2019 Craft Brew Zone Winners

Congratulations to our Craft Brew Zone winning brews. A newcomer to the Craft Brew Zone, Timbukbru from Clarion, Iowa got the banner for best Craft Brew for their Orange Creamsicle. Independence Brewers Union (IBU #334) received the award for best Home Brew for Cherry Popper. It was a great day and we want to thank all of the Home Brewers, Breweries, and especially United Beverage of Waterloo for supplying some AWESOME beers in the Craft Brew Zone.

  • Timbukbru – Best Craft Beer
  • IBU #334 – Best Home Brew
BBQ

Check out these tasty vendors for the 2019 BrewBQ!

Independence BrewBQ is excited to welcome back some fantastic barbecue vendors for this year’s event. They will be open to serve starting at noon at Riverwalk Parks. Each of them will compete in a blind tasting competition during the day on Saturday, August 24 with winners being announced around 5:30 p.m. Winners will be awarded in the following categories:

  • Best Brisket
  • Best Pulled Pork
  • Best Ribs

This year’s vendors/contenders include:

Rockin 5K BBQ from Manchester

Dizzy Daddy BBQ from Center Point

Miller’s Top Fuel BBQ from Jesup

BBQ4U from Independence

2019 Craft Brew Zone Participants

Thank you to this year’s Craft Brew Zone participants. Visit the following home brew clubs and breweries in our Craft Brew Zone on Saturday, August 24 at Riverwalk Parks.

Purchase your Craft Brew Zone passes online today!

Home Brew Clubs

Breweries

Franklin Street Brewing Company Manchester, IA

Second State Brewing Co. Cedar Falls, IA

Iowa Brewing Company Cedar Rapids, IA

August Schell, New Ulm, MN

Boulevard, Kansas City, MO

Crispin Cider, Colfax, CA

Diageo, London, UK

Firetrucker, Ankeny, IA

Fishback and Stephenson, Fairfield, IA

Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma, CA

Lake Time, Clear Lake, IA

Lark Brewing, Waterloo, IA

Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, VT

New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO

Peace Tree Brewing Co., Knoxville, IA

Pearl Street Brewing, La Crosse, WI

PIVO Brewery, Calmar, IA

Shiner, Shiner, TX

Textile Brewing Company, Dyersville, IA

Timbukbru, Clarion, IA

White Claw, Chicago, IL

A special thank you to our event partner United Beverage.

Local Favorites

The Sanity Room from Independence

Tandem Bike Raffle to Benefit Otter Creek Animal Shelter

Get your tickets today!

The Independence BrewBQ committee and Otter Creek Animal Shelter are selling raffle tickets to win a Mike’s Hard Lemonade Tandem Bike. All proceeds from the raffle will benefit the Otter Creek Animal Shelter as the official charity partner of this year’s BrewBQ event.

Ticket Price

Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. You can purchase them ahead of the event by stopping by the Otter Creek Animal Shelter, Circle 8 Cyclery, S&K Collectibles, or Sanity Room.

Drawing

The raffle drawing will be held at Riverwalk Parks during the BrewBQ event on Saturday, August 24. You do not need to be present to win. Winner will need to pick up the bike in Independence.