Need help on some Midwest brew reccomendations

Tell your friend to prepare to spend a lot of money based on the forthcoming recommendations.

 

Start here:

http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/list?c_id=US&s_id=WI&brewery=Y

 

This will help allot:

http://www.seekabrew.com/

 

Central waters, new Glarus, half acre, Pipeworks, revolution, three Floyd's, bells founders, dark horse.

 

What he said! Can't miss with these!!!

 

Anything by Bell's (except their porter) you can't go wrong.

 

My buddy just came back from WI. ask him to bring you a 750 of New Glarus Serendipity. I was blown away by it.

A lot of year round 3 floyds can be found in WI. GumballHead, AlphaKing... both I tried and both were great. Try to get them

 

Fixed that for ya bro!

 

You really can 't go wrong with any of these.

 

Most have already been mentioned, but I'll be more specific on the New Glarus option:

Moon Man

 

He won't find Pipeworks in WI. Lakefront and Ale Asylum have a couple solid offerings.

 

What part of the state?

Here's the breweries I wouldn't pass on:
New Glarus
Founders
Bell's
FFF
Central Waters
Great Lakes
Oskar Blues
Tyranena
Lake Louie (depending on location)

Here's some specialty beers from breweries that I would grab:
New Glarus: Serendipity and Raspberry Tart (both easily available statewide $10/bottle) Thumbprint IIPA ($10/ 4 pack)
Central Waters: Any of Bourbon Barrel Stout, Y2K Barleywine, Bourbon Barrel Barleywine, or Peruvian Morning (wide range here $10-14/4 pack)
FFF: Specialty beers have started appearing in my part of the state, but don't last long. Buy what you can find. Behemoth has shown up in bottles and Dreadnaught and Arctic Panzer Wolf have been on tap.
Founders: The usuals can be accessed at most quality liquor stores. Get the 6 packs of Red's Rye before they change the packaging.
Oskar Blues: Saw Ten Fidy for the first time this year in La Crosse last week ($13-16/4 pack)
Bell's: Hopslam showed up last month and has disappeared already in my area. Might be difficult finding more.

If you can find a good shop that sells plenty of singles you might save some cash instead of buying sixers of each beer. New Glarus offers a mixed 12 pack that is quite popular with most people new to the brewery.

Other breweries in the state you might be interested in:
Rogue
North Coast
Lagunitas
The Bruery
Dark Horse

Good luck trimming your list down.

 

We get quite alot of different Founders beers in MA though, no Bells.

 

Hmmmm......I would say ALL WI breweries, but to name my favs.......

New Glarus
Capital Brewery
Ale Asylum
Central Waters
Lakefront
Tyranena
Great Dane
Milwaukee Brewing Co.

As far as WI distro.....

Bells
FFF
Founders
Great Lakes

Be prepared to spend a LOT of cash on great beer.

 

My recommendations are:
1. Lakefront Riverwest Stein Amber Ale
2. Capital Blonde Doppelbock
3. Gray's Busted Knuckle
4. Gray's Oatmeal Stout
5. O'so Dank Imperial Red Ale
6. Lake Louie **** Rock Cream Ale
7. New Glarus Spotted Cow (I HATE this beer, but everyone else seems to like it)

A lot will depend on the type of beers he likes...as another thread alluded to, we tend to do lagers very well (and do not do well with porters).

 

Theres tons but right now these are my favorites
Great lakes Alchemy Hour
New Glarus Serendipty, Rasberry tart, Moon Man, Apple Ale
Central Watters Burbon barrel Stout
Three floyds if he can get them Alpha King, Gumball Head, Drednaught and Artic Panzer Wolf

 

Yes, every one of these are top notch breweries..

 

Where does he live in Wisconsin? We could recommend a bottle shop or store that will (hopefully) make it easy for him to bring you a variety of these to you.

 

This needs to be reiterated. Hands down my favorite APA.