Definitely looking forward to trying some New Glarus beers. They have a couple beers that are really highly rated on beer advocate (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/590). 2 of them being in the top 100 overall (Wisconsin Belgian Red and Rasberry Tart). Also looks like they make a couple good hefeweizens which will be good for the hot weather.
The Great Lakes area might be the best area in the country for craft beers with breweries like Founders, Three Floyds, Bells, Great Lakes Brewery, Goose Island and Jolly Pumpkin. I hope there beers are available in the Alpine Valley area.
If New Glarus isn't far I might check out the brewery for a tour.
Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
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Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
Three Floyd's does distribute to WI. How available their beers are in the Alpine Valley area is the question. I'm gonna ask around on the beeradvocate forums. I've never had any of there beers and I've been wanting to for a long time.
I'll check on bottle shops in the Madison area, since that's where I will be Thursday/Friday.
New Glarus and 3 Floyds would make for an amazing haul!
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New Glarus is a Swiss community. The brewery that you can tour is on the top of a hill. It was built in the past few years. It is one of the best settings that I have found. There are also some good tasty Swiss restaurants and cheese/ chocolate shops.[/quote]
Yes you are totally correct my error- Swiss - I was thinking about Ikea when I wrote this
Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
Three Floyd's does distribute to WI. How available their beers are in the Alpine Valley area is the question. I'm gonna ask around on the beeradvocate forums. I've never had any of there beers and I've been wanting to for a long time.
The last time I was in Lake Geneva, they were serving Three Floyd's at Popeye's, so there's a good chance of it! Mmmmmm
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Suggest some beers for those who have only tried Wisconsin's crap beers like, Milwaukee's Best, Miller, and Pabst etc. (Although I love High life and PBR)
1. Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co.
2. Riverwest Stein (Lakefront brewery)
My two favorite beers that you must try. Lakefront is in Milwaukee if you are in the city and have time to take a tour. Otherwise Sprecher has a lot of good beers. I tend to stay away from Leinenkugels.
I opened this thread thinking "don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow."
My wife is from Appleton and I think Spotted Cow is extremely overrated. Just not a good tasting beer...
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Suggest some beers for those who have only tried Wisconsin's crap beers like, Milwaukee's Best, Miller, and Pabst etc. (Although I love High life and PBR)
1. Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co.
2. Riverwest Stein (Lakefront brewery)
My two favorite beers that you must try. Lakefront is in Milwaukee if you are in the city and have time to take a tour. Otherwise Sprecher has a lot of good beers. I tend to stay away from Leinenkugels.
I opened this thread thinking "don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow."
My wife is from Appleton and I think Spotted Cow is extremely overrated. Just not a good tasting beer...
Well, vant, this is coming from someone who can drink Surly on a regular basis!
Speaking of, if you are driving over for PJ20, I'd take a Furious refill.
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Suggest some beers for those who have only tried Wisconsin's crap beers like, Milwaukee's Best, Miller, and Pabst etc. (Although I love High life and PBR)
1. Spotted Cow from New Glarus Brewing Co.
2. Riverwest Stein (Lakefront brewery)
My two favorite beers that you must try. Lakefront is in Milwaukee if you are in the city and have time to take a tour. Otherwise Sprecher has a lot of good beers. I tend to stay away from Leinenkugels.
I opened this thread thinking "don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow."
My wife is from Appleton and I think Spotted Cow is extremely overrated. Just not a good tasting beer...
Well, vant, this is coming from someone who can drink Surly on a regular basis!
Speaking of, if you are driving over for PJ20, I'd take a Furious refill.
Haha...I'll try to remember.
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I'll check on bottle shops in the Madison area, since that's where I will be Thursday/Friday.
New Glarus and 3 Floyds would make for an amazing haul!
I'll most likely be bringing the Gumballhead!! I'd love to bring some Dreadnaught as well, but I'm going to stick to the lower abv beers since it's going to be a long day of drinking!
Speaking of New Glarus... make sure everyone tries the Moon Man. It's a perfectly hopped pale ale... and very sessionable...
Lake Louie makes awesome beer. If you see Lupulin Maximus from O'so Brewing, you have to try it. Good stuff also comes out of Tyranena. Even though they aren't my favorites, Capital Brewing, Central Waters, and Furthermore make some decent brews.
OMG!!! Lupulin Maximus is awesome!!!! Add that to the list for sure! (now on to read the rest of the thread )
Road tripping out from Boston. Staying in Grand Rapids after the Tiger game on Wednesday...our hotel is a 5 minute walk from the Founders Tap Room, so I'll be twisting their arm to dig out some Canadian Breakfast Stout. Gonna hit Three Floyds on the road Thursday and hopefully New Glarus at some point Friday or Monday.
I prefer hoppier beers, so... New Glarus has an excellent double IPA. Don't know what the name of it is but it comes in a four-pack and the bottles are marked I.I.P.A on the neck. Ale Asylum's Bedlam is awesome, and their seasonal Satisfaction Jacksin is supposed to be available in September. Never had it but with 3# of hops Lakefront makes some great brews. If you're in Madison stop by a Great Dane. They don't sell 6-packs but you can get a growler (64oz jug) to go
Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
i will be at new glarus friday afternoon round 3-5 then some 3ff hunting before the wishlist gig, i am bringing 12 bombers of homebrew for the sat tailgate party, the BA's on this thread need to get together.
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Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
i will be at new glarus friday afternoon round 3-5 then some 3ff hunting before the wishlist gig, i am bringing 12 bombers of homebrew for the sat tailgate party, the BA's on this thread need to get together.
BA's?
I finally purchased a homebrew setup (gotta love 40% off), would love to get some pointers and taste your work!!!
Booked the Friday Sept 2nd Hard Hat tour at New Glarus over the weekend, and bought a massive 165 qt Igloo cooler yesterday at Costco, strictly for the purpose of stockpiling New Glarus beers on PJ20 weekend...
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
i will be at new glarus friday afternoon round 3-5 then some 3ff hunting before the wishlist gig, i am bringing 12 bombers of homebrew for the sat tailgate party, the BA's on this thread need to get together.
BA's?
I finally purchased a homebrew setup (gotta love 40% off), would love to get some pointers and taste your work!!!
Sorry man, BA=Beer Advocate.com, it is the best website for sharing beer info from ratings to homebrew recipes. i would love to catch up for some pj-homebrew conversation, pm me for hemingways on fri night or sat at tailgate.
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Any New Glarus (this is by far the best brewery in the US) try Stone Soup, you will never drink another beer the same way again after tasting this, can't beat a beer that has a hint of cloves
Road tripping out from Boston. Staying in Grand Rapids after the Tiger game on Wednesday...our hotel is a 5 minute walk from the Founders Tap Room, so I'll be twisting their arm to dig out some Canadian Breakfast Stout. Gonna hit Three Floyds on the road Thursday and hopefully New Glarus at some point Friday or Monday.
I'm jealous... I made my first and only trip to Founders last year around this time. Very cool place... huge bar... very new... and they will have great beers on tap. Check out the mug club there... would love to join if I lived in Grand Rapids.
Good luck with the CBS... It's going to be crazy to try and get the 750 ml bottles when they release them the first week of October. Still have a bunch of KBS left if you wanna meet up in the alpine parking lot hah..
Road tripping out from Boston. Staying in Grand Rapids after the Tiger game on Wednesday...our hotel is a 5 minute walk from the Founders Tap Room, so I'll be twisting their arm to dig out some Canadian Breakfast Stout. Gonna hit Three Floyds on the road Thursday and hopefully New Glarus at some point Friday or Monday.
I'm jealous... I made my first and only trip to Founders last year around this time. Very cool place... huge bar... very new... and they will have great beers on tap. Check out the mug club there... would love to join if I lived in Grand Rapids.
Good luck with the CBS... It's going to be crazy to try and get the 750 ml bottles when they release them the first week of October. Still have a bunch of KBS left if you wanna meet up in the alpine parking lot hah..
i will take a swig of kbs from you, heard massive things about this one. i had some RR sours from a west coast trip earlier this year but those are gonzo, sadly TX does not measure up quite yet although you may like jester kings' black metal stout....
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Sorry man, BA=Beer Advocate.com, it is the best website for sharing beer info from ratings to homebrew recipes. i would love to catch up for some pj-homebrew conversation, pm me for hemingways on fri night or sat at tailgate.
That's what I thought you meant, just wanted to make sure I'm sure the guys at the local liquor store think I'm taking inventory every time I'm in there (looking up beers on my iPhone) For sure! I'll be there Fri and Sat
Sounds like good suggested, I haven't really had too many many beers this summer, tight budget, my tolerance is so low I'll probably be wrecked after one of these fine brews
Lovin all the beer talk, I too am a BA. I live about 30 minutes from FFF so i am well versed in their selection. Lots of great beer there. I will be bringing one or 2 bottles of 2011 dark lord, a bottle of Rouge 21 and a few other select brews. Gonna try and bring a mango IPA we homebrewed a few months ago, maybe an oatmeal stout (have to check the stock) My brother and I will be camping in scenic ridge if anyone wants gather round and swap or enjoy some craft brews.
Lots of good beer talk going on, glad i resurrected this thread for sure!
Now, if I can just get someone from MN to bring a care package of Surly Furious to PJ20...need a resupply of that.
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The Great Lakes area might be the best area in the country for craft beers with breweries like Founders, Three Floyds, Bells, Great Lakes Brewery, Goose Island and Jolly Pumpkin. I hope there beers are available in the Alpine Valley area.
If New Glarus isn't far I might check out the brewery for a tour.
Also, the Superior Brewing Company makes a damn good ale.
Also, the Superior Brewing Company makes a damn good ale.
I might be a beer knurd
Anyone know off hand if Three Floyds distributes to Wisc as well? Need some Dreadnaught and Gumballhead too!!!
Three Floyd's does distribute to WI. How available their beers are in the Alpine Valley area is the question. I'm gonna ask around on the beeradvocate forums. I've never had any of there beers and I've been wanting to for a long time.
New Glarus and 3 Floyds would make for an amazing haul!
Yes you are totally correct my error- Swiss - I was thinking about Ikea when I wrote this
The last time I was in Lake Geneva, they were serving Three Floyd's at Popeye's, so there's a good chance of it! Mmmmmm
Cheers!
I opened this thread thinking "don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow, don't say Spotted Cow."
My wife is from Appleton and I think Spotted Cow is extremely overrated. Just not a good tasting beer...
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Well, vant, this is coming from someone who can drink Surly on a regular basis!
Speaking of, if you are driving over for PJ20, I'd take a Furious refill.
Haha...I'll try to remember.
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I'll most likely be bringing the Gumballhead!! I'd love to bring some Dreadnaught as well, but I'm going to stick to the lower abv beers since it's going to be a long day of drinking!
Speaking of New Glarus... make sure everyone tries the Moon Man. It's a perfectly hopped pale ale... and very sessionable...
OMG!!! Lupulin Maximus is awesome!!!! Add that to the list for sure! (now on to read the rest of the thread
i will be at new glarus friday afternoon round 3-5 then some 3ff hunting before the wishlist gig, i am bringing 12 bombers of homebrew for the sat tailgate party, the BA's on this thread need to get together.
MGM Grand - Jul 6, 2006
Cox Arena - Jul 7, 2006
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - May 1, 2010
Alpine Valley Music Theater - Sep 3-4 2011
Made In America, Philly - Sep 2, 2012
EV, Houston - Nov 12-13, 2012
Dallas-November 2013
OKC-November 2013
ACL 2-October 2014
Fenway Night 1, August 2016
Wrigley, Night 1 August 2018
BA's?
I finally purchased a homebrew setup (gotta love 40% off), would love to get some pointers and taste your work!!!
Sorry man, BA=Beer Advocate.com, it is the best website for sharing beer info from ratings to homebrew recipes. i would love to catch up for some pj-homebrew conversation, pm me for hemingways on fri night or sat at tailgate.
MGM Grand - Jul 6, 2006
Cox Arena - Jul 7, 2006
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - May 1, 2010
Alpine Valley Music Theater - Sep 3-4 2011
Made In America, Philly - Sep 2, 2012
EV, Houston - Nov 12-13, 2012
Dallas-November 2013
OKC-November 2013
ACL 2-October 2014
Fenway Night 1, August 2016
Wrigley, Night 1 August 2018
I'm jealous... I made my first and only trip to Founders last year around this time. Very cool place... huge bar... very new... and they will have great beers on tap. Check out the mug club there... would love to join if I lived in Grand Rapids.
Good luck with the CBS... It's going to be crazy to try and get the 750 ml bottles when they release them the first week of October. Still have a bunch of KBS left if you wanna meet up in the alpine parking lot hah..
i will take a swig of kbs from you, heard massive things about this one. i had some RR sours from a west coast trip earlier this year but those are gonzo, sadly TX does not measure up quite yet although you may like jester kings' black metal stout....
MGM Grand - Jul 6, 2006
Cox Arena - Jul 7, 2006
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - May 1, 2010
Alpine Valley Music Theater - Sep 3-4 2011
Made In America, Philly - Sep 2, 2012
EV, Houston - Nov 12-13, 2012
Dallas-November 2013
OKC-November 2013
ACL 2-October 2014
Fenway Night 1, August 2016
Wrigley, Night 1 August 2018
I lived on Point Special for 4 1/2 years while at school at UWSP.
Now, if I can just get someone from MN to bring a care package of Surly Furious to PJ20...need a resupply of that.