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dmclone

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Worst beer in the metro went to 1717 or mistress, fox had some decent beers.
Well they've been closed for awhile, which left Fox as the worst in the metro. Not sure who now is in last place. Probably Twisted Vine.
 

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Not a taproom but global brew is closing out in WDM/Waukee. Can't believe they couldn't make it work, they always had a nice tap list.
Damn this sucks. Enjoyed going there, having a couple beers and then getting 7 stone. Place always seemed full in the summer. Served as a pseudo waiting room for Barn town lol
 

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Kinship does everything well except make an actually tasty beer. I wouldnt water my lawn with some of their shít
I like their Summer Lager and Annie.
Agree non of their beers are ones I really seek out though.

Their location and building are awesome though.
 

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Not a taproom but global brew is closing out in WDM/Waukee. Can't believe they couldn't make it work, they always had a nice tap list.

Shocked about Global. Second best place in the metro for beer selection outside of Bait Shop and there really isn’t anything like it out west. They got some obscure and really good taps that no one else had. Only negative was lack of food. Closing 6/29.
 

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Worst beer in the metro went to 1717 or mistress, fox had some decent beers.

I liked the quaint and small atmosphere of Fox but when we went there in April, they still had the same beers from the fall. And only like 8 of them. Creativity and quantity of selection is really important these days and Fox didn’t have either. But congrats to them for making it this long in a fully saturated market.
 

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I liked the quaint and small atmosphere of Fox but when we went there in April, they still had the same beers from the fall. And only like 8 of them. Creativity and quantity of selection is really important these days and Fox didn’t have either. But congrats to them for making it this long in a fully saturated market.
Yeah I was actually surprised they lasted this long, because you barely heard anyone talk about them.
 

baller21

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More Lua sounds good to me. It’s in the Valley Junction area so I wonder if part of the decision to close Fox was based on this knowledge.

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jcisuclones

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Not a taproom but global brew is closing out in WDM/Waukee. Can't believe they couldn't make it work, they always had a nice tap list.
From what I understand, the owner of Barntown told the property owner that if they allowed Global to open a kitchen, Barntown would move somewhere else, so Global unfortunately had no other choice. Pretty sad, as Global was how I gained my love for craft beer.
 

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From what I understand, the owner of Barntown told the property owner that if they allowed Global to open a kitchen, Barntown would move somewhere else, so Global unfortunately had no other choice. Pretty sad, as Global was how I gained my love for craft beer.
Sounds like Global had a choice and the landlord is a ***** for letting a tenant dictate to them what to so.
 

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From what I understand, the owner of Barntown told the property owner that if they allowed Global to open a kitchen, Barntown would move somewhere else, so Global unfortunately had no other choice. Pretty sad, as Global was how I gained my love for craft beer.
Hard to believe with how busy Barntown is that they would be scared of a little competition.
 
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JP4CY

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Hard to believe with how busy Barntown is that they would be scared of a little competition.
Yeah no kidding. I love Barntown. Maybe the best food/beer combination place around.
Of that's true though, that's kinda sad.
 

dmclone

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Checked out Worth Brewing in Northwood, IA. Nice sized place in a tiny town. Seems to have taken the place of a small town bar, which is cool. Beer was average.
 
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