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Field Trip | Court Avenue Brewing Company
In 1996 I was middle –school aged kid refusing to do homework and jamming to Odelay by Beck on my new stereo CD-player. In 1996, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls won 72 games on route to the first championship of their famed second three-peat. In 1996, the most common term for any beer […]
I-Best: A Beer Festival for Brewers
Even though there was action and excitement around me, I could draw a straight line down the middle of it all. Or at least, walk a straight line down the middle of an empty hallway. On one side, dozens of brewers poured over microscopes intensely absorbed on determining healthy count from a sample of Belgian Yeast. […]
CABCo is 20
Downtown restaurant and brewery, Court Avenue Brewing Company (CABCo.), is gearing up to celebrate its much-anticipated 20th anniversary. Since 1996 the restaurant and its owner, Scott Carlson, have been a key part of the Court Avenue district’s growth and development, as well as a foundation for launching other restaurant scene staples, such as Americana (2006) […]
What’s in a Name?
Dear reader, I hate to break it to you, but the stereotype is true: Iowans are really, truly, genuinely nice people. I mean it, Iowa Nice is a real thing, not just a viral YouTube video! Having lived on the east coast for the first 22 years of my life and Iowa for the past […]
2016 Collaboration – More Than Just Beer
What do you picture when you hear the phrase “Collaboration Beer”? Do you think of a specific brew? Works of Love by Hill Farmstead and SARA (among others). Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp series? Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout, the Imperial stout brewed by Stone founder Greg Koch & friends? Or do you picture the brew day […]
Draft Beer to Go – Previewing Iowa’s Growler Stations
When I first started home-brewing, one of the things biggest things I wasn’t prepared for wasn’t even part of the process itself; it was the lingo. As any home-brewer/craft beer junkie can attest, the litany of terms used to explain beer and the brewing process can be, well…intimidating. Trying to learn them all at once can […]
Beer and Food Pairings With Iowa Brews
The stereotypical pairing game is most commonly know with wine. They say you must drink wine with chocolate, red meat and other items. What about beer though? Damo, from Summit Brewery, said at a beer dinner once, “pairing beer and food is one of the hardest things to do.” Beer isn’t just made for the […]
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