All notes
Every tasting note in the archive, newest first, grouped by year. 74 posts from 2012 to 2019.
2016
Wake Up Call Imperial Coffee Porter – Grand Teton Brewing
For the third Cellar Reserve release of 2016, Grand Teton Brewing re-released a previously popular beer, the Wake Up Call Imperial Coffee…
Gose – Grand Teton Brewing
For three of the past four years the May release in the Grand Teton Brewing Cellar Reserve series has been a sour…
Brett Saison – Grand Teton Brewing
The 2015 Cellar Reserve release of the delicious Sour Grand Saison was a similar blended fermentation which used Saison yeast, Brettanomyces drie,…
Eighteen – Central Waters Brewing Co.
Since 2012, Central Waters Brewing has released a Barrel Aged Stout as an anniversary release. Beginning with Fourteen, the annual releases, Fifteen,…
2016 Double Vision Doppelbock – Grand Teton Brewing
It’s that time of the year again, when the next round of Grand Teton Cellar Reserve beers is released. Leading the pack…
2015
Sippin’ on G&J - Mobcraft Beer Co
On those very rare occasions when I’m not drinking beer, I am partial to gin. So when I found out about the…
Barrel Aged Witchcraft (2015) - Brenner Brewing Company
The Brenner Brewing Grand Opening took place the weekend of November 21, 2014. One of the featured beers the first Friday of…
Sour Grand Saison – Grand Teton Brewing Company
I always look forward to the Grand Teton CellarReserve beers, because while I enjoy the annual and seasonal releases, the Cellar Reserve…
Petri Chor – Mobcraft Beer
With the increasing prevalence of barrel aged beer releases from MobCraft Beer Co, it was only a matter of time until the…
An Interview with Mike Brenner - Brenner Brewing Co
I first met Mike Brenner over two years ago to discuss his then-in-the-works brewery for one of my MBA classes at Marquette.…
Black Vanilla IPA – Horny Goat Brewing Co.
It’s probably getting to the point that I should stop ragging on my old memories of Horny Goat in the intros to…
Batshit Crazy – MobCraft Beer
MobCraft Beer has released a plethora of excellent beers, but back before I had even heard of them a group of friends…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter - Horny Goat Brewing
I haven’t written much on HornyGoat beers, because like some of you, I was less than impressed with the first Horny Goat…
Brownie Porter - Horny Goat Brewing Co.
Like many of you, if you live in the Milwaukee area, I headed over to the Horny Goat Hideaway shortly after it…
Angry Molly – Big Bay Brewing
A while back I posted a less than kind review of a Big Bay Brewing release, but every brewery deserves a second…
Seventeen – Central Waters Brewing Co.
Like Sixteen last week, Seventeen is an Anniversary beer released by Central Waters. As with Sixteen, Seventeen is aged in bourbon barrels…
5 O'Clock Shadow (2015) – Grand Teton Brewing
The 2015 Cellar Reserve series from Grand Teton Brewing is kicking off with a re-release of a 2012 Cellar Reserve classic, 5’O…
Sixteen – Central Waters Brewing Co.
For the past few years, CentralWaters has been releasing a barrel aged imperial stout as an anniversary brew. Distribution is usually fairly…
Door Kriek – Funk Factory Geuzeria & O’so Brewing Company
Friday January, 23 rd, 2014 marked the release of the second round of collaborations between Levi Funk, of the Funk Factory Geuzeria…
Framrood – Funk Factory Geuzeria & O’so Brewing Co.
Friday January, 23 rd, 2014 marked the release of the second round of collaborations between Levi Funk, of the Funk Factory Geuzeria…
Dubbel Czech – MobCraft Beer and Badger State Brewing
After meeting at a few beerfests and instantly striking up a friendship, the founders of Mobcraft Beer and BadgerState Brewing thought it…
Brandy Barrel Old Fashioned – Mobcraft Beer
While a Bourbon Old Fashioned Wisconsin may be a great drink, and the beer inspired by it was excellent (see my earlier…
Modern Times Brewery / Monster Park Imperial Stout aged in Rye Barrels
Modern Times Brewery | Monster Park Imperial Stout aged in Rye Barrels. (13%) San Diego, CA. Looking forward to this limited release…
2014
St. Nikklilaus – Black Husky Brewing
It’s time once again for the Christmas spiced beers to show up on the shelves. The quality of the Christmas offerings varies…
Coming Home 2014 – Grand Teton Brewing
It is that time of year again, when the fourth installment in the Cellar Reserve series from Grand Teton Brewing is released.…
2014 Oktoberfest wrap-up
While that is not an exhaustive list of the festbiers released by Wisconsin breweries, they are the ones I covered this year.…
Knee Deep
Knee Deep Brewing Company | Hoparillo Triple IPA. Ale brewed with Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic hops. (11.1%) 122 IBU. Placer County, CA.…
BarrelHouse Brewing Company
BarrelHouse Brewing Co. | Curly Wolf / Barrel aged Maple Vanilla Imperial Stout, Paso Robles, California (9.4%)."Introducing the first beer to be…
Oktoberfest – Bull Falls Brewery
After reviewing six Oktoberfest brews with statewide distribution, I figured I would focus on an offering from a smaller brewery with a…
Oktoberfest Lager – Lakefront Brewery
With the 2014 fall Oktoberfest series beginning to wrap up, we are now on the second to last review, Oktoberfest Lager from…
Surly Brewing Company
Surly Brewing Company | Barrel aged Darkness 2014 | Russian Imperial Stout aged in rye whiskey barrels. (11-12%) 750ml bottle 1 of…
Ride the Lion / Wee Heavy aged in Bourbon Barrels
Clown Shoes Brewery | Ride the Lion Wee Heavy / Scotch Ale aged in bourbon barrels. (11%) Hey ladies and gentlemen. Sorry…
Oktoberfest – Capital Brewery
Five posts into this fall’s Oktoberfest series, it’s about time that I get to a beer brewed by a Wisconsin Brewery that…
Point Oktoberfest – Stevens Point Brewery
After a less than spectacular beer contract brewed by Stevens Point Brewery, I figured it was a good idea to give their…
Bottle Logic / Recursion IPA
Bottle Logic Brewery | Recursion IPA (6.5%). Anaheim, CA. My first beer from Bottle Logic, an extra in a huge trade. It's…
Modern Times Brewery
Modern Times Brewing Company | Monster Park / Coffee Imperial Stout aged in Rye Barrels. (13%)
Üfer Bier – Big Bay Brewing Company
Prior to Üfer Bier, I had not had one of Big Bay Brewing ’s offerings, but at the liquor store last weekend…
Oktoberfest – Central Waters
This brief fall tour of Wisconsin festbiers brings me to Oktoberfest Lager from Central Waters. What better way to follow up the…
O-toberfest – O’so Brewing Co.
After a slight diversion from the Märzen/Oktoberfest style, it’s back to a Märzen-style lager in this fall’s Oktoberfest series of posts with…
Jodlerkönig Ale– Black Husky Brewing
Have you ever wondered what a Märzen/Oktoberfest-ish beer would taste like if it was fermented with an ale yeast rather than a…
Gemüetlichkeit Oktoberfest – Tyranena Brewing Company
Few beer styles are as appropriate for the season as the Märzen, more commonly referred to by its alternative name, Oktoberfest. Technically…
Howler E-Series - Black Husky Brewing
After my post on the Simcoe based Howler Imperial Pale Ale, I am going to keep this one short and sweet. You…
Howler Imperial Pale Ale– Black Husky Brewing
As many of you probably know already, Black Husky Brewing is one of my go to breweries. Every beer that I have…
Chocolate Wheat – Badger State Brewing
Badger State Brewing, Green Bay’s newest brewery is in the process of brewing a few test batches on their pilot system to…
Sheep Eater Scotch Ale – Grand Teton Brewing Co.
The latest Cellar Reserve beer from Grand Teton Brewing Company was released this past Friday, August 15 th; although it may still…
Badger State Brewing - Interview with Andrew, Sam, and Mike
Very rarely do I have the opportunity to speak to, and interview a brewer, or in this case the three founders of…
Jalapeno Imperial IPA – Alaskan Brewing Company
As many of you know, I love beer. Heck, I wouldn’t have started this blog if I didn’t enjoy talking about, writing…
Lazy Marmot – Grand Teton Brewing Co
True to form, brewmaster Rob Mullin and his team chose to brew with local ingredients, with the base malt being Idaho 2-row…
17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung IPA – Stone Brewing Co.
As I am sure many of you are aware, an IPA is best when fresh, with the hop character fading quickly in…
2013
The House That Page Built
Brian, or “BR” as the Facebook crowd knows him, being the wonderful guy that he is, took advantage of the fact that…
Espresso Amber – Peak Organic Brewing Company
I’ve been slacking on updates for a while, and was hoping to find the perfect beer to lead in to more posts.…
Scott Manning from Vintage Brewing – Wisconsin Beer Lover’s Festival
Towards the end of the festival, I got a chance to talk to Scott Manning of Vintage Brewing. Scott brought two of…
Interview with Rob Mullin - Grand Teton Brewing - Part 1
Rob Mullin: I first started to homebrew in 1988 when my girlfriend at the time gave me a homebrew kit for my…
Oud Bruin – Grand Teton Brewing
Oud Bruin, originally released in 2007, is making a repeat appearance for Grand Teton Brewing ’s 25 th Anniversary Cellar Reserve series…
Naughty Temple – Toppling Goliath
Naughty Temple, from Toppling Goliath, was released just over a month ago now. When it was released, Naughty Temple was big news.…
Pale Ale – Black Husky Brewing
I am slowly but surely working my way through Black Husky ’s beer offerings. From my first experience with Tim Eichinger’s brewing…
Iron Throne Blonde Ale – Brewery Ommegang
According to Brewmaster Phil Leinhart, the Iron Throne Belgian Blonde is inspired by the Lannisters, the current occupants of the Iron Throne.…
Citra Bomb – Sprecher
Sprecher is a Milwaukee landmark. Founded in 1985 by Randy Sprecher, a former brewing supervisor at the Pabst Brewing Company, Sprecher was…
Sasquash – Milwaukee Brewing Company
The Milwaukee Brewing Company brews many excellent beers; their seasonal and one-off brews are some of the best in the state. In…
Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout – Great Divide Brewing Co.
Great Divide Brewing Co., with their lineup of excellent beers, is a Denver favorite. They currently release 24 beers with more in…
Madame Rose – Goose Island
Madame Rose from Goose Island was most recently released last September. It is a Belgian-style, sour beer that is somewhere between a…
Double Vision Doppelbock – Grand Teton Brewing
Double Vision Doppelbock, originally brewed in 2009, is being re-released this year as the first beer in the 2013 Cellar Reserve series.…
2012
Sproose Joose II IPA - Black Husky Brewing
Black Husky Brewing, for those of you who remember from my earlier review of their, is a small nano-brewery in Pembine, Wisconsin…
Brett Beer – New Belgium and Lost Abbey
On Beeradvocate, Brett Beer has a BA Score of 76 with a 73 from the Bros. At ratebeer it has a 66…
Interview with Jon Cadoux - Peak Organic Brewing
Jon Cadoux of Peak Organic Brewing Company was kind enough to talk with me about his beer and brewery. I would like…
Weiss Principal Ale - Peak Organic
Weiss Principal from Peak Organic Brewing Company is an interesting beer, described as “the international love child of a Hefe-Weisse and an…
Snarling Badger – Grand Teton Brewing
Before I get too far into my review of Snarling Badger Berliner Weisse from Grand Teton Brewing, let’s cover a little of…
Cerise (cellared) – Founders Brewing
Cerise is an interesting beer, and Founders is a great brewery. Founders has a long line of one-off beers that I have…
Stone Tepee Pale Ale – Tyranena Brewing Company
Their taproom is staffed by a knowledgeable crew of bartenders who will happily recommend a beer if you are not sure which…
Velvet Rooster – Tallgrass Brewing Company
Having had Tallgrass Brewing’s 8-Bit Pale Ale, I was already impressed with the quality of the beer coming out of Tallgrass Brewing,…
Pliny the Elder – Russian River Brewing Company
So, the legendary Pliny the Elder from Russian River Brewing Company … Those who have been lucky enough to find it have…
Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale – Boulevard Brewing Company
Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale from Boulevard Brewing Company. Boulevard Brewing Company is a very well known brewery, yet few people have been…
Horny Blonde – Horny Goat Brewing Company
Their website is particularly buggy, so I am unable to confirm it, but I don’t think Horny Goat distributes outside of Wisconsin.…
On Beer Brats and Spotted Cow
Nothing goes with football as well as a brat, and undoubtedly, the best way to have a bratwurst is to have it…