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On Tap

• Backpocket Pucker Up Right Meow

  Sour Ale · 4.4%

  This tart-sour beer is powerful enough for a human, and approved by a cat with a raygun. Our Dry-Hopped cherry and currant sour is heavily fruited and starts wi

  12oz Draft $5

• Backpocket Strawberry Shortcat

  Sour Ale · 5.3% · Coralville, IA

  Based on an old family favorite this sour dessert ale is a custom recipe for our ongoing Raygun Cat Series. Brewed with an array of bready malts, lactose sugar, vanilla, strawberries, cinnamon, black pepper, and white balsamic vinegar.

  12oz Draft $7

• Big Grove Easy Eddy

  NE/Hazy IPA · 6.5% · Iowa City, IA

  Flaked wheat and oats make for a brilliant golden haze in this Unfiltered IPA. Hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe.

  16oz Draft $6

• Big Grove Snowbird

  Berliner Weisse · 5.5% · Iowa City, IA

  With winter coming; a little reminder of summer never hurts. This experimental sour gives you just that with a peach, apricot, and coconut concoction.

  12oz Draft $6.50

• Blue Moon Belgian Style Wheat

  Witbier · 5.4% · Denver, CO

  Brewed with oats for creaminess and spiced with the perfect combination of orange peel for subtle sweetness.

  16oz Draft $5

• Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat

  Wheat Ale · 4.4% · Kansas City, MO

  A slightly cloudy, light-bodied, straw colored beer with a sweet, bready malt flavor, low hop bitterness, and a hint of citrus.

  16oz Draft $5

• Breckenridge Resolution

  Golden Ale · 3.5% · Littleton, CO

  At only 98 calories, low abv, electrolyte infused, blueberry acai superfruit golden ale. Designed to ease you into the New Year!

  16oz Draft $5.50

• Confluence Des Moines IPA

  IPA · 6.9% · Des Moines, IA

  As the capital of Iowa, Des Moines constantly surprises first-time visitors with its mix of expected agrarian heritage influences and unanticipated cosmopolitan flare. So too, with Des Moines IPA, an American take on a world beer: India Pale Ale (IPA)... more

  16oz Draft $6

• Confluence The Wizard Gose Sour Ale

  Gose · 3.9% · Des Moines, IA

  When humans first began brewing beer, the science behind fermentation was not well understood and probably seemed a bit like magic... more

  16oz Draft $6

• Exile Gi Gi

  Dunkel · 5.0% · Des Moines, IA

  Our Munich Dunkel, a dark German Lager.

  16oz Draft $7

• Exile Hannah

  German Hefeweizen · 5.2% · Des Moines, IA

  Bright, bubbly and unfiltered, Hannah tells it like it is. Subtle yet lasting, her clove and bubble gum aroma pulls you in.

  16oz Draft $6

• Exile Ruthie Munich Gold

  Lager · 5.2% · Des Moines, IA

  Our smooth gold lager starts with caramel and honey aromas from the Munich malt that are subtle yet pronounced. A tribute to a real Des Moines original!

  16oz Draft $6

• Fishback & Stephenson First Crush Watermelon Cider

  Cider · 4.15% · Fairfield, IA

  SWEET ON THE LIPS, CRISP AND LIGHT ON THE PALATE WITH A CLEAN FINISH.

  16oz Draft $7.50

• Golden Road Wolf Pup

  Session IPA · 4.5% · Los Angeles, CA

  Highly drinkable with a wildly aromatic tropical and citrus character, it’s the perfect companion to keep on sippin’ for those long, sunny days.

  16oz Draft $5

• Grain Belt Premium

  Pale Lager · 4.7% · New Ulm, MN

  Premium quickly became the flagship of the Grain Belt brand. And still is to this day.

  16oz Draft $5

• Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout

  Imperial Stout · 9.5% · Denver, CO

  It starts with big, roasty malt flavor that gives way to rich caramel and toffee notes.

  12oz Draft $5.50

• Guinness

  Dry Stout · 4.2% · Dublin, Ireland

  Rich and creamy. Distinctively black. Velvety in its finish. This iconic beer is defined by harmony.

  16oz Draft $6

• Iowa Brewing Co. Iowa Eagle

  Premium Lager · 5.2% · Cedar Rapids, IA

  a real American beer! Light and crisp. This is what domestic lager is meant to be.

  16oz Draft $5

• Keg Creek Brick Red

  Irish Red Ale · 5.7% · Glenwood, IA

  Nutty aroma gives way to mild sweet caramel flavor and subtle background hops. All this packed into a light body that finishes exceptionally smooth.

  16oz Draft $6

• Lagunitas Brown Shugga'

  American Strong Ale · 9.9% · Petaluma, CA

  Originally a failed attempt at a 1997 batch of Olde GnarlyWine Ale resulting in an all-new-beer-style we like to call…Irresponsible.

  16oz Draft $5

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Craft Beer

• Boone Valley Roxie Irish Red

  Irish Red Ale · 5.0% · Boone, IA

  Roxie Irish Red pours with a deep garnet color, aroma of slightly flowery hops, with a taste of toasted malts and a hint of caramel.

  12oz Can $5

• Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

  Porter · 5.4% · Littleton, CO

  An ale that has all the chocolate and roasted nut flavor of a classic Porter, with an enigmatic surprise thrown in for good measure.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Confluence Farmer John Multi-Grain Ale

  Wheat Ale · 5.7% · Des Moines, IA

  A refreshing, blonde ale, it features a base of two row American barley malt along with a large portion of wheat malt, a small dose of rye malt.

  16oz Can $7

• Confluence Gray's Lake Nessie Scottish Ale

  Scottish Ale · 5.8% · Des Moines, IA

  Named after Confluence Brewing Company’s neighbor, Gray’s Lake, Nessie features a bill of English Golden Promise malt almost as massive as the enormous Loch Ness itself... more

  16oz Can $7

• Dogfish Head SeaQuench Ale

  Gose · 4.9% · Milton, Delaware

  SeaQuench Ale is brewed with sea salt and black limes and it merges three German-style beers: Kolsch, Berliner Wiesse, and Gose.

  12oz Can $5.75

• Exile A Christmas Beer

  Doppelbock · 7.3% · Des Moines, IA

  This festive lager has a bright aroma of dried figs and peaches with a rich and warming coco flavor, all underpinned by a light warming alcohol that smooths out all family gatherings. A perfect doppelbock for keeping your holiday sanity!

  12oz Bottle $5

• Exile Beatnik Sour

  Berliner Weisse · 5.7% · Des Moines, IA

  Unfiltered and extra pale with a pure white crown, the refreshing lactic tartness puckers your palate.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Exile Zoltan

  Session IPA · 4.8% · Des Moines, IA

  Hopped with Citra and Mandarina hops, this tropical session IPA explodes with refreshing citrus flavors.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Fair State Roselle Hibiscus Sour Ale

  Sour Ale · 5.7% · Minneapolis, MN

  Roselle is infused with hibiscus flowers at flame-out, lending the beer it's citrus flavor, ethereal fragrance and deep pink color.

  12oz Can $7

• Firetrucker Burnout Brown

  Brown Ale · 5.0% · Ankeny, IA

  Crystal 60 & chocolate malts balanced with caramelized sugars give it a deep malt flavor. It's approachable for light beer drinkers and not too bitter.

  16oz Can $7

• Founders Dirty Bastard

  Scotch Ale · 8.5% · Grand Rapids, MI

  Complex in finish, with hints of smoke and peat, paired with a malty richness and a right hook of hop power to give it the bad attitude.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Iowa Brewing Co. New England Logger

  Pale Lager · 6.3%

  12oz Bottle $5

• Iowa Brewing Co. Surf Zombies

  IPA · 6.9% · Cedar Rapids, IA

  A gnarly brain devouring West Coast-inspired IPA featuring Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial and Cascade hops - http://surfzombies.bandcamp.com/

  12oz Bottle $5

• Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'

  IPA · 7.5% · Petaluma, CA

  Way smooth and silky with a nice wheaty-esque-ish-ness. Just the little sumpin’ sumpin’ we all need to kick Summer into full swing! Ingredients: Hops, Malt, Hops, Hops, Yeast, Hops, Water, and Hops.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Lagunitas Super Cluster

  Double IPA · 8.0% · Petaluma, CA

  This out-of-this-world ale is a galactic blast from the glass, a Citrus supernova in the sky, jettisoning lupulin lusciousness through the cosmos and cross the universe of your palate. Enter its bitter orbit and we'll all float on, okay? Cheers!

  12oz Can $5

• Left Hand Milk Stout

  Milk Stout · 6.0% · Longmont, CO

  Dark and delicious, America's great milk stout will change your perception about what a stout can be.

  12oz Bottle $5

• New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA

  IPA · 7.5% · CO & NC

  Packed with bright tropical aromas and brilliant citrusy flavors, this unfiltered IPA wraps up with a pleasantly smooth finish.

  12oz Can $5

• Odell 90 Shilling

  Scottish Ale · 5.3% · Fort Collins, CO

  Richer than most amber ales, 90 Shilling is smooth & deeply satisfying, with a crisp, clean Colorado taste.

  12oz Can $5

• Peace Tree Cold Brew Coffee

  Stout · 6.5% · Knoxville, IA

  American Stout with Ross Street Roasting's Costa Rican "Cafe con Amour" Coffee.

  12oz Bottle $6

• Peace Tree East Village IPA

  IPA · 6.0% · Knoxville, IA

  East Village IPA is our ode to the neighborhood that our Des Moines Branch calls home and it's our first beer ever made with Mosaic hops... more

  12oz Bottle $6

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Cider

• Angry Orchard Crisp Apple

  Cider · 5.0% · Cincinnati, OH

  A balance of sweetness and bright acidity from apples and dryness of traditional cider making, resulting in a refreshing hard cider with crisp apple flavor.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Austin Eastciders Pineapple Cider

  Cider · 5.0% · Austin, TX

  For an exotic twist, we have blended heirloom bittersweet and culinary apples with golden, ripe and delicious pineapples.

  12oz Can $5

• Fishback & Stephenson Iowa Strangler

  Cider · 5.9% · Fairfield, IA

  The Iowa Strangler is a half wild/open fermented cider blended with organic locally sourced Aronia berries (AKA black chokeberry) to make a tart semisweet cider with a deep purple pigmentation and mouth puckering tannin and berry flavors.

  16oz Can $7

• Fishback & Stephenson Maple Starship

  Cider · 4.25% · Fairfield, IA

  Spiced maple hard apple cider.

  16oz Can $7

Import

• Boddingtons Pub Ale

  Cream Ale · 4.7% · St. Louis, MO

  Creamy head and a golden well balanced body.

  16oz Can $6.50

• Corona

  Pale Lager · 4.6% · Anáhuac, México

  Made with the finest quality blend of filtered water, malted barley, hops, corn, and yeast.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Corona Premier

  Pale Lager · 4.0% · Anáhuac, México

  Corona Premier offers the premium low-carb, light beer experience you’ve been waiting for.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Naturtrüb

  German Hefeweizen · 5.0% · München

  Franziskaner Hefe-Wessbier Naturtrüb is a natural and elegant Weissbier from Bavaria with a lush white foam.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Harp Lager

  Pale Lager · 5.0% · Park Royal London

  Crisp, clean, and golden with a fruity nose.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Modelo Especial

  Pale Lager · 4.4% · Anáhuac, México

  Well-balanced taste and light hop character with a crisp, clean finish. Characterized by an orange blossom honey aroma with a hint of herb.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Smithwick's Premium Irish Ale

  Irish Red Ale · 4.5% · Dundalk, County Louth

  Its exceptional taste, distinctive colour and purity of ingredients make it unique.

  12oz Bottle $5

Domestic

• Bud Light

  Pale Lager · 4.2% · St. Louis, MO

  Bud Light is brewed with a malt and hops ratio different from Budweiser for a distinctively crisp taste with fewer calories.

  12oz Bottle $4.50

• Budweiser

  Pale Lager · 5.0% · St. Louis, MO

  Brewed using a blend of imported and classic American aroma hops, and a blend of barley malts and rice resulting in unparalleled balance and character.

  12oz Bottle $4.50

• Busch Light

  Pale Lager · 4.1% · St. Louis, MO

  A light, balanced flavor, with fewer calories. A pleasant hop aroma and a smooth, slightly sweet finish.

  16oz Can $5

• Coors Light

  Pale Lager · 4.2% · Golden, CO

  First, aged (lagered) below freezing to give our beer its crisp taste. Then it’s filtered cold so that it gets that brilliant, bright appearance.

  16oz Can $5

• Michelob Ultra

  Pale Lager · 4.2% · St. Louis, MO

  Low-carb light beer with taste smooth enough to carry the Michelob name.

  12oz Bottle $5

• Miller High Life

  Pale Lager · 4.6% · Milwaukee, WI

  Miller High Life continues to be faithfully brewed as a golden pilsner, utilizing light-stable galena hops from the Pacific Northwest and a select combination of malted barley.

  12oz Bottle $4.50

• Miller Lite

  Pale Lager · 4.2% · Milwaukee, WI

  The Miller Lite recipe uses a unique blend of choice Saaz and Pacific Northwest hops and a significant amount of caramel malt. Continues to be purposefully brewed for more taste, aroma and golden color than other light beers, with just 96 calories.

  16oz Can $5

• Natural Light Naturdays

  Pilsner · 4.2% · St. Louis, MO

  For those who like strawberry lemonade AND drinking beer.

  12oz Can $4.50

• Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR)

  Pale Lager · 4.7% · Los Angeles, CA

  Selected as America’s Best in 1893.

  16oz Can $5

Malt Beverage

• Bud Light Seltzer Black Cherry

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · St. Louis, MO

  12oz Can $5

• Bud Light Seltzer Lemon Lime

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · St. Louis, MO

  12oz Can $5

• Bud Light Seltzer Mango

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · St. Louis, MO

  made from cane sugar and natural fruit flavor

  12oz Can $5

• Bud Light Seltzer Strawberry

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · St. Louis, MO

  made from cane sugar and natural fruit flavor

  12oz Can $5

• Press Blackberry Hibiscus

  Hard Seltzer · 4.0% · Milwaukee, WI

  Luscious berries that are succulent, sweet & juicy with a refreshingly distinct tangy/tart finish.

  16oz Can $6

• Press Sparkling Seltzer Pomegranate Ginger

  Malt Beverage · 5.0% · Milwaukee, WI

  16oz Can $6

• White Claw Hard Seltzer Black Cherry

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% ·

  Sparkling rush of 100% pure seltzer water, our BrewPure alcohol & a hint of juicy black cherry is the perfect combination of pure refreshment & subtle ripe flavor.

  16oz Can $6

White Wine

• Francis Coppola Chardonnay

  Chardonnay · 13.5%

  Light apricot and quince aromas are presented with well-integrated toasted oak nuances.

  10oz Can $9

• Hayes Ranch Chardonnay 2017

  Chardonnay · 13.5% · Livermore, CA

  Golden yellow in color, our Chardonnay invites you in with its vanilla and brown sugar aromatics. Hints of oak and cinnamon-kissed green apple flavors create a very smooth wine with a soft fruity finish

  5oz By the glass $6

  750ml Bottle $16

• Hayes Ranch Pinot Grigio 2017

  Pinot Grigio · 12.5% · Livermore, CA

  Our Pinot Grigio has aromas and flavors of green apple and lime, complemented by a hint of mineral to create a crisp and classic white wine.

  5oz By the glass $6

  750ml Bottle $16

• Lucien Albrecht Pinot Gris 2016 Alsace, France

  White Wine · 13.0%

  Yellow gold color with other highlights. As its name indicates in French, Pinot Gris is a gray varietal with white fruit showing smokiness, developing opulence and distinctive characteristics. The nose is complex and reveals aromas of apricot, hazelnut, and toast... more

  750ml Bottle $49

• voss 2017 Sauvigon Blanc Napa, CA

  White Wine · 12.0%

  The wine exhibits classic varietal characteristics of lemon andgrapefruit on the nose, while vivid tropical fruits flood the palate. The finish is delightfully crisp and lingering. Serve well chilled.

  750ml Bottle $44

Sparkling Wine

• BABE Grigio with Bubbles

  Pinot Grigio · 12.0% · New York, NY

  A deliciously refreshing and fizzy, medium-bodied sparkling Pinot Grigio with clean touches of citrus, pear, melon and mineral.

  8.5oz Can $10

• BABE Red with Bubbles

  Sparkling Red · 12.0% · New York, NY

  8.5oz Can $10

• BABE Rosé with Bubbles

  Sparkling Rosé · 12.0% · New York, NY

  BABE is a light sparkling rosé THAT IS BUILT FOR SUMMER with notes of honeydew and cantaloupe and earthy undercurrents. It's viscous and rich enough to enjoy with fried foods, pizza, grilled chicken, grilled fish (perfect for a salad nicoise), burgers and hot dogs.

  8.5oz Can $10

• La Marca Prosecco

  Prosecco · 11.0% · Treviso, Italy

  The flavor is fresh and clean, w/ ripe citrus, lemon, green apple, and touches of grapefruit, minerality, and some toast. The finish is light, refreshing, crisp

  187ml Bottle $10

Red Wine

• Hayes Ranch Cabenet Sauvignon 2016

  Cabernet Sauvignon · 13.0% · Livermore, CA

  Flavors of red cherry, anise, and a hint of vanilla, abound in our Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is well balanced with medium tannins, a smooth mid-palate and a spicy, coffee finish.

  5oz By the glass $6

  750ml Bottle $16

• Hayes Ranch Merlot 2014

  Merlot · 12.5% · Livermore, CA

  Our Merlot features aromas and flavors of black cherry, blackberry and plum with a smooth mouthfeel that leads to a long, fruity finish.

  5oz By the glass $6

  750ml Bottle $16

• Hayes Ranch Red Blend 2014

  Red Wine · 12.5% · Livermore, CA

  Red Blend is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Barbera with mouth-filling flavors of blackberry, black cherry and plum.

  5oz By the glass $6

  750ml Bottle $16

• Joel GottBlend 815 Cabenet Sauvinon 2016, CA

  Cabernet Sauvignon · 13.9% · Saint Helena, CA

  The 2016 815 Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of bright red fruit, black cherry and blackberry with notes of clove, vanilla and baking spices. The wine opens with dark, concentrated fruit flavors, followed by firm tannins on the mid-palate, and notes of cedar and coffee on the long, textured finish.

  750ml Bottle $39

Non Alcoholic

• Lagunitas Sparkling Hop Water

  · 0.0% · Petaluma, CA

  Zero carbs, zero sugar, zero alcohol. Hopped sparkling water. Wha??

  12oz Bottle $5

• Paulaner Lemon Radler NA

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.0% · München

  12oz Bottle $4.50

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