515 Brewing - Des Moines, IA

I seem to be an outlier and like Mediocre the best, then Passe and Bogan. It has been awhile since I have had Mediocre though so I'm going purely on long memory.

 

I encourage a fight to the death.

 

I'm envisioning something like the scene from Anchorman here.

 

I'm guessing you could make this "fight" happen? Willing participant right here! Careful, I'm scrappy.

 

Big problem is people drink them too fast and we can't keep more than a couple on at the same time without running out of other stuff. Guess we need more fermenters

 

Operation Namaste?

 

Snagged a couple growlers on my way down to KC this weekend and I'm pretty impressed. I was happy to see Bogan was still available and grabbed Passe as well (sampled the OJ IPA, too). I wish I could settle the debate, but I liked Bogan more than Passe and my friend preferred the latter. Both were delicious, and I'm a sucker for the cloudy look both of those beers had.

 

Passé is getting pretty long in the tooth...Bogan is much fresher

 

are you sure they didn't just put a fresh batch of passé on?

 

There was a new batch kegged up on 4/12, so it's just a couple weeks old.

 

Oh nice...good to hear

 

I'm going to be in Des Moines for work a few times over the next few months. It sounds like 515 is the place to be. While I'll try to make it for an official bottle share night I was wondering if it would be frowned upon if I brought a bottle or two to share/open at the brewery. I enjoy sharing beer from St. Louis while I travel for work.

I'll be hitting up 515 tomorrow and am really looking forward to it.

 

Thanks for the info. I'll ask before I start popping bottles open but thought I'd check prior to checking a bag. Hope to be up there a little before 5 tomorrow.

 

If you do get in to an official bottle share they are getting to be pretty big. I started going in December and there were probably about eight of us. The last 3 months or so we've had about 16 people each. I really enjoy it each time though.

 

I always love it when people do this! Part of the purpose of our taproom is to promote great beer culture and we are always happy when people share their catches in our place (and the staff enjoys it too! hint hint...). We get folks in from all over and it's great being able to watch people connect over a beer, ours or otherwise. Obviously we love it when you buy our stuff too, though

 

Heading down there tonight late on my way from MSP to STL. Anyone know what growlers are available? I didn't see a current list on their website or social media.

 

Pretty sure if it's on tap then they'll fill a growler unless they say otherwise, 32 or 64 oz.