Iowa Pale Ale

            When our friends the Rottmanns came to visit us in Iowa, I wanted to offer them a taste of Iowa and so I picked up a six pack of IowaPale Ale from Millstream Brewing Co., in the Amanas. 

            It’s a nice drinkable beer.  It doesn’t have the hop aroma and flavor I was expecting. The color was surprisingly dark.  If they would have asked me before labeling this beer, I’d have suggested they call it Iowa Nut Brown Ale.  Then the drinker would be much better prepared for what he or she gets.