QC Craft Beer Week

The Quad Cities welcomes back QC Craft Beer Week on May 16-21, just in time for the third anniversary of the QC Ale Trail.  

Each day during QC Craft Beer Week highlights breweries in different parts of the Quad Cities regional destination to visit and support.  Everyone is encouraged to wear a brewery shirt on Friday and share on social media using #qccraftbeerweek.

Monday, May 16 – East Moline/Geneseo

• Midwest Ale Works
• Geneseo Brewing Co.
• Great Revivalist Brew Lab

Tuesday, May 17 – Moline

• Bent River Brew Pub
• Galena Brewing Co. Ale House
• Rebellion Brew Haus

Wednesday, May 18 – Bettendorf/LeClaire

• Crawford Brew Works
• Five Cities Brewing
• Nerdspeak Brewery
• Twin Span Brewing
• Adventurous Brewing
• Green Tree Brewery

Thursday, May 19 – Davenport/Muscatine

• Front Street Brewery
• Stompbox Brewing
• Contrary Brewing Co.

Friday, May 20 – Rock Island

• Bent River Brewery
• Blue Cat Brewing Co.
• Radicle Effect
• Wake Brewing

Saturday, May 21

• QC Beer Battle on the Belle
• Shops with Hops in LeClaire

To close out QC Craft Beer Week, there are two local events on Saturday, May 21.  The QC Beer Battle on the Belle is a new event that gives attendees a cruise on the Mississippi River from 12-3 p.m. on the Celebration Belle riverboat while they enjoy samples of craft beer from 14 different regional brewers.  This event is currently sold out.  For more information, visit www.celebrationbelle.com.

Local and regional breweries will be pouring samples of their beer in the shops of downtown LeClaire, Iowa, during Shops with Hops on Saturday, May 21.  Purchase a $25 ticket in advance at www.shopswithhops.com and pick up your souvenir tasting glass at Green Tree Brewery in LeClaire.  Sip, sample and shop from 3-6 p.m. before the after-party from 6-7 p.m. at Green Tree Brewery, where we’ll be doing a raffle drawing for awesome prizes from the breweries and local businesses. All raffle proceeds & donations will be donated to Getting Heroes Home.

For more information about QC Craft Beer Week, visit qcaletrail.com or craftqc.com.  You can also follow the Facebook event to get updates about specials, tappings, or events from each brewery on their designated day.

QC Beer Week began in 2011 by the local home brewing club, MUGZ.  It was created to highlight the great places in the Quad Cities that celebrated craft beer, with different tapping events at both bars and breweries.  As the local brewing landscape changed so has the event itself to focus on Quad Cities crafted brews.