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Keely Jarvil Student Contributor, University of Iowa
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Peter Frankman Student Contributor, University of Iowa
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Iowa chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

If you are looking for a place that serves a great selection of beer and provides an array of music look no further than the downtown establishment the Blue Moose Tap House.
 
The Blue Moose, located on 211 Iowa Ave, is a unique place because not only are they a downtown bar, but also a well-known concert venue. They attract bands and DJs around the nation including New Found Glory, The Plain White T’s, and Sam Adams. The concert venue is small, but the atmosphere is truly something that one wouldn’t want to miss.
 
When there isn’t a concert the crowd at the popular bar is mixed and unique. One can see the local hipsters or the older crowd on a typical weekend night. The establishment has a variety of beer selections from domestics to locally brewed works. One of the perks of the bar is that they offer “das boot” where you can choose from the multitudes of beer on tap and drink German style.
 
The bar itself is unique from the dark hard wood floors to the bar stools made from old kegs. The biggest highlight of the bar: the jukebox. The ability for the crowd to choose the songs that are being played in the bar can bring a diversity of music and the bar has even given me new songs to put on my iPod from time to time.
 
The Blue Moose Tap House is a great bar if you are looking for a bar to chill with friends and chat over good music.
 
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Peter Frankman is an underclassman at the University of Iowa from Burbank, California. He has a few addictions in his life: writing, reading, heavy metal, Adult Swim, and any movie with zombies. He joined The University of Iowa's Her Campus team as the writer of the "From a Guy's Perspective" articles in January 2011 and hasn't looked back since (except to make sure he doesn't write the same article twice). Peter's a major in both Journalism and Creative Writing and hopes to become a writer in some way, shape or form after he graduates. That or the President of the United States, he hasn't really focused too much to say anything decisive yet... or maybe he has, we're not quite sure. If he had to choose a night of guilty pleasures it would include the Beastie Boys, Monster Import: Light, Zebra Cakes, and a marathon of subpar movies that he thinks are amazing (Blade, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fast and the Furious, etc).