Beer
Robin Shepard
The best dubbel
The recent Great American Beer Festival win for Vintage Brewing’s signature beer Dedication is well deserved. The strong Belgian-style ale has a rich malty backbone that complements notes of raisin and dark stone fruits. Read more
Deanna Hoppe/Vintage Brewing Com
Tangent to become Vintage
A big win at the Great American Beer Festival prompts Vintage to make some changes. Tangent, its downtown location, will be renamed to highlight its Vintage connection. Read more
Inspired by history
Jessica Jones did not set out to recreate an obscure Burton ale, but it’s a good one and so popular it might find a regular place on the brewery’s taps. Read more
Kiki Ljung
Shape matters
Do you know your Teku from your Willi Becher? There are many reasons to pair the correct glass with a beer style. Read more
Lion's Tail Brewing Co.
Collect ’em all
With the explosion of new craft breweries in the state, it’s easy to overlook some very fine beer. Here are six young breweries not to miss. Read more
Arrrr you ready for Red Beard?
Next Door Brewing has a new IIPA that’s been aged for nearly four months in red wine barrels. It features a new hop from France called Barbe Rouge. Read more
Robin Shepard
Nuts about Notella
Notella, a sweet stout from Karben4, has the chocolate hazelnut flavoring of a certain famed chocolate hazelnut spread. But brewmaster Ryan Koga makes it from a blend of specialty malts, hazelnut extract and liquid cocoa. Read more
Robin Shepard
’Tis the season
The new crop of Wisconsin-brewed Oktoberfests available in Madison is large. Our beer critic has sampled them all and has a top pick. Read more
Carolyn Fath Ashby
Leave no stein unturned
Author Doug Hoverson delved into primary source material in writing "The Drink that Made Wisconsin Famous: Beer and Brewing in the Badger State." It’s an encyclopedia of the state’s brewing history. Read more
Robin Shepard
Sweet and sour
It’s a party that will take beer drinkers from summer to fall. Hawaiian Shirt Party is an intense, imperial kettle sour. Read more
Robin Shepard
Crane in cans
One of Madison’s smallest breweries, The Parched Eagle, is releasing its first beer in cans. Crane Ale is a flagship from the Westport beermaker. Read more
Peace, beer and music
The second annual Paulpalooza fundraiser memorializes Paul Natzke. The Hop Garden will feature a special red lager for the occasion. Read more
Robin Shepard
The beer is back
Ooga Brewing, Beaver Dam’s first brewery since 1953, has been open for a couple of months. We check out the house taps. Read more
Robin Shepard
Think pink
The brut IPA is a challenging style that’s growing in popularity. The Wisconsin Pink Boots Society has collaboratively brewed one that’s on the lighter side. Read more
Robin Shepard
All-new
Pio Piotrowski of Delta beer lab has been playing around with witbier recipes his whole career. Now he’s come up with an intriguing hybrid full of Zythos hops. Read more
Robin Shepard
Beer heaven
The 33rd year for the Great Taste of the Midwest saw no shortage of great beers. Here are the brews our beer critic will be dreaming of at night. Read more
Hopless case
Herbiery Brewing launches in Madison with two beers. Neither of them is brewed with hops. Read more
Robin Shepard
A new home for hops
Zealandia takes its inspiration from New Zealand-specific hops. It’s a sessionable, citrusy treat — in a pilsner. Read more
Robin Shepard
Unrepeatable
Ale Asylum’s Ghosted, a New England IPA, was made with an experimental hop that’s no longer being grown. So this is your only chance to try it. Read more
Robin Shepard
Sunshine in a glass
Brewmaster Ashley Kinart put the Capital Brewery pilot brew system to work recently. She’s come up with a citrusy, floral witbier — a winner for summer. Read more
