EntreFEST, a conference for Iowa entrepreneurs, hosted its first-ever pitch competition Friday in Cedar Rapids, with $15,000 in cash prizes. The first-place winner, from Cedar Rapids, is a regenerative farm that’s growing produce of cultural importance.
Big Grove is getting bigger as it sprawls to yet another state.
New foundation and Neighborhood Beer provide funding support
What area brewers have to say about declining sales in tap rooms across Eastern Iowa.
These micro features first appeared in the 2025 Cycling Guide, an annual special section aimed at telling the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor a cycling destination.
The Gazette’s Cycling Guide tells the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor a cycling destination.
If you ever wanted to down a drink named after President Herbert Hoover, here’s your chance.
Climbing Kites, a beverage manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, and Field Day Brewing Co., a North Liberty producer of the “Day Dreamers” line of cannabis-infused sparkling water, filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
The increasing number of trail connections in Eastern Iowa have made cycling safer for bikers — while also connecting communities and bringing a boost to businesses in the small towns they pass through.
The Gazette’s inaugural Cycling Guide tells the stories of the businesses, people and local efforts that have made The Corridor …
A bill in the Iowa Legislature would expand the state’s “dram shop” laws, which impose civil liability for selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated or underage persons, to apply to consumable hemp products.
Big Grove Brewery has announced the nonprofit recipients of $48,000 in 2024 grants for Linn, Johnson and Polk counties.
After opening a new distribution center in Iowa City and taproom in Cedar Rapids last year, one of Iowa’s largest craft breweries is set to head west with wide scale distribution and its first taproom outside of Iowa.
On the heels of a new distribution center and Cedar Rapids taproom opening, Big Grove Brewery is climbing to new heights thanks to a new THC drink partnership.
With exclusive new styles of lager and unique international fusions, there’s plenty to explore in the brewery’s growing empire.
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