Ames Lager

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HyVee on 50th/Mills Civic in WDM got a shipment this morning!
Thankfully I am heading that way this afternoon to pick up something else. Haven't been able to get Ames Lager on my side of town since my first six pack when it dropped. Hope to snag some more!
 

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The Euclid Ave Fareway in Des Moines has 12 6 packs left as of 12:30 today. Right when you walk in the front door, look straight ahead. They have it next to the bright red Iowa State Bud Light bottles.
 

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Don’t have an exact number. Will know end of month, but between beer sales and merch sales—https://ameslager.bigcartel.com/
It will make a big impact. Please keep supporting that and everything else. The next few months are big for us to keep pushing.
I know this is a very hot topic and way over anyone's head on this board - but what's stopping the AD from selling Ames Lager at JTS? I know from West O's side i'm sure they couldn't keep up with that demand but if they have some time hopefully they could build it up.


That just seems like such a no-brainer. The number of schools that sell beer in the general stadium (not just donor areas) is growing by the day it seems like. What a great recruiting pitch it would be for kids to be earning money off the 60k people drinking beer in the stands during their games
 
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Backpocket's Cyclones Hazy IPA is supposed to come out tomorrow, right? Any idea if it will be in stores tomorrow or will take a few days/weeks to get there?
Checked 3 different places in Ames today, no luck. Cyclone Liquors said it's possible they could get a late delivery this afternoon, but more likely to be early next week.

One other location hadn't even heard of it yet, so I got them turned onto it with their distributor.
 
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I was at Wall to Wall in WDM about 20 mins ago and grabbed 2 6 packs. They probably had 3 cases left. In flats when you walk in the door. Had the Clonefest beer behind them.
 
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From their Facebook it looks like Sweet Caroline’s in Ames has cans of Ames Lager available if anyone is looking for a bar or restaurant before, after, or during the game and hasn’t had any yet.
 
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From their Facebook it looks like Sweet Caroline’s in Ames has cans of Ames Lager available if anyone is looking for a bar or restaurant before, after, or during the game and hasn’t had any yet.
It would be cool if some restaurants could get it on tap. Hopefully that is in the works.
 

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Finally found some at Fareway on Mills Civic in WDM. On an endcap kinda near the checkout lines, nowhere near the rest of the alcohol.
 

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I was able to pick up a couple of six packs finally at the West Ames Hy Vee gas station this morning. Don't know how much they have total but that's probably not a place most people would look.
 

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Keep looking every time I’m getting groceries etc and nothing yet. Need to turn up the distribution hopefully
 

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They had a decent amount at North Ankeny Fareway 30 minutes ago.
 
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Any word on if this is available in the KC area?
Would love for you to be able to get some there, but I think it needs to be consistently available in the Des Moines area first. I haven’t been able to find anything on the east side (ie PHill or Altoona HyVees) since the first week or two after it came out, and I check it out about once a week. And yes…I have talked to the people in Wine and Spirits about it.

On a side note…I did see quite a bit of Swarm marked down at the PHill Hy-Vee yesterday. While I was unhappy to walk out of there with my thumb in my ass…again…seeing the “price decline” sticker on Swarm made me chuckle a bit.
 

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Fortunately for me, living in Ames makes it much easier to acquire.

If you can't get it where you are, send me a PM and I'll set you up with a six-pack at cost. Just meet me in the RV Village before the TCU game.
 

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Backpocket's Cyclones Hazy IPA is supposed to come out tomorrow, right? Any idea if it will be in stores tomorrow or will take a few days/weeks to get there?
I’m told Cyclones Hazy is available at the backpocket taproom now. Stores should be receiving it starting Monday (don’t know the time it takes the stores to go from on dock to shelf)
 
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