Favorite Wisconsin Beer

[Colin86]

I'm a Wisconsin boy, and I do believe our state is gallon for gallon the best beer state in the country (Even counting the commercialized bland brews). So I was wondering, what is every Wisconsinite's favorite in-state brew? Even for those out-of-state, what do you like from America's Dairyland?

Here are some of my favorites:

New Glarus Spotted Cow (obligatory)
Capital Oktoberfest
Sprecher Black Bavarian
Fox River Brewery 1853 (seasonal brew)

 

[MetallHed]

Anything from New Glarus except for ABT so far...

 

[splendidus]

Ale Asylum Hopalicious
New Glarus Fat Squirrel

 

[crash1292]

another vote for the spotted cow

 

[Waunabeer]

Old Milwaukee, Hamms, PBR Light, Old Style Light and Olympia Light.


Actually:

New Glarus Spotted Cow
New Glarus Totally Naked
Leinenkugels Honey Weiss
Leinenkugels Summer Shandy (summer only of course)
Capital Brewing Island Wheat
Capital Amber

 

[mofiddlin]

New Glarus Moon Man
Ale Asylum Hopalicious
Tyranena Bitter Woman
Lake Louie Milk Stout (anything by Lake Louie is great)
Berghoff Dark
Capital Oktoberfest

 

[DBear]

All old school:

Linie's
Point
Chief Oshkosh
Van Merrit
Rhinelander

 

[Yooper]

I'm a big fan of Lakefront, especially their Cream City and the IPA. I'm not a fan of Sprecher much, or New Glarus. I like Tyranena, but don't buy much of it. I'm not a fan of the WI macros like Leine's or Point.

 

[JBmadtown]

Ale Asylum - Ambergeddon
New Glarus - Spotted cow
Tyranena - Rocky's Revenge (burbon brown ale)

 

[Zamial]

New Glarus - Stag horn (seasonal) + Fat squirrel *oddly the ONLY 2 beers from NG I like.

Sprecher - Amber *Seldom get anymore but has been a "go to" beer in some cases.

Sand Creek Brewing Co. - Lilja's Hop Ness Monster *Really not bad for an IPA

Oscar's - Chocolate stout *Just tried and it is a decent stout with a VERY subtle chocolate finish. Some bottles had poor head retention but were still good.

Hinterland - Stout *I like this one but have been on a "try something different" kick...

Os'o Brewing Co. - Night Train stout *Wow just wow. I actually was fortunate to have this served on nitro! EXCELLENT Stout!

I'm not a fan of the WI macros like Leine's or Point.

Same here. Some of the WORST beers come from these 2 breweries I have ever had!

 

[November]

Capital Dark
Sprecher Black
Schlitz Classic 1960's "Gusto" Recipe <- Yes, Really!

 

[Rottnme]

Ale Asylum - Ambergeddon, Happy Ending, Contorter Porter
Tyranena - Bitter Woman, Hop Whore
Oso's - Picnic Ants, Lupulin Maximus
Grumpy Troll - Slow Eddy
Stone Cellar - Pumkin Ale

 

[cenla]

Sprecher's Black Bavarian and New Glarus' Spotted Cow.

Can't get either where I am now and I miss them.

 

[ArtVandelay]

Tyranena Bitter woman

Ale Asylum ambergeddon and last time I had the their Madtown nut brown it was phenomenal. Oh, also the porter

Don't knock leinies just because its pretty much macro. Their 10th St. brewery in the ghetto can produce some really good small scale batches. This years Big Eddy RIS is very good.

Tons of the New Glarus unplugged's

 

[Cityscape]

New Glarus - Moon Man, Fat Squirrel, Staghorn Oktoberfest

Took a self guided tour of the brewery a few months ago and I was extremely impressed. It's like a beer castle.

 

[albs]

Central Waters - IPA and Bourbon Barrel Stout
Oso's - Hopdinger
Great Dane -Scotch Ale

 

[knelson]

Furthermore: Knot Stock, Fatty Boomballatty, Thermo Refur, pretty much anything these guys make is fantastic

Daves Brew Farm: Aubex, Matacabras, Select

Tyranena- All in all a pretty solid lineup

Central Waters: Mud Puppy Porter, Bourbon Barrel Barleywine

Os'O: Night train, Hopdinger

Rush River: Bubblejack, Lost Arrow Porter

Since I am from Wisco as well, pretty much anything I make is my favorite as well

 

[Mrclasen]

NG- Fat Squirrel, Moon Man, Spotted Cow, Organic Revolution (I don't believe that they sell organic revolution anymore)

Leinies- 1888 Bock, Creamy Dark and the occasional Fireside Nut Brown

 

[mthompson]

Rowland's Calumet Brewery Oktoberfest - I drive ~50 min. one way to fill my three growlers with this year round!

No. 6 here: http://www.ratebeer.com/beerstyles/oktoberfest-marzen/37/

 

[KeithMoonsLiver]

Not a winsconsonite but I visited a few breweries when I was there. Wasn't really impressed by new glarus; nice brewery in a pretty area but the beers didn't live up to the hype. I liked Sprechers- picked up a few bottles of their bourbon barrel aged imperial stout; great beer.

 

[BadgerHound]

Sprecher's Black Bavarian
Ale Asylum Madtown Nut Brown
Lost Lake (Kinda serious)

 

[ArtVandelay]

Oh I forgot one... Central Waters - hop harvest. delicious.

 

[CreekBrewery]

New Glarus - Stone Soup, Moon Man
Lake Louie - Prairie Moon (best lawnmower beer ever!), Warped Speed
Ale Asylum - AMBERGEDDON
Tyranena - Headless Man Amber Alt

 

[Bernie Brewer]

New Glarus- Fat Squirrel, Road Slush, Moon Man, Uff Da Bock, Totally Naked

Leinie's- Red Lager, Creamy Dark

Point- Amber, Einbock, St. Benedict's Winter Ale

Capital- Maibock

South Shore Brewery (Ashland, WI) - Brown Ale (The. Best. Ever.)

Lots more I can't think of at the moment

 

[Toivo]

Leinie's ocktoberfest, red
New Glaurus spotted cow
Schlitz 1960 formula

 

[Colin86]

I just had O'so Rusty Red and I was impressed. I took a trip to festival and made a few mix-n-match six packs, and my friend just got a job doing some package design for them, so I bit. I hear a lot of good things, I gotta get up to plover and pick up a bunch from the brewery!

Also, I wanted to add New Glarus Back 40 Bock, but I was sadly disappointed in Capital's Supper Club, it was just too bland and (dare i be beer-snobbish?) commercial.

 

[Indyking]

Not a winsconsonite but I visited a few breweries when I was there. Wasn't really impressed by new glarus; nice brewery in a pretty area but the beers didn't live up to the hype.

Big BOOO to that!

 

[Indyking]

Most beers at Ale Asylum, particularly their Belgian Dubel and Hopalicious, are among the best ever made...

 

[Rottnme]

Sprecher makes great bottled batches but their standard beers are consistently underwhelming. I was recently at a beer fest where they brought a large number of their bottle only big beers and they stole the show with them. They had 06, 07 & 08 barleywines, RIS, doppelbocks, double IPA's and more. Prior to that I hadn't known they even made much of that! The saddest part is they just opened a brewpub on the west side of Madison and the place is a nightmare! Underwhelming food, infected beer and bad service.

 

[Rottnme]

Can someone explain the obsession with Hopalicious to me?

I (and many of my friends) thought the stuff was great when it first came out but I think that they then changed the recipe. I remember it initially being hoppier particularly in the nose and the finish and I now find it bland and lifeless and won't drink it unless there are no other options.

By comparison, I and almost everyone I know that knows both the Hopo and the Amber have found that the Amberggedon is a much better hoppy beer. It has a nice hoppy nose, pronounced hop flavor that is extremely well balanced with malt flavor, and a great hop finish.

I live 5 minutes from the brewery, know the brewers and have asked them about this several times but they basically don't seem to care because it is their flagship and flies out the door as is. I just find this odd.