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May Beer Club: Iowa

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Bourbon Barrel-Aged Honey Bock
German-style Strong Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Honey Bock, a German-inspired strong lager, gets brewed with copious amounts of honey, Vienna, Munich and caramel malt. After resting in bourbon barrels, this malty rich, nutty and toasty brew picks up notes of vanilla, oak, almonds and pipe tobacco.

ABV: 11.2% alcohol / volume
IBU: 20
Gravity: 19
Body: Medium-Heavy
Style: Lager – Strong
BeerStyles: Malty and Sweet
Awards: 2023 Silver for Lagers at Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer

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Black Bird
Black IPA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The hoppy aromas ready the palate for an immediate bitterness. Instead, the sweet, caramelly crystal malts blitz through, followed by citrus and tropical fruit flavor from Citra, El Dorado, Idaho 7 and Cashmere hops.

ABV: 6.8% alcohol / volume
IBU: 40
Gravity: 16
Body: Medium
Style: IPA – Black / Cascadian Dark Ale
BeerStyles: Hoppy and Bitter

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New Grist Gosa Rita
Margarita-style Ale
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

All the makings of a margarita, minus the tequila. Bright lime tartness, agave, and an orange twist, plus the right amount of sea saltiness, brought together in this super refreshing ale.

ABV: 4.6% alcohol / volume
IBU: 10
Gravity: 12º Plato
Body: Light
Style: Fruit Beer – Margarita-Style Ale
BeerStyles: Sour, Tart, and Funky
Awards: 2024 Bronze Medal for Gluten-free Beer, World Beer Cup; 2024 Good Food Award for Beer, Good Food Awards; 2022 Gold Medal for gluten-free, World Beer Cup

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Bräu Buddies
Collaboration Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Over 400 years of German brewing tradition meets Milwaukee’s pioneering craft beer expertise in a transatlantic partnership. A collaboration lager with Hofbräu München. Vienna and Melanoidin malts give this rustic, German-style lager a freshly toasted biscuit aroma, moderate sweetness, and a medium-light body.

ABV: 5% alcohol / volume
IBU: 16
Gravity: 12
Body: Medium-light
Style: Kellerbier / Zwickelbier
BeerStyles: Crisp and Clean

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Fruit Wagon
Mango & Passion Fruit Ale
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Easy-drinking Fruit Wagon rolls up loaded to the gate with the unique citrusy-floral flavor of passion fruit, followed by the sweet piney-melon flavor of mango. Brewed with passion fruit and mango juice.

ABV: 5% alcohol / volume
IBU: 8
Gravity: 12
Body: Light
Style: Fruit Beer
BeerStyles: Sour, Tart, and Funky

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Maibock
German-style Lager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Pours a brilliant blonde-gold with a white fluffy head. Biscuit and honey aromas from Vienna and Munich malts blend with herbal and spicy hop notes from Mount Hood and Czech Saaz hops. Brewed to celebrate the return of Spring, this medium-bodied, blonde-gold lager boasts a robust malty-sweetness, while a mild, balanced hoppiness leads into the crisp finish. 

Pairs well with spicy food, especially Cajun. A rounded hop flavor and crisp carbonation lift the spiciness of gumbo and jambalaya, while the substantial body stands up to the richness of dishes like étouffée.

ABV: 6.8% alcohol / volume
IBU: 23
Gravity: 16º Pluto
Body: Medium
Style: Bock – Lager
BeerStyles: Malty
Awards: 2018 Gold for Bock, LA International Beer Competition; 2018 Bronze for German Style Bock, San Diego International Beer Competition; 2019 Midwest Regional Champion in Bock / Doppelbock, Summer USBTC

About Lakefront Brewing:
Lakefront Brewery has been a Milwaukee staple since 1987, when brothers Russ and Jim Klisch brewed their first batch of Riverwest Stein Amber Lager and sold it to a neighborhood tavern. From those humble beginnings, the brewery has grown significantly—producing nearly 47,000 barrels by 2017—and earning accolades from top beer competitions around the world. Today, Lakefront beers can be found in over 30 states, as well as in Canada, Ukraine, and South Korea. A pioneer in the craft beer scene, Lakefront was the first U.S. brewery to be certified organic, the first to release a government-approved gluten-free beer, and the first to craft a truly local brew made entirely with Wisconsin-grown ingredients. Learn more about the brewery here or follow them on Untappd.

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April Beer Club: Iowa

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Rio Reserva
St. Emilion Wine + Kentucky Bourbon B.A.
Quadrupel Belgian Ale
Oostvleteren, Belgium

First maturation took place in tanks. Second in St-Emilion Wine barrels, third took place in Bourbon barrels from Kentucky, of four years of barrel patience. The barrels were chosen due to their very special soft roast quality and noble vanilla flavors. First release in 2017. Cask Strength, limited to 3000 bottles.

ABV: 10.5% alcohol / volume
IBU: 43
Style: Belgian Quadrupel
Beer Style: Malty
Glassware: Serve in Trappist glass

ABOUT THE BREWERY:
De Struise Brouwers is an independent and active microbrewery based in Oostvleteren, Belgium. De Struise Brouwers also incorporated barrel-aging since 2005 in their brewing process. De Struise Brouwers have an extended chart of collaboration ales made with global renowned breweries. The brewery gained positive reviews from the global beer community and has been considered one of the top brewers in the world. Learn more here, and follow them on Untappd.

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35K
Stout
Louisville, Kentucky

Not your typical “Jelly of the Month Club” beer. Dark roasted malt and bittersweet cocoa, coffee flavor and aroma burst from this pitch black milk stout. The full body and sweetness are derived from the addition of lactose (aka milk sugar) which is not fermentable by beer yeast. A healthy dose of English Kent Goldings hops provide a counterpoint to this ale’s rich and complex maltiness.

ABV: 7.0% alcohol / volume
IBU: 26
Style: Stout – Milk / Sweet
Beer Style: Malty & Sweet

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The Brown Note
American Brown Ale
Louisville, Kentucky

The brown ale to end all brown ales. Enjoy it, because there is no longer any reason to drink another. You’ve reached the pinnacle. A healthy blend of traditional British malts give this popular style a semi-sweet, biscuity, slightly roasted flavor. Oats thicken the mouthfeel, and a handful of specialty malts add complex chocolate, toffee, and caramel notes. The hops are mostly traditional, earthy British hops, but they cocked it up a bit with some Cascade late in the boil, “just to show those snooty Brits that we don’t approve of that Constitutional Monarchy crap.” – Against the Grain team.

ABV: 5.0% alcohol / volume
IBU: 20
Style: Brown Ale – English
Beer Style: Malty & Sweet

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Pilsner
Louisville, Kentucky

This babyface is a winner whatever it’s named. It’s everything you want, whether you’re a savage or a hulking maniac, this classic pilsner puts the power in power-bomb! Made with Lager Yeast and Munich, Pilsner malts.

ABV: 5.1% alcohol / volume
IBU: N/A
Style: Pilsner – German
Beer Style: Crisp & Clean

ABOUT THE BREWERY:
Against the Grain Brewery is Louisville’s first brewer-owned brewery and, like most worthwhile undertakings, the product of dissatisfaction with the status quo. They maintain a diverse array of beers covering all of the major categories of beer flavor while generating an endless stream of innovative new brews. Essentially, they are tired of the regular old ‘stuff.’ At Against The Grain, the team has thrown the traditional mode of thought (producing the same thing over and over, some may call it consistency) out the window and shifted their energy to producing amazing beer consistently, which can be any given style or twist on it. Learn more here, and follow them on Untappd.

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