Showing posts with label Capital Brewery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capital Brewery. Show all posts
23 November, 2025

22 November 2025: The lefse is in the lodge and it can't leave

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If I had a fireplace I would most certainly have been sitting in its welcoming orange glow last night as I enjoyed my first Winter Skål of ...
17 March, 2025

The ritual Maibock

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I had my first Capital Maibock of the season over the weekend and it was tasty. As best as I can recall, this was the first microbrew I eve...
10 January, 2025

Beers of the new year (2025)

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I had my first Winter Skål of the season a couple days ago. While I wish it were a bit less sweet, I still loved it. There's a great to...
14 November, 2024

New and winter brews

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Lake Louie (nee Wisconsin Brewing Company) has a couple new brews: It isn't clear to me if these are autumn seasonals or winter or who....
18 January, 2024

My first Winter Skål of the season

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Winter beers are my favorite. They are during winter, anyway. In addition to anticipating Tippy Toboggan , I also greatly look forward to Ca...
28 January, 2023

The Corona Diaries Vol. 74: Down Highway 53 There's a Place Called Osseo

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(late October 2022) (Listen to the prelude .) As happened last year, October rolled around and I found myself with a fair amount of vacation...
09 June, 2021

A Cure For Your Midsommartime Blues: AweSummer Ale by Capital Brewery

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First things first. As I was poking around the internet for some info on this beer, I discovered that Ashley Kinart-Short, whom I thought wa...
07 December, 2020

Tis the Season for Weihnachtsbier

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While winter has not started yet here in Wisconsin, the temperatures have fallen and highs are generally in the 30s. The ground is bereft of...
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24 October, 2016

Fanfare for the Uncommon Beer: 30th Anniversary Dunkel by Capital Brewery

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2016 marks the 30th anniversary of Capital Brewery , well, brewing. The company itself came into existence in 1984 but brewing didn't ...
10 October, 2016

I Saw the Best Märzens of My Generation Destroyed by Maltiness

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I am getting to the point where I cannot drink anymore Oktoberfests. It has nothing to do with them being seasonal biers because they are ta...
11 January, 2016

The Schwarz Is Not Strong In This One: Schwarz in a Box by Capital Brewery

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Back in 2014 Capital Brewery's Ashley Kinart was given free rein to create a beer of her own devising and she delivered Fishin' in...
04 January, 2016

An APA by Any Other Name Would Smell As Bitter: Vacation Request by Capital Brewery

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I first tasted Vacation Request back in August at a pre-Great Taste event where I also got to chat with Capital Brewery's brewmaster...
20 November, 2015

Once You Go Schwarz, You Never Go Back: Fishin' in the Dark from Capital Brewery

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Back in 2012 Kirby Nelson left Capital Brewery for the pastures of Verona. When Brian Destree took over Nelson's role, Capital was wid...
13 August, 2015

Some Pre-Great Tasting

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The day before the Great Taste of the Midwest I stopped in at Buck and Badger as Schell Brewing was to be featured as was St. Francis Brew...