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Richard the Whale — full label as filed with TTB
Label as filed · tap for full resolutionTTB COLA 26174001000126 · cleared 24 June 2026
Barrel-Aged Stout · cleared 24 June 2026

Richard the Whale

Big Grove Brewery
  1. Filedwith the TTB
  2. Cleared24 June 2026
  3. SpottedNot yet — watching
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This is the 1st of 4 filings we hold from Big Grove Brewery. It is one of 64 barrel-aged stout labels approved in June 2026. It cleared 1 day after it was filed. The label carries barrel-aged, imperial on the front.

Style
Barrel-Aged Stout
Alcohol
11.5%
Vessel
Bottles
Family
Stout
Serial
26-126
Modifiers
barrel-aged, imperial
The artwork

A sperm whale rendered in pen-and-ink line work floats across the upper half of the label against a black field, its body shaded in grey and white with fine cross-hatching detail. The brewery name

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From the label

“BREWERY-ONLY RELEASE OUR CRAFT WE PRIZE AND OUR ROOTS WE WILL MAINTAIN.”

Extracted from label art by hopgrail · fields verified against the filing

The house

Applicant
Big Grove Brewery And Tap Room, Big Grove Iowa City LLC
Location
1225 S GILBERT ST, Iowa City, IA, 52240
Production
Brewed in-house

Filed alongside it

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