That's been my experience as well. Build the biggest brewery in the metro and start canning before you make one good beer. They are just lucky they built out in waukee where they are the only option. If they were downtown the only place worse would be 1717.Has anyone had a good beer from Kinship? Seems they’ve figured everything out at that spot except for how to make tasty beer
They made a beer last year I hope they bring back. It was a light and refreshing Japanese rice lager with hints of lemon and ginger. Other then that I like their kolsch and a couple IPAs they’ve done aren’t bad, not on Lua or confluence level but drinkable.Has anyone had a good beer from Kinship? Seems they’ve figured everything out at that spot except for how to make tasty beer
They get tons of traffic from the bike trail and having the dog park.That's been my experience as well. Build the biggest brewery in the metro and start canning before you make one good beer. They are just lucky they built out in waukee where they are the only option. If they were downtown the only place worse would be 1717.
Right like everything about the spot is awesome minus the actual beer itselfThey get tons of traffic from the bike trail and having the dog park.
I thought the Dear Annie is decent, everything else is very average.Has anyone had a good beer from Kinship? Seems they’ve figured everything out at that spot except for how to make tasty beer
This would attract me frankly. Enough IPA everywhere else!The new DSM location looked like it would be solid for a summer location if there was a patio or garage door open area, especially if you were going to a baseball game as it's really close to Principal Park.
I'm not a big fan of SS in general, however -- they really haven't figured out how to do IPAs very well in general. They're OK and have gotten better, but so many other breweries are so much better at IPAs IMO that I don't find myself picking SS in the store. They offer good beer, solid beer, but others are consistently better.
They do have a sweet location in downtown Waterloo; restored and converted an old Wonder Bread/Hostess factory into a large open-air space with food offering and their main taproom. Great place to hang out.
Just saw that they did bring it back and relabeled it Summer Lager.They made a beer last year I hope they bring back. It was a light and refreshing Japanese rice lager with hints of lemon and ginger. Other then that I like their kolsch and a couple IPAs they’ve done aren’t bad, not on Lua or confluence level but drinkable.
Would be my guess for the first of these eastern iowa breweries expanding to Des Moines to failCoralville's Backpocket Brewing plans a Johnston taproom with retro arcade, duckpin bowling
Backpocket Brewing is the latest in a string of announcements of new breweries in the Des Moines metro.www.desmoinesregister.com
But this will be in Johnston where there isn’t a lot going on so I think it will do well.Would be my guess for the first of these eastern iowa breweries expanding to Des Moines to fail
Valid, maybe I should try some of their non ipa offerings. The renderings of the space look awesome. With all these new openings Des Moines is really becoming somewhat of a hub for craft beer. Just need someone to start doing some spontaneous fermentation, lambic style beers.But this will be in Johnston where there isn’t a lot going on so I think it will do well.
Plus this.
Backpocket, specializing in German-inspired craft brews, distributes its core beers to stores and restaurants in all of Iowa's 99 counties. But the taproom will give craft beer enthusiasts access to all of its offerings and an "ever-changing lineup of new releases," many of which never make it to the Des Moines metro, Simmons said.”
Yup. Made a ride out there the weekend before last. Easily my favorite summer local beer.Just saw that they did bring it back and relabeled it Summer Lager.
BackPocket has recently stepped up their game. Recently I've had a BA Waffle stout, Dark Day German Chocolate, and one called Dreamsickle. All 3 were really good. Their standard stuff pretty much sucks. At this point, I'm just happy to have anything in Johnston.
BA Waffle stout! That sounds delightful. I hope I can find a bottle of this. Has anyone seen this in a store, or is it brewery only?BackPocket has recently stepped up their game. Recently I've had a BA Waffle stout, Dark Day German Chocolate, and one called Dreamsickle. All 3 were really good. Their standard stuff pretty much sucks. At this point, I'm just happy to have anything in Johnston.
I am sure there will be no "extra" beer left after these classes so none will get out to the public.
Entrepreneurial ME alum helps to establish brew lab at Iowa State - College of Engineering News
When John Blichmann was a student at Iowa State University in the late 1980s, there was no formal course on how to brew beer. More than three decades later such a course does exist, and it was made possible because of Blichmann’s generosity.news.engineering.iastate.edu