Beautiful views and incredible brews!
Celebrate the beauty of nature in the prairie around the Nature Center with samples from local craft beverage producers, wood-fired pizza, and live music.
Immerse yourself in the summer prairie ambiance, taking a leisurely evening stroll while tasting samples of the best beers, wines, ciders, kombucha and more crafted in Eastern Iowa.
WOOD-FIRED PIZZA
Nothing pairs with beer and wine quite as well as wood-fired pizza!
All evening long Lincoln Wine Bar will be on site baking their signature pizzas featuring fresh and sustainable ingredients.
Pizza is included with your ticket purchase.
LIVE MUSIC
Bassist, vocalist and composer Blake Shaw returns to Trailside Tastings with his bass and his fun, free-wheeling musical stylings.
Let Blake’s music serve as the background music to the beautiful ambience the prairie provides as you taste samples from your favorite area breweries and wineries … and perhaps find a new favorite.
Proceeds from Trailside Tastings support environmental education and land restoration at the Nature Center.
Tickets: $50
*Members receive a $5 discount per ticket
Tickets are available at the door.
Breweries
- Lion Bridge Brewing Company (Cedar Rapids)
- Big Grove Brewery (Cedar Rapids)
- BIT Brewery (Central City)
- Exile Brewery (Des Moines)
- House Divided Brewery (Ely)
- Quarter Barrel Arcade & Brewery (Cedar Rapids)
Wineries, Cideries, & Kombucha
- Lubben’s Vineyard & Wines (Anamosa)
- Fireside Winery (Marengo)
- Ackerman Winery (Amana)
- Paha Cider Co. (Waverly)
- Jefferson County Ciderworks (Fairfield)
- Wild Culture Kombucha (Iowa City)