Just a few more days until the 25th Anniversary Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison and, despite hitting a near unprecedented saturation on stupid fun this summer, I must say I’m real stoked for this thing. It is a bit strange to spend 2 weekends in a row in our rural penal colony to [...]
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Information on the Great Taste of the Midwest
Posted in Beer, Event Also tagged Acre, All Grain Brewing, Central Water's, Great Taste of the Midwest, Half Acre, Madison, Nebraska, New Chicago Brewery, Olin-Turville Park, Short's, Stone, Tyranena Brewing Leave a comment
Save the Turf Video
Here’s a pretty sweet old video from the Turf posted on the Save the Turf website. They’ve got several resources on their site to help you support the Save the Turf project. Things like donating, contacting polititions, etc. There’s even an application that allows you to make a fake Save the Turf membership card. Awesome.
Help Save The Turf
You might remember me blogging about this a few weeks ago, but now there’s a Facebook page that organizers are using as a kind of digital petition to help save the Turf bowls that were uncovered a couple months ago in Wisconsin. Go to their page and ‘Like’ it to show support.
Wisconsin Skaters Dig Up Old Skate Park
Chicago’s favorite super hero, Jonny K., turned me onto this story about a group of skaters digging up their childhood park, The Turf, that had been buried by gravel for 15 years. I’m gonna make a trek out there next time I cross the border into that state which shall not be named. Awesome. UPDATE: [...]
New Glarus, The Grumpy Troll, and the Tutelage of the Open Road
As I mentioned the other day, WSD and I decided to celebrate this unexpected Indian Summer by making our way into the Great White North on Saturday in search of open roads and delicious craft brew. And, while our adventure took some acceptable, though unforeseen, detours, we were served some of the finest riding and [...]
Posted in Beer, Motorcycling, Review Also tagged Lake Zurich, Mt. Horeb, New Glarus, New Glarus Brewing Company, The Grumpy Troll, Tom Waits 2 Comments
Motorcycles to New Glarus
“Some people paint, some sing, others write … I brew.” -Daniel Carey, Brewmaster, New Glarus Brewery, Wisconsin I was planning on hitting the AHA Teach Your Friend to Homebrew event at Brew & Grow tomorrow, I figure it’d be a good way to find those bits of information that only experience can offer a person [...]
Posted in Beer, Event, Motorcycling Also tagged AHA, Brew & Grow, Madison, New Glarus, Teach a Friend To Homebrew, Totally Naked, Up North, Willard Skynard Devotionliner 2 Comments
Chicago Trib: Wisconsin Supporting Craft Beer
Wisconsin brew tours Craft beers making a name, staking a claim on state’s tourism By Carrie Antlfinger “Wisconsin lost its unofficial beer capital designation when large brewers moved away decades ago, but the state’s reputation remains strong among beer-lovers as brewpubs and microbreweries have taken the reins — with nearly 70 around the state. With [...]