O'so now has more room so they can apparently lager beer now.
I take it that there's some kind of hoolie to promote the Midwest Hope & Barley Co-op.
The Wisconsin State Journal is reporting that the former president of Capital, Carl Nolen, is looking to open a new craft brewery in Verona.
Verona officials are welcoming a proposal to build what could become one of the state's largest craft breweries in the city's technology park, likely aided by an undetermined amount of taxpayer assistance.
The project is being pitched by Carl Nolen, who was president of Capital Brewery in Middleton from 2004 to July 2011 — a period of significant growth. But the company asked Nolen to leave, and last October he led a bid to buy the brewery that was rejected by the board.
His new proposal, known as Wisconsin Brewing Co., involves first building a 23,500-square-foot brewery that would be operating by June at 1051 American Way, just off Highway 18-151 and Highway PB in the Verona Technology Park.
I wonder why Nolen chose Verona. Is a destination brewery in the middle of a technology park – an idea that doesn't thrill me – really that great of a location? Or, after all the TIF assistance Epic received, is Verona's wallet still open? Mayor Soglin ought to make a pitch for Madison. I think a brewery on East Washington is a splendid idea. Whatever the case, best of luck to Nolen.
I was in Stevens Point over the weekend and hit the O'so taproom on Saturday night. We got there near close (which is 9PM) and so only had time for a couple. The Memory Lane tasted off. Kind of like dust. Very odd. The Bamrique Smoked Lager, on the other hand, was fantastic. Not as smoky as a Bamberg rauch but still great. There were some lambics aging in barrels in the back. (I believe they were old wine barrels.) I believe the sign said that, once this aging process was done, the decision would be made as to whether they'd have fruit added or to blend them with younger lambics to make a gueuze.
The taproom had 40 taps in all which means there were many guest taps. If we could have stayed longer I would have tried the Kölsch from St. Francis. Vintage was also on tap – their excellent alt. I was told that Vintage drives up once a week or so to do a keg swap with O'so. I was also told that a certain beer brewed in Madison is modeled after/inspired by Summer Lightning by the Hopback Brewery in the UK. Methinks a day trip (ahem) across The Pond is in order for some research on this matter.
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