At a “really nice bottle shop” and seeing aisle after aisle of shelf turds. The selection is incredible, amazing collection of beer, but so much of it is just rotting on the shelves. This isn’t good for craft long term, and these breweries are over extended.

We're just 1 week away from the release of Batch 1188 Hazy Double IPA! Get an up close and personal look at the canning line and purchase 4-pack right off the line!

#SaveTheDate - Celebration of Life for Dan Heiderscheit of Firetrucker Brewery will be on Feb 8th. - More details to come on time and place. #FTMF

Lox deluxe at home with dill and capers

As tempting as it is to enjoy a brewery tap room today (glorious sun out, cabin fever setting in), continuing to practice social distancing is the only responsible approach. Kills me to see what will happen to a lot of places I love but they can't really protect folks vs this.

Pilsner Urquell’s ubiquity obscures its importance. Yet it's easily the most influential beer ever made, one with a history deeply scarred by the darkness of empire and war. It is also, for those who taste carefully, quite different from those it inspired. beervanablog.com/beervana/2020/…

8/19 cans of Lion Bridge Brewing Collapse of the Multiverse hazy IPA and Green Dragon New Zealand pilsner going around DSM, just got Prairie Trail Hy-Vee!

Labels arrived which means we are canning over 13,000 cans this week! We are grateful to have industry friends that will be bringing their mobile canner by for a few days. Watch for cans to be hitting stores near you next week! Taproom opens at 4 PM today!

You can buy Hopleaf's unused kegs and help a beloved bar make it through the coronavirus pandemic. buff.ly/3l7NcW4

Oh hey. Toppling Goliath Brewing Company

It’s bock season.

Has anyone seen Jeppson’s Malört in Ankeny area? I know Johns Grocery has gone through six cases and have seen the bourbon around but not Malört yet in the DSM metro.

Just in time to cure the weekend hangover. Available Tues/Wed Crossroads hyvee Happy'sWine&Spirits Waukee Hy-Vee Altoona Hy-Vee Urbandale Hy-Vee Ankeny Hy-Vee Fourth+Court Hy-Vee WineStyles West Glen Cyclone Liquors @42ndStreetHyVeeDrug

.Zipline Brewing Co. back on Iowa shelves. Have only seen a couple IPAs so far.

Locked and loaded for Seltzer Dads, a new podcast I’m starting with my friend Alexander. Already drank my Transient stash but these Untitled Art Florida seltzers will do nicely.

It’s time. Come Monday we’ve made it a bit easier to get your hands on Kinship. Love you all. Happy Friday.

In a couple weeks Ankeny Hy-Vee will start carrying the Untitled Art Florida Seltzer 12pks and Seth Grooves will come sample some stuff. Glad I kept asking and hope other local folks are as excited as I am about these.

Way of the future

Johnson Brothers is exiting the beer distro business. 👀