Iowa Roll Call

[DeanRIowa]

Southeast IA down near Bloomfield. There are a few others around here that brew and swap ideas, tips, etc but not organized enough (or have time) to do the club thing. I usually manage to get in a brew a month on average. This year my Oktoberfest is actually ready in October as opposed to being brewed in October - ha!

Congrats, I plan my marzen for November or December. ;(

 

[jmswarts]

Noob from Quad Cities.

At the top of this post said the Quad Cities has a club, is that still ongoing?

 

[Shackleford_rusty]

Far east central here, Monticello. Lone wolfing it for 6 years, joined the Cedar Rapids Brewers Society (formerly beer nuts) last year.

 

[Sioux Brew]

I live in Altoona. I’m always looking for someone to brew with! I’m part of the Ankeny Area brewers club. We have a great time at events.

 

[SoCal-Doug]

I have a client in Eddyville I have to service occasionally, does that count?

You guys thawed out yet? Last time I was there it was a bit nipply.

 

[peanasky]

I have a client in Eddyville I have to service occasionally, does that count?

You guys thawed out yet? Last time I was there it was a bit nipply.

Not yet. One more cold blast (sub zero) this weekend/early week and then we should be done. We've still got an inch or two of ice underneath most of our snow, so that should be fun...

 

[Immocles]

I dread that we have a repeat of last year’s April snowfall. Ughhhhh

 

[SoCal-Doug]

[note to self: delay trip to iowa for a few more weeks. too cold still]

 

[Numsquat]

-9 in Storm Lake, 69 here right now. I do not miss Iowa.

 

[ThreeDogsNE]

We've had such a lovely winter here in Southwest Iowa (near Red Oak), that I now have a 7 foot snowblower mounted on the rear of my tractor. Moving to an acreage has been more....interesting(?) than I expected. I haven't found many other homebrewers down here. When I mention the hobby here, people usually think it's purpose is to make Bud Light by the barrel, and give a blank look when I speak of dry-hopped amber ales.

 

[Shackleford_rusty]

Same boat, different oar. I too bought a snowblower this year amazing timing I would say. I to am slowly getting my local friends in the knowledge of Homebrew. I suggest starting with cream ales blond ales just start the conversion LOL

 

[Kent88]

Anyone interested, the fishing in Guttenburg is pretty good at the moment. Did pretty well today with bluegills, sheephead, and even some small catfish, while we saw some people around with big catfish and walleye.

 

[TattooedViking9]

Livermore, IA. Bought a house in July and hope to get an area set up in basement for winemaking some time in the next year. Until then I'm planning to build a fermentation chamber to keep heat right, as temps in basement are pretty constant at 50°F.

 

[LoneTreeFarms]

Livermore, IA. Bought a house in July and hope to get an area set up in basement for winemaking some time in the next year. Until then I'm planning to build a fermentation chamber to keep heat right, as temps in basement are pretty constant at 50°F.

Welcome to the site!! Plenty of info to dig through here. I’m about 20 miles south of you near fort diggity.

 

[bionicbelly]

Hey all, Des Moines here, originally Oskaloosa/Eddyville area. Totally new to homebrewing. I've got my first two batches fermenting, and going to start doing some experimenting in the next few weeks.

 

[Iowa Home Brewer]

Cedar Rapids here. I may the only homebrewer in the area. Wtf?

 

[beersk]

Iowa City here. I'm a member of the THIRSTY club. No one's mentioned it but the BIY shop in North Liberty closed down and began focusing on their Cedar Rapids/Marion store. It was always a pain to get to for me and I didn't care much for the pricing. But I suppose you'll have that. I've been doing the bulk of my shopping online since I started back in 2008 anyway.

 

[Kent88]

Doesn't look like @Shackleford_rusty has been here for a while, but I love the KotH reference.

 

[Iowa Home Brewer]

Iowa City here. I'm a member of the THIRSTY club. No one's mentioned it but the BIY shop in North Liberty closed down and began focusing on their Cedar Rapids/Marion store. It was always a pain to get to for me and I didn't care much for the pricing. But I suppose you'll have that. I've been doing the bulk of my shopping online since I started back in 2008 anyway.

Ya, BIY is a tad high but not out of line. Joe's brother now runs it and has been for a few years now.
I need to look into the THIRSTY club. Hoping this weather breaks. I've been brewing indoors because its so cold. Thank God for a decent wife! Hope we get to meet sometime and maybe you can teach me a few things.

 

[beersk]

Ya, BIY is a tad high but not out of line. Joe's brother now runs it and has been for a few years now.
I need to look into the THIRSTY club. Hoping this weather breaks. I've been brewing indoors because its so cold. Thank God for a decent wife! Hope we get to meet sometime and maybe you can teach me a few things.

Yep, Mike is his name, right? He's nice.

The THIRSTY club has been doing Zoom meetings since the pandemic started and I haven't even been to one. I'm just not into that. I used to love going to the Sanctuary, having a pizza, beers, and shooting the ****. Not really the same when it's virtual. But I'm still a member (mainly for bulk grain buys at this point) and look forward to in-person meetings again one day.
And dang it, I'm ready for this winter to be over! I got spring fever pretty bad already.

 

[Iowa Home Brewer]

Yep, Mike is his name, right? He's nice.

The THIRSTY club has been doing Zoom meetings since the pandemic started and I haven't even been to one. I'm just not into that. I used to love going to the Sanctuary, having a pizza, beers, and shooting the ****. Not really the same when it's virtual. But I'm still a member (mainly for bulk grain buys at this point) and look forward to in-person meetings again one day.
And dang it, I'm ready for this winter to be over! I got spring fever pretty bad already.

I hear that concerning this crappy weather. Not real sure of his name, shame on me. He just takes my money.
On a good note. I did get my hands on a Anvil 10.5. Should be here next week. One happy camper. I'll use it during Winter. And my goto kettle in better weather.
Stay safe! And keep in touch, we'll do Millstream one day or maybe do a brewday.

 

[TheCache]

North Liberty, IA here. I've gone to BIY a few times, they closed the North Liberty shop about the time I moved here so I tend to do most of my ordering online, but I try to get up to CR once in a while. It's particularly handy have a local shop for liquid yeast during the summer months.

Have not checked out the clubs in IC or CR, may have to try and get to a meeting this year.

Cheers