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Big Grove Brewery Proudly crafting Iowa-fresh beer and international street food prepared by our award-winning team.
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Big Grove Brewery and Taproom in Iowa City, Iowa is a 26,000 ftยฒ brewery, restaurant, and event/entertainment venue. Stop in for one of our award-winning beers on tap, enjoy casual dining from a menu of street-food-inspired small plates and sandwiches, play a game of shuffleboard, or soak in some live music. In the spring, summer, and fall, enjoy our huge outdoor patio and lawn featuring bocce ball courts, kids play area, and enough space for picnics and frisbee tossing. And all year round, we have seven patio fire pits to kick back with friends, sip a beer and enjoy a beautiful Iowa sunset.

Saturday schedule: Head to Big Grove, grab a b**r, and cheer on the Hawkeyes! Kickoff is at 2:30. Don't be late!
10/23/2026

Saturday schedule: Head to Big Grove, grab a b**r, and cheer on the Hawkeyes!

Kickoff is at 2:30. Don't be late!

Happy National Chefโ€™s Day to our one and only, Chef James! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ Thank you for your passion, incredible creativity, and en...
10/20/2026

Happy National Chefโ€™s Day to our one and only, Chef James! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ

Thank you for your passion, incredible creativity, and endless dedication to flavor. Weโ€™d be lost (and hungry!) without you!

10/19/2026

We're decking the halls. And the walls. And pretty much every inch of our taprooms. โœจโ 
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Introducing ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—œ๐—š ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜ โ€” Iowa's ultimate floor-to-ceiling holiday pop-up experience!โ 
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We're going all out this holiday season, transforming four of our taprooms into over-the-top winter wonderlands filled with thousands of twinkling lights, festive photo ops, holiday-inspired food and cocktails, seasonal brews, games, and plenty of Christmas cheer. ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ…โ 
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๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ:โ 
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โ€ข Des Moines | Opens November 10โ 
โ€ข Cedar Rapids | Opens November 12โ 
โ€ข Solon | Opens November 16*โ 
โ€ข Iowa City | Opens November 24โ 
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๐ŸŽ„ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช! ๐ŸŽ„โ 
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Whether you're planning a festive date night, gathering the whole crew, or making holiday memories with the family, there's a little something merry for everyone.โ 
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๐Ÿ”— Grab your spot here: https://biggrove.com/pages/verymerrybiggrove
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*๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ-๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต-๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Bye week? Not at Big Grove! ๐Ÿฅจ ๐Ÿป โ ๐ŸŽ€โ The Hawks may be off, but the fun isnโ€™t. โ โ All weekend long, enjoy our $12 Oktoberfes...
10/16/2026

Bye week? Not at Big Grove! ๐Ÿฅจ ๐Ÿป โ ๐ŸŽ€
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The Hawks may be off, but the fun isnโ€™t. โ 
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All weekend long, enjoy our $12 Oktoberfest B**r and Giant Pretzel deal at Big Grove Iowa City.

Also enjoy our Raspberry Mule for only $10, in support of "Iowa City Goes Pink!"

๐ŸŽƒ Halloween at Big Grove! ๐Ÿ‘ปJoin us ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  for a spooky-good time for the whole family. And it...
10/15/2026

๐ŸŽƒ Halloween at Big Grove! ๐Ÿ‘ป

Join us ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—  for a spooky-good time for the whole family. And itโ€™s free for all!

โ€ข The Slime Kitchen is whipping up free slime for everyone
โ€ข Mobile Barnyard with Barnyard Discoveries brings the farm animals to you
โ€ข Make your own trick-or-treat tote to fill up
โ€ข Candy for the kiddos
โ€ข Drink specials for the grown-ups

Costumes encouraged. Tag a friend and bring the whole crew!

10/14/2026

Big Grove in Iowa City has just rolled out its autumn menu!

Explore our latest offerings, including delicious burnt ends, coconut curry, banh mi, and fresh, crisp salads, each crafted with care from scratch!

Come by today and share your top picks with us!

LAST CHANCE: Today is your final day to order from our summer menu! Get ready. Our new fall menu drops tomorrow! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‚
10/13/2026

LAST CHANCE: Today is your final day to order from our summer menu!

Get ready. Our new fall menu drops tomorrow! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‚

10/07/2026

Feeling spooky at BG ๐ŸŽƒ

Our staff went all out to decorate the taproom! Do you have a favorite?

09/18/2026

It may seem obvious that weโ€™d be the place to watch the gameโ€ฆ but just in case you needed a reminder. ๐Ÿปโ 
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† | ๐Ÿต.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต | ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ @ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฃ๐— โ 
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Des Moines โ€ข Cedar Rapids โ€ข Iowa City โ€ข Solon โ€ข Prairie Village

09/11/2026

You know where to find us tomorrow. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿป

Weโ€™ll be back at Kinnick with plenty of TIGERHAWK before kickoff for Iowa vs. Iowa State.

๐Ÿ“ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ๐—ช โ€” ๐—•๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—• ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜

An Iowa rivalry calls for an Iowa b**r. We donโ€™t make the rules. But we do enjoy them. ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿป

09/10/2026

The Cy-Hawk rivalry is back, and our taprooms are ready for it.โ 
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This Saturday, weโ€™re bringing Iowa Football to the big screens from Prairie Village to all four of our Iowa taprooms. As the ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, weโ€™re ready for a big one. โ 
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Des Moines โ€ข Cedar Rapids โ€ข Iowa City โ€ข Solon โ€ข Prairie Villageโ 
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๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ @ ๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— โ 
Iowa vs. Iowa Stateโ 
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๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ, ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐Ÿฆ…

09/05/2026

ITโ€™S GAME DAY. ๐Ÿˆโ 
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The truck is loaded, the TIGERHAWK is cold, and Iowa football is finally back.โ 
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See you at the tailgate. ๐Ÿป

09/03/2026

Some people host a tailgate. Others turn their garage into a fully operational football headquarters.โ 
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Either way, the only thing left for us to do is crack a Tigerhawk and let game day begin. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿปโ 
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Are you ready?

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฆ…โ โ Big Grove is excited to welcome Jeremy Hecklinski as a student-athl...
09/02/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฆ…โ 
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Big Grove is excited to welcome Jeremy Hecklinski as a student-athlete partner with the first game at Kinnick this weekend.โ 
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As an Official Sponsor of the Iowa Hawkeyes, weโ€™re excited to partner with student-athletes like Jeremy and be along for the ride all season long. โ 
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More to come, but first, weโ€™ll see you at Kinnickโ€”or at a Big Grove taproom watch party this weekend.โ 
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September 5 vs. Northern Illinois | 3:15 PM | @ Kinnick Stadiumโ 
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Go Hawks!

This oneโ€™s for you, Omaha. โ โ Last week, we dropped a special-edition can of Easy Eddy made especially for Omaha Athletic...
08/30/2026

This oneโ€™s for you, Omaha. โ 
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Last week, we dropped a special-edition can of Easy Eddy made especially for Omaha Athletics, and we had the best time celebrating with you at our Mavs on Tap launch at the Omaha taproom.โ 
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Now, the cans are out in the wild. ๐Ÿป Grab yours at local retailers for your next watch party or look for them during your next visit to Baxter Arena.โ 
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Made for Omaha. Made for Mavericks fans. ๐Ÿค˜

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1225 S Gilbert Street
Iowa City, IA
52240

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 11pm
Tuesday 11am - 11pm
Wednesday 11am - 11pm
Thursday 11am - 11pm
Friday 11am - 11pm
Saturday 11am - 11pm
Sunday 11am - 11pm

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+13193542687

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