Found out about Jeff Alworths blog (Thanks Denny), and have been catching up. I kind of like the idea of a 1 sentence summary of breweries. I’d like to hear about some of your local places:
Riggs (Urbana, IL)-German beer if they made it with corn
Triptych (Savoy, IL)-NEIPA, but in Central IL
Obed & Isaacs (Peoria, IL)-Beer in a beautiful old church
Destihl (Bloomington-Normal, IL)-Mostly sour beer
New Belgium (Fort Collins, CO)-Great place to hang out while drinking flagship beers
Tangle Root (Ottawa, IL)-The nicest brewpub I’ve been in in a very small town (It has an approximately 3 mile long marble bartop)
I guess I extracted that out from the article a bit:
Harpoon “If you don’t want a second pint, that’s not a beer we’re likely to make.”
or
[quote]“You’re in a bar. French guy next to you says he’s in the US to sample beer. He points to three names and asks you to tell him briefly about them. In 1-2 sentences, how would you describe: 1) Sam Adams, 2) Lagunitas, 3) Deschutes?”
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PetSkull (Manitowoc, WI) - The one, the only, microbrewery in town, even though some say there’s another one.
Courthouse Pub (Manitowoc, WI) - Great if you love stale extract and exhorbitant prices.
Expanding to the rest of Wisconsin:
Lakefront - Mecca of the State and for good reason.
Titletown - A little bit of everything and it’s all good.
Noble Roots - Cute little joint.
Ahnapee - Even cuter littler joint, literally in a garage – fortunately on tap everywhere.
Karben4 - Let Lady Luck smile upon thee.
Ale Asylum - Mmm… hops…
3 Sheeps - Best place on the big Lake.
New Glarus - You wish you could get some, but no worries – overrated.
Hinterland - Would you have any Grey Poupon?
Moosejaw - Marty Moose! Marty Moose! Marty Moose! Heh, heh, that’s me!
Central Waters - Strong dark bourbony specialists.
Capital - German lager specialists.
Stillmank - Fruit specialists.
O’so - Stick with Night Train – or wait – is it Night Rain? Can’t make up their minds.
Sprecher - The food is good. The beer…
Grumpy Troll - So that’s why he’s grumpy.
