Back in 2024 Iowa Main Street Investments, acquired an old brewery in the small town of Cascade two years ago. And while renovating the building, learned that it sat upon a “beer cave” that has hidden away for more than a century.
Underground beer caves were common at breweries before the advent of refrigeration and Iowa has no shortage of local breweries, many of which would have grown out of these 19th century operations.
“We were given some historical information that potentially there was a beer cave underneath this building somewhere, Brian Bock told KCRG but nothing ever brought us any indication that there was actually a beer cave here.” “No one has set foot in it for 100 years, and for it to be preserved as well as it has been. It’s a pretty unique find, and obviously one that I never would have dreamt of.”…