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Can’t decide between all the amazing Iowa beers we have on tap? Try one of our pre-selected flights or make your own! Our “Iowa Gold Medal Beers” flight consists of: 1. Exile Brewing Co. G.G. (2015 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal). 2. Lion Bridge Brewing Company Compensation (2016 & 2014 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal). 3. Peace Tree Brewing Company Blonde Fatale (2014 World Beer Cup Gold Medal). 4. West O Beer CocO Stout (2015 & 2014 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal). Try some of the best beers in the country by getting the Iowa Gold Medal Beers flight the next time you visit the Iowa Taproom!

#TBT to a time when it wasn't so cloudy and gloomy 🌞🌞🌞📷: 818 - a tiny design empire

Have you seen our new t-shirts? Welp, now you have. Come to the Iowa Taproom and see them in person! Buy any Iowa Taproom t-shirt and receive one free full-size pour from your favorite Iowa brewery/cidery*! *Small print things: free full size pour must be redeemed at time of t-shirt purchase. Full size pour can not exceed $6.

It’s a new week which means it’s time for a new Fermented Feature! This week’s Fermented Feature is Big Grove Brewery & Taproom - Iowa City! Stop in before next Monday to enjoy $1 off all Big Grove beers! Hold your horses because there's more! We will be tapping Big Grove’s The Luckiest Man today and from now until the end of October, we will be donating $1 from every pint sold of The Luckiest Man to support ALS research as part of the Ales for ALS program!

Did you know that the Iowa Taproom building’s history stretches back to 1882 and that the building has served as a home to a tire company, printing company, and at one time was a warehouse for Old Style Lager? Did you know that the Iowa Taproom was never home to a trampoline park, alligator farm, and is not the former location of Lot 48? 🌈#TheMoreYouKnow Photo credit: 818 - a tiny design empire

While we personally feel that every day is a good day for a taco (or two. Or three), today is the one and only National Taco Day! Pair our bulgogi tacos with a Pale Ale or an IPA (staff favorites include Confluence Brewing Company Des Moines IPA, Exile Brewing Co. Zoltan, Big Grove Brewery & Taproom - Iowa City Arms Race, or Backpocket Brewing Raygun) to intensify the heat or try our fish tacos with Reclaimed Rails Brewing Company Blood Orange Wheat or Millstream Brewing Co. John’s White Ale 🌮🍺🌮🍺👌

Let us host your event by having your party in a building full of history and charm! With exposed brick and a modern yet vintage feel, The Marquette and Joliet rooms inside the Iowa Taproom are perfect for every event! For more information, please visit The Marquette Room at The Iowa Taproom or go to http://www.iowataproom.com/events 📷 818 - a tiny design empire

Today marks the start of our new weekly series: "Fermented Feature". Each Monday we will be highlighting a different brewery/cidery/etc and all full-size pours from that particular brewery/cidery/etc will be $1 off until the following Monday! This week's Fermented Feature: Backpocket Brewing! Before they were Backpocket Brewing, they were Old Man River Restaurant and Brewery in McGregor, Iowa. After 4 years in McGregor, they moved to their current home in Coralville and relaunched as Backpocket Brewing Company in 2012. To learn more about Backpocket, you can visit their website at http://www.backpocketbrewing.com . Stop in to the Iowa Taproom before next Monday and enjoy $1 off all Backpocket beers!

We put a few new beers on tap!

Here are just a few of the new additions to The Silo over the past few days!

We hope you all have a safe holiday weekend! The Iowa Taproom will be open for its usual Sunday hours (11:00am-10:00pm) and closed on Monday. Cheers 🍻

We hope everyone had a great time last night at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! Thank you to everyone who came out to help us celebrate and thank you to Confluence Brewing Company, Exile Brewing Co., Jefferson County Ciderworks, Iowa Brewing Company, and Backpocket Brewing for conjuring up magical brews! Congratulations to Exile Brewing Co. (the green team) for winning the inaugural Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice with their "Serpent Sour"!

A few notes about tomorrow's Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! : -There will be a limited supply of complimentary "Harry's Better Beer" ice cream (made by Molly's Cupcakes Des Moines), birthday cake, and wand breadsticks served in the West Marquette room. There will be signs directing you to this room and Iowa Taproom staff will be able to direct you as well. Supplies are limited so please try to arrive early. -In addition to the four beers and one cider, we will be serving "Harry's Better Beer". There will be both an alcoholic and non-alcoholic version. The non-alcoholic version of "Harry's Better Beer" will be available in both the West Marquette room and the main bar area. -The 5 different birthday beers (thank you again Jefferson County Ciderworks, Exile Brewing Co., Confluence Brewing Company, Iowa Brewing Company, and Backpocket Brewing) will be available in the main bar area. We have one "pin" (5.4 gallons) from each brewery/cidery and these will go quick. Please arrive as close as possible to 5PM to give yourself the best chance of trying all beers/ciders. -The "house"/"school" that sells out first wins the "Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice". As a reminder: Exile Brewing Co. = Green Team; Confluence Brewing Company=Red Team; Backpocket Brewing=Yellow Team; Iowa Brewing Company=Blue Team; Jefferson County Ciderworks="Beauxcidre", a visiting school. You will also have the opportunity to enter your name into your corresponding house/school's "hat". Each house/school will be bringing a prize and at 6PM, one winner will be drawn from each hat. -Last but not least: Come dressed up! We hope to see you all tomorrow! ⚡⚡⚡

Iowa Brewing Company will be representing the blue team next Tuesday at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! Iowa Brewing will be bringing, "A special birthday cask of our New England Logger. Members of this house are characterised by their wit, learning, and wisdom. This superfood smoothie inspired NEIPL features: yumberry, goji berry, açaí berry, pomegranate juice, and lactose." Come out to Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! on Tuesday and help Iowa Brewing Company with the Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice!

Backpocket Brewing (and Pete Rose Holmgren) will be representing the yellow & black team next Tuesday at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! Backpocket will be bringing "Liquid Luck", a New England IPA with Pineapple Puree and Vic Secret hops. Come out to Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! next Tuesday and help Backpocket Brewing win the Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice by making their beer disappear first!

Jefferson County Ciderworks will be representing a visiting school, Beauxcidre, Tuesday at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! Jeff Co. will be bringing "J. Co Rowling's Every Flavor Cider", a mango & pineapple cider with Mosaic hops. They "...fermented all the fruit with the hops for a load of tropical notes and we're also adding hops to the pin!" Come out to Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! on Tuesday and help Jefferson County Ciderworks win the Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice by making their cider disappear first!

Exile Brewing Co.will be representing the green & silver team at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! next Tuesday. If you came to this event last year, you were probably fortunate enough to try the delicious "Gargoyle Guardian" and "Gillyweed Gose". They are looking to top those beers this year by bringing "Serpent Sour", a sour ale with the addition of basil and cucumber! Come out next Tuesday to Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! and help Exile Brewing Co. win the Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice by making their beer disappear first!

Confluence Brewing Company will be representing the scarlet and gold team at Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! next Tuesday and will be bringing "10 Pints for Gryffindor!" According to Confluence, "This oak conditioned wheat ale has been magically charged with the additions of Lavender and Lemon Zest, and left to steep on the dried flowers of the mythical Hibiscus. Tart, refreshing, and as fragrant as a walk through Beauxbatons gardens, we're pretty sure this restorative elixir will have you shouting '10 Pints for Gryffindor!'" Come out next Tuesday to Generic Wizard and His Legally Compliant Birthday Party! and help them win the Iowa Taproom Brewery Chalice!

No better way to cool down then with a local brew!

IT'S HAPPENING! Setting up for the Iowa Craft Brew Festival! Over 50 breweries! Okay. I'm done yelling.

If you ain't here, you fudged up. You have time to rectify! Firetrucker is here until 8! Chef Nick paired some delicious morsels to pair with some amazing beers. GET HERE!

Goose Island event at the Iowa Taproom!

Come help us celebrate National Beer Day! Thank you in advance. And, you're welcome.