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
I’m starting off this entry a little different because I found a beer that I tried a few months ago that I forgot to write about. So beer 151 is probably beer 110 or something, but I don’t want to go back and renumber everything, so I’m just sticking it on the start of this post.… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 151-160: Little Giant Beer Summit Part the First
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
The Iowa Craft Beer Tent is a resource I have not tapped (ha!) often enough during this challenge. On the final Friday of the Iowa State Fair, I decided to head out and order a few flights. It’s a great way to try some of the beers from outside Des Moines that I need to… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 126-136: Iowa Craft Beer Tent
I’ve reached the 1/3 point of my challenge, the point in any marathon where each runner thinks “I’ve got like 18 miles more to go! Why did I sign up for this? There better be good snacks at the end.” Luckily, I’m drinking beer and not running. There’s still a lot more drinking to go,… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 119-125: Suicide Beers
My beer consumption has slowed a little bit, and these blogs have gotten more spaced out as a result. I feel like I’ve done some quality drinking recently to try to catch things up. Hopefully, these will be posted on a slightly more regular basis moving forward. For this entry, I’m covering some breweries in… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 113-118: Beers of the Cedar Valley
I don’t really have a good intro for this post. I kept coming up with a lede, but it felt too forced. So I’m just kind of typing words until it feels like I’ve set this up well enough. Is this enough? No, too soon. There, that’s probably good. Beer 107: Millstream Hoppy Hour White… Read More 365 Iowa Beers: 107-112: Flix, Forks & Cheese
Hey, another milestone number of beers. I’m now about 27% through my challenge, though that doesn’t sound as exciting as “one hundred.” To mark the occasion, I’ve recorded Ava singing the complete “99 Bottles of Beer.” So read beer 100, then start the video for the complete experience. I’m kidding, I’m not cruel enough to… Read More 365 Iowa beers: Beer 100! (Also 101-106)
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