NHC Day 3: Heading Home

So after a good night's sleep we awoke talked with our friends and got ready to head back home.  So instead of heading straight home we went over to a brewpub in McGregor, IA called Old Man River Brewery http://www.oldmanriverbrewery.com/ .  McGregor is across the Mississippi River from Prairie Du Chein, WI in north east IA.

We arrived in McGregor and quickly found the brewery.  McGregor's downtown is a really cool looking with all of the old brick buildings.  Overall the town looks like it stays alive with tourist activities.  In some places the town goes right into the bluffs along the river.

The building that houses the brewery is very imposing and cool.  Once inside the coolness continues, it is a refurbished building with lots of exposed brick and wood.  The bar is a big "U" shaped bar that is the main attraction of the brewery.  As well they have a deck that in warm weather you can enjoy your meal outside. 

We went and sat at the bar as usual and ordered a sampler for each of us, since the sample size was about 3 oz. each.  The sampler included 5 beers and their root beer.  The first beer was Gold Coin Helles, a clean crisp golden beer that would be a great lawnmower beer, this was a favorite.  Second beer was Penny Whistle Wheat, very clovey and wheaty, but little banana and only slightly hazy not a favorite.  Next beer was Jacknife GPA (German Pale Ale), the smell of American hops hits the nose and the body was a bit thin, as the beer warms a metallic taste develops again not a favorite.  Next up Wooden Nickel Scottish ( Peated Lager) an odd combination of a beer smoky with Pils malt flavor coming through and otherwise not much else I'll pass on this one as well.  Last beer Slingshot Dunkel smooth caramel flavor with Munich malt and noble hops nice and drinkable, this is another favorite of mine.  Lastly the Root beer we all agreed it was quite tasty.

We all ordered a sandwich and another beer to wash down the meal.  We all were quite pleased with Old Man River Brewery and would come again to enjoy it.  Old Man does distribute their beer outside the brewery you may know it as Einfach which has been on tap in several places in the QC area.  They are now rebranding the beer as Back Pocket, same beer but different name. 

One last thing if you are not doing anything tomorrow night there is a wine tasting at the Northgate Hy-Vee (East Kimberly) with proceeds going to American Red Cross.  The cost is $15 and lasts from 6:00- 8:30PM.  For more information call 563-359-9323.   Remember the Red Cross helps fire and flood victims which can be your family and friends.  So come out and enjoy 100+ wines tomorrow night.  Hope to see you there!

QC Beerguy