515 Brewing - Des Moines, IA

Not soon enough!

 

*reads reviews of 515, contemplates driving to Iowa*

 

It's absolutely worth the drive. However, I like them under the radar so I can go drink their beer with no problem...so maybe you oughtta stay in Minnesota.

 

Don't worry. I really don't like leaving my house. And rarely venture outside of a 10 mile radius.

 

Its worth the venture.

 

Yep, the birthday bash was awesome. Passe was great, another excellent entry in their "meh" series of beer. I am digging the new beers Exile is putting out right now, but 515 is by far my favorite Iowa brewery these days.

 

Brewed our last batch on the old system last weekend. It'll be cleaned up and off to Wing Nutt brewing shortly. Everything is done in Oregon and we expect it to ship next week. Hopefully we will be brewing on it in a few weeks! Have a collab with Rock Bottom we are doing this weekend to make up for our lack of production and the DSM beer week collab as well coming up, so hopefully passé and mediocré and Big OJ last until we can get some new stuff on! (And hopefully then we can start doing the g word too!).

By the way, if you like fruit/vegetable beers, give The Basil Protocol a taste and see what you think.

 

Any idea on when you will be tapping the new batches of Passe and Big OJ? Probably coming in after work today to try out regular OJ. Also with Bottlecaps on this, love these beers, my favorite from 515, but when can I take some home? Thanks 515.

 

I stopped in for a OJ (and a Dart ) last Sunday and man alive did that hit the spot. That OJ was a solid beer, one of the best beers I've had in a while. Can't wait to be able to stop in after work and bring some home...

 

Passe is a couple weeks out at the moment. Mediocre should be this weekend. Big OJ is going to be a few weeks still (just brewed it last weekend. That one takes a few weeks)

Expect growlers once we start rolling beer through the new fermenters, which is dependent on getting the new system up and running. Barring any problems, I'd expect hoppy stuff in growlers sometime in early July. Perhaps some of the less complicated stuff in growlers later in June.

If we run into issues (I don't anticipate it, but who anticipates issues?), slide it back a few weeks. Would love to have a growler in your hand for the 4th of July

 

Sounds awesome, thanks! @515BrewingDave

 

I thought the Basil Protocol was pretty decent. Would be happy to see them continue to explore saisons and sours more.

 

anyone want to mule some growlers to the quad cities when they get rolling?! shoot me a message

 

It was diffidently different. The basil came out a lot I thought. I enjoy the pickled aspect that the cucumbers had but was ultimately dominated by the basil. Would be the perfect beer back for a bloody on Hawkeye Saturday.