Beer Forum

These guys have been around for awhile, and locally don't get enough credit. They are putting out some fine brews, and now with better distribution, the beer you get in a store is always fresh. Also, with the new Iowa laws, they have started making higher alcohol beers as well. I was at their taproom last weekend and tried their 8.5% weizenbock on tap...amazing. Complex grains, not to sweet, and way too easy to drink, especially in 90 degrees and 100% humidty. If I stayed there any longer, I would've gotten pulled over, and of course my wife wouldn't have been happy. So I did what every responsible beer drinker does, took some to go.

Crinkle wrote:These guys have been around for awhile, and locally don't get enough credit. They are putting out some fine brews, and now with better distribution, the beer you get in a store is always fresh. Also, with the new Iowa laws, they have started making higher alcohol beers as well. I was at their taproom last weekend and tried their 8.5% weizenbock on tap...amazing. Complex grains, not to sweet, and way too easy to drink, especially in 90 degrees and 100% humidty. If I stayed there any longer, I would've gotten pulled over, and of course my wife wouldn't have been happy. So I did what every responsible beer drinker does, took some to go.

Just off the beaten path if you Travel I-80 through Iowa. Tasting room and brewery are located in Main Amana in the Amana Colonies. A nice little tourist area and historical site of a religious commune. I enjoy their "Iowa Pale Ale"
peace, -CH

I lived in middle amana in the 90s and my mom used to work at the brewery in the bottling/packaging line....being that i was only in 6th grade when i left i never got to try the beer, but the root beer was great!

i would be willing to do an exchange if someone wants anything from the philly area.

The girlfriend and I were planning on making a beer road trip around that area this fall. We'll be sure to stop there. Thanks.