My favorite beer here in wisconsin is definitley spotted cow, brewed in New Glarus wisconsin. Absolutley delicious and i can usually convince my friends to pitch in an extra dollar each so that we can get spotted cow barrels instead of miller light, or even worse *PLEASE DONT HURT ME* milwaukees best/ naddy ice. Please please please teach your kids its not okay to settle for naddy ice, its seriously like 3 dollars more for miller / bud which is roughly 15% better tasting until you are completely hammered.

(college student incase you couldnt tell)

Spotted Cow is some good stuff, though my favorite Wisconsin beer is probably Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat. Its a lot like a Blue Moon, but its a bit more citrusy, enough that I dont ever cut up an orange like with a Blue Moon. Also, this winter try and pickup some their Apple Spice. They combined spiced apple cider, with beer. I cant get enough of it, but its usually sorta hard to find. The liquor store in town here is usually out of it =/

And if you are in Madison, definitly hit up the local brew pubs. Angelic Brewery, Great Dane, Ale Asylum, pretty much any place in town that makes its own stuff is good.



..and on the subject of bad beers, if someone ever hands you a Milwaukee's Classic Premium Lager, you should seriously kick him in the face. Its the only beer besides Red Dog that Id rather stay sober than drink. Friends dont let friends drink that shit.

But the 48-pack octagon box is neat!

This is a wonderful thread, and I must say I agree with Kaubel on the Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat. Outstanding stuff! Granted, everyone I'm associated with is generally drinking Miluakee's Best (Beast) so anything is an upgrade from that. I'm in beer hell : (

In my cheap beer days, I'd still rather have Beast Light then Natty Light. The worst I've personally had is Dakota Kick, which was something ungodly cheap like 5 bucks for a palette. Tasting that has lead me to believe that all beers with a black can should be avoided at all cost.

Also stay away from Iron City beer :sad:


For Bethlehem bars, I loved McGrady's when I went to Lehigh, but I actually prefer drinking pitchers at Casa Mia which is on that same (3rd? 4th?) street, near Campus Square.

Amazing that this started over a passing comment about grammer and punctuation:

"This one Aussie in my guild speaks better English than I could ever hope to. His name is Hoegaarden, and his namesake is an exceptionally good white beer."

On topic: Could anyone recommend any ciders that would be similar to Kopparberg? It's a nice cider but just too damn expensive. 5.50 euro in a club for a bottle.

Echoing this. Completely made my afternoon.

it's a Italian joint with good food, cheap pitchers and a place to sit :D

Ahhh, the post that started the entire off-topic discussion itself. The stuff of legends.

Yeah, I was tempted to leave out Minotas' and Nemesis' posts and take all credit myself.

I tried that sam adams cherry wheat the other day, I thought it was good, but a bit syrupy for me (though I'm not a big fan of cherries to start with). Next time I hit up a beer store I want to try and pickup a lambic or two and see how they compare, or maybe that Saison from Ommegang.

I've had the Lindemans Framboise Raspberry Lambic and their Peach Lambic and both were eminently drinkable, but don't expect to drink a pint. I highly recommend a highball or old-fashioned (rocks) glass for it. And I also highly recommend a bowl of vanilla ice cream to eat with it. It's a dessert drink through and through and too sweet to drink in quantity, but wonderful nonetheless.

Also, even though I garbled my sentence a few pages back, if you like Blue Moon and you're in the Midwest, see if your local store has Boulevard's Zon. It's a summer brew, so they may have stopped making it already, but it's a fine Belgian style white wheat.