West O, Blum, and banning exile brewery from your thoughts

madguy30

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So...what's the 'boycott' about? What side was chosen? I've not heard of either spot so don't really care, just curious during the offseason. OP was missing details.
 

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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.
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.
 

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Will give the AD some more credit. With the events they do in okoboji and other areas like that, they have decided to try to grab the people west of 35 and keep a slow immersion into the stuff north of 20 and up to 380 also.

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.
 
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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.
 

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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.

I’m nearly certain West O beers are at Hy Vees statewide, I know they are in Cedar Rapids.
 
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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.
 

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Not exactly sure.
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.
Several of the teams also have outings there. You think about it, what is the richest community in Iowa? Okoboji/spirit lake area.
 

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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.
If you listen to the podcast one of Blum's requirements was statewide distribution
 
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They have delicious shandies too. We go up to the lakes quite often and that’s always in the fridge. Wonderful lake beer
 
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These are easy decisions for consumers. We have options so let’s choose to buy from those companies that support ISU and CF. West-O, Fareway, Cody Road are easy choices for me.

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.
 

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I hope we’re still able to partner with a Des Moines brewery where x amount of dollars from every pint sold goes towards the We Will collective
Just curious, why a DSM brewery? West O distributes all over and is Iowa based.