Fearful Symmetries

This Früh Kölsch at Prost! was mighty tasty the other day in near 90 degree temperatures. I do wish they offered bier in quantities less t...

CORIANDER Leipziger Gose is such a tasty beer. Let it warm a bit and the coriander really shines. Locally, outside of Delta Beer Lab , it...

I finally made my first visit to Prost! , the German beer hall & restaurant which is the heir apparent to Essen Haus, if/when the venera...

I found some tasty, smoky brews at Steve's on Junction Road over the weekend.

This may be my first taste of a German Rauchbier that isn't from Schlenkerla . A true red letter day! Like BestMaid's pickle beer , ...

Occasionally I surf on over to the Schlenkerla website , which seems to not have changed since the Geocities era. This is wholly appropriate...

Prost! Beer Hall is throwing a party - Sommerfest - tomorrow. German beer, food, and polka music, including some tunes spun by DJ Shotski ...

I know the folks at Schlenkerla have been throwing in a new beer here and there over the past several years but this year, we get zwei in j...

Yesterday I just said yes to Oktoberfest with The Polkaholics and my first Märzen of the season - smoky goodness from Schlenkerla .

When Jack Frost hits the scene, then 'tis the season for one of my favorite beers, Tippy Toboggan from Vintage Brewing here in Madison...

I don’t know who this Anthony fellow is, but I like the cut of his jib. Wait. I do know who this Anthony fellow is because it says right her...

Have you ever felt like you were going to die? On a recent bike ride, I had that feeling more than once. Being quite out of shape, there wer...

Allow me to begin with a couple beery observations. First, I noticed on a recent trek to the north that the imported German bier selection...

In my relationship with Working Draft Beer Company , I use the rhythm method. I'll go to my local purveyor of barley pop and see some WD...

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...

Yesterday The Dulcinea and I took dinner at the neu Freiburg Gastropub over on Monroe Street. I'm not sure when it opened exactly but I...

My Bierkampf rant about the lack of respect accorded to smoke beers in this town must have been the subject of a tweet judging by the hits ...

The Dulcinea and I went out to Vintage for dinner earlier this week. Scanning the beer menu I noticed that Scott Manning's gruit was st...

I had a Beck's for the first time in ages a few months ago. It was my first since the conglomerate formerly known as Budweiser started b...

A few years ago The Dulcinea and I were watching some travel show where the host went to Bamberg, Germany and toured the Schlenkerla brewery...