Confluence Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Des Moines, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Confluence Brewing Company

Established in 2012

Contact
1235 Thomas Beck Rd, Des Moines, IA, 50315, United States
Description
After years of hobby brewing and an increasingly ardent interest in brewing as a profession — including countless brewery tours and immersion in local and online brewing interest groups — John Martin and fellow home brewer and co-founder Ken Broadhead launched Confluence Brewing in 2012. John left his construction management day-job to pursue Confluence and his passion for beer making full time.

The brewery is itself a confluence of John and Ken’s love for Iowa and craft beer. The result is a microbrewery that shares Iowa’s attributes of honesty, humility, hard work and a sense of humor. Confluence also has Iowa’s knack for being a delightful surprise to those who actually experience it.

Confluence cares about the creativity and craftsmanship that goes into making excellent beer, and knows that excellent beer can bring good friends together.

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6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Growler during RBWG hotel lobby tasting night 1, 19/02/15 thanks to JcWatsrugger. Hazed orange amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is light booze tunes, caramel malt, citric rinds, bitter orange. Taste comprises candied fruit peel, light coconut, caramel malt, booze tunes, bitter citrics. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok offering.

Tried from Growler on 09 May 2015 at 13:59


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

32oz bottle from John’s enjoyed this afternoon after cutting the grass for the first time in 2015. Nice, bright golden orange color with lots of white head and sticky lacing. Nose is floral and piney, mild herbals. Same in the taste with a little more emphasis on the herbal notes. Sort of sticky and piney sweet, but the herbal presence really balances this out. Pretty darn good.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2015 at 21:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Growler during RBWG. Pours a clear gold with medium frothy white head that lasts leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is floral hop and citrus. Similar flavor to nose with caramel and light bitterness, good.

Tried from Growler on 09 Mar 2015 at 14:34


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Growler shared during RBWG 2015 - Tampa. Pours lightly hazy yellow with a creamy white head. The nose holds dry flaked wheat and lemon rind. Light to medium sweet flavor with mild wheat bread, more lemon, mellow phenols, crispy hay. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with more wheat bread, straw and ripening lemons. Decent.

Tried from Growler on 02 Mar 2015 at 14:53


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Growler on the Brew Bus during the RBWG 2015 bus tour. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of butter, floral, herbs. Tastes of floral, citrus, herbs, funk. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Growler on 01 Mar 2015 at 01:15


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Growler at Redlight Redlight the night before RBWG 2015 shared by jcwattsrugger, cheers John! Dark amber with off-white head. Aromas of dark fruit, caramel, malt. Tastes of caramel, malt, dark fruit, light biscuit. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Solid.

Tried from Growler on 28 Feb 2015 at 23:38


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Ticked at night one of the rbwg2015 hotel lobby bottle share extravaganza. Growler pours with a clear copper body that supports an off white head. The aroma offers up whiskey like booze, some pine hops, a touch of citrus hops and then a load of spicy oak. The taste starts with spicy and sweet oaky vanilla and then heads into a bit of pine and citrus hoppiness. This has a nice balance of barrel treatment and beer flavor.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2015 at 22:43


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Growler. Pours yellow white head. Nose/taste of white sugar, lemongrass and orange peel with saison yeast. Medium body.

Tried on 27 Feb 2015 at 18:11


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Growler. Pours yellow gold white head. Nose/taste of rye, whiskey, oak, cracker malt and citrus. Medium body.

Tried on 27 Feb 2015 at 00:37


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Growler shared by jcwattsrugger at the RBWG hotel share
Clear amber with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of rye spices and pine. Flavors of rye, vanilla, woody and whiskey
Very good

Tried from Growler on 24 Feb 2015 at 17:34