Thread: How about a BEER road trip?

Over a beer

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. - Frank Zappa

Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. - Dave Berry

24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? - Stephen Wright

The man who called it "near beer" was a bad judge of distance. - P. Johnson/L. McLuke - Cincinnatil Enquirer

Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. - Dave Berry

I've visited Pennsylvania only once. We drove through on a Sunday. The sale of alcohol was prohibited on Sunday, I never went back.

Sorry to be obviously biased here, but go for Wisconsin, man! We have a ton of relatively small breweries throughout the state that are pretty good. Oh, and Miller, if you're into that, is in Milwaukee. I'll admit I'm not so much into Miller, but Leinenkugel's (now owned by Miller but still run the same way as before) is brewed about 20 miles away from my school. There's also places like New Glarus and Point breweries that are pretty well-known in the state, along with a few random bottles I have come across. Nice scenery, too, especially in the Spring/Summer.

Cincinnati always had Milwaukee beat--more breweries than any other US city (until the demise of all the little guys to the Big Boys)
All gone.... All gone... Almost

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (spongebue @ Nov 2 2009, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I&#39;ll admit I&#39;m not so much into Miller, but Leinenkugel&#39;s (now owned by Miller but still run the same way as before) is brewed about 20 miles away from my school. There&#39;s also places like New Glarus and Point breweries that are pretty well-known in the state, along with a few random bottles I have come across.[/b]

What? Brian are you really from Wisconsin? I thought Wisconsin was synonymous with Old Mlwaukee and Pabst Blue Ribbon beers.
Next you&#39;ll be telling us you don&#39;t eat cheese and can&#39;t pronounce Oconomowoc.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Nov 2 2009, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

What? Brian are you really from Wisconsin? I thought Wisconsin was synonymous with Old Mlwaukee and Pabst Blue Ribbon beers.
Next you&#39;ll be telling us you don&#39;t eat cheese and can&#39;t pronounce Oconomowoc. [/b]

I&#39;m actually from Minnesota, but have gone to school in Wisconsin for the past 3 years (of which I&#39;ve actually *liked* beer for about half that, and I&#39;ve only been able to legally drink it for the past 4 months). Among college students like me, Pabst and Old Milwaukee aren&#39;t quite so popular, but that&#39;s probably more of a regional thing. Eau Claire is Leinenkugel country, so it&#39;s a little more popular than it is in surrounding regions. I have also seen plenty of bars generally favored by non-college students with neon Pabst signs, though.

Oh, and I can pronounce Oconomowoc just fine, thankyouverymuch, albeit only after having been there annually for the past 3 years. A friend of mine from Michigan, however, always says something like "Oh-co-MOW-woc" or something.

Brian--not to worry: Lots of people cross the cheddar curtain and are no worse for the experience

Aha, here&#39;s what I was thinking of earlier (but never really mentioned until now)...

(Minneapolis) Star Tribune newspaper story about different microbreweries in Wisconsin: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/trave...UoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
Photo gallery: http://www.startribune.com/galleries/50164...UoDEy3LGDiO7aiU

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (29Palms @ Nov 4 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

leininkuegals beer I tried a couple of years ago. Most of that beer I layed up in my cabinet, because the taste didn&#39;t go down too well with me. It was their Christmas version of varius beers. One in particular, SUN WHEAT was awful. Some of these Christmas or holiday beers are kind of experiments that went awry. I just bought some SHINER holiday stuff brewed with roasted pecans and peaches. Kind of wierd tasting.[/b]

I haven&#39;t had the wintertime version (can&#39;t even remember which one that is) but how can&#39;t you like Sunset Wheat? That&#39;s one of my favorites, personally. Slice of orange (like you do with Blue Moon) helps a lot, too.