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12/09/2025
Club 76 in North Liberty is not your average American Legion hall. And Stout, Sours & Oysterfest is not your average Iowa festival. But on one Saturday every March, a rowdy crowd gathers at Club 76 — an old log cabin operated by the American Legion Post 76 — to toss back a few full-bodied, lip-smacking brews while slurping down some 6,000 oysters.
Contributor Katie Mills Giorgio spoke with the festival organizers for a story in our annual statewide issue, ia magazine.
“I’m a food and beer nerd,” said festival organizer Jeremy Freerks, who serves as the Legion commander. “I have always kind of known that oysters pair well with stouts.”
Freerks and another Legion member hosted the first festival 13 years ago. “We had no idea how to shuck oysters,” he recalled. “By the end of the day, we had sold all the oysters, but my hands were bleeding.”
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Aw, shucks Writer: Katie Mills Giorgio Club 76 in North Liberty is not your average American Legion hall. And Stout, Sours & ...
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