The Des Moines Brewster 47
Après Bike
When translated, the alpine term Après Ski literally means “after skiing.” From clubs, to restaurants, to ski-in-ski-out mountainside condos, the present day interpretation is a grab-bag term most big resorts use for anything that doesn’t involve the main reason for your visit…which is, presumably, skiing and snowboarding. We have a lot of great things going […]
Field Trip | Firetrucker Brewery
During my formative years, field trips entailed excursions to museums, visits the local zoo, and classroom camps (Outdoor School, what?!). Here on DM Foodster, the “Field Trip” series will be a semi-regularly occurring post reviewing my latest haunts to some of Des Moines’ finest craft beer institutions. Expect real reviews from the average everyman (me!), […]
Dinner with Damo
If I were to ask you to name the largest Craft Brewer (by volume) in Minnesota, what would your guess be? Fulton? Or perhaps, considering their recent expansion, Surly? To which I would smugly reply “guess again!” (Mental Floss // Map found here.) You learn something new every day. Considering that I had no idea Summit […]
Summit Brewery Beer Dinner at Eatery A
Not too often do you get to have a sit down meal with a head brewer – in this case the head brewer from Summit Brewery in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was a cold, wet and quiet night in Des Moines but the atmosphere in the event room of Eatery A was loud, warm and alive. […]
A Guide On What To Do Before You Brew
I blame my wife.* As a father of four daughters (three at the time, our fourth on the way), she felt that it would be a good idea for me to have a creative outlet…a hobby, if you will…to keep me busy, especially once the teenage years rolled around. So for my birthday a few […]
An Interview with…Myself
Talking about yourself is hard. Am I over-sharing? Am I being too braggy? Or too vague? Nick asked me to write a quick bio for Des Moines Foodster, and what should have been a 20 minute process took almost two hours. That’s pretty lame, especially for a 100-word-post. The struggle is real! One little snippet […]
10 Photos From Torrent Brewing Company
Half empty or half full. Doesn’t matter. Everyone in #ames is enjoying Torrent. #craftbeer brewery. A photo posted by Nick Lucs (@nicklucs) on Feb 19, 2015 at 4:19pm PST Torrent Brewing Co’s Milk Stout comes in at ABV 7.8% and IBU 24. Other beers that they brew are the Blonde Ale (ABV 5.8%), Brown […]
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