Starting the evening of June
18, 2013, it was a nice walk from the hotel to the Courthouse Brewpub in
Manitowoc, WI.
Tried the following beers:
Adams Street Ale
Mexican Light
Belgium Farmhouse Ale
Double Bock
Tokyo Night
Hinterland Luna Stout
Then upon some recommendations
from a few local folks, over to Capone's Pub & Grill
and had these:
3 Sheeps - Baaad Boy Black
Wheat
Bells Brewing - Hopslam
(brewed with honey)
Green Bay Brewing - Hinterland
Saison
Ale Asylum - Hopalicous
At the Harborside Restaurant, where along
with a really good steak dinner, tried a nice Hefeweizen:
Lakefront - Wisconsonite
The next day started out
great, with a lunch at John's bar in the town of Beaver Dam WI.
Really nice hamburger,
and tried a
Pitosi - Cave Ale
which has quite a tap
handle!
That evening in downtown
Madison, first it was a short walk to Great Dane brewing.
As the sidewalk was
torn up it was a bit of a chore to get inside, but not bad. Was able to try
several of their beers, and noted some new ones from the last time we were
here. Sampled the:
Devil's Lake Red Lager
German Altbier
Belgian IPA
Barker's Ale
ESB (Cask)
Dark Mild
Texas Speedbump IPA
Stone of Scone Scotch Ale
Emerald Isle Stout
Tri Pepper Pils
Then it was down to Capital
Brewery where with dinner
there was:
Island Wheat
Supper Club
Blonde Doppelbock
Capital Dark (Munich)
Lake House Lager
Common Thread
(this is a 10 brewery
collaboration - Capital, Vintage, Great Dane, Grumpy Troll, Lake Louie, House
of Brews, Karben4, One Barrel, Potosi, Wisconsin)
Mutiny IPA
Imperial IPA
At the City Bar &
Restaurant was able to sample the following beers:
Vintage Brewing - Scaredy
Cat
Pearl Street Brewery - DTB
Downtown Brown Brown Ale
O'So - Nitro Rusty
Ale Asylum - Hopalicous
The Hopalicous on tap was noticeably
better than the same beer in a bottle, which was tried the day before!
Then one more day, and up to
Green Bay, and went to the Hinterland / Green Bay Brewing company.
Was able to
try flights of their:
Saison
Pale Ale
Pub Draught
IPA
IPA on Nitrogen
White Cap IPA
Amber Ale
Luna Stout
(brewed with Luna coffee)
Baltic Porter
Bourbon Barrel Doppelbock
The Bourbon Barrel
Doppelbock - available only caged bottles - was a standout.
Then over to Titletown brewing (Green Bay, football, Super Bowl,
got it?) where with a delicious dinner
also had:
Canadeo Gold
(Named for Packers Tony Canadeo)
400 Honey Ale
Railyard Alt
Johnny "Blood" Red
Green 19 IPA
Dark Helmet Schwartzbier
26.2
(a Gose beer; a top-fermented beer
style of Leipzig, Germany, brewed with at least 50% of the grain bill being
malted wheat)
Addlepated
Crystal Pale Ale
(100% Oregon crystal hops)
Designated Driver Double IPA
Dousman St. Wheat
Quaking Tank Brown
Ryebock
Saint Norbert Pilsner
Ironically, I do not think
any cheese was consumed this week.
