Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

This information-packed guidebook introduces you to more than sixty breweries and brewpubs-from the Shipwrecked Brew Pub in Egg Harbor, to smaller craft breweries like Capital Brewery west of Madison, to the world-famous Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee. Robin Shepard includes descriptions and his personal ratings of some 600 local beers, plus a taster's chart you can use to record your own preferences.

For each brewpub and brewery site you'll find:
- a description and brief history, plus any "Don't miss" features
- names, comments, and ratings for all their specialty beers
- notes on the pub food, with recommendations
- suggestions of other sites to see and activities in the local area
- information about bottling and distribution
- availability of tours, tastings, gift shops, mug clubs, and "growlers"
- address and contact data, including Web sites and GPS coordinates!

Shepard also introduces novices to the brewing process and a wide variety of beer styles. And, you'll find a list of helpful books and Web sites, as well as information on Wisconsin beer tastings and festivals. As we say in Wisconsin, "So, have a couple a two, three beers, hey?"

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Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

This information-packed guidebook introduces you to more than sixty breweries and brewpubs-from the Shipwrecked Brew Pub in Egg Harbor, to smaller craft breweries like Capital Brewery west of Madison, to the world-famous Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee. Robin Shepard includes descriptions and his personal ratings of some 600 local beers, plus a taster's chart you can use to record your own preferences.

For each brewpub and brewery site you'll find:
- a description and brief history, plus any "Don't miss" features
- names, comments, and ratings for all their specialty beers
- notes on the pub food, with recommendations
- suggestions of other sites to see and activities in the local area
- information about bottling and distribution
- availability of tours, tastings, gift shops, mug clubs, and "growlers"
- address and contact data, including Web sites and GPS coordinates!

Shepard also introduces novices to the brewing process and a wide variety of beer styles. And, you'll find a list of helpful books and Web sites, as well as information on Wisconsin beer tastings and festivals. As we say in Wisconsin, "So, have a couple a two, three beers, hey?"

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Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

by Robin Shepard
Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

Wisconsin's Best Breweries and Brewpubs: Searching for the Perfect Pint

by Robin Shepard

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This information-packed guidebook introduces you to more than sixty breweries and brewpubs-from the Shipwrecked Brew Pub in Egg Harbor, to smaller craft breweries like Capital Brewery west of Madison, to the world-famous Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee. Robin Shepard includes descriptions and his personal ratings of some 600 local beers, plus a taster's chart you can use to record your own preferences.

For each brewpub and brewery site you'll find:
- a description and brief history, plus any "Don't miss" features
- names, comments, and ratings for all their specialty beers
- notes on the pub food, with recommendations
- suggestions of other sites to see and activities in the local area
- information about bottling and distribution
- availability of tours, tastings, gift shops, mug clubs, and "growlers"
- address and contact data, including Web sites and GPS coordinates!

Shepard also introduces novices to the brewing process and a wide variety of beer styles. And, you'll find a list of helpful books and Web sites, as well as information on Wisconsin beer tastings and festivals. As we say in Wisconsin, "So, have a couple a two, three beers, hey?"


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780299174446
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 10/02/2001
Series: Locally Brewed
Edition description: 1
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Robin Shepard spent three years traveling Wisconsin in search of the perfect pint. Formerly an award-winning journalist, he is Associate Professor of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Captures the essence of staggering array of exceptional beers and treats us to the intriguing flavors of the business of brewing.
— Deb Carey, president, New Glarus Brewing Company

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