When we sit across from a neighbor at a local brewery, the digital walls we’ve built around ourselves begin to crumble. We realize that the person with a different political sign in their yard enjoys the same local IPA or craft root beer that we do.
A beer called Yield of Dreams is on tap at the Iowa State Fair and features corn grown across the state and donated by 18 Iowa farmers.
The lager, brewed at Confluence Brewing Company in Des Moines, is a partnership between the Iowa Brewers Guild, the Iowa Corn Growers and Choose Iowa, which is promoting a slew of locally produced goods at this year’s state fair.
This is the second year the groups have partnered to create the Yield of Dreams brew and offered it to fairgoers at the Iowa Craft Beer Tent.
According to a press release, the beer is meant to represent the relationship between the craft beer and agriculture industries. Iowa Brewers Guild, a trade association for beer and cider brewers in Iowa, celebrates locally brewed beers through its “Brewed in Iowa” campaign.
Six Iowa craft breweries have emerged victorious at the 2025 U.S. Open Beer Championship, securing a total of 17 medals and the coveted "Brewery of the Year" award. The competition, held in Oxford, Ohio, featured 8,000 entries from breweries worldwide across more than 170 categories, making it the most diverse beer competition in the United States.
The Iowa Brewers Guild proudly announces October 2024 as Iowa Craft Cider Month. This celebration demonstrates the broad economic and community impact the craft brewing industry has on the state of Iowa as part of the larger Nation Craft Cider Month. Iowa’s craft cideries are part of the larger craft brewing community generating $1.2 billion of economic impact in 2022.
A new report from the Iowa Brewers Guild shows that Iowa breweries generated over a billion dollars of total economic impact.
The report shows that the industry employs a workforce of 7,219 employees for direct operations and 14,448 jobs throughout the supply chain. It also shows a massive growth from 2020, which saw approximately $245 million from brewery operations.
The Iowa Brewers Guild proudly announces that Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation declaring June 2023 as Iowa Craft Brew Month. The proclamation celebrates the impact and importance the craft brewing community is having in Iowa.