Court Avenue Restaurant & Brewing Company, will host Stout Social on Monday, February 20th, 2012 from 6-9 pm. Stout Social will feature a collaboration of Iowa breweries offering guest(s) samples of their respected Stout’s. Currently four breweries plan to be in attendance, Court Avenue Restaurant & Brewing Company, Peace Tree Brewing Company, Raccoon River Brewing Company, and Rock Bottom Brewing. The price to attend is $20 per person with a limit of 150 spots. Please call Court Avenue Restaurant & Brewing Company at 515.282.2739 to make a reservation. We have the press release and more info here. (Press Release) (Flyer).

Follow and Like all of your favorite Iowa breweries

Our breweries page features links to each of the Iowa breweries facebook and twitter pages. While that is nice, we thought we could do better. We have created a single page that gives you, the fan, an easy way to join each breweries social media pages. If you are logged into facebook or twitter you will be able to click on each page and instantly become a fan. You can find this page by clicking here.

New breweries - 6 Breweries added

We have added six breweries to our list of Iowa breweries bringing the total count to 33. Head over to our breweries page for more info on Briar Creek Brewery, Twisted Vine Brewery, Exile Brewing Company, Okoboji Brewing Company, Number 7 Brewing Company, and CIB Brewery. A few have been around for awhile, and a few have yet to open. Intrest in Craft Beer in iowa is at an all time high right now.

Chocolate and Iowa Craft Beer together for FREE Breakfast!

Chocolate and Iowa Craft Beer come together for a FREE breakfast on Friday, Jan. 27. Well-known radio personality's from WHO, Van & Bonnie host their annual FREE Chocolate Breakfast at the Hy-Vee Conference Center at 60th & Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. And this year, two Iowa Craft Breweries will bring their chocolate brews for all to enjoy. Two of Iowa's oldest and biggest breweries, Olde Main Brewing Co. and Millstream Brewing will be joining the event for the first time. "We're so happy to join the Chocolate Breakfast with Van and Bonnie this year. We really just want to get the word out there and our message is a simple one: Chocolate beer... It's not just for breakfast anymore!" Martin Fox of Olde Main Brewing Co.

Olde Main Brewing Co. will supply the event with their Reindeer Fuel, which is a Chocolate Porter. The best way to describe this delicious beer in one word is Chocoliciousness. Reindeer Fuel is brewed with a healthy dose of chocolate malt, and goes down rich and smooth. Copious amounts of semi-sweet Bavarian chocolate are then tempered and added to this brew, infusing it with an even more intense chocolate aroma and flavor – perfect for dessert or breakfast, or lunch, or even a snack. Teresa Albert, owner of Millstream Brewing is really excited about uniting chocolate with Millstream beer. Albert said, "Believe it or not, but dark beer and chocolate are a natural pairing." Millstream will be offering their Chocolate Oatmeal Stout at the Chocolate Breakfast.

Small and large Iowa breweries alike have been at the forefront of many major events in the past year including the Iowa State Fair through the Iowa Craft Beer Tent, Inc. Steve Linn has been leading the effort and thinks the Chocolate Breakfast is a great opportunity to showcase another way beer can be appreciated. "We are looking forward to showcasing two of Iowa's oldest and biggest breweries. I think the attendees will be pleasantly surprised, and it may be the one item they remember the most. It isn't often that you have beer for breakfast."

For more information on Van and Bonnie's Chocolate Breakfast visit www.whoradio.com. And for more information on the breweries mentioned above please go to our breweries page.

Welcome - new layout

I don't know about you, but we were getting tired of looking at the old webpage. We decided to launch the website as it is now, and continue to add features slowly rather than wait for the perfect final product. The breweries section gives you an easy way to stay connected to your favorite breweries with convinent links to each of their social media pages. Our goal is to make the site very user friendly and interactive with you, the fan of Iowa craft beer.