Up-Down Des Moines (Main Floor)

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• Fruli Strawberry

  Fruit Beer · 4.1% · Melle, Belgium

  Witbier with the addition of strawberry juice. The orange and coriander add pleasant complexity. It pours an appealing rose color.

  12oz Draft $10

  Rare|Highly rated|Popular

• Sapporo Premium

  Pale Lager · 4.9% · Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

  With lush use of aroma hops, Sapporo Premium has an amazingly crisp taste, refreshing flavor, and refined bitterness to leave a clean finish.

  16oz Draft $5

  Rare

Shots

• Double Dragon Bomb

  Watermelon Pucker, Dragonberry Bacardi, Red Bull

  $7

• Hulkamaniac

  Lemonheads Vodka, Grenadine, Lemon

  $7

• Pinky & The Brain

  Watermelon Pucker, Irish Cream, Grenadine

  $7

• Sonic & Knuckles

  Blueberry Stoli, Blue Curacao, Lime Juice, Code Red Back

  $7

• Wario

  Skyy Citrus Vodka, Grape Pucker, Sour

  $7

On Tap

• 3 Floyds Floyds Deluxe

  Lager · 4.5% · Munster, IN

  A clean and refreshing lager.

  16oz Draft $7

• 7 Hills Blueberry Lemon Meringue Pie Hole

  Fruited Sour · 6.0% · Dubuque, IA

  Gluten-free Sour with blueberries, lemon meringue and pie crust flavor. Open your pie hole and drink your pie.

  12oz Draft $8

• Backpocket Gold Coin

  Helles Lager · 5.2% · Coralville, IA

  Our Helles is a refreshing lager with a light (helles is German for light) golden color and just a touch of hops for a crisp clean finish.

  16oz Draft $6

• Barn Town Blueberry Pancakes

  Fruited Sour · 5.1% · West Des Moines, IA

  Our newest Gluten Free Sour combines tart blueberry with maple and pancake flavors for a delicious take on a breakfast favorite. Balanced acidity and sweetness with a strong maple kick that lets you enjoy breakfast at any time of day!

  12oz Draft $10

• Barn Town Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Drips

  Fruited Sour · 5.0% · West Des Moines, IA

  Strawberry and Rhubarb with Vanilla and Cinnamon

  12oz Draft $10

• Bent River Raspberry Wheat

  Fruit Beer · 4.8% · Moline, IL

  This medium-bodied wheat beer is infused with raspberries to give it a tart, fruity flavor. It has proven very popular when mixed with our Jalapeno Pepper Ale.

  12oz Draft $7

• Big Grove Citrus Surfer

  Wheat Ale · 4.8% · Iowa City, IA

  Crushable waves of citrus with a smooth, refreshing finish. Our light and smooth citrus wheat is a twist on our award-winning wheat beers and bursts with real citrus

  16oz 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 $7

• Big Grove Strawberry Jam Sour

  Fruited Sour · 4.2% · Iowa City, IA

  An almost overwhelming blend of strawberries and cherries that brings warmth to winter.

  12oz Draft $8

• 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 Juicy Wiggle

  Hazy IPA · 5.7% · Des Moines, IA

  Packed with enough fruity hops to keep your taste buds grooving, each sip is a burst of tangy grapefruit, zesty citrus, and sweet orange that'll make your taste buds sing.

  12oz Draft $8

• Empyrean Winter Hazelnut Brown

  Brown Ale · 5.3% · Lincoln, NE

  Wise up and look deep within this brown ale to breathe in caramel aromas, taste hints of roasted hazelnuts and find a smooth, creamy finish.

  12oz Draft $7

• Exile Pink Guava Bohemian

  Berliner Weisse · 4.8% · Des Moines, IA

  Kettle soured Berliner Weisse with our house Lactobacillus with additions of pink guava. Big notes of passion fruit, papaya, and grapefruit.

  Draft $8

• Exile Tico Time

  Wheat Ale · 4.9% · Des Moines, IA

  Tropical Wheat Ale Tico Time Tropical Wheat is brewed with our house ale yeast strain, lends a soft and creamy mouthfeel and bursts with aroma and flavor of pink guava, passion fruit, and citrus zest. Tico Time refers to the Costa Rican way of life to slow down, go with the flow, [...]

  12oz Draft $7

• Fruli Strawberry

  Fruit Beer · 4.1% · Melle, Belgium

  Witbier with the addition of strawberry juice. The orange and coriander add pleasant complexity. It pours an appealing rose color.

  12oz Draft $10

• Full Fledged Common Corn Star

  Kentucky Common · 4.8% · Council Bluffs, IA

  Kentucky Common is one of just a few American, historic styles of beer that was brewed prior to Prohibition. Typically brewed and in the consumers hand within a week. This beer is brewed with a hefty amount of corn to lighten the body and produce a flavorful, easy drinking beer... more

  12oz Draft $7

• Gezellig Homeboy Brown

  Brown Ale · 6.5% · Newton, IA

  smooth, malty ale with hazelnut flavor and aroma

  12oz Draft $7

• Jefferson County Tropical Pineapple

  Dry Cider · 6.5% · Fairfield, IA

  Modern semi sweet cider blended with fresh pineapple juice. Bright and refreshing clean pineapple flavors. Available from Spring-Fall.

  12oz Draft $7

• Lion Bridge Crushberry

  Sour Ale · 6.7% · Cedar Rapids, IA

  Kettle Sour with Blueberry and Berry flavor!

  12oz Draft $8

• Millstream Knee High Hefe

  Hefeweizen · 5.7% · Amana, IA

  The light banana and clove aroma on this hazy, pale hefeweizen welcomes you to Spring in Iowa. Wheat in the grist lends to a creamy and thick body with a smooth finish.

  12oz Draft $7

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Bottles

• Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider

  Cider · 5.0% · Cincinnati, OH

  Angry Orchard Crisp Apple is the #1 hard cider in the country. It is refreshing, delicious, and tastes like biting into a fresh apple. Crisp Apple has just the right amount of sweetness that makes is the perfect drink when you’re looking for something a l

  Bottle $6

• Blue Moon Belgian White

  Witbier · 5.4% · Denver, CO

  A wheat beer brewed with Valencia orange peel for a subtle sweetness and bright, citrus aroma.

  12oz Bottle $6

• Corona

  Mexican Lager · 4.6% · Anáhuac, México

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

  12oz Bottle $6

• Heineken Lager

  Pilsner · 5.4% · Netherlands

  Crisp & smooth Euro Lager.

  Bottle $6

• Modelo Especial

  Pilsner · 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 $6

• Stella Artois Pale Lager

  Pale Lager · 5.0% · Leuven, Belgium

  Premium European lager of noble traditions that is still brewed using natural ingredients in the same processes of mixing and fermentation used in the old days.

  12oz Bottle $6

Cans

• Bud Light

  Lager · 4.2% · St. Louis, MO

  Bud Light is a premium light lager with a superior drinkability that has made it the best-selling and most popular beer in the United States.

  16oz Can $5.25

• Budweiser

  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.

  16oz Can $5.25

• 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 $5.25

• Carbliss Black Raspberry

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · Des Moines, IA

  A cocktail infused with natural black raspberries and a hint of other delicious fruits. Carefully selected for its distinctive flavor profile, this drink is distilled for a smooth, sweet taste. Perfect for unwinding at the end of a long day.

  Can $6

• 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 $5.25

• Coors Original

  Premium Lager · 5.0% · Golden, CO

  Coors, nicknamed the “Banquet Beer,” was first introduced by Adolph Coors 1873. According to legend, thirsty miners in the late 1800s threw celebratory banquets with Coors as the honorary beer because of its superior craftsmanship... more

  16oz Can $5.25

• 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 Can $6

• Guinness Draught Nitro

  Dry Stout · 4.2% · Dublin, Ireland

  Rich and creamy. Distinctively black. Velvety in its finish.

  16oz Can $6

• High Noon Peach

  Hard Seltzer · 4.5% · Memphis, TN

  Bursting with fresh-picked, sun-drenched, perfectly ripe flavors. Juicier than an early-2000s tracksuit. Pairs well with porch swing sunsets, cut off shorts, and long days at the lake.

  Can $8

• High Noon Pineapple

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · Memphis, TN

  High Noon Pineapple Hard Seltzer is made with real vodka and real fruit juice, sparkling water, and natural flavors. Only 100 calories, no added sugar, and gluten-free.

  12oz Can $8

• Loverboy White Tea Peach

  Malt Beverage · 4.25% · New York

  Organic brewed white tea paired with juicy peach and a soothing hint of lavendar. Sweetened with monk fruit and balanced by a touch of lemon. 90 calories.

  Can $6

• Michelob Ultra

  Pale Lager · 4.2% · St. Louis, MO

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

  Can $6

• 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.

  16oz Can $5.25

• 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 $5.25

• Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR)

  Pale Lager · 4.7% · San Antonio, TX

  Selected as America’s Best in 1893.

  16oz Can $5.25

• Pilot Project Donna's Pickle Beer

  Lager · 4.7% · Chicago, IL

  Introducing Donna's Pickle Beer, along with co-founders Scott Baird and Joshua Jancewicz, who will be joining our spaces and brewing a classic yet unique pickle beer made with Donna’s original brine recipe... more

  Can $6

• Press Watermelon Sea Salt

  Hard Seltzer · 4.0% · Milwaukee, WI

  12oz Can $6

• Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue

  American Pale Ale · 5.8% · Decorah, IA

  This single-hop pale ale showcases the Citra hop for a well-balanced beer that is delicate in body with a mild bitterness in the finish. She roars with ferocious aromas of grapefruit, citrus, mango and evergreen. Pseudo Sue’s unique taste is clean and bright with just enough bite!

  16oz Can $8

• White Claw Black Cherry

  Hard Seltzer · 5.0% · Chicago, IL

  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

  12oz Can $6

Non-Alcoholic Cocktails

• Pauline's Revenge

  Peach Simple Syrup, Grenadine, Tropical Red bull

  12oz Glass $6

• Robohop

  Watermelon Puree, Lime Juice, Hop Water, Lime

  12oz Glass $8

• Thunder Jolt

  Raspberry Simple Syrup, Lime Juice, Ginger Beer, Lime

  12oz Glass $6

Non-Alcoholic Cans

• Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.0% · Petaluma, CA

  An IPA-inspired refreshment that's zero-alcohol, zero-carbohydrate, and zero-calorie, made using everything we know about hops.

  12oz Can $6

Non-Alcoholic Bottles

• Heineken 0.0

  Non-Alcoholic · 0.0% · Netherlands

  Heineken “0.0” is an alcohol-free (0.05%) pale lager, which is malty and fruity with cereal undertones.

  12oz Bottle $6

Cocktails

• Barbie

  Stoli Orange, Cherry Pucker, Pineapple, Coconut Cream, Starry

  12oz Glass $8

• Blanka's Electric Lemonade

  Apple Pucker, Skyy Citrus Vodka, Lemonade

  12oz Glass $7

• Captain America

  Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher Vodka, Grenadine, Lemonade

  12oz Glass $7

• Cherry Lime Crisis

  Cherry Jolly Rancher Vodka, Lime Juice, Sprite, Lemonade

  12oz Glass $7

• Kirby's Dream Drink

  Watermelon Jolly Rancher Vodka, Pineapple, Lemonade

  12oz Glass $7

• Marge-A-Rita

  Jose Cuervo, Blue Curacao, Sour, Lime Juice

  12oz Glass $8

• Mike Tyson's Drunk Out

  Lemonheads Vodka, Ace Pineapple Cider, Code Red Mountain Dew

  12oz Glass $8

• Princess Peach Punch

  Peach Schnapps, Malibu, Pineapple, Splash of Cranberry

  12oz Glass $7

• The Updown

  Stiegal Radler layered with a Nitro stout

  16oz Glass $7

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