Iowa Beers in a year. If my math is right, I started this journey on April 28, which means… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 176-183: Halfway done
It’s been about six months since I started this possibly foolish challenge, and I seem to be a little behind. Not a lot, but I need to catch up a bit. I’m planning to drive to Cedar Rapids for a freelance article this week and will probably stop for a few growlers are breweries along… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 167-175: 515, Great River & Kalona
Yes, I used two colons in the header. Sometimes the established format for a headline can back me into a corner, but I won’t let that get in the way of a “Breakin’ 2” reference. If you want to check out the earlier beers I tried at the summit, click here. Beer 161: Toppling… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 161-166: Little Giant Beer Summit 2: Electric Beergaloo
Well, I’ve hit another beer milestone, 150. Not bad. As the weather starts to turn cold, some new varieties of beer are showing up on shelves and taps. There are several Oktoberfests in this batch, along with multiple Peace Tree and Backpocket beers. I’m starting to catch up to writing about the beers I’ve tried.… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 142-150: Oktoberfests and more
After hitting the Iowa Craft Beer Tent, I decided to head back to the Iowa Taproom for a flight. It’s about a three-mile walk from my house, so the walk there and back hopefully helps burn off a lot of the beer calories. Of course, I also had a buffalo chicken sandwich. So maybe the whole… Read More 365 Iowa beers 137-141: Back to the Iowa Taproom
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