Des Moines Breweries

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  1. 26hawk26

    26hawk26 Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2012 Nebraska

    I am coming to town Saturday for my wife's company Christmas party. I will have about four hours in the afternoon to burn and want to check out some of the new breweries in town. If you could only pick two or three, which ones would you suggest? They don't have to be new, it's been a long time since I've been in town.
     
    #1 26hawk26, Dec 9, 2015
  2. Snillsie

    Snillsie Initiate (0) Nov 26, 2015 Iowa

    Confluence, 515 brewing
     
    #2 Snillsie, Dec 9, 2015
  3. dugbrandon

    dugbrandon Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Iowa

    In order: 515, Confluence, Firetrucker (if you want to go up to Ankeny), Exile.
     
    #3 dugbrandon, Dec 9, 2015
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  4. mpdavis

    mpdavis Zealot (642) Apr 24, 2014 Iowa
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    +1
     
    #4 mpdavis, Dec 9, 2015
  5. CavemanBrau

    CavemanBrau Initiate (0) Apr 5, 2013 Iowa

    515 is a must. I think they just recently tapped blase... Isn't there a new brewery in WDM, with a fox in the name?
     
    #5 CavemanBrau, Dec 9, 2015
  6. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Blase (single hopped Simcoe) will be tapped at 515 tonight. Maiden Iowa (brand new English IPA) will be tapped on Friday. To reiterate....515 is the must stop if you only get the chance to stop at one brewery.
     
    #6 BottleCaps80, Dec 9, 2015
  7. BottleCaps80

    BottleCaps80 Initiate (0) Jan 12, 2013 Iowa

    Madhouse Brewing just released 2015 VIP (Vanilla Imperial Porter aged in Whiskey barrels) bottles last week too. I think it's only at their taproom right now and would be worth a stop down to get some. It's a cool 'lil brewery too and they have some cool stuff on tap that you don't fine in bottles either a lot of times.
     
    #7 BottleCaps80, Dec 9, 2015
  8. 26hawk26

    26hawk26 Initiate (0) Mar 21, 2012 Nebraska

    Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be starting at 515 and will go from there
     
    #8 26hawk26, Dec 9, 2015
  9. Jhutch1990

    Jhutch1990 Initiate (0) Mar 9, 2014 Iowa

    Be sure to hit El Bait Shop too
     
    #9 Jhutch1990, Dec 9, 2015
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  10. HawkeyePA

    HawkeyePA Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2014 Iowa

    I'm going to have to suggest you take a little drive up to Ames and visit Olde Main. Their Sodbuster is easily the best Stout made in Iowa. On the way home, swing by Maid Rite for real down home Iowa eats.
     
    #10 HawkeyePA, Dec 10, 2015
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  11. SudsSavant

    SudsSavant Savant (1,038) Jan 9, 2007 Minnesota
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    Unless something's changed in past year or so and you're actually that far north, pass on Olde Main and head north of town to Alluvial instead.

    Then again if you've only got a few hours to spare around Des Moines, I wouldn't venture further out than Firetrucker in Ankeny. Alluvial is good but it's too expensive of a taxi/Uber/Lyft ride to head back to Des Moines from there.
     
    #11 SudsSavant, Dec 10, 2015
  12. Disc_n_Beer

    Disc_n_Beer Crusader (443) Mar 20, 2015 Iowa

    Pretty sure he's trolling a guy from a previous thread who actually suggested that. Alluvial does have some taps at El Bait though. Anyone tried their latest batch of Lutris?
     
    #12 Disc_n_Beer, Dec 10, 2015
  13. Bobandy

    Bobandy Initiate (0) May 13, 2015 Iowa

    That's gotta be a troll comment.

    In all fairness, Olde Main's Sodbuster is a solid beer. It's just unremarkable. Especially when it shares a zip code with OxPresso. There was a time (5+ years ago) when it probably was Iowa's best stout. But then TG BA stuff came along, and the whole craft beer scene in general exploded.

    Seriously though, Alluvial is worth a trip if you can make it. In the DSM metro, only 515 is better (Confluence is close).
     
    #13 Bobandy, Dec 10, 2015
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  14. mpdavis

    mpdavis Zealot (642) Apr 24, 2014 Iowa
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    I forgot about Alluvial being on at EBS. I would think that hitting EBS and 515 would be a great option.
     
    #14 mpdavis, Dec 10, 2015
  15. SudsSavant

    SudsSavant Savant (1,038) Jan 9, 2007 Minnesota
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    Consider me snookered then folks, looks like I got hooked!
     
    #15 SudsSavant, Dec 10, 2015
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  16. HawkeyePA

    HawkeyePA Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2014 Iowa

    LOL. Sorry man. It was teed up. Had to take the shot
     
    #16 HawkeyePA, Dec 10, 2015
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  17. iRun2Beer

    iRun2Beer Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2015 Minnesota

    Was just in Des Moines. El Bait Shop (has Alluvial Mosaicus, really good) and 515 are absolute must stops. Bummed I missed out on Blase
     
    #17 iRun2Beer, Dec 11, 2015
  18. csaxon128

    csaxon128 Initiate (0) Aug 6, 2014 Iowa
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    Not sure if Firetrucker was a real suggestion...their beer is god awful...except that one they did with CIB
     
    #18 csaxon128, Dec 11, 2015
  19. Hookstrat

    Hookstrat Zealot (728) Jan 15, 2006 Iowa
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    Deal breaker. Tropical burn was good/great though.
     
    #19 Hookstrat, Dec 11, 2015
  20. JediMatt

    JediMatt Zealot (549) Jun 18, 2010 Iowa

    I'm pretty sure Blase isn't gone. Is it?
     
    #20 JediMatt, Dec 11, 2015
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