Articles Tagged: Big Grove Brewery

At Big Grove Brewery’s annual Richard Dinner, unfamiliar ingredients tap into familiar memories only the diner can discover.

Brew tanks were recently installed at Big Grove Brewery’s new distribution center in Iowa City. They will help the company increase its beer production by more than 50 percent in 2024.

After years of planning, Big Grove Brewery is set to crack open a new taproom in Cedar Rapids and a new distribution facility in Iowa City that will increase production by more than 50% next year.

“For the second time this year, Iowa breweries have been recognized as some of the best and brightest,” said Iowa Brewers Guild executive director Noreen Otto. “When Iowans drink local, they’re drinking some of the best craft beer in the world.”

Barta, Big Grove and today’s weather

Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City has awarded four grants of $8,000 each to organizations focusing on shelter, food insecurity, and more.

Construction is underway of a Big Grove Brewery in the heart of Cedar Rapids, bringing the award-winning local beer to the city this fall. The city council also signs off on new commercial facility, larger Lil’ Drug expansion.

Richard the Whale returns for the Iowa City brewery’s annual Richard Dinner -- an ultra-exclusive, 15-course meal only 40 people are privy to each year. You can taste it vicariously through this review, too.

See the replay video from Part 3 of our Business Spotlight Series. This installment is all about Growth for the Future.

This month, breweries across Iowa are taking advantage of new changes that modernize Iowa’s alcohol laws for the first time in decades.

The $81.5 million First and First West project roughly doubles the investment in Kingston Village. Plans to fill the flood-damaged site with a casino were dashed, but the Cedar Rapids neighborhood quickly grew while the prime real estate sat empty.

The Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP)’s 25th Anniversary Souper Bowl Fundraiser will be held on Feb. 24 at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City from 2 to 6 p.m. Participants may pick up their soup in person at Big Grove or choose contactless delivery. “Soupporters” will be able to choose from 15 soups donated by local restaurants.

To celebrate Big Grove Brewery’s Richard the Whale stout, climb aboard for a culinary journey that seeks the white whale of dining through 15 luxurious courses.

Local developers see their revamped design of a $71 million entertainment hub at First Street and First Avenue W — with a plaza connecting a Big Grove Brewery, Pickle Palace bar and grill and other mixed-use space — as a “recipe for a lot of success.”

A mixed-use development featuring a Pickle Palace bar and grill with recreation space, Big Grove Brewery, a potential hotel and commercial and housing space comes to the Cedar Rapids City Council for a vote Tuesday.