Filed under: Olde Main Beers, Olde Main Events, Olde Main News | Tags: american craft beer week, beer, beer quiz, cook off, cooking and beer, craft beer, firkin, iowa beer, Iowa Brewery
Today is your lucky day. If you were curious enough to want the answers to the Firkin Tapping Beer Quiz, we’ve got them here for you! First and foremost, congrats to William Hunnicutt. By answering all questions correctly, the Firkin Tapping bragging rights went to this loyal patron of beer. To all of the other entries, we appreciate your participation and better luck next time!
Craft Beer Week isn’t over just yet! Saturday, May 22 we are holding free brewery tours with Big John from 1:30-3:30p.m. Also, the Stew Your Brew Cook Off is spicing things up that afternoon! Judging will begin at 2p.m. We have extended the deadline, so if you are still interested in participating, email jill@oldemainbrewing.com or stop by the restaurant or brewpub to fill out an entry form.
Olde Main’s American Craft Beer Week Quiz
Q: When did Olde Main open?
A: October 4, 2004
Q: On average, how many gallons of beer do we brew in one session?
A: 500 gallons
Q: What do you call the liquid that comes out of the mash tun?
A: Wort
Q: What is the average boil time?
A: 1 hour
Q: What do we do with our spent grain?
A: Donate to Iowa State to feed research cattle
Q: Who is our head brewer?
A: Puff
Q: What botanical is NOT in the Dinkey Wheat?
A: Ginger (Coriander, Chamomile, and Orange Peel are included)
Q: What beers do we currently bottle?
A: Dinkey Wheat, Clone Pale Ale, Off KILTer, and Long Face
Continue maturing your taste by sampling our craft beers that are on tap! Just ask your bartender.
Filed under: Olde Main Events, Olde Main News, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: american craft beer week, beer quiz, firkin, iowa beer, Iowa Brewery, Olde Main
Today’s the first day of American Craft Beer Week! To kick things off we’ve launched our Craft Beer Week Quiz. The person with the highest score will win tapping rights to the firkin on Thursday, May 20 at 6pm and Olde Main merchandise. You must be present on Thursday to win. If more than one person gets the highest score, we’ll do a random drawing right before the firkin tapping.
Take the quiz here or at the brewery until this Wednesday night.
Remember to submit your recipes for Saturday’s Stew Your Brew Cook Off!
Filed under: Olde Main Events, Olde Main News, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: american craft beer week, brewery tours, craft beer week iowa, firkin, iowa beer, Iowa Brewery, Olde Main
American Craft Beer Week is the “
Mother of All Beer Weeks.” It’s a time to celebrate small and independent craft brewers and highlight all that the U.S. loves about craft beer. Here at Olde Main we’ve got a few things planned from a cook off to a specialty firkin. Come join us to cheers with a pint of Olde Main brew!
Special Craft Beer Week Firkin Tapping – Thursday, May 20, 5-8pm
- A firkin filled with a one-of-a-kind beer concocted by Olde main’s brewers will be tapped. A firkin is an old style wooden mini-keg with nine imperial gallons (10.8 US gallons). To tap the firkin you hammer in the old fashioned tap through a special wooden seal.
- A beer quiz will determine who gets to tap the firkin. People can submit their answers online or at the brewery from 5/17-5/19. The person with the highest score will win tapping rights to the firkin and Olde Main merchandise. But, remember you must be present to win! More details on the beer quiz coming soon.
Brewery Tours – Saturday, May 22, 2-4pm
- Olde Main brewers will give free brewery tours to share the process of how Olde Main beer is made from grain to bottle.
Stew Your Brew Cook Off – Saturday, May 22, 2-5pm
- Olde Main cooks and brewers will judge the Stew Your Brew Cook Off to determine the best dish made with Olde Main beer. Entrants must submit the dish they plan to bring to the Cook Off online or at the brewery by 5/19.
- Prizes will be awarded to the top three dishes: 1st place – $50 gift card, t-shirt, pint glasses, recipe on website and e-newsletter, and used as a one-time lunch or dinner special at the restaurant; 2nd place – $20 gift card, t-shirt, and recipe on the website; 3rd place – $10 gift card, t-shirt, and recipe on the website
- To participate in the Cook Off, fill out an entry form at Olde Main or send an email to jill@oldemainbrewing.com with your name, email, phone number, and recipe (the dish must be an original and one of the ingredients needs to be an Olde Main beer). You must be 21 or older to participate and be able to bring a finished dish (serving size for at least 2 people) to Olde Main on Saturday, May 22 at 2pm for judging.
Filed under: Olde Main News, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: brewpub exclusive, firkin, hard-pressed cider, iowa beer, Iowa Brewery, Olde Main, union members
Our first and long anticipated attempt at a cider is done and we’re ready for you to try it! We will tap a firkin of our hard-pressed cider on Thursday, February 25 at 6 p.m. in the restaurant and brewpub. Come try it and give us your feedback. If you guys like it, we’ll likely put it on tap.
Starting next month we will start doing a firkin tapping regularly on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Start marking your calendars so you don’t miss them!
Firkin tappings are free for Olde Main Union Members. You can sign up for membership anytime at the brewery. It is just $30 to join and includes tons of discounts, a t-shirt, and free bragging rights of course. Click here for details.
Filed under: Olde Main Beers, Olde Main Events, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: brewpub exclusive, firkin, iowa beer, porter, union members
We will tap a honey porter firkin on Thursday, January 21 at 6pm at the restaurant and brewpub. It’s the same porter used in the Reindeer Fuel, but without the chocolate. The porter has been infused with honey and has been aging for weeks, which should give it a unique and different kind of sweetness compared to the chocolate in the Reindeer Fuel.
Firkin tappings are free for Olde Main Union Members. You can sign up for membership anytime at the brewery. It’s just $30 to join and includes tons of discounts, a t-shirt, and free bragging rights. Get all the details here.
What’s a firkin you may ask? It’s an old style wooden mini-keg with nine imperial gallons (10.8 US gallons) of delicousity. To tap the firkin we pick one lucky member of the crowd to hammer in the old fashioned tap through a special wooden seal. The firkins are always filled with a one-of-a-kind beer concocted by Olde Main’s brewers. Once it is gone it is lost forever, which could be a few hours or even less.
Check out pictures from the last firkin on our Facebook page.
While you are thinking about delicious Olde Main beers today, be sure to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, Another Round for special offers, recipes, news, event announcements, and other fun beer stuff.
Filed under: Olde Main Beers, Olde Main Events, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: Clone Pale Ale, firkin, union members
It’s time for another tapping of the firkin at the restaurant and brewpub for our Union Members. Join us Thursday, September 24 at 6pm for a dry hopped version of our Clone Pale Ale using locally grown hops.
A firkin is an old style wooden mini-keg with nine imperial gallons (10.8 US gallons) of delicousity. To tap the firkin we pick one lucky member of the crowd to hammer in the old fashioned tap through a special wooden seal. The firkins are always filled with a one-of-a-kind beer concocted by Olde Main’s brewers. Once it is gone it is lost forever, which could be a few hours or even less.
Firkins are free for Union Members only, so become a member today! Get all the details here.
Filed under: General Beer Industry, Olde Main Events, Restaurant & Pub | Tags: Clone Pale Ale, craft beer, firkin
American Craft Beer Week (May 11-17), is a national celebration highlighting the culture and contributions of craft beer. Brewers hope the week inspires beer lovers to declare their independence by supporting breweries that produce fewer than 2 million barrels of beer a year and are independently owned.
Come to Olde Main on Thursday, May 14 from 5-8pm to take a tour of the brewery, participate in the tapping of a firkin of Clone Pale Ale, taste more than 8 beers on tap, and take home a growler or six-pack. Add this event to your Facebook page.
Also be on the look out for the launch of the Iowa Brewer’s Guild’s new website IowaBeer.org. The site will feature all the breweries in Iowa, as well as a blog, event calendar, beer education, and a forum to discuss everything about Iowa beer. The Iowa Brewer’s Guild will also a launch an Iowa Beer Facebook page and Twitter account.
Get more info about American Craft Beer Week.
Filed under: Olde Main Events | Tags: firkin, Gryphonbrau Lager, union members
Last night we had an authentic night of beer drinking with the tapping of the firkin.
