West O, Blum, and banning exile brewery from your thoughts
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I have to go to hyvee to buy west O. If we partnered with a brewery here in Des Moines we could go there and support them and buy beer from the source.
Their Smoked Red and Coco Stout are top notch.
For the vast majority of people going to Hy-Vee or any place else that carries local brews is going to be easier than going to a brewery, but sure, having a brewery locally would be nice. Who knows, maybe they will be looking to expand soon.
I talked to someone a week ago who would definitely know and he told me that Okoboji is one of, if not their best stops on the tour which kind of surprised me but after thinking about it, NW Iowa just doesn't get a lot of attention from either school so when they do, it makes sense the turnout is great.
The Swarm Collective announces SWARM Golden Ale to benefit NIL deals
The Swarm Collective announced a new custom beer, SWARM Golden Ale, with Exile Brewing Company. Proceeds will benefit NIL deals for Iowa athletes.
If West O doesn't distribute to the eastern half of the state, like I am fairly certain they don't, I hope Blum doesn't forget about us eastern IA Cyclone fan beer drinkers. I understand that logistically it probably wouldn't make sense for a brewery in say, Dubuque, to back the Clones when so many of their patrons are probably Hoks, so I get it.
looks like a late July release date, so makes sense why I haven't seen yet. Thanks for sharingThe Swarm Collective announces SWARM Golden Ale to benefit NIL deals
The Swarm Collective announced a new custom beer, SWARM Golden Ale, with Exile Brewing Company. Proceeds will benefit NIL deals for Iowa athletes.www.on3.com
I’m nearly certain West O beers are at Hy Vees statewide, I know they are in Cedar Rapids.
I found a map on their site. Can't link it since my work computer blocks their site, but apparently they currently distribute to:
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Ankeny
Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Iowa Sh*tty
Sioux Falls, SD
Omaha, NE
Lincoln, NE
They have the major hubs in the state covered, aside from the Quad Cities. I might just have to bug the local Fareway/Hy-Vee's here in DBQ to see if they can order me some. If not, I travel thru Waterloo/Cedar Falls often enough to pick some up.
Several of the teams also have outings there. You think about it, what is the richest community in Iowa? Okoboji/spirit lake area.
If you listen to the podcast one of Blum's requirements was statewide distribution
The Hawk fans feigned outrage over the "boycott" was so predictable. To me, none of this is difficult. There are hundreds of options to buy your beer from. Exile made a calculated choice to support U of I, and that's fine. I'm sure they will see increased patronage from it. But when exercising my free will to buy a certain type of beer, I'm not buying one from someone who supports U of I's sports teams. It's really not complicated.
Just curious, why a DSM brewery? West O distributes all over and is Iowa based.
Kum and Go was sold to someone else in the last couple of months. That family doesn't own them any longer.
You're not thinking of Lake Time, are you? They make a good peanut butter porter.
I do see a reference to a limited-release Peanut Butter Coco Stout, which I'll have to keep an eye out for.
