West O, Blum, and banning exile brewery from your thoughts
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True, but stylistically they are all different. Ames Lager will be the most widely appealing and most crushable IMO.
They should colab a cyclone beer flight. Get a 6-pack of beer of 2 Ames lagers, 2 Trice beers, and 2 Cyclone fests.
On a serious note I need to pick up some of the WeWill coffee. I'm glad it ships out of state.
On a serious note I need to pick up some of the WeWill coffee. I'm glad it ships out of state.
I would buy multiple cases every chance I had while back in the state. That is a genius idea! Maybe impractical but genius nonetheless.
I'm hoping for eventually 12 or 24 packs once they get production up and running. I live out of state so I'd like to load up when I'm back
The Backpocket one is just an annual fall beer as well.
Fwiw, the owner @ West O did respond to me on the few occasions I used their contact form from their website. He's been totally transparent and receptive, so kudos to them, because I'm sure they're getting hounded by Cyclone fans.
His latest reply confirmed our fears for CF/W'loo area, but he's optimistic....
His latest reply confirmed our fears for CF/W'loo area, but he's optimistic....
I'm paraphrasing myself from a few pages back here, but Iowa's three-tier system for alcohol sales leaves us in current scenario:
- Retailers can't request directly from the brewery. They say talk to the brewery.
- Breweries leave it up to the distributor - they're the experts.
- Distributors say we just deliver what's on the truck.
More or less this has been what I have learned as well during the past couple of months. The guy I ran into at Happy's the other day also told me that the reason they do so much more with more nearby brewers is that their product is easier to get to. It sounds like if he can get beer from within a 100 mile or so radius of CF/W'loo, he is happy to just work directly with the brewer to either have them drop it off or them go and get it rather than mess around with the distributors.
Thanks. Thankfully at least locally here in CR Local Craft has been wonderful when requesting things and getting them in.
I haven’t seen any that the university is backing? All I see is Swarm everywhere.
I mean Hawktoberfest has been around for while, but I haven’t seen the university back them yet
I was talking about Hawktoberfest, but if you want to get technical I don't think Swarm is officially backed by the university any more than Hawktoberfest is. I saw a big Hawktoberfest display right alongside the Swarm beer at Hy-Vee today.
I believe Cedar Rapids Hyvee on Edgewood should have the Ames lager this week or next.
Wasn't sure where to put this, but Nebraska is getting an NIL beer.
www.ketv.com
Nebraska brewery, 1890 Initiative announce collaboration on new beer to benefit Husker athletes
Nebraska fans will soon be able to support the Huskers with a brand-new brew.
www.ketv.com
Did they get permission from Exile and Iowa fans?Wasn't sure where to put this, but Nebraska is getting an NIL beer.
Nebraska brewery, 1890 Initiative announce collaboration on new beer to benefit Husker athletes
Nebraska fans will soon be able to support the Huskers with a brand-new brew.
Solid product placement, to be fair. Pretty sure at least 80% of Iowa fans think that Hawkeye Vodka benefits the UofI athletic department in some way.
