Events at the Brewery for 2008
January 26, Saturday Winterfest
A day of fun winter events both outdoor and indoor.
March 29, Saturday 3:00pm Bottle Party
Please join us as we celebrate over 3,000,000 bottles of beer bottled since we bought Millstream Brewery in Jan 2001! We'd like to invite everyone to join us on the bottling line from 3:00-6:00pm. Show up whenever you like, there are plenty bottles for everyone to take off the line! Then once we're done, we'll shut down the bottler and move the party out to the warehouse with live music from 6-10pm. Door prizes, music, food and beer will be had by all!
May 3rd, Saturday 11 am Maifest
Clear Creek Amana High School Jazz Band
Come listen to the local High School Jazz Band as they play after the parade. Enjoy Amana brats on the grill while you listen.
May 3rd, Saturday 1-5pmMaifest
Dave Franklin and the Party Time Band
Put on your dancing shoes for some German Polka Music. Polkas, Waltzes, fox trots and country music will be enjoyed by all!
June 21st, Sat 11am - 8pmThe Blues
BrewBBQ & Blues
Our first annual BBQ and Blues Event will be held today! L&J BBQ out of Tiffin will bring their smoker down starting at 11 am and get the old BBQ going good. Then from 4-8 pm Charlie Morgan and the Bone Crushers will be playing the Blues out in the Millstream Biergarten. Of course there will be plenty of beer flowing to keep the event going too!
July 5th, Saturday 10am-?Bicycle Ride
Tour De Brew
Join us for our 8th annual bike ride to Millstream Brewery. This is definitely a "tour of de brews"! The event is a poker run with stops to pick up your poker cards. Of course there is a great microbrewed beer waiting for you at each stop. At the end of the ride the best poker hands will receive door prizes. Silver Wings will be playing their tribute to the Beatles' from 2-6pm in the biergarten.This years ride will start and end at Millstream Brewery. Register day of event at Millstream.
For more details call Teresa at 319-622-3672 or email her at teresa@millstreambrewing.com or go to: www.bikeiowa.com
August 9th, SaturdayBeer Festival
Great Taste of the Midwest Bus trip
Plan to make your reservations around April for the Great Taste of the Midwest Bus Trip. Millstream Brewing will make all the arrangements to get you up to the festival, into the festival and back home safe and sound. Of course we'll provide the beer for the ride up and the approx. 100 breweries will provide over 400 beers once you get there!
Sorry the bus is full and no more tickets are available.
For more details contact Teresa at teresa@millstreambrewing.com.
August 19th, Tuesday 8am - noonBottling
Bottling for Breast Cancer
RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 19TH.
Our glass order was rescheduled on us so we don't have glass bottles to bottle on the 12th as planned. We will be holding a special bottling party to put pink bottle caps on our beers! $1 from each case sold that has pink bottle caps on it will go towards Breast Cancer Research. Come be a part of this event and just show up at the brewery and help us bottle today!August 31, Sunday 1-5pmBeer Festival
4th Annual Festival of Iowa Beers
Last year we had 10 craft breweries participating, 7 home brew clubs, 1 cooking with beer demonstration and 800 people that enjoyed it all. We hope to have an even better fourth year. Come down to the brewery and taste the best beers that Iowa has to offer and meet the brewers who make these great brews as they serve you. Live music, local food and a book signing by Iowa author Maureen Ogle "Ambitious Brew, The Story of American Beer" will also be part of the event!
September 14, Sunday 1-6pmBeer Festival
2nd Annual Beer Potluck Dinner
This event always brings out the best cooks in the area and you get to be that cook! Bring a dish that you have prepared using beer as an ingredient to share with everyone. Friendly peoples choice awards will be given for best appetizer, best main dish and best dessert. Nick Stika will be playing for our entertainment.
October 3rd, Friday 2:15 Oktoberfest
Tapping of the Oktoberfest beer keg
Join us as we "Roll out the Barrel" at 2:00 at Millstream Brewery. Then at 2:15 at the Amana Festhalle the Burgmeister will tap the first Oktoberfest beer keg to kick off the Oktoberfest weekend celebration!
October 3rd, Friday 5-9pmOktoberfest
Dogs on Skiis
Were going to kick off Oktoberfest with these Cedar Rapids rockers Dogs On Skiis.
October 4th, Saturday 11 am Oktoberfest
Clear Creek Amana High School Jazz Band
Come listen to the local High School Jazz Band as they play after the parade.
October 4th, Saturday 9am - 4pmOktoberfest
Home Brewers Contest
Locals are invited to bring their best home brew to enter into the 5th annual Oktoberfest Home Brewers Contest sponsored by Millstream Brewing Co. All entries must be checked into Millstream Brewery by noon. Winners will be announced at 4:00 pm at the Festhalle.
October 4th, Saturday noon - 8pmOktoberfest
Russ Dietz and the Stray Cats
Enjoy the German Polka music and put on your dancing shoes. Requests are played and fun is had by all with this lively band!
October 5th, Sunday noon - 4pmOktoberfest
Kurt Boche
Enjoy the relaxing sounds of our own strolling yodeler as he walks through our biergarten and entertains everyone!
November 1st, Saturday Homebrew Contest
THIRSTY 2008 Iowa City Homebrew Classic
Sponsored by Millstream Brewing Co
This sanctioned event is open to all home brewers thoughout the midwest. For more details call Teresa at 319-622-3672, 319-213-2024 or email her at teresa@millstreambrewing.com.
December 5th -December 7th, Amana Event
Prelude to Christmas
A nostalgic holiday celebration with special museum events, candlelit streets, entertainment and good cheer. Come and see the Tannenbaum forest and get some of your Christmas shopping done early!