Brews at the Zoo Tasting Guide

Food Options

Safari Café
Boneless chicken wings with your choice of sauce, buffalo, honey bbq, or garlic parmesan. Served with carrots and celery. 

FNBO Green Space Tent 
Pulled pork nachos with homemade corn and black bean salsa, served with sour cream, queso, jalapeños, and green onions. (Can be made vegetarian by request)

Outside Café 65 
Char grilled cheeseburger with fresh lettuce, tomato, pickles and onions. Served with your choice of kettle chips. 
Beer brats made using Cornhead Lager by 1890 and Kros Strain Brewing. Proceeds from every sale of Cornhead Lager supports NIL initiatives.

Beer Options

Station 1

Aries Marzen Oktoberfest • Empyrean Brewing Co.
With a malty sweetness and herbal hop finish, there's an Oktoberfest in every sip. (5.3% ABV)

Caramel Apple Cider • Glacial Till Vineyard
Caramel, toffee, and chocolate up front with a sweet green apple finish. (5.5% ABV)

Coconut Baltic Porter • Stone Hollow Brewing Co.
This Baltic-style Porter was cold fermented using a lager yeast, which makes it crisp and clean with all of the flavors from the darker malts. (7.6% ABV)

German-style Kolsch • Zipline Brewing Co.
A refreshing ale that drinks like a lager, our german-style kolsch pours straw yellow with hints of honey malt character and a smooth, crisp finish. (5.4% ABV)

Otto • White Elm Brewing Co.
German style wheat beer, bursting with vibrant banana and clove esters that tantalize your taste buds. (4.8% ABV)

Station 2

Festbier • Zipline Brewing Co.
Inspired by the beers served at the modern day oktoberfest celebration in munich, this lager drinks smooth and crisp with hearty malt flavor. (6% ABV)

Gravel Grinder Pale Ale • Stone Hollow Brewing Co.
This traditional pale ale delivers a hoppy nose with assertive flavors from the pale malts and caramel malts. (6% ABV)

Original Cider • Glacial Till Vineyard
Made from a blend of sweet and tart apples. A perfectly balanced, light cider with a touch of sweetness. Strong notes of lemon and citrus. An easy drinking and refreshing cider perfect for any occasion. (5.5% ABV)

PB Shapeshifter • Code Brewing Co.
American porter with roasty chocolate upfront followed by a subtle nuttiness from the addition of peanut butter. Balanced to allow the base porter to come through without getting lost among the fun stuff. (5.7% ABV)

Pear Fizzy Water • White Elm Brewing Co. (NA)
Pear sparkling water, nonalcoholic. 

Smashy Ale • White Elm Brewing Co.
A collaboration beer with Norm’s on 48th, this Blond ale, light bready biscuit flavors, well balanced and clean, low hop bitterness, with a nice dry finish. (5% ABV)

Zookeeper Lemon Kolsch • Empyrean Brewing Co.
Pucker up and embrace your wild side with this refreshing Kolsch-style ale fermented with lemon puree. (5% ABV)
Empyrean Brewing is donating $2 to the Zoo for every case of Hop Drops and Zookeeper sold at Brews.

Station 3

Mango Hop Drops • Empyrean Brewing Co. (NA)
Zero alcohol, sugar, calories, or gluten. Mango and hop flavors and aromas with nothing else. 

Mummy Trail IPA • Stone Hollow Brewing Co.
This Classic American IPA pours a medium gold and showcases it's hop aroma the moment you pick up the glass. Expect intense flavors of tropical fruit, citrus and pine. (6.2% ABV)

Oktoberfest • Athletic Brewing Co. (NA)
It pours a sunny golden hue with a fluffy foam cap and boasts a clean malt backbone from Vienna and Munich malts. Hallertau Mittelfruh hops add light bitterness to complement the bready aromatics and slightly sweet body. (<0.5% ABV)

Zookeeper Lemon Kolsch • Empyrean Brewing Co.
Pucker up and embrace your wild side with this refreshing Kolsch-style ale fermented with lemon puree. (5% ABV)
Empyrean Brewing is donating $2 to the Zoo for every case of Hop Drops and Zookeeper sold at Brews.

Station 4

Copper Alt • Zipline Brewing Co.
A hybrid style between an ale and a lager, this bronze-hued brew goes down easy with subtle nuances of chocolate and hazelnut. (5.2% ABV)

Green Label IPA • Zipline Brewing Co.
This bright, golden IPA overflows with juicy hops, showcasing a sublime blend of tropical citrus, grapefruit, and mango aromas.  (6.5% ABV)

Station 5

Blau Blume Doppelbock • White Elm Brewing Co.
Doppel meaning double, this style is a bigger version of the German style Bock beers. Copper in color, strong malty and light caramel aromas. Deep toasted malt flavors with slight notes of chocolate. Rich in flavor, with a slight bitterness and slight sweetness.

Mixed Berry Cider • Glacial Till Vineyard
A blend of of blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Slightly tart with balanced sweetness. (5.5% ABV)

Station 6

Burning Skye Scottish Style Ale • Empyrean Brewing Co.
Brewed in the tradition of Scotland's malty-sweet beers. Sweet and smooth with a wee hint of smoked character. (5.3% ABV)

ELMO IPA • Code Beer Co.
El Dorado and Mosaic hops provide plenty of tropical and stone fruit aroma and flavor with a bit of a dank edge. It’s easy bitterness and smooth body will make you want more than one! (6.5% ABV)

Station 7 (Safari Café)

Nature's Pils • Best Day Brewing (NA)
Best Day’s Pilsner is made with a true Bavarian lager yeast and herbal hallertau mittelfruh hops. The combination presents a clean woody and crisp citrus beer with a trailing maltiness and distinct hop character. (<0.5% ABV)

Zookeeper Lemon Kolsch • Empyrean Brewing Co.
Pucker up and embrace your wild side with this refreshing Kolsch-style ale fermented with lemon puree (5% ABV).
Empyrean Brewing is donating $2 to the Zoo for every case of Hop Drops and Zookeeper sold at Brews.


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