Red's Ale House

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:59 pm

Got a wild hair and went down to Red's for the first time this afternoon. In a word - AWESOME! Started with the Goose Island Nero, followed by Bells Expedition Stout, and by that point, it was Happy Hour, so I transitioned to the Rogue Wet Hopped Ale that they tapped while I was there.

Met Kyle, their Beer Guy. He's a beginning homebrewer (about 6 batches). He'd heard about us, but hadn't met any of us before (shame on you guys who have been going there awhile!!) Intro'ed myself and gave him a Beer Nuts card. Unfortunately, he can't make the meeting this week, but expect to see him on the blog and at a future meeting. Real nice guy and way into good beers!

On the real "news" side of our conversation - he was able to get another keg of Hop Slam!!! It should be on tap soon. He was also able to get a case of the Mikeller 1000 IBU if folks want to sample that in bottles.

At the end of March, they will be doing a Bells Beer dinner. Details to follow on tickets, etc.

hoboscratch · Post by **hoboscratch** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:56 pm

I moved to CR in June from North Liberty. The thing I miss the most from living there is definitely Red's. Their beer selection is constantly changing too. I don't know if you had any of their food, but as far as bar food goes, its very good. I went down for the initial Hopslam tapping, and got some of the Batch 10k there too. Man, now I need to go again!

Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:52 pm

Thanks for the heads up Tony, actually Bill (ex brewer at Millstream) from Johns has lots to do with the lineup of brew at Reds, he just lives a block away and pushes a lot of those beers.

Little pricey up at Reds, but pretty cool spot. Too bad the 2 for 1 never is any of the really good beers on tap.

From: tony b [mailto:brew-news@crbeernuts.org]
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 5:59 PM
To: brew-news@crbeernuts.org
Subject: Red's Ale House

Got a wild hair and went down to Red's for the first time this afternoon. In a word - AWESOME! Started with the Goose Island Nero, followed by Bells Expedition Stout, and by that point, it was Happy Hour, so I transitioned to the Rogue Wet Hopped Ale that they tapped while I was there.

Met Kyle, their Beer Guy. He's a beginning homebrewer (about 6 batches). He'd heard about us, but hadn't met any of us before (shame on you guys who have been going there awhile!!) Intro'ed myself and gave him a Beer Nuts card. Unfortunately, he can't make the meeting this week, but expect to see him on the blog and at a future meeting. Real nice guy and way into good beers!

On the real "news" side of our conversation - he was able to get another keg of Hop Slam!!! It should be on tap soon. He was also able to get a case of the Mikeller 1000 IBU if folks want to sample that in bottles.

At the end of March, they will be doing a Bells Beer dinner. Details to follow on tickets, etc.

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tompb · Post by **tompb** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:52 am

They also are cellaring a bunch of beers. In a few years they should have a fine aged beer collection.

bkanderson · Post by **bkanderson** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:33 am

Little correction, Bill was instrumental in getting some great beers into Red’s initially but they have been pretty much doing it themselves for the last 4-6 month. Bill is now working for BJ Rest & Brew in Reno. He moved out there several months ago and enjoys brewing again. I actually don’t think the prices are that bad compared to Des Moines or even Lava Lounge who have similar beers on tap.

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Mr T · Post by **Mr T** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:31 pm

No kidding, I just had dinner with Uncle bill not that long ago.. guess time flies.

From: bkanderson [mailto:brew-news@crbeernuts.org]
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Little correction, Bill was instrumental in getting some great beers into Red’s initially but they have been pretty much doing it themselves for the last 4-6 month. Bill is now working for BJ Rest & Brew in Reno. He moved out there several months ago and enjoys brewing again. I actually don’t think the prices are that bad compared to Des Moines or even Lava Lounge who have similar beers on tap.

Brian Anderson

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