Big Grove goes big

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.

Savannah Blake

Oct. 11, 2023 5:48 pm

A brew tank is moved by a crane at the new Big Grove distribution center in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 9. With its new Cedar Rapids taproom and its Iowa City distribution center, Big Grove aims to increase production by more than 50 percent in 2024. The distribution center — a former Goodwill distribution center on Liberty Drive — will plan to come online by February. It will have a 68,000-barrel capacity.(Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A crane moves a large brew tank at the Big Grove distribution center on Liberty Drive in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 9. “The Hop Lot,” as the distribution center is being called, will can the brewery’s core varieties like Easy Eddy, Citrus Surfer and Boomtown, freeing up its Iowa City taproom location to produce and serve other varieties on site. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)