Download Best of IC Now: May 11-17 is taco week in Iowa City. Celebrate by downloading Best of IC and showing the app for delectable deals from local taquerias. Available on iOS and Android, Best of IC is a calendar and…
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Des Moines IPA is LV’s May 2014 Brew of the Month
May’s beer of the month is the well-balanced, Iowa-brewed IPA from Confluence Brewing Company: Des Moines IPA. Though some IPAs are overwhelmingly dry and bitter, John Martin, the head brewer at Confluence, proudly admits that he wants his IPA to have a balance of malt and hop characteristics. Instead of going overboard with abrasive hop […]
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FilmScene celebrates Craft Beer Week, unveils rooftop happy hour
In the 1980s, beer aisles looked very different. According to Chad Young, the craft brand manager at 7G Distributing, there were few options…
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Interview: Sam Caster debuts Brass Ring Coffee at Iowa City Farmers Market
Sam Caster, a barista at Prairie Lights’ cafe, recently started a side project with his wife Emma: Brass Ring Coffee coffee stand. They debuted Brass Ring this week…
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Zaza’s Italian Market opens on Bowery Street
A fixture of the Iowa City Farmers Market since 2010, Zaza’s finally has a place to call home. The Italian market, located at 518 Bowery St., opened its doors on May 1 and offers customers an array of hand-made pastas and accoutrements, complemented by sundries imported from Italy.
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12 oz. Curls: Sanctuary to host sour ale tap event with Central Waters brewery
This Wednesday at 7 p.m., Sanctuary Pub is hosting a sour ale event with Jordan Aberman, the sales manager at Central Waters Brewing Company in…
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Beer Reviews: Central Waters Brewing’s Glacial Trail IPA
While camping a couple weeks ago, a friend brought a sixer of Glacial Trail India Pale Ale, brewed by the Central Waters Brewing Company of Amherst, Wisc., which I later tried for myself.
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Yacht Club’s ‘Upper Deck’ to celebrate grand opening with free grilled cheese
This Friday, the Iowa City Yacht Club will celebrate the addition of its street level bar, Upper Deck, by debuting a new grilled cheese menu…
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Boozehound: UV Sriracha Vodka Review
The popularity of the hot sauce Sriracha has exploded in the last few years. Once a random condiment you would find at your friendly neighborhood Chinese takeaway or Thai noodle hut, the red chili sauce broken out in a major way attracting a devoted, almost cult-like following and even showing up in random places like on your sandwich at Subway.
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Chicken Little Reviews: Mondo’s Saloon
When you’re allergic to gluten, going out to eat can be a giant pain in the pancreas. While pizza, sandwiches and pasta are clearly off limits for those that can’t eat wheat, the foe of those with this allergy, complex sauces and even the least suspicious salad dressings often contain gluten. I know what you […]
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Interview: Aaron Hall bakes some tasty-ass bread
About six years ago, at the age of 21, Aaron Hall began baking bread. He was inspired by the work of his brother, Austin Hall, and the fact that, in his opinion, there wasn’t any good bread around. He currently makes pizza at the Lincoln Wine Bar in Mount Vernon, where he uses the oven to bake bread for the restaurant and also Salt Fork Kitchen in Solon. He also helped start the Full Moon Cafe and recently began selling his bread twice a week at the Wine Bar.
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12 oz. Curls: Deschutes’ Hop Henge IPA
While watching the second half of the NCAA men’s basketball championship game earlier this month, I enjoyed a bottle of Hop Henge Experimental IPA, brewed by the Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Ore.
According to the beer’s webpage, Hop Henge is Deschutes’ “annual exercise in IBU escalation … it’s all hop, no apologies.” Available January through April, Hop Henge is brewed with “an outrageous amount of Centennial and Cascade hops.” The beer is also heavily dry hopped, a brewing process where hops are a
