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Iowa Craft Beer Tent announces new drinks for 2024 Iowa State Fair
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Updated: 1:54 PM CDT Aug 2, 2024
The Iowa Craft Beer Tent will once again have several exclusive beers on its menu at the Iowa State Fair.The full list of beers at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent has not yet been publicly announced, but five new drinks were unveiled this week. Video above: These 3 Iowa State Fair menu items will compete for title of best new foodHere's what to expect from each new drink. Iowa Craft Beer Tent: New State Fair-exclusive beers for 2024Mini Donut Dunkel (Exile Brewing Company): The beer is described as a regal dark lager with cinnamon and vanilla.Dutch Letter Ale (Gezellig Brewing Co.): The Newton brewery is bringing this new drink, which it says contains almond paste, sugar and a touch of cinnamon.Pig Lebowski (Twin Span Brewing): The name gives this one away. The Pig Lebowski is a English brown ale that includes — you guessed it — bacon, along with maple syrup. Rainbow Sherbet Sour (Lake Time Brewery): The brewery describes this as a "playful and fruity concoction" featuring flavors similar to rainbow sherbet ice cream. The drink also includes notes of citrus fruit such as orange, lime and raspberry.Fair Fudge (Lion Bridge Brewing Company): The beer for chocolate lovers. This contains chocolate husk, chocolate malts and "an obscene amount of chocolate nibs."READY FOR THE FAIR? See more vlog coverage of the Iowa State Fair here.New 'Yield of Dreams' beer announcedThose five won't be the only new beers available this year.Yield of Dreams will be on tap at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent for the first time. The name, of course, is in reference to the iconic "Field of Dreams" film that takes place in and was filmed in Iowa.Brewed at Field Day Brewing in North Liberty, Yield of Dreams is a lager made with corn sourced from an Iowa farmer and is intended to support the "Brewed in Iowa" campaign, according to a news release. After the State Fair, Yield of Dreams will be available at dozens of taprooms across the state from Aug. 19 through Labor Day Weekend. Participating taprooms include Flix Brewhouse, Titonka Brewing Company, Brightside Aleworks, Backpocket Brewing, Uptown Garage Brewing Co, BIT Brewery, Fenceline Beer Lab, Marto Brewing Company, Firetrucker Brewery, Adventurous Brewing, Late Harvest Brewery, West Hill Brewing Company, Fenders Brewing, Wise I Brewing Company, Lion Bridge Brewing, Alluvial Brewing, Pulpit Rock Brewing Co, Confluence Brewing Company, House Divided Brewery, West O Beer, Maquoketa Brewing, Dimensional, Big Grove Brewery, Singlespeed Brewing Co., and Clock House Brewing. More coverage of the Iowa State Fair:Where you can find new foods at 2024 Iowa State Fair — and what they costThese 3 Iowa State Fair menu items will compete for title of best new foodIowa State Fair: New drinks on the menu for 2024Iowa State Fair: Johnny Carson, Jimmy Fallon among late-night TV icons sculpted out of butterJelly Roll, Thomas Rhett, Greta Van Fleet and more: Iowa State Fair Grandstand headliners for 2024Free stage headliners at 2024 Iowa State FairIowa middle school students will perform with Foreigner at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Craft Beer Tent will once again have several exclusive beers on its menu at the Iowa State Fair.
The has not yet been publicly announced, but five new drinks were unveiled this week.
Video above: These 3 Iowa State Fair menu items will compete for title of best new food
Here's what to expect from each new drink.
Iowa Craft Beer Tent: New State Fair-exclusive beers for 2024
Mini Donut Dunkel (Exile Brewing Company): The beer is described as a regal dark lager with cinnamon and vanilla.
Dutch Letter Ale (Gezellig Brewing Co.): The Newton brewery is bringing this new drink, which it says contains almond paste, sugar and a touch of cinnamon.
Pig Lebowski (Twin Span Brewing): The name gives this one away. The Pig Lebowski is a English brown ale that includes — you guessed it — bacon, along with maple syrup.
Rainbow Sherbet Sour (Lake Time Brewery): The brewery describes this as a "playful and fruity concoction" featuring flavors similar to rainbow sherbet ice cream. The drink also includes notes of citrus fruit such as orange, lime and raspberry.
Fair Fudge (Lion Bridge Brewing Company): The beer for chocolate lovers. This contains chocolate husk, chocolate malts and "an obscene amount of chocolate nibs."
READY FOR THE FAIR? See more vlog coverage of the Iowa State Fair here.
New 'Yield of Dreams' beer announced
Field Day Brewing
Yield of Dreams will be on tap at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent at the Iowa State Fair for the first time. The name, of course, is in reference to the iconic "Field of Dreams" film that takes place in and was filmed in Iowa.
Those five won't be the only new beers available this year.
Yield of Dreams will be on tap at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent for the first time. The name, of course, is in reference to the iconic "Field of Dreams" film that takes place in and was filmed in Iowa.
Brewed at Field Day Brewing in North Liberty, Yield of Dreams is a lager made with corn sourced from an Iowa farmer and is intended to support the "Brewed in Iowa" campaign, according to a news release.
After the State Fair, Yield of Dreams will be available at dozens of taprooms across the state from Aug. 19 through Labor Day Weekend.
Participating taprooms include Flix Brewhouse, Titonka Brewing Company, Brightside Aleworks, Backpocket Brewing, Uptown Garage Brewing Co, BIT Brewery, Fenceline Beer Lab, Marto Brewing Company, Firetrucker Brewery, Adventurous Brewing, Late Harvest Brewery, West Hill Brewing Company, Fenders Brewing, Wise I Brewing Company, Lion Bridge Brewing, Alluvial Brewing, Pulpit Rock Brewing Co, Confluence Brewing Company, House Divided Brewery, West O Beer, Maquoketa Brewing, Dimensional, Big Grove Brewery, Singlespeed Brewing Co., and Clock House Brewing.
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