Fox Brewing is a microbrewery set to open this fall in the historic Valley Junction area of West Des Moines, Iowa. Fox Brewing will craft both traditional and cutting edge styles of beer to be available in local bars, restaurants, and the brewery's tasting room. Our grand opening will be Saturday September 12th with a preview party Thursday September 10th. You can get your tickets to the preview party here!

We will produce two year-round flagship beers: a traditional Irish Red Ale, and a Belgian Blonde. These will be joined by rotating seasonal brews, limited release beers, and tasting room-only experimental beers.

Where are we now?

There’s a lot to do when pulling together a brewery. We have a location, we've knocked out almost every wall at that location, put up a few new ones, and our equipment is almost ready for delivery. The paper work is coming together and we're starting to hunt for as many locally-sourced ingredients as possible.

Where are we headed?

Once open we will be brewing on a steam-powered 7 barrel brew house. That means we’ll be making 210 gallon batches of beer. Our beer will be available to drink in the tap room, to take with you in growlers or limited release 22 oz bottles, and sold in kegs to bars and restaurants. 

Why do we need your help?

Opening your own business is always expensive and a brewery is no exception. This Indiegogo campaign will help cover expenses until the doors are open. A little help from you buying a T-shirt, pint glass, or beer for life will go a long way toward making the tap room your favorite place to hang out and have a beer.

What will your money be going toward?

Any money raised through crowdfunding will be split in to three areas.

First, for building up an opening inventory of T-shirts, glassware, and other Fox Brewing merchandise. We’re working with a local screen printer to develop all of our merchandise and want to be sure we have enough of it to sell when we open.

The second place we will be spending any crowdfunding money is on the tasting room. We’re putting in a lot of time and effort looking for ways to make the Fox Brewing tasting room a fun, comfortable space.

Third, we want to be a part of the biking community. Anyone who bikes regularly has probably had their bike break down on them while out on a ride. As we’re located just a block north of the Jordan Creek Bike Trail we decided to install an outdoor public bike work station at the brewery for anyone to use free of charge.

Anything we raise beyond our goals will go toward an awesome preview party.

How can you help?

First, you can get the word out about Fox Brewing on social media. Share the link to our Indiegogo page on your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other social media sites.

Second, you can help us reach our pledge goal. Indiegogo works by allowing supporters to pledge money in return for awesome tiered prizes. If the pledge goal is reached in the given time frame pledgers are charged the amount they pledged and prizes are distributed.

Steps:

• Create an Indiegogo account
• Pledge $1 or more (your card will only be charged when the campaign ends)
• Share the link to this campaign on social media
• Repeat!

It’s really that simple and we can’t do it without you!

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Reward Levels

Pledge $5
Fox Brewing logo magnet perfect for holding crayon drawings on your fridge

Pledge $15

Fox Brewing logo pint glass, personal thank you note written by Brian Fox, and a magnet

Pledge $18
Same as the last reward, but Brian Fox will be solidly drunk when he writes your thank you note. Expect plenty of hand turkeys, poorly dawn doodles, and crayon-work.

Pledge $30
Fox Brewing T-shirt, logo pint glass, a personal thank you note from Brian Fox, and a magnet. Just pick a design and let us know what size shirt you wear and you'll be looking great in no time!

Pledge $35

Your name etched on to a plaque on a public bike work station outside the brewery and a personal thank you note from Brian Fox

Pledge $55
Invitation to the Fox Brewing Indiegogo supporter Preview Party on Thursday September 10th. This party will be your chance to see the brewery and taste the beers before the grand opening to the public. There will be free food, each ticket comes with two free beers, and a chance to paint a real Fox Brewing keg however you like.

Pledge $80
Two tickets to the September 10th Fox Brewing Indiegogo supporter Preview Party. Each pair of tickets gets four free beers and one Fox Brewing keg to paint

Pledge $100
Growler which entitles you to 20% off any refill in the tap room and a personal thank you note from Brian Fox

Pledge $150
One free beer at the Fox Brewing tap room every month for the rest of your life and a personal thank you note from Brian Fox. It’s only appropriate that he is decently drunk when writing these thank you notes as well.

Pledge $400
Brewer for a Day. You will get to come to Fox Brewing and help brew a batch of beer. For however long the batch you helped brew is on tap your name will be next to it on the menu board in the tap room. We will have lunch brought in from one of the Valley Junction restaurants for you and you will also be entitled to take home two growlers of your beer once it’s ready.

Pledge $1,000
(Limit 1)
Our keg washer (the machine, not the person) is going to need a name. For $1,000 get to choose a name for it which will appear on it for the life of the washer. You will also walk away with two growlers, a t-shirt, logo pint glass, a magnet, and a personal thank you note written by Brian Fox

Pledge $1,250
(Limit 5)
We have four fermenters and a conditioning vessel in desperate need of names. For $1,250 you will get to choose a name for a tank which will appear on it for the life of the tank. You can name it after yourself, show off your best tank-related humor, a pun you just thought up, or even buy them all and name them 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. It’s really whatever you want so long as I can look my grandmother in the eye when I give her a brewery tour. You will also walk away with two growlers, a t-shirt, logo pint glass, a magnet, and a personal thank you note written by Brian Fox